NAD: Traynor Mono Block II

[altamont]

Hey there guys,
I just picked this up yesterday.

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A couple months ago, my band played a show with another band from the Toronto area and the guy had that exact bass head and I instantly fell in love with his tone. No effect pedals, plugged directly into it and it sounded wonderful. I tried to look for one locally but these don't come often.

Last week I went to see another show of one of my favorite bands; Animal Faces from Toronto also. Same thing, the bassist had this head with the original 2150 cab. I was literally blown away. I had to have this.

Yesterday I was browsing through the local ads and found this one that was just posted 2 minutes ago. Called the guy, haggled a bit and got everything for 275$.

I must say that it didn't disappoint. Dat tone.
Clearly what I've been searching for for a while. I've got an SVT-CL and tried a couple pedal combination to get that gritty sound but I never could get close to it. Now it's done. SVT will be gone soon. I'm superstoked on this deal even if I don't need the older Peavey 115 cab, I just couldn't get pass this deal. I recently bought a SVT410HLF to replace my 810EN. Now I just have to sell some things...

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Nice grab! A couple of months ago I came across one of these on CL for $50. At that price how could I resist?

I love the high gain channel. I can fully dime this into my Dually and it sounds AWESOME. Here's a pic of mine.

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[MuthaFunk]

2 ohm stable! Aren't these? 400 Watts?

 

[altamont]

it says 325 watts @ 2 Ohms but that this is LOUD. I've got a 4 Ohms cab so it should be about 250 watts. This thing is way louder than my SVT-CL.

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

I believe when the original Monoblock was released, Traynor heralded it as the loudest bass amp on the market.

 

[BassmanPaul]

Not my most favourite amplifier but I hope you enjoy it. Should you ever need a power transformer for that unit I have one sitting on a shelf.

 

[Baird6869]

I love them. They are like tanks IME.

 

[altamont]

I just blew the speaker in the Peavey cab. After 2 hours of sounding great, it started to crack. I'll see if I can save it by bringing to my tech guy. Lets hope he can do something. Those 2 really sounded great together. I had to finish my jam on my svt410hlf but it was clearly different, in a less awesome way.

 

[Alex1984]

Someone I know says that it fell off the truck once on a highway. But after the picked it up and got to their next stop, it still works without a hitch. Old Traynors are truly built to last!

 

[Edword]

Congrats. Have you already joined the TB Yorkville/Traynor club?

 

[skulletwhip]

Nice. A guy on craigslist near me had one up, and when I contacted him, he told me it sold (even though his ad said if the ad was up it was available). It was a bummer. I will find one one day.

 

[Darchyboy]

I use this amp too! I love it. I have one that works and one they needs repairs. These things are hard to come by these days. I know a bass player in Ottawa who is sitting in four if them. If you see it buy it!!