Tonal bliss from unlikeliest of amps

Buco · October 2

Traynor TS-10 amp that I've had for years. They were issued as cheap transistor amps, I think in 80s, designed to give a tube like sound from a SS amp. They did a fairly good job at that.

I replaced the speaker which then I found out that the original speaker was in large part responsible for the tube amp sound emulation. But with a modern speaker I gained more clean headroom. Also replaced the capacitors and control knobs.

I don't know if I ever used this amp live and recently pulled it out from the storage and used it for the gig. I immediately loved the sound. The first gig was outdoors where we had a PA, second gig was at a restaurant and it was plenty loud on its own with the volume + master at halfway up. I'm in heaven with the tone. I'm using Krivo pickups (in humbucking configuration) and Nux Optima Air but only for its reverb.

https://youtu.be/gMyp3rTEJis?si=4XgfR6CrmIknhoJs

Buco · October 3

Interestingly Jens Larsen just put out the video where he touched on what I was doing in my video above. And he's using Out of Nowhere as an example.

https://youtu.be/Uny93ivBklk?si=H1ZFj28Gx3NpYQo4

While I loved the tone I got from this setup, and wanted to share, my practice here was something I mentioned elsewhere and it had to do with practicing with the metronome. Jens, in his video, said pretty much the same thing, that backing tracks let you lean on them too much and you want to be able to create your own harmony. And while I do a decent job following the tune my groove will certainly have to get better, you can hear me pushing myself ahead of the beat at several spots.