traynor yvc 20wr

big jimmy · February 5th, 2006, 05:54 PM

Well I have had this amp for a few months now, and replaced tubes about a week after I got it. Put JJ's in except for 1 12ax7m. If you get 1 of these junk the stock tubes. The wr has the greenback as standard equipment. With 2 channels and reverb, a brightness and and o/d button. I paid $325 including shipping off the bay and another $40 or so for tubes. I will give you a great varity of sounds. However the clean channel is exceptional for what I paid for it. It sounds very good with a hw1 tele with stock pups. Also play a hw1 strat with emg's that sounds fantastic. Bought it for a bedroom amp that I could play at low levels. The drive channel is also good but even at 15 watts you still got crank it to get some o/d sounds. And it does sound good with single coils. But I was hopping to get there with less volume. Get there quicker with the o/d button but as I was told on this board and is true with amp to get the best sound turn up the volume! A quality built amp that looks good sounds good, plenty of volume for the house. Is has great tone but not classic fender tone. It is not a dr. z. But for the price I will keep it a while.

dmkozak · February 8th, 2006, 08:21 PM

I read somewhere that gain is best handled by reversing the gain and volume controls; using the volume to increase gain and using the gain to increase volume. This might help a little. Thanks for the review.

big jimmy · February 10th, 2006, 12:15 AM

yes they do work like that. after reading your post i gave it shot. get some serious o/d tones with the lead channel, but not over the top. clean channel gets some good grind going. Both at lower volumes. thanks for tip!

dmkozak · February 13th, 2006, 07:02 PM

Glad I could help. That's what the TDPRI is all about.

I've been wondering if the people complaining about the lead channel in harmony-central reviews haven't figured this out yet? I wonder how many would give better reviews if they tried this simple reversal?

February 5th, 2006, 05:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
big jimmy Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Melvis, TN. Posts: 313	traynor yvc 20wr Well I have had this amp for a few months now, and replaced tubes about a week after I got it. Put JJ's in except for 1 12ax7m. If you get 1 of these junk the stock tubes. The wr has the greenback as standard equipment. With 2 channels and reverb, a brightness and and o/d button. I paid $325 including shipping off the bay and another $40 or so for tubes. I will give you a great varity of sounds. However the clean channel is exceptional for what I paid for it. It sounds very good with a hw1 tele with stock pups. Also play a hw1 strat with emg's that sounds fantastic. Bought it for a bedroom amp that I could play at low levels. The drive channel is also good but even at 15 watts you still got crank it to get some o/d sounds. And it does sound good with single coils. But I was hopping to get there with less volume. Get there quicker with the o/d button but as I was told on this board and is true with amp to get the best sound turn up the volume! A quality built amp that looks good sounds good, plenty of volume for the house. Is has great tone but not classic fender tone. It is not a dr. z. But for the price I will keep it a while. __________________ I get my kicks on guitar licks!

February 8th, 2006, 08:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
dmkozak Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 125	I read gain best handled by reversing volume and gain. I read somewhere that gain is best handled by reversing the gain and volume controls; using the volume to increase gain and using the gain to increase volume. This might help a little. Thanks for the review.

February 10th, 2006, 12:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
big jimmy Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Melvis, TN. Posts: 313	gain yes they do work like that. after reading your post i gave it shot. get some serious o/d tones with the lead channel, but not over the top. clean channel gets some good grind going. Both at lower volumes. thanks for tip! __________________ I get my kicks on guitar licks!

February 13th, 2006, 07:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
dmkozak Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 125	Glad I could help. That's what the TDPRI is all about. I've been wondering if the people complaining about the lead channel in harmony-central reviews haven't figured this out yet? I wonder how many would give better reviews if they tried this simple reversal?