Traynor TC810 ... the Canadian fridge... Have you used one?

Ice cold!

I've never used the 810, but Traynor is renowned for making bulletproof gear, and it's all Made In Canada as far as I know.
I always had it in the back of my mind that it was ported, but looking at pics online just now it doesn't appear to be.

 

I have some experience with the vintage YC-810, introduced in 1967. This predated the Ampeg 810. A guitar player in a band that I was in had one. Nice wall of sound. It was way heavy. Traynor used Marshland speakers which were a weak point.

Some info here.
http://www.0rigami.com/vb/yorkvillehistory.pdf

 

I haven't had the opportunity to try a TC810 but based on how great the TC cabs I have tried are (2x10, 1x12, 1x15) the 8x10 is probably very good. Don't know if I'd buy one without hearing it....but I might. Too bad you're not closer to the border to be able to buy in person from L&M who has a no questions return policy.

 

I say it holds better beer too.

 

I checked out the Specs, what a monster! Hope someone here has some feedback for you.

 

The TC-810 is a great cab, but big. I had mine for a couple of years then sold it when my son moved out of the house because it took the 2 of us to load and unload it into the SUV. Can't go wrong with Traynor gear.



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$1400 CAD brand new.

 

I played in a band back in the 70s and the lead guitar player had one of these cabinets with a YBA-3 tube head. It sounded pretty good and it was very loud.

I have no experience for how this cabinet works for bass, but it was a very solid and reliable for guitar.

I owned two Traynor amps back in the 70s and they were flawless. They sounded good and always worked.

 

The cab in question is a new production 8x10" bass cab.

 

Around these parts, they are a hard sell at $500 CDN. You can get an Ampeg fridge in that price range. I have seen Traynors as low as $300. I know my one student couldn't get $500 for his although he paid about that for it. I have no idea what they would go for down South. Most people would rather have an Ampeg fridge but, honestly, I prefer the Traynor here. I do find the bottom end has a little better definition. They are a heavy cab though, around 140 lbs I think.

 

Yay! I can contribute properly instead of quoting two fingers for a change!

Funny this came up, I just played through one on our mini tour a couple weeks ago.

Of course, that's on stage, with monitor wash, and loud drummer, so this is hardly a clean room review...I also typically play with a pair of Ampeg SVT-210AV, stacked correctly...(vertical).

Short version - I was pretty happy with it, once I dialed back the lows a touch and ramped the mids up about twice what I rolled off the lows. Tonally, it's like someone baked a bit of bedroom tone into an Ampeg 810e, hit the eq and you can get that cab to positively sing.

Longer version - I've played a lot of Traynor stuff over the years, including a combo that was my first guitar amp, and another combo that was my first gigging bass amp. Their stuff feels bulletproof, well constructed, even after some 15 odd years of hard use, when I went to strip the bass combo for cleaning and re-purposing, the rat fur emphatically did not want to be separated from the cabinet.

 

Yeah probably around there..I bought mine for 650 cdn used and it’s great! I also have a 200watt 15” combo from 1996 that has worked flawless although really heavy, and an sb106 class d combo that sound amazing for home use.

 

These guys approve that cab!!!