Traynor YCV40 - Pre-amp Tubes or Power Tubes? Worse?
Hi there,
I've had this Traynor YCV40 for almost 5 years now and frankly as much as I love the sound, I regret how freakin' heavy and weirdly fragile this thing is. I do 20 minute car rides for rehearsals and gigs, and the sounds it makes on very normal roads ain't great to hear. The spring reverb sounds like its breaking apart and I've already had to replace the power tubes.
Now I'm having a pretty bad problem, can someone please help identify what is going on?
It seems like the only channel that works right now is the distortion channel. The clean channel has a loud hum and no guitar coming out, while the distortion channel needs to have the volume up much higher to produce sound and even then, the tone isn't as full as it used to be. There's very very slight volume fluctuations too.
I've looked at the big Power tubes in the back, and it doesn't emit a red plate like the one I had to switch nor does it do any noise when I do the gentle tap test. One of them does seem a little brighter in orange than the other. Is it possible that it needs yet another change (a year ago, mind you), even if the tap test doesn't show anything?
Due to the build, I can't access the pre-amp tubes without power tools. Do these symptoms sound more like pre-amp tube failure? Or something worse....
Please help 😞 This has been so freakin' annoying dealing with a tube amp, and it's at the worst possible time as we have gigs lined up. Thank you!