Traynor YBA 200-2

[Pilgrim]

Whilst you have no experience of the amp in that type of venue, you could always take both, the once, just in case...

[toggle Schwarzennerger voice ON]

Jah, und moving zem around vill build up za girlie arms, too!

[/schwarzenegger voice]

[Highlander]

Just needs a bit more iron in her diet... Steely Dan...?

[lowend1]

Mark, I think you're GTG with 200 watts. I've survived the rigors of NJ clubs with my '76 through a V4B and a single SVT bottom (both early 70s)... while there might be a tad more sand in the Vaseline with 100 watts than some might like, I've never been asked to play louder.

[godofthunder]

I have found 200w of tube power to be more than enough for most any venue, most of the time I run more than one head and multiple cabs but for smaller shows I use either a 100w or 200w head paired with a 2x15 cab. For big venues I run My Marshall Major (sometime I use a Sound City 200 plus or my Hiwatt 100 in place of the Marshall) and my Hiwatt DR201 with  2x15, 4x12 and 2x12 cabs. Soon to be joined by my Hiwatt 2150   Never had a problem being heared.

[Highlander]

What'd ya say...? I can't hear you... your rigs blown both my ears t' Hell'n'back... 

[Blackbird]

Mark...how did your yba200 hold up?  Looking at these now...

[Aussie Mark]

I've now owned two YBA200 (the first model, not the 200-2) and a YBA300.  I upgraded from a YBA200 to a YBA300 for more headroom, but I sold the YBA300 and went back to a YBA200 because the YBA300 had TOO MUCH headroom - it was crazy loud.  I could get a much better tone out of the YBA200, which to me sounded like a beefier V4B.  So, I've gigged YBAs now for 4 years trouble free - until recently.  A power tube failed during a gig and it took out the auto-biasing circuit, which required a couple of hours of work from my tech but less than $10 in parts to fix.  He's modded the YBA200 to remove the auto-bias circuit and now it has each power tube individually biased manually like the YBA200-2, so if a tube fails it won't take out numerous components at the same time.

I love the tone from the YBA200, and it dirties up very easily via judicious use of the gain control.  Teamed with my sealed Markbass 410 or my Fender Neo 610 it's a perfect match for my old school tribute bands.

[Blackbird]

I rented one, but after about 10 mins I gave up.  Didn't impress me much when compared to my ol' SA450 MarkBass head..