New Traynor YBA 100!!

[PillO]

Thanks for the work you guys do. I remember having the back of my head sown shut by some of your colleagues in 1 Fd Amb in the field in Wainwright one time - the Sqn medic couldn't get the wound clean enough on the back deck so she sent me to the Fd Amb. Heaters and warm food, so all round a pleasant visit. Our Regimental Doc was in the hospital and asked if one of the Med A's could put an extra stitch in my head for practice - I agreed to that...we all have to learn our trade somehow. Good times.

Stitches in the head are the worst (from a med supply point of view). Of course, you can't use black sutures (if the patient has dark hair) as you can't tell the suture from the hair. And blue sutures (the preferred colour) are not a catalogue item. So the last thing I did before leaving CMED (and the army) was to get the process started of changing the catalogue description of all sutures from suture black to suture blue. Ridiculous that it takes that much effort to change description, but it was the right thing to do.

But the funniest stitches story comes from an exercise in the arctic. One of my docs had an accident and cut his face open. Without any anesthetic and just a single medic holding a mirror, he stitched his own face back together.

 

[lomo]

One of my docs had an accident and cut his face open. Without any anesthetic and just a single medic holding a mirror, he stitched his own face back together.

In medicine we often caution: "Never remove your own appendix"....but this reminds me never to say never

 

[lomo]

....hoping for more reviews complete with comparisons to amps that are known entities (like Mesa Walkabout, WD800, Prodigy)......

 

[Koshchei]

In medicine we often caution: "Never remove your own appendix"....but this reminds me never to say never

How a Soviet doctor cut out his own appendix in the Antarctic

 

[lomo]

How a Soviet doctor cut out his own appendix in the Antarctic

Necessity can truly be the mother of invention!

 

[PillO]

In medicine we often caution: "Never remove your own appendix"....but this reminds me never to say never

There were two other doctors with us as well as a platoon of medical assistants any of whom could stich him up. We also had plenty of local anesthetic he could have used.

 

[PillO]

@GrapeBass I am using the DI on the amp to try to record a few clips, but even with the gain on the interface set as low as it will go, the input on the interface is still clipping. Any suggestions?

 

[GrapeBass]

@GrapeBass I am using the DI on the amp to try to record a few clips, but even with the gain on the interface set as low as it will go, the input on the interface is still clipping. Any suggestions?

Sorry, I'm not yet familiar with the DI on the YBA100 (nor YBA300). I had used the YBA100 (which has a pad). I can ask the designer on Monday for any tips and suggestions.

 

[Koshchei]

@GrapeBass I am using the DI on the amp to try to record a few clips, but even with the gain on the interface set as low as it will go, the input on the interface is still clipping. Any suggestions?

I used the fx out because I don't have an XLR interface into my DAW. A thing I've noticed from this is that the standby switch doesn't affect the preamp tubes at all.

Here's a quick 'n sloppy many-liberties-taken interpretation of a Cliff Burton classic from the fx out (with the amp on standby)*. Only effect is a bit of delay.

* - edit: also attached is another take of the same thing, through the SB500h with a bit of overdrive pushing the preamp. It's not scientific, but should get you in the ballpark.

 

[Drog]

@GrapeBass I am using the DI on the amp to try to record a few clips, but even with the gain on the interface set as low as it will go, the input on the interface is still clipping. Any suggestions?

I would use a DI box and activate the pad -15db on it so it’s not so hot to your interface.

 

[PillO]

Sorry, I'm not yet familiar with the DI on the YBA100 (nor YBA300). I had used the YBA100 (which has a pad). I can ask the designer on Monday for any tips and suggestions.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

I used the fx out because I don't have an XLR interface into my DAW. A thing I've noticed from this is that the standby switch doesn't affect the preamp tubes at all.

Here's a quick 'n sloppy many-liberties-taken interpretation of a Cliff Burton classic from the fx out (with the amp on standby)*. Only effect is a bit of delay.

* - edit: also attached is another take of the same thing, through the SB500h with a bit of overdrive pushing the preamp. It's not scientific, but should get you in the ballpark.

But then I can't annoy the neighbours at the same time...

Yeah, I am still trying to get things together. I may be able to rig something to work out.

 

[Koshchei]

Thank you. I appreciate that.


But then I can't annoy the neighbours at the same time...

Yeah, I am still trying to get things together. I may be able to rig something to work out.

It's not hard to annoy neighbours - I find that they trend toward annoyance as a default state. Just relish in the thought that when you buy a new amp, they'll see it as a challenge to the socio-economic equilibrium in the vicinity of your house and will feel compelled to buy something in reaction, otherwise they'll be "falling behind". I've often wondered whether it would be possible to triangulate a series of small purchases in such a way as to compel them to something major, like renovating their basement or installing a pool.

 

[MCF]

Quite the impressive collection of thunder sir.

Only thing missing is a pic of a Thunderbird!

 

[MCF]

There were two other doctors with us as well as a platoon of medical assistants any of whom could stich him up. We also had plenty of local anesthetic he could have used.

But then it wouldn’t have been a cool story.

 

[Loring]

@GrapeBass I am using the DI on the amp to try to record a few clips, but even with the gain on the interface set as low as it will go, the input on the interface is still clipping. Any suggestions?

It’s Probably line level out and your interface can’t deal with it. You need about a 40db attenuator if you don’t have selectable line/mic levels. Shure makes one and whirlwind makes some too...

 

[Bulltrout]

Stitches in the head are the worst (from a med supply point of view). Of course, you can't use black sutures (if the patient has dark hair) as you can't tell the suture from the hair. And blue sutures (the preferred colour) are not a catalogue item. So the last thing I did before leaving CMED (and the army) was to get the process started of changing the catalogue description of all sutures from suture black to suture blue. Ridiculous that it takes that much effort to change description, but it was the right thing to do.

But the funniest stitches story comes from an exercise in the arctic. One of my docs had an accident and cut his face open. Without any anesthetic and just a single medic holding a mirror, he stitched his own face back together.

That's pretty hardcore sewing your own face shut. I’ll put one more medical tangent in the thread and will then try to stay on topic.

I had weeping lesions on my face one time while exercising in winter conditions- the wind was particularly bad that ex. I went to see the Sqn Med A and he prescribed Preparation H, which from a medical standpoint made sense. I think he was a little taken aback when I asked for treatment option B, cause his plan wasn’t going to happen. I explained to him that if even one of the soldiers in the Sqn saw me smearing that stuff on my face, that for the rest of my life I’d be known in the Regiment as A@@hole-face.

 

[PillO]

It’s Probably line level out and your interface can’t deal with it. You need about a 40db attenuator if you don’t have selectable line/mic levels. Shure makes one and whirlwind makes some too...

Yeah, that was my thought. I expect that the primary market for cheap 2 input interfaces is really producing podcasts so mic level. I have no way to switch the interface and I wondered if the amp had a method. Otherwise I will try to figure something out.

 

[PillO]

It's not hard to annoy neighbours - I find that they trend toward annoyance as a default state. Just relish in the thought that when you buy a new amp, they'll see it as a challenge to the socio-economic equilibrium in the vicinity of your house and will feel compelled to buy something in reaction, otherwise they'll be "falling behind". I've often wondered whether it would be possible to triangulate a series of small purchases in such a way as to compel them to something major, like renovating their basement or installing a pool.

I hadn't thought about that.

First thought: I like my neighbours why would I want to try to bankrupt them?
Second thought: I could buy their houses out of bankruptcy...

 

[PillO]

That's pretty hardcore sewing your own face shut. I’ll put one more medical tangent in the thread and will then try to stay on topic.

But then it wouldn’t have been a cool story.

He wasn't hardcore and didn't do it for the story. He just didn't want to trouble anyone.

I explained to him that if even one of the soldiers in the Sqn saw me smearing that stuff on my face, that for the rest of my life I’d be known in the Regiment

Yeah, nicknames can be brutal. We had one guy with three nicknames; all the result of interesting incidents. But perhaps worse is not getting a nickname, just being reminded constantly of an act of stupidity. One guy asked for a posting and eventually left the army because he couldn't live down an act of stupidity on how own part. If he had laughed at it along with us, it would have gone in a year or less. But pride goeth before a fall.



And I am still loving my YBA 100!

 

[Koshchei]

I hadn't thought about that.

First thought: I like my neighbours why would I want to try to bankrupt them?
Second thought: I could buy their houses out of bankruptcy...

I like the cut of your jib!

I’m also liking the YBA100 tremendously