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Traynor TC 208 Neo
- Thread starter Super Bass
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I have used the Traynor TC 208 with the new Traynor YBA 100 tube bass head. Great match for a low volume scenario or recording.
I concur! I just picked up one of these second hand and it's sounding great with the YBA100. Very quiet cab though, low sensitivity I'm assuming, but it helps gets the tubes cooking. I had it to the point where it was too loud for solo practice and it didn't "fart out" once. VERY pleased with the form factor.
After one too many dings in the wall transporting the TC210 up and down from the jam room, I grabbed one of these for recording. It sounds great. I could not get it to fart out with my YBA-100.
Love my YBA 100. It kills with a 1510. And a 1510 wouldn't ding the walls would it (because you wouldn't want to lug it back and forth)?
That's true - it crosses the portability event horizon, like a stove or chest freezer. the 210 is right on the line. The 208 Neo is light and small, so no concerns.
You can't get the 208 anymore anyway, unless you get lucky on the used market. They were limited production for some reason.
I think it was a market test.
@GrapeBass may be able to shed some light. IIRC he works for Traynor.
2-8" is a weird beast.
That's what was in the SWR Baby Blue combo (also briefly offered as an extension cab), which sounded lovely but wouldn't get as loud as you might expect. The secret of the SWR sound was using a 5" cone midrange instead of a tweeter, extended highs without the edge. I loved mine but sold it after moving to a Walter Woods and Bergantino setup (see avatar). Much louder, which was useful for the blues bands I was playing DB in at the time.
Jack Casady used the Baby Blue on stage with Hot Tuna. After SWR folded, he had Aguilar make him a 2-8 cab similar to the BB. That cab is no longer made.
Seeing a pattern here?
Too much of a niche cabinet.
That's what was in the SWR Baby Blue combo (also briefly offered as an extension cab), which sounded lovely but wouldn't get as loud as you might expect. The secret of the SWR sound was using a 5" cone midrange instead of a tweeter, extended highs without the edge. I loved mine but sold it after moving to a Walter Woods and Bergantino setup (see avatar). Much louder, which was useful for the blues bands I was playing DB in at the time.
Jack Casady used the Baby Blue on stage with Hot Tuna. After SWR folded, he had Aguilar make him a 2-8 cab similar to the BB. That cab is no longer made.
Seeing a pattern here?
Too much of a niche cabinet.
Traynor has a bit of a perception issue, being seen as the L&M "house brand" rather than a really awesome designer and builder that happens to also be owned by Yorkville. It benefits me because the used prices are insanely good, but you guys have the goods to be competing with Ampeg and Mesa, rather than being a best-kept secret of budget-minded players and dive bars.
I think we're one of the only companies, if not THE only company, that designs and manufacturers musical equipment that still are owned and operated by the people who started it. We're a pretty tight knit bunch of people.
There are a few, but you're in good company: Rickenbacker and Kiesel jump to mind as examples.
