Hey... I REALLY need ot know... what amp is this exactly??? I totally feel this is a giant step in my personal quest for tone. I mean, this is it... Is this a YBA-1???
That's a really great sounding mod! The transformers on that thing are HUUUGE! I have a feeling you could make any rig sound good, but this one is intriguing. Is there any way you can send me a little more info on how you cascaded the channels and where you pick up all that extra gain? Also, any tips on how to deal with tinnitus? I've been collecting amps since I was 18 also, and my ears are starting to complain full time. 35 years of hi Db! Thanks, and keep rockin'!
Paul,do you find 3 pickup SGs harder to play with the extra humbucker where your hand picks? Cause I might be getting an epi G400 3 pickup and I just was wondering if they were harder to play or get used to.
@riffguy thats what i thought,if I change out the pickups I'll probably just cut out the middle and wire it neck,neck/bridge,bridge and leave the middle there as like a dummy pickup haha.then lower it really low.
@krelbar The output section of the amp is running clean, it's the preamp thats creating the distortion. One of the mods is the master volume circuit, the other mod is running the output of one channel into the other, to make gain.
that is officially the best guitar tone I,ve heard online ! how did You get the sound from the amp to computer, I notice d the mic , but was it from the mic straight in to the computer? what kind of mic ? gotta be just guitar and amp, In my mind a guitar and an all tube amp still sounds the best
@SteveShivik I bought these stacks one piece at a time, from the time I was 18 years old. I got some of this stuff pretty cheap because they needed repairs.
@riffguy So did you learn how to repair them yourself? And that's awesome that they've lasted so long. Where and how did you learn to repair guitars and amps?
@SteveShivik Yeah, I learned a lot about guitars & amps just by taking them apart...I also ruined a lot of stuff in the process. I also worked in a guitar shop as a tech for a couple of years and learned a lot from my experiences there.
@riffguy Wow :) I hate to ask more questions but, what do you do for work now? Something musical I hope. Also do you have any tips for a guitarist that's like about 1/4th the musician you are, when it comes to guitar playing?
@gothyke Just some old tubes that I had kicking around my shop.....12AX7's and EL34's but I can't remember what brands they were. The output tubes aren't matched either.
hey rifguy what can you recomend for me to sound like the hard sound of dime like pantera or damageplan?. I have a marshall MG SERIES 50 with digital fx.
@riffguy yes I know that also at for the last tour he co-created a head for KRANK, the KRANKESTEIN, but any modification that you can mention for the marshall?
Hey, riff guy. what could I do to my peavey valveking to get that old school fat master of puppets crunch? I want to cheaply and safely make modifications to my amp.
@OttoVonGoenne i have a valveking for toting to small practices its a turd my jcm2000 does the real shit u need a marshall ur not a rockstar if u dont stand on stage in front of ur full marshall stack lol
@MostBever I use Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 10-46. I seriously don't see how changing your string gauge will make your guitar sound cleaner. You should make sure your guitar is properly set up and that you are playing cleanly.
@riffguy Well, of course, it sound clean on a clean channel, but when I use the overdrive it is a but too crunchy, its like when you use hotter pickups which creates more sound, the tones becomes very fat and I dont like that in riffs, but with higher frets in solos its fine.
@riffguy I have a B.C Rich with emg's and the thinnest ernie ball strings and it makes my amp sounf totaly different, of course there are two totaly different pickup types, but i have a 58 (I think) which haven't much output and a 81 (again I think) with more output, with the 58 in the bridge and the 81 in the neck.
@riffguy I can get a totaly perfect sound for my ears with the 58 in riffs and solos and the 81's just doesn't do it for me and isn't the 58 pretty much likes the bridge humbucker on the sg3?
@riffguy Well, I think I bought the sg3 with the same string thikness like what you are using now, wich sounded great, but they were old so I decided to try a bit thicker which aperently created more power from the pickups to see if it made it better for playing, but yes, it's better to play with, but ruins the sound for me. And for the last: yes, the guitar is fine and i tries to play clean. :)
Well, some cheap shitty strings do have a natural buzz to them.. i think its either because of that they are uneven in the windings, or in the ball end.
But in the end, it doesnt make THAT much of a difference, but i have noticed some STRINGS that have been buzzing(Changing them got rid of the problems, and it never came back.).
nice i was at guitar center today and i tryed the new ma out....ITS HORRIBLE my little fender super champ sound better i think if u go marshal u need the jcm 800 or dont borther cuz it will sound like shit
@Dube230 how do You run Your effects with Your YCS 50 , I have one too , I fuckin love it, but it always ends up sounding WAY better without effects, any ideas ? gotta be the best amp for the money on the market though 100%
This amp has EL34's. You can probably find one of these old amps on Ebay, but this particular one is one of a kind due to the modifications and it's not for sale.
hi, i use an SG and Marshall together and i have noticed that it is harder to get the standard in your face pinch harmonic on the low strings. i don't think its so much the SG but also the Marshall too. the pinch is still there it just sounds unique and different. its all a matter of preference though, what ever you like.
I was a creative & artistic person from a very early age, but playing guitar didn't come easily. I had a lot of drive & really spent a lot of time practicing.
That's just how an SG-3 is configured. I guess Gibson figured the 6 position rotary switch was hard enough to operate without adding the other controls.
Awesome video and mods to the Traynor! But if Riffguy or anybody could please explain to me what he's doing from 1:10-1:12, I would deeply appreciate it :D
That's awesome riffguy. I've had an old Bassmaster II (I think the model is a YBA-2) built in 69 that has collected dust because it sounded like crap. Finally gave it to someone knowledgable about amp builds who tells me it is going to come back sounding very Marshall. I can't look for specific mods, because the guy who gave it to me got it from Pete Traynor himself, who supposedly put some of his own mods on it. Looking forward to Christmas this year!
then your seeking for a raw van halen sound, check on the mods he made to his marshalls back then in late seventies and 80s, awesome shred sound. I'm in love with a plexi MKII, what a pity in this fucking country one of those head's is worth over 2000 dollars, and a 1960 cab is another 1000 :(
Yes from time to time you hear this. I heard another ridiculous the other day from a visitor at my home.. I can get a Randy Rhoads tone out of a Yamaha $200 guitar and a line6 spider ...yes he told I tried it in the shop... Cheers.!
well, some of us are 15 and don't have endless money to spend on our gear so make the best out of what we have and I CAN get a tone very similair, no it it is not 100% accurate, but it's very damn near and it's people like you that put the younger generation off of playing the guitar, as they get laughed at for having to buy budget gear!
You don't have to spent big money to get a good tone. Traynors for instance are very affordable and have a top tone.The mistake is for people buying solid states and then a bunch of this and that to make it sound good ,at the end they spent more money than having bought something descent from the start. Now thinking that a solid state thing can substitute or even match the tone of a good quality tube amp is just an illusion ,sometimes sounding ridiculous . IMO as well.
well mate, I can't afford a good tube amp and I don't use any effects (apart from a crybaby wah VERY occasionaly), so I got an amp with a tube simulator. It sounds just as good and I've regularly been compllimented on how good a tone I get out of it!
well mate, I like my gear so there. also, I don't care about ur opinion on my band, it was our first rehearsal and frankly, I don't give a crap what u think!
In your videos you don't seem a day over 18. Are you still living with your parents? Have any bills to pay? Living expenses? A mortgage? Even still, where does a kid your age find a job that pays enough for all of that gear? Or did your parents make up the difference? And being that the other kid is 15, I think it's a bit early to be calling him lazy. Besides, you don't know this kid at all. And your band sucks too, by the way. Just throwing that out there.
good call. i am not a day over 18. 17 actually. i dont have any bills. well besides a phone bill. and i actually work at a service center selling tires. my parents paid $0 for my gear. hard work pays off
If Michael Schenker hears this he will com and steal that amp from you .. superbly done .. I had 15 Marshalls from the 1960s and early 19702 between the ages of 14 and 28 .. now I am 46 have 4 traynors and they make ALL the marshalls i had and used sound like cheap old tat !
How would you compare one of the new Traynors i.e. YCS-50 Head if you have tested one with a Marshall of your choice of course.. I don;t have the opportunity to test one , but from what I hear in the internet they seem to have classic tone with lots of bite and lots of bass presence Thanks
I tried a Traynor Custom Special 100 half stack once and was very impressed. It truly was one of the greatest sounding & most responsive amps I've ever played through. Somebody at Yorkville understands tone.
Indeed I have ordered one , but cause of a stupid seller they sent me the 50W..The amp sounds totaly Great and has response and quality to it...But it is 50W.... in a way lacks the headroom of the 100W I was looking for ( have the ENGL 100W RB head now)..snifff...sniff.. I have also noticed that my neighbours when I play the 100W call the police sooner than when I play the 50W(ENGL thunder). So it has to be 100...I am a bit in dispair cause I have to return it...Also think for the 120Savage.
Of course there is the option to plug them all together and get a total 200W but then again if I had an 100 I would be gettin 250W total.... If I keep it so don;t get to the hassle of returning it.... Getting the Savage would give me 320W total... Then go for best time police calling new record. CHEERS man , play loud !!
So if the master is on 2, all that distortion is from the preamp... how do you get so much output from those pups??? thats crazy. oh yeah very close brown sound btw... mean street was like perfect
does the middle pickup get in the way or do you keep it lower than the other two? p.s you rock. when people ask me what my style of rock is, my answer is RIFFGUY
Mean Streets HELL YEAH PAUL !!
thejokealive 1 week ago
you have the luckiest neighbors ever..
iZAGGER 3 months ago
WHO SAIS MARSHALLS DONT KICK ASS, I GOTTA TELL YA IN THE RIGHT HANDS MARSHALLS KICK ASS HARD, THANK GOD FOR JIMMY HENDRIX .... R.I.P
roach4946 3 months ago
Hey... I REALLY need ot know... what amp is this exactly??? I totally feel this is a giant step in my personal quest for tone. I mean, this is it... Is this a YBA-1???
praga5576 4 months ago
Wow. that thing sounds amazing ! I NEED one :)
praga5576 4 months ago
omfg
sambo75420 4 months ago
sell me this +_+
YugoDaWolf 5 months ago
HOLY SHIT!!!! thats a traynor? huge tone dude!
charvelstrat81 5 months ago
I wish you were my long lost uncle or something so you could teach me your ways...
Sloomer25 6 months ago
The tone of life!
triggsyshredd 6 months ago
that is an Eddie VH tone man!!
\\m//
wyldefan716 7 months ago
any chance you'd sell that or one of it's twins? :)
imacleod1977 7 months ago
Sounds Very sqanky!! Probably got some E-Qing done from the mike.Needs more beef on the bottom! The new Traynor Heads are absolutely KILLER!
Cool looking stacks in these vids!!
dewycatt2112 8 months ago
FUCK THE AMP I WANT THT CAT! soo cute! :D
markdocker 8 months ago
KILLER tone man!!!!
metalfan1212 9 months ago
now thats what i call a bargain :-D
bbck15 9 months ago
Marshall from hell
jadochararo 9 months ago
damn.i want it.
guitargod1598 9 months ago
Any chance you'd work on my Bassmaster?
:)
MrPeterpuck007 10 months ago
where did you learn to mod amps?
superbandace 10 months ago
that amp sounds mint
tubesweetness 10 months ago
wow thats a big ass output transformer O_o
andrewkadar 10 months ago
are you still alive riffguy?? or has your head exploded due to over riffage?!! mean axe work my friend!!
dukeofpearl 11 months ago
That's a really great sounding mod! The transformers on that thing are HUUUGE! I have a feeling you could make any rig sound good, but this one is intriguing. Is there any way you can send me a little more info on how you cascaded the channels and where you pick up all that extra gain? Also, any tips on how to deal with tinnitus? I've been collecting amps since I was 18 also, and my ears are starting to complain full time. 35 years of hi Db! Thanks, and keep rockin'!
Prestostark 1 year ago
Paul,do you find 3 pickup SGs harder to play with the extra humbucker where your hand picks? Cause I might be getting an epi G400 3 pickup and I just was wondering if they were harder to play or get used to.
rockerdude29 1 year ago
@rockerdude29 It feels a bit different since you can't dig in as deep with the pick, so I usually just lower the middle pickup a bit.
riffguy 1 year ago 3
@riffguy thats what i thought,if I change out the pickups I'll probably just cut out the middle and wire it neck,neck/bridge,bridge and leave the middle there as like a dummy pickup haha.then lower it really low.
rockerdude29 1 year ago
digite gift antes de youtube
good video
guilamborghini 1 year ago
wow, i wasnt expecting that , thats amazing
Nidaime299 1 year ago
I would definitely be interested in learning how to perform this mod!
NKUSigEp11 1 year ago
I guess the million dollar question is: What modifications were done? I don't know of any bass amp that distorts with the master on 2.
So essentially, its the MOD that creates the distortion...the actual amp is clean tube power to amplify it, no?
krelbar 1 year ago
@krelbar The output section of the amp is running clean, it's the preamp thats creating the distortion. One of the mods is the master volume circuit, the other mod is running the output of one channel into the other, to make gain.
riffguy 1 year ago
@riffguy Either way, it sounds freaking GODLY!!!
krelbar 1 year ago 3
@krelbar Thank you.
riffguy 1 year ago
EVH mean street, sick :D
andyledhead1 1 year ago
Love them Reverbs bouncing off the walls!
EvilEyester 1 year ago
is that a 'marshall jcm 800? it sounds like one
joshua0226 1 year ago
$25??? FML
LRMMcDonnell 1 year ago 22
@LRMMcDonnell DAMN.
Jayakiran1 6 months ago
that is officially the best guitar tone I,ve heard online ! how did You get the sound from the amp to computer, I notice d the mic , but was it from the mic straight in to the computer? what kind of mic ? gotta be just guitar and amp, In my mind a guitar and an all tube amp still sounds the best
3FlyingFarts 1 year ago
that's just awesome man!...what an amazing tone!
jaytv777 1 year ago
Love that EVH tone. Great cover of "Mean Streets".
rishino 1 year ago
Nice video. Never disappoint. Stellar Playing as well ...
I think Traynor puts out some of the BEST BANG FOR BUCK (and then some) amps out there. I would say for what you get they could ask twice the price.
I have my YCV80Q and my soon comming YCS50 so I can run in TRUE TUBE STEREO ..... oh yeah !!!
MikeyGee001 1 year ago
Killer tone!
skiffguard1996 1 year ago 2
Where are you getting the reverb?
PIlotrcm 1 year ago
@PIlotrcm can u read ?
WirSindRocker 1 year ago
@WirSindRocker
No I can't but now that I checked out the whole description I now know thanks so much ....
PIlotrcm 1 year ago
like the cat
joseph02251 1 year ago
riffguy, can I ask you, what pre-amp and power tubes do you use on that amp?
gothyke 1 year ago
What mods did you do to make it sound like that!! Holy freakin' moly!
I just snagged a '72 YBM-1...please tell me there is hope! haha..
PeterPug007 1 year ago
Mods??
Awesome playing.
PeterPug007 1 year ago
So I have a rather stupid question, but how and when did you get your like 3 or 4 full stacks? If that is what they are called?
SteveShivik 1 year ago
@SteveShivik I bought these stacks one piece at a time, from the time I was 18 years old. I got some of this stuff pretty cheap because they needed repairs.
riffguy 1 year ago
@riffguy So did you learn how to repair them yourself? And that's awesome that they've lasted so long. Where and how did you learn to repair guitars and amps?
SteveShivik 1 year ago
@SteveShivik Yeah, I learned a lot about guitars & amps just by taking them apart...I also ruined a lot of stuff in the process. I also worked in a guitar shop as a tech for a couple of years and learned a lot from my experiences there.
riffguy 1 year ago
@riffguy Wow :) I hate to ask more questions but, what do you do for work now? Something musical I hope. Also do you have any tips for a guitarist that's like about 1/4th the musician you are, when it comes to guitar playing?
SteveShivik 1 year ago
@SteveShivik Unfortunately, my job has nothing to do with music at all, but it's steady and pays the bills.
The best advice I could give you is to play along with music as much as you can. Most importantly, don't rely on tablature....learn songs by ear!
riffguy 1 year ago
@riffguy well, I suppose we all have to do what we have to do :) but phew! I guess I've been learning music mostly the right way then :)
SteveShivik 1 year ago
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@riffguy can I ask you, what pre-amp and power tubes do you use on that amp?
gothyke 1 year ago
@riffguy can I ask you, what pre-amp and power tubes do you use on that amp right there?
gothyke 1 year ago
@gothyke Just some old tubes that I had kicking around my shop.....12AX7's and EL34's but I can't remember what brands they were. The output tubes aren't matched either.
riffguy 1 year ago
Riffguy!!! Please tell me what pickups you use in your SGs???
ooroozima 1 year ago
@ooroozima This particular guitar has the original 57 Classics, but my other SG's are loaded with a variety of 490's, 57 Classics and Riffbuckers.
riffguy 1 year ago
hey rifguy what can you recomend for me to sound like the hard sound of dime like pantera or damageplan?. I have a marshall MG SERIES 50 with digital fx.
TheCosmefulanito3 1 year ago
@TheCosmefulanito3 Have you tried playing through a Randall? I think that's what he used.
riffguy 1 year ago
@riffguy yes I know that also at for the last tour he co-created a head for KRANK, the KRANKESTEIN, but any modification that you can mention for the marshall?
TheCosmefulanito3 1 year ago
Hey, riff guy. what could I do to my peavey valveking to get that old school fat master of puppets crunch? I want to cheaply and safely make modifications to my amp.
OttoVonGoenne 1 year ago
@OttoVonGoenne I'm not familiar with the Valveking's circuit, so I can't give you any suggestions.
riffguy 1 year ago
@OttoVonGoenne i have a valveking for toting to small practices its a turd my jcm2000 does the real shit u need a marshall ur not a rockstar if u dont stand on stage in front of ur full marshall stack lol
stringbreaker6 1 year ago
i dig the cat man.
ruffles272 1 year ago
brother where in ontario are you gotta learn if you teach gotta jam if i can
philly6669 1 year ago
VH!!! Great!!! =D
runnerba 1 year ago
OMG...big yellow cat!
w5cdt 1 year ago
that sounds pretty cool and its amazing you got it for $25!
martyfriedman666 1 year ago
that sounds almost too good to be true!
rockfreak611 1 year ago
damn 25$, but how much were you mods ? or just how much is your talent ?
amaurythewarrior 1 year ago
man before mean streets were you just messing around i love that riff and that tone is amazing vh all the way man.
NOWNVR 1 year ago
where did u get that head and how much was it?
1961gibson 1 year ago
VH!!!
evhfan1994 1 year ago
awesome video great playing!
d33ferer 1 year ago
Song at 2:03?
jagjaghuh 1 year ago
@jagjaghuh mean street van halen
1961gibson 1 year ago
Great tone! I hear alot of Halen here. Sounds great!!
ezurcher1 1 year ago
Wow. Wasn't expecting that.
rousejeremy 1 year ago
i love the fucking sound of this guitar!!!!
it's just an eargasm!!!
ownedbymyself666 1 year ago
What kind of string set are you using here? I have now a little bit too fat strings on my sg3 and it makes it sound unclean.
MostBever 1 year ago
@MostBever I use Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 10-46. I seriously don't see how changing your string gauge will make your guitar sound cleaner. You should make sure your guitar is properly set up and that you are playing cleanly.
riffguy 1 year ago
@riffguy Well, of course, it sound clean on a clean channel, but when I use the overdrive it is a but too crunchy, its like when you use hotter pickups which creates more sound, the tones becomes very fat and I dont like that in riffs, but with higher frets in solos its fine.
MostBever 1 year ago
@riffguy I have a B.C Rich with emg's and the thinnest ernie ball strings and it makes my amp sounf totaly different, of course there are two totaly different pickup types, but i have a 58 (I think) which haven't much output and a 81 (again I think) with more output, with the 58 in the bridge and the 81 in the neck.
MostBever 1 year ago
@riffguy I can get a totaly perfect sound for my ears with the 58 in riffs and solos and the 81's just doesn't do it for me and isn't the 58 pretty much likes the bridge humbucker on the sg3?
MostBever 1 year ago
@riffguy Well, I think I bought the sg3 with the same string thikness like what you are using now, wich sounded great, but they were old so I decided to try a bit thicker which aperently created more power from the pickups to see if it made it better for playing, but yes, it's better to play with, but ruins the sound for me. And for the last: yes, the guitar is fine and i tries to play clean. :)
MostBever 1 year ago
@riffguy
PS: sorry for "spamming" your video, bit i wanted to tell you my answer and the comment "controller" wouldn't allow so many words.
MostBever 1 year ago
@riffguy
Well, some cheap shitty strings do have a natural buzz to them.. i think its either because of that they are uneven in the windings, or in the ball end.
But in the end, it doesnt make THAT much of a difference, but i have noticed some STRINGS that have been buzzing(Changing them got rid of the problems, and it never came back.).
notuern 1 year ago
@MostBever i say its either you, the bridge, pickups, or the amp that sounds unclean.
FalamsProductions 1 year ago
nice i was at guitar center today and i tryed the new ma out....ITS HORRIBLE my little fender super champ sound better i think if u go marshal u need the jcm 800 or dont borther cuz it will sound like shit
xx55AC55xx 1 year ago
Dude your playing is so fuckin inspirational. Keep it up
cincyrocked 1 year ago
what areas of the amp did you mod?
markyellowseries3 1 year ago
What a deal !!!
fasteddierocs 1 year ago
Nice! Very 'Brown'...
skipkent 1 year ago
Ha! Apologies. I overlooked your description.
laterallateral 1 year ago
No problem, thanks for checking out the video.
riffguy 1 year ago
Hey, you say that SG is run direct to the head, right? Where's that reverb coming from, then?
laterallateral 1 year ago
I thought I had already explained this in the description.
riffguy 1 year ago
That tone is crazy man!
PatrikForLife 1 year ago 23
Wicked tone coming from that combination. If that is a Traynor bass head, it has a little magic in it because it sure does sound sweet.
einaroneeye 1 year ago
pretty neat...
royenfield2 1 year ago
Traynor rules!!! I have a YCS50 and couldnt be happier with the price i payed for the sound/versatility/features.
Dube230 1 year ago
@Dube230 how do You run Your effects with Your YCS 50 , I have one too , I fuckin love it, but it always ends up sounding WAY better without effects, any ideas ? gotta be the best amp for the money on the market though 100%
3FlyingFarts 1 year ago
i like your mean streets cover better than the original, the tone is freakin awesome, and playing is groovin
SilverSkyline92 1 year ago
you should make a tutorial of sorts on how to do this.. I'm out a head so i have no amp now. and ive got plenty of time to build one..
hvrock13 2 years ago
Amazing sound RiffGuy..
Greetz Mario
MarioMoreBlack 2 years ago
hi, did you just cascade the channels?
REDSOXNYG 2 years ago
FFFFFFFFFFpppppppppPPPPPp-I don't think I'll ever get over this video.
CHASENTONE 2 years ago
you better hope that cat dont jump on that open amp head! !@#$%^&*() dope!
obamascare 2 years ago
i bet riffguy never has to go to guitarcenter
skateboardjaw 2 years ago
there are sadly no guitar centers in canada lol :'( ...
HeadbangerHimself 2 years ago
Music + cats = pure awesome
useyourillusion28 2 years ago
This amp has EL34's. You can probably find one of these old amps on Ebay, but this particular one is one of a kind due to the modifications and it's not for sale.
riffguy 2 years ago
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dude haha that was awesome. i was not expecting that amp to sound like a freakin plexi. Check out my vids if u have time
TaylorGilmour 2 years ago
Man i could live in that room surviving on pure music for years! :D
scorpia616 2 years ago 21
Is it common to not get good-sounding low string pinch harmonics on SGs?!
Fattyfatfatfat92 2 years ago
hi, i use an SG and Marshall together and i have noticed that it is harder to get the standard in your face pinch harmonic on the low strings. i don't think its so much the SG but also the Marshall too. the pinch is still there it just sounds unique and different. its all a matter of preference though, what ever you like.
-rock on! \m/
AlexanderKing1988 2 years ago
van halen wath effect use not just amp
danval069 2 years ago
when you first started guitar, were you like a naturally talented prodigy or did you get that good from constant practice?
DrummerofStones 2 years ago
I was a creative & artistic person from a very early age, but playing guitar didn't come easily. I had a lot of drive & really spent a lot of time practicing.
riffguy 2 years ago
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Billaboy31 2 years ago
Awesome Video, but why is there only one volume and tone knob? Amazing Jam!
christianb12001 2 years ago
That's just how an SG-3 is configured. I guess Gibson figured the 6 position rotary switch was hard enough to operate without adding the other controls.
riffguy 2 years ago
Oh My God!!! I was not expecting that brown sound at all.. Christ it is Van Halen all over...!"
Mega!
Ha ha... just wrote the above and you went into Van Halen... he he.. Rock on Mate!
j2112c 2 years ago
Nice playin' young man!
bobbyrubio 2 years ago
Wow! So those vintage mullard's in my 68 traynor yba-1 are basicly garbage? I think not, they sound so sweeeeet!
slbradley01 2 years ago
That was awsome. i just picked myself up a traynor yba-1. May do a few mods. An attenuator perhaps. Need to find a
4X12 cab. is that a 1960A, Greenbacks?
slbradley01 2 years ago
If Ritchie Blackmore and Lita Ford had a kid it would be you!!! Great tone.
ffbai 2 years ago
A fat cat in the floor! :D
The cat get scared when you play loud? Or is ok for him(her)? :)
martinbfg10k 2 years ago
Awesome video and mods to the Traynor! But if Riffguy or anybody could please explain to me what he's doing from 1:10-1:12, I would deeply appreciate it :D
SparcoRX7 2 years ago
It's a 2 note chord where I am bending one of the notes. Play the B string (17th fret) and the G string (16th fret and bend it a whole step).
riffguy 2 years ago
Thanks man, I got it now :D
SparcoRX7 2 years ago
its just pentatonics man, slow it down in your head and use your ears
RNRDOLL 2 years ago
That's awesome riffguy. I've had an old Bassmaster II (I think the model is a YBA-2) built in 69 that has collected dust because it sounded like crap. Finally gave it to someone knowledgable about amp builds who tells me it is going to come back sounding very Marshall. I can't look for specific mods, because the guy who gave it to me got it from Pete Traynor himself, who supposedly put some of his own mods on it. Looking forward to Christmas this year!
lutychris 2 years ago
traynor amps are MONSTERS!!! modified or not, they kick a**
swirleynoise 2 years ago
LOVE THE TONE. could you tell me which tubes and speakers you use??? im on the quest for MY tone and this sounds very close to what i want...
apguitarguy401 2 years ago
then your seeking for a raw van halen sound, check on the mods he made to his marshalls back then in late seventies and 80s, awesome shred sound. I'm in love with a plexi MKII, what a pity in this fucking country one of those head's is worth over 2000 dollars, and a 1960 cab is another 1000 :(
slashdelbarrio 2 years ago
I like Riffguy's tone so much that i get pissed off. How many watts is this beast?
shooooota 2 years ago
lol. looks like either 30, 50 or 60 watts.... i could be completely wrong though...:P
apguitarguy401 2 years ago
I can get the exact same tone from my vintage v100 and marshall mg50dfx solid state combo.
Echioderm 2 years ago
Now, thats's gotta be the most ridiculous comment I've read all week!
riffguy 2 years ago
Yes from time to time you hear this. I heard another ridiculous the other day from a visitor at my home.. I can get a Randy Rhoads tone out of a Yamaha $200 guitar and a line6 spider ...yes he told I tried it in the shop... Cheers.!
AxelFlyingV 2 years ago
well, some of us are 15 and don't have endless money to spend on our gear so make the best out of what we have and I CAN get a tone very similair, no it it is not 100% accurate, but it's very damn near and it's people like you that put the younger generation off of playing the guitar, as they get laughed at for having to buy budget gear!
Echioderm 2 years ago
You don't have to spent big money to get a good tone. Traynors for instance are very affordable and have a top tone.The mistake is for people buying solid states and then a bunch of this and that to make it sound good ,at the end they spent more money than having bought something descent from the start. Now thinking that a solid state thing can substitute or even match the tone of a good quality tube amp is just an illusion ,sometimes sounding ridiculous . IMO as well.
AxelFlyingV 2 years ago
well mate, I can't afford a good tube amp and I don't use any effects (apart from a crybaby wah VERY occasionaly), so I got an amp with a tube simulator. It sounds just as good and I've regularly been compllimented on how good a tone I get out of it!
Echioderm 2 years ago
or you could save up money and buy stuff?
it gives you something to work for.
take the other guitar played in my band and i for example.
purchased with our own money that we worked hard for he has a Marshall JVM 410H, a fender strat plus, and a gibson les paul.
I currently have a Marshall JCM 2000 TSL a Gibson les paul Double cut and a fender strat.
along with pedal boards for each of us.
so quit whining, get off your lazy ass, and do something.
and your band sucks. just throwing that out there
tfritz754 2 years ago
well mate, I like my gear so there. also, I don't care about ur opinion on my band, it was our first rehearsal and frankly, I don't give a crap what u think!
I'm not whining, I'm just saying my views!
Echioderm 2 years ago
@tfritz754
In your videos you don't seem a day over 18. Are you still living with your parents? Have any bills to pay? Living expenses? A mortgage? Even still, where does a kid your age find a job that pays enough for all of that gear? Or did your parents make up the difference? And being that the other kid is 15, I think it's a bit early to be calling him lazy. Besides, you don't know this kid at all. And your band sucks too, by the way. Just throwing that out there.
SeymourDuncanDonuts 2 years ago
good call. i am not a day over 18. 17 actually. i dont have any bills. well besides a phone bill. and i actually work at a service center selling tires. my parents paid $0 for my gear. hard work pays off
tfritz754 2 years ago
most people that arent big dont even have close to the arsenal that riffguy has, idk whos laughing at you for hAVING "generic" gear.. maybe yourself?
TodayAt420 2 years ago
plus, take a look at my version of tnt by AC/DC on my page an you'll see that I can get a very similair tone!
Echioderm 2 years ago
If Michael Schenker hears this he will com and steal that amp from you .. superbly done .. I had 15 Marshalls from the 1960s and early 19702 between the ages of 14 and 28 .. now I am 46 have 4 traynors and they make ALL the marshalls i had and used sound like cheap old tat !
backthisway 2 years ago
Holy ShitBalls Riffguy....'ave a look at those trannys
gkb911 2 years ago
How would you compare one of the new Traynors i.e. YCS-50 Head if you have tested one with a Marshall of your choice of course.. I don;t have the opportunity to test one , but from what I hear in the internet they seem to have classic tone with lots of bite and lots of bass presence Thanks
AxelFlyingV 2 years ago
I tried a Traynor Custom Special 100 half stack once and was very impressed. It truly was one of the greatest sounding & most responsive amps I've ever played through. Somebody at Yorkville understands tone.
riffguy 2 years ago
Thanks , once again for your answer. Cheers!
AxelFlyingV 2 years ago
Indeed I have ordered one , but cause of a stupid seller they sent me the 50W..The amp sounds totaly Great and has response and quality to it...But it is 50W.... in a way lacks the headroom of the 100W I was looking for ( have the ENGL 100W RB head now)..snifff...sniff.. I have also noticed that my neighbours when I play the 100W call the police sooner than when I play the 50W(ENGL thunder). So it has to be 100...I am a bit in dispair cause I have to return it...Also think for the 120Savage.
AxelFlyingV 2 years ago
Of course there is the option to plug them all together and get a total 200W but then again if I had an 100 I would be gettin 250W total.... If I keep it so don;t get to the hassle of returning it.... Getting the Savage would give me 320W total... Then go for best time police calling new record. CHEERS man , play loud !!
AxelFlyingV 2 years ago
What is your cats name?
Bluesguy92 2 years ago
Puddin'
riffguy 2 years ago
So if the master is on 2, all that distortion is from the preamp... how do you get so much output from those pups??? thats crazy. oh yeah very close brown sound btw... mean street was like perfect
Acidrain1993 2 years ago
It's relatively easy to modify a tube amp to make a lot of gain, the trick is making the gain sound good.
riffguy 2 years ago
Your stuff rules!!!!!
Cool everythning!!!
s119497 2 years ago
no one told me eddie had a twin
JoeJackSmith 2 years ago
whats the wattage on that beast?
sadgmusic 2 years ago
50 watts.
riffguy 2 years ago
Traynor bassmaster had reverb??? (LOL) Great playing BTW. - Kent
foghorn99 2 years ago
nice sg
you rock
giuseppe114 2 years ago
LoL, nothing in the frame indicates the year this was filmed is any later than 1979
thenoodler 2 years ago
Except the Gibson SG-3 which came out in 2007.
riffguy 2 years ago
where can i get one and for how much
GuitarGodSG61R 2 years ago
btw, MAD props dude, that tone is sick great job on that build. what kills me is you probably have $150 in that amp haha.
i know i probably have $60 in parts and $450 in the transformer/choke with 3 years of engineering/bench time on mine.
keep rockin dude, and nice 75's
evhgl87 2 years ago
I am speachless ...hehehe
HeavyMetalThunderss 2 years ago
does the middle pickup get in the way or do you keep it lower than the other two? p.s you rock. when people ask me what my style of rock is, my answer is RIFFGUY
NatethePlate 2 years ago
oh something else.
I own a original schematic, for the (1967 ara) Traynor custom reverb.(N.O.S.)
I bought it off ebay (the guy had it for 45 years) and i will scan it and send it to anyone who might need it (no charge).
Peace
Joe
Traynorcustomreverb 2 years ago
i have a 69 guitar mate reverb :O
CreatureerutaerC 2 years ago