Traynor Dark Horse

[Jammers5]

Just picked mine up today at Long and McQuade St. John's. This amp is KILLER!!!! It's got 3 voicings - Brit -Pure -USA that are all awesome sounding. The low wattage setting sounds ok to me but this thing ROARS when you crank it with the 6V6's!!! Nice cleans to full on gain, this amp can do it all! The cabinet is loaded with a Celestion GT12 Greenback that I am in love with too! I tried it in the store at low volume and it sounded ok, it may have been the guitars I was using. But when I got it home and plugged in my '93 LP Std, cranked up the volume, this thing sprang to life! Then I tried a '93 American Standard Strat with SCN's, sounded great as well! 3rd on the list was my Road Worn Tele with Tex Mex pups and sounded fantastic!

In low wattage tube amps I own a Tiny Terror, Blackheart Little Giant (w/Bitmo Triple Bypass mod) Marshall Class 5, Fender Blues Junior and an Egnater Rebel 30. The Dark Horse, in my opinion, sounds better than ALL of them. I really love the 3 voicings , and the Greenback suits this amp to a "T"



J5

 

[Jammers5]

Just picked mine up today at Long and McQuade St. John's. This amp is KILLER!!!! It's got 3 voicings - Brit -Pure -USA that are all awesome sounding. The low wattage setting sounds ok to me but this thing ROARS when you crank it with the 6V6's!!! Nice cleans to full on gain, this amp can do it all! The cabinet is loaded with a Celestion GT12 Greenback that I am in love with too! I tried it in the store at low volume and it sounded ok, it may have been the guitars I was using. But when I got it home and plugged in my '93 LP Std, cranked up the volume, this thing sprang to life! Then I tried a '93 American Standard Strat with SCN's, sounded great as well! 3rd on the list was my Road Worn Tele with Tex Mex pups and sounded fantastic!

In low wattage tube amps I own a Tiny Terror, Blackheart Little Giant (w/Bitmo Triple Bypass mod) Marshall Class 5, Fender Blues Junior and an Egnater Rebel 30. The Dark Horse, in my opinion, sounds better than ALL of them. I really love the 3 voicings , and the Greenback suits this amp to a "T"



J5

Correction; the Traynor Dark Horse sounds great, especially when the tubes are being pushed, but to use a blanket statement of saying it sounds better than my Egnater Rebel 30 is probably a stretch. the Rebel 30 is a versatile amp that can cover a very wide spectrum of tones, and can get higher gains than the DH. I LOVE the Rebel 30 and the DH. They are both great amps.

 

[D-Rock]

Thanks for the first hand impression. My local L&M doesn't have one in yet, but I sure do want to try one.

I'll post a pic, so others reading this thread can see how cool this little amp looks.

 

[Mudder]

Industrial, I like it. The only way it would look better was if that was all brushed aluminum.

 

[DiezelMonster]

It's a pretty rockin' amp, and for anyone that does not know, It's built in Toronto with Canadian transformers, all the metal work is done IN house at Yorkville, so it's pretty cool, saw them being built a cool sight for sure!.


Anyhow, just thought I'd put that out there.

Cheers!

C