blackface circuit with EL34's...sound interesting?

[bolero]

I know, I know.."shut up about those damned Traynor amps!!" heh

 

but check this out...I was over at the LPF and a fellow posted an article/review of a vintage Traynor YRM-1

 

a friend I used to jam with had one, I can attest it sounded great with a Les Paul...makes sense now that I read this:

 

 

"

about the YRM-1 circuit : the front end is basically a single channel black-face
reverb circuit, same reverb recovery mixing strategy with a 1Meg/100k
ratio in the Traynor instead of the 3.3Meg/220k ratio of the '63 Fender
Blackface reverb channel ... the output stage has a black-face
phase-driver circuit driving a duet of EL34's ... the amp is plate
coupled front to back - no cathode followers; so, very much a Blackface
amp running on EL34'"

 

http://www.in2guitar.com/traynor.html

 

just a headsup for any tone hounds looking for killer vintage gear on the cheap

[H]

I'm planning to build my Vibrolux Reverb so it can run EL34s as well as the usual 6L6s.

[DetroitBlues]

Couple vintage Traynor amps on CL around here.... Wonder what's in those?

[TalismanRich]

I'm planning to build my Vibrolux Reverb so it can run EL34s as well as the usual 6L6s.

 

My Patriot was set up so that it can run EL34s or 6L6s. I have a set of EL34s on the shelf, just never plugged them in. Its just that the darn thing sounds so good with the 6L6s.

[H]

 

My Patriot was set up so that it can run EL34s or 6L6s. I have a set of EL34s on the shelf, just never plugged them in. Its just that the darn thing sounds so good with the 6L6s.

Interesting - does it have a solid state rectifier?

[Steiner]

Sounds like a cool toy Bolero. Thanks for the heads up.

[Franke]

This seems similar to my Swart. It's basically a tweed circuit with el34 and 5Y3 in it. Sounds killer. If this set up is anything similar it should sound great.

[Gitfiddler]

 

Interesting - does it have a solid state rectifier?

 

 

Another Patriot owner here. No, it has a tube recitifier. More magic from Paul Cochrane.

[H]

  

 

Another Patriot owner here. No, it has a tube recitifier. More magic from Paul Cochrane.

Thanks EL34s have a higher draw for the heater filaments than 6L6s, I wondered whether the PT tap for the rectifier tube heater was being used...