Traynor TS-50. Any ideas?

[rsalinger]

I've got a Traynor TS-50. It's marginally functional... some scratchy pots, leaky caps and whatnot.

Sounds as good (ahem... cough, cough...) as you'd expect a 30 year old SS amp to sound.

What is salvageable? Any build suggestions?

Thanks,
Rob

[mcrracer]

Chassis, knobs, replace the CB with a fuse holder, switch, AC cord, jacks, maybe the reverb tank
What are the dimensions of the chassis? What size speaker is in the cab? This could be the beginning of a great Grab-N-Go type combo amp. I gut a lot of SS combos and build tube amps in them. What kind of amp do you want or need?

[selloutrr]

go to ebay - musical instruments - guitars - amplifiers - search "project" or "Mesa PCB" a russian company is selling a tested Mesa Boogie Mark 2 C+ PCB set. you could gut this amp and make a mesa.

- or -

Fix it and sell it and use that money for another amp you want.

[rsalinger]

What are the dimensions of the chassis? What size speaker is in the cab? This could be the beginning of a great Grab-N-Go type combo amp. I gut a lot of SS combos and build tube amps in them. What kind of amp do you want or need?

It's got a 19 inch chassis. 9.25" three spring accutronic reverb tank.

I was considering a one channel, clean- only, ef86, quad el84 combo... Pre- Top-Boost AC30.

go to ebay - musical instruments - guitars - amplifiers - search "project" or "Mesa PCB" a russian company is selling a tested Mesa Boogie Mark 2 C+ PCB set. you could gut this amp and make a mesa.

Very impressive. That PCB sparked my interest. Is it anyone from the board?

Thanks,
Rob

[mcrracer]

You only gave one dimension of the chassis and did not mention the speaker. It would be easy enough if you have the room to build a Rocket in there. EF86 tubes can be microphonic but if you insist there are circuits which incorporate that tube. There are also other octals which are more reliable which could go up front; 6SJ7, comes to mind. 6U8, 6GH8A.
Are you comfortable building point to point or eyelet and turret board assembly? Personally I would ditch the reverb but many guys insist on having it so it could be retained too.

[selloutrr]

http://cgi.ebay.com/MESA-BOOGIE-MARK-2C ... 1c17ceaeea

I don't believe they are a TAG member.

[rsalinger]

You only gave one dimension of the chassis and did not mention the speaker.

The Chassis is 19" x 8 1/2". 1x12 combo.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MESA-BOOGIE-MARK-2C ... 1c17ceaeea

I don't believe they are a TAG member.

Saw that the other day, looks great. Thanks.

Cheers,
Rob