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Traynor YBA100 Tube Bass Head - 100 Watts

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YBA100 Tube Bass Head - 100 Watts

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New and long-awaited, the YBA100 head weighs in gently on your arm relative to its mighty 200 and 300 Watt Traynor siblings while making tube warmth and depth fill the room. Add in a comprehensive sound control network plus Bias Adjust control and Balance LEDs to let you swap-in 6L6s, and the YBA100 may just be the only head you'll ever need!

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• 100 Watt all-tube bass head
• 3 x 12AX7 and 4 x 6L6 tubes
• 6L6 power tubes can be swapped for EL34 tubes
• Individual tube bias adjust with indicator LED
• Gain, Bass, Sweep-Mid, Treble and Master controls
• Deep, Bright, and Resonance tone shaping controls

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Description: The all-tube Traynor YBA100 100-watt bass head has been designed to be the ultimate tube head for the working musician. LED indicators on the rear of the amp show proper tube function and status. In rare cases where a tube may fail, the YBA100 will lock out the problem tube and its partner, allowing the amp to finish the show on the remaining active tubes. Smaller, portable and accessible, the YBA 100 is a lunch-box style amp, lighter than most 100 watt tube amps on the market. The YBA100 is the ideal amp for today’s bassist, providing the ideal amount of output for tighter stage plots.


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YBA 100 tube bass amp 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Victoria, British Columbia
By itself this amp sounds OK. Pretty basic tube fatness that gets gritty when you push the preamp volume. The real fun starts when you hit it with pedals. I use a tc electronic spark booster into the passive input which really helps this amp go into 'god country'... Big difference. Creamy sustain, glassy highs, big bottom.... Huge difference for me. 3 dimensional tone compared to my transistor bass amps. And ..... best warranty in the business. SOLD!
Posted by Ronald McDonald on Dec 2, 2024
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fin des recherches 0 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Lévis, Quebec
Je ne suis pas un pro mais quand même passionné. J'ai fais un retour à la musique il y a quelques années avec un fender rumble 500 . C'étais correcte mais je n'étais pas satisfait. J'ai fais des recherches , lu des commentaire et mon choix s'est arrêter sur cet ampli. Je l'ai combiner avec un 410 GK neo usagé pour le poids. Le résultat est tout simplement trop hot pour mes qualité de musicien. Ma Pbass pro sonne incroyablement claire et pure à travers cette ampli. Ma dingwall d-roc monte les tubes en température et me donne un sweet overdrive. Merci à long and Mcquade Québec pour l'ampli et le cab. Merci long and mcquade Lévis pour les Bass.
Posted by Marc on Jun 8, 2024
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Traynor does it again 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Orleans, Ontario
I have the YBA-300, and as much as I love it to death, it's a bit heavy to lift with my back issues. This YBA-100 comes in much lighter, with all the same tone and features. The only difference is that I can get that killer output tube overdrive without vibrating my house down the street... If you play outdoor gigs and/or without Front-of-House support, and need 100% clean tone even at LOUD volumes, you might prefer the YBA-300. In all other cases, this amp will be the last one you ever buy.
Posted by static on Apr 6, 2024
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My favorite 'old school' bass head. 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Laval, Quebec
This head can hold its own ground against more expensive Fender and Ampeg tube heads at a fraction of the price. It is well engineered and sturdy. Even when I dont pay attention to the EQ I still always get a good tone out of it. Very easy to dial in. Better suited for classic bass tones from the 60's to the 90's. It is not 'Hi-fi' like some modern amps are. The sweet spot of this amp is to get the right amount of saturation from the gain knob to react to your playing dynamics. 3 x 12AX7 tubes in the preamp makes this head very musical. The head might seem a bit underpowered but it is a good thing if you like a cranked tone from the tube power amp. If you prefer a loud and clean tone, you are better with the 300W version of this amp, the YBA-300. I prefered the 100 W for my taste as I intended to crank it up for the styles I play. I already have 'clean amps' for other styles. I find 100 watts enough in most circumstances as I get PA support nowadays and we try to keep stages quiet. Handy Bright and low switch and parametric Mids Eq. The resonance switch is great addition Under normal operation is tightens the low end so you can have a very articulate sound. If you depress it, you get that old school rumbling sound. This head takes pedals so well, especially dirt and boost pedals. This head really begs to be cranked. The FX loop is line level and post DI. I dont find it very usefull the way it is implemented in the circuit. I normally put my delay pedal in the loop. Not on this amp as the signal is way too hot and wont carry to the PA if using the line out. I have used the send output to send to another power amp with great results. The character of the amp carried to the other amp.
Posted by Eric B on Dec 24, 2023
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EXACTLY what I needed 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Oshawa, Ontario
I'm in love with this amp. I've never owned a full valve head before, so I personally won't be able to give comparisons, but it really seems to do everything incredibly well. If you love grit you can dime the gain & use the master for volume. If you love a huge, round tone, dime the power amp & use the preamp gain for volume. The power tubes can be swapped for EL34s if even more overdrive is needed.. I haven't tried that myself yet..
Using the resonance switch also adds another dimension to the low end or upper bass range that fills the room quite beautifully, without any mud.
The deep, bright, resonance & standby switches themselves feel a bit unsubstantial but I bet they'll last for what they need to do. Dial it in & you're set.
A huge selling point for me is the mid frequency pot. I'd go for the Traynor over an Ampeg any day for the ability to dial in the mids exactly where you like em, instead of presets that are close enough. I love to crank the midrange, so I sold an SVP-PRO & Ampeg power amp setup mostly because of that limitation. If you're worried about whether an amp like this has enough for stage volume, with a good cab or two & some mids, I really can not imagine having an issue.
These guys are made down the road, the price is excellent & the warranty is also better than most. I'm a very happy boy so far.
Posted by Rob Gates on Dec 18, 2022
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Really all you need! 9 of 10 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
This is a warm, quiet and powerful head that is essentially a mini Super Bassman! Without all of the issues of the YBA-200, Traynor really got this one right. It's small enough to lug around and sounds amazing plugged in direct via the DI out, pre or post. Controls are intuitive and nicely balanced. I had high expectations but man did this exceed them.
Posted by Bill on Oct 15, 2020
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YBA 100 8 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Victoria, British Columbia
It's worth it , guiet , no noise in, punch, better than 100 watt baseman
Posted by RJ on Sep 16, 2020
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Fantastic! 9 of 10 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Peterborough, Ontario
The much awaited YBA-100 is Traynor's first all-tube lunchbox amp design. It's based on the YBA-300 preamp, with Bax/James tone stack (like an SVT, but with a more useful semi-parametric mid control). It has a warm tone, breaks up beautifully, takes effects like a champ, and is exceptionally quiet. Highly recommended!
Posted by anonymous on Sep 4, 2020
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