Any of y'all got a Traynor Guitar Mate?

ye olde fretmonkey · October 14th, 2006, 05:43 PM

You may recall I want to unload my MM 130 for something smaller, lighter and more manageable. The way prices are running these days for Fender Deluxes, Vibroverbs and Vibrosonics, I don't honestly know that I'll be able to pull together the resources for one. I don't want a HR Deluxe or HR Deville or any other printed-circuit amps if I can keep from it, so I'm considering going outside the Fender nameplate.

Traynor and Sovtek are getting to be some of the last good deals on ptp amps. Who's got a Guitar Mate out there among y'all, and how do you like it? Feedback, please (*eeeeeeee*)

Tim Armstrong · October 14th, 2006, 06:19 PM

well, I sold a really nice Music Man HD 130 about a month after I got my beloved Traynor YGM-3 Guitarmate....

As TDU will tell you, they aren't THAT much smaller or lighter. Very substantial cabinet! However, mine sounds amazingly good to me, kinda like Deluxe Reverb meets Marshall. Very active tone controls, more so than any amp I've owned, great reverb, trippy tremelo. I put a better speaker in mine (the weak spot on them is the stock Marsland speaker, which, in a word, sucks!) and absolutely love it.

Here's mine:

Cheers, Tim

ye olde fretmonkey · October 14th, 2006, 06:32 PM

Tim, I thought it was you that had one. My main question would be in regards to the tone and color of em...it sounds like it's in Deluxe/AC30 territory. Not too worried about the spker, I've got a couple of old Jensen Alnicos, an Eminence and a Celestion V30 lying around.

My tech speaks very highly of them and the mil-spec build quality they have. I just need to test drive one so I can see what they're really about tonewise.

Tim Armstrong · October 14th, 2006, 06:35 PM

I feel very confident in saying that you'll dig it extremely!

Hey, it still looks like I might be in Austin the week before Thanksgiving, I'll know better as it gets closer (it's a work-related thing, and as such conditions can change!).

Cheers, Tim

ye olde fretmonkey · October 14th, 2006, 07:24 PM

Right on, PM me and let me know~!

October 14th, 2006, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 3,358	Any of y'all got a Traynor Guitar Mate? You may recall I want to unload my MM 130 for something smaller, lighter and more manageable. The way prices are running these days for Fender Deluxes, Vibroverbs and Vibrosonics, I don't honestly know that I'll be able to pull together the resources for one. I don't want a HR Deluxe or HR Deville or any other printed-circuit amps if I can keep from it, so I'm considering going outside the Fender nameplate. Traynor and Sovtek are getting to be some of the last good deals on ptp amps. Who's got a Guitar Mate out there among y'all, and how do you like it? Feedback, please (eeeeeeee) __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.

October 14th, 2006, 06:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,702	well, I sold a really nice Music Man HD 130 about a month after I got my beloved Traynor YGM-3 Guitarmate.... As TDU will tell you, they aren't THAT much smaller or lighter. Very substantial cabinet! However, mine sounds amazingly good to me, kinda like Deluxe Reverb meets Marshall. Very active tone controls, more so than any amp I've owned, great reverb, trippy tremelo. I put a better speaker in mine (the weak spot on them is the stock Marsland speaker, which, in a word, sucks!) and absolutely love it. Here's mine: Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

October 14th, 2006, 06:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 3,358	Tim, I thought it was you that had one. My main question would be in regards to the tone and color of em...it sounds like it's in Deluxe/AC30 territory. Not too worried about the spker, I've got a couple of old Jensen Alnicos, an Eminence and a Celestion V30 lying around. My tech speaks very highly of them and the mil-spec build quality they have. I just need to test drive one so I can see what they're really about tonewise. __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.

October 14th, 2006, 06:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,702	I feel very confident in saying that you'll dig it extremely! Hey, it still looks like I might be in Austin the week before Thanksgiving, I'll know better as it gets closer (it's a work-related thing, and as such conditions can change!). Cheers, Tim __________________ http://www.moodswingers.org

October 14th, 2006, 07:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 3,358	Right on, PM me and let me know~! __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.