Members Bassified Posted December 25, 2006 Members Share Posted December 25, 2006 Merry Christmas guys! Is a Traynor YCV50Blue a cheaper version of a Mesa F-30 or do they have completely different voicings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alchemist Posted December 25, 2006 Members Share Posted December 25, 2006 What makes you think they would even be remotely similar?Different preamp, different poweramp, different control layout, different tube complement, different build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassified Posted December 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 25, 2006 Originally posted by Alchemist What makes you think they would even be remotely similar? Different preamp, different poweramp, different control layout, different tube complement, different build. So you can't really compare which is better due to different tonal characteristics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Weathered Posted December 25, 2006 Members Share Posted December 25, 2006 No - they aren't the least bit similar. You are going to have to go with how you feel about an amp, and what you like about it. That problem is far too rampant here. People get stuck in a "is X better than Y?" situation, and you need to figure out if X is better than Y for your uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted December 25, 2006 Members Share Posted December 25, 2006 Originally posted by Weathered No - they aren't the least bit similar. You are going to have to go with how you feel about an amp, and what you like about it. That problem is far too rampant here. People get stuck in a "is X better than Y?" situation, and you need to figure out if X is better than Y for your uses. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Welladjusted Posted December 25, 2006 Members Share Posted December 25, 2006 The YC20 has the same output tubes as the F-30, so there may be some common ground there, but it's really just coincidental. The voicing of the power tubes found in both means that they'll have similar characteristics but they're by no means clones of each other. The F-50 and YCV40 have some similar tones, but they have just as many differences. The Mesa is voiced tighter and with more gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassified Posted December 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 25, 2006 Originally posted by Welladjusted The YC20 has the same output tubes as the F-30, so there may be some common ground there, but it's really just coincidental. The voicing of the power tubes found in both means that they'll have similar characteristics but they're by no means clones of each other.The F-50 and YCV40 have some similar tones, but they have just as many differences. The Mesa is voiced tighter and with more gain. I don't know...I currently have a podxt live and a tech21 power engine 60. it sounds pretty good, but for the money, i think i can do a bit better. that setup is quite expensive. overall, i'd like something simple...2 channels, 2 independent eq. i'm thinking of a traynor ycv50 or tech21 trademark60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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