Here's another one that I can't technically say is "new amp gear" since I bought the amp last year, fiddled with it for a few months in the studio, and just recently sold it. But once again I figured it was worth a bit of discussion given how unique it was...
So this amp started out as a Traynor YBA-1, which is a pretty old-school amp design (somewhere between a Fender Bassman and Marshall JTM-45). It was a 50-watt bass amp driven by two EL34's with MASSIVE transformers. Because of this, it has become a popular platform for modding and hot rodding. This one was modded by Andy Fuchs to have the ODS circuit installed, turning it into a low-cost Dumble clone clone. Post-mod, it has two footswitchable channels, footswitchable mid-boost, full/studio power setting, and various voicing switches installed.
To put the amp through it's paces, I recorded the following video of me jamming along through the modded Traynor to one of my original tunes... the guitar is a McCarty Korina and the cab is a 1x12" Egnater cab loaded with a WGS ET65 speaker. This will give you an idea of what the modded amp sounds like...
So this was another amp to be unloaded as part of the post-AxeFX downsizing (since the AxeFX has some compelling Dumble models), but all-in-all, the Traynor/Fuchs delivered a lot of tone/vibe for the money. If you've got an old Fender/Music Man/Traynor amp that you're looking to breathe some new life into, the Fuchs ODS mod may be just the trick.
--B
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