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Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:26 pm
by dontfeartheringo
Garth wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:44 pm
Nate Dort wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 12:15 pm
Broken Fender 400PS for $100 in Athens
Man, you would be THE GUY who should get it because that seems like would require intense labor of love/patience/expertise.
You should hit up some of our Athens folks & see if you can get it.
SO YOU SHOULD KNOW that the guy who is selling this is exactly the guy I'd take it to if I wanted to try and fix it. If he can't fix it, it's not fixable. Abandon hope all ye who enter here. John is my favorite tech in town because he charges reasonable prices and also knows when to say "Maybe you should sit down before we have this talk" right before he tells you Ol' Yeller needs to go out behind the barn.
If he's given up on it, consider it beyond hope.
Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 1:49 pm
by Nate Dort
That's kinda what I figured. Looks like it already had some cap work done to it. I'm guessing it probably has 1 or more bad transformers.
Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:54 pm
by mdc
Conversely, $100 for the chassis and case is probably pretty good if someone wanted to build something new under the hood?
I sent the listing to my pal in Athens and he said essentially the same thing - if that dude can't fix it, no one can.
Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:02 am
by Owen
I remember a Fender 400 sitting in the little mom and pop music store run by aging metal head. I was still in Bandit 112 land at the time, and I was just looking at this giant amp and the dude at the counter didn't even look up from his copy of Kerrang and yelled over, "Kid, that amp will kill you if you look at it wrong."
Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:05 am
by twelvepoint
Does a PS400 need a load on all 3 outputs when running?
Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:10 am
by Garth
twelvepoint wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:05 am
Does a PS400 need a load on all 3 outputs when running?
No, that was one of the brilliant aspects/innovations of this design IIRC.
Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:05 am
by eephus
dontfeartheringo wrote:
Garth wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:44 pm
Nate Dort wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 12:15 pm
Broken Fender 400PS for $100 in Athens
Man, you would be THE GUY who should get it because that seems like would require intense labor of love/patience/expertise.
You should hit up some of our Athens folks & see if you can get it.
SO YOU SHOULD KNOW that the guy who is selling this is exactly the guy I'd take it to if I wanted to try and fix it. If he can't fix it, it's not fixable. Abandon hope all ye who enter here. John is my favorite tech in town because he charges reasonable prices and also knows when to say "Maybe you should sit down before we have this talk" right before he tells you Ol' Yeller needs to go out behind the barn.
If he's given up on it, consider it beyond hope.
I assume McNeece? If so, yes, you are buying parts, not a salvageable amp. He would have gotten it running if it was able to be fixed.
I had a friend offer to send me one of those amps from Japan. I was mighty intrigued. I read up on them, and I decided against. I already have Ampegs I gotta keep running. But if it was local and it worked, I would still be pretty interested to try it out.
Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:02 pm
by Nate Dort
Some sort of Traynor TS-series prototype, supposedly. Looks like it might just be a stripped-down 120B.
https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/msg/ ... 54609.html
Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:59 pm
by BrendanK
THIS IS NOW LISTED AT 300$
I JUST BOUGHT A TWIN REVERB
AND AM ONLY RECORDING GUITAR AT HOME. WTF
Re: TRAYNORetcALERT- The "Look What's on Ebay" Thread
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:30 pm
by dontfeartheringo
eephus wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:05 am
dontfeartheringo wrote:
Garth wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 2:44 pm
Man, you would be THE GUY who should get it because that seems like would require intense labor of love/patience/expertise.
You should hit up some of our Athens folks & see if you can get it.
SO YOU SHOULD KNOW that the guy who is selling this is exactly the guy I'd take it to if I wanted to try and fix it. If he can't fix it, it's not fixable. Abandon hope all ye who enter here. John is my favorite tech in town because he charges reasonable prices and also knows when to say "Maybe you should sit down before we have this talk" right before he tells you Ol' Yeller needs to go out behind the barn.
If he's given up on it, consider it beyond hope.
I assume McNeece? If so, yes, you are buying parts, not a salvageable amp. He would have gotten it running if it was able to be fixed.
I had a friend offer to send me one of those amps from Japan. I was mighty intrigued. I read up on them, and I decided against. I already have Ampegs I gotta keep running. But if it was local and it worked, I would still be pretty interested to try it out.
Yep, that's John.
