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The Traynor YBA-2B Bass Mate is a bass guitar combo amp. It's a pretty compact amplifier and is all tube-based. It gets a very Vox-ey grind when pushed; the Bass-Mate is as close to a small-box 50 watts Marshall as I've ever heard many tones possible, very clean, tons of headroom (for guitar and bass) [The YBA-2B combo needs no help to get the kind of growl that many other amps need an array of pedals to obtain. I've got the [EL84] YBA-2B combo, and it's got a shamefully vibey grind, distinct but familiar. I'm nuts about it and have been looking for the 6V6 version for a few years. They seem a bit harder to find. [An EL84 YBA-2B Bass Mate] sounds absolutely fantastic! [...] It is rated at 25 watts but sounds more like a 100-watt killer tube amp with monster tone. I personally prefer the sound of this [6V6] amp over every amp in my home from the JCM 800 Marshalls, Fenders, every other Traynor, and even my early Ampeg Reverborocket. It is simply an awesome amplifier.

Specifications

Preamp tubes: one 6AV6, one 12AX7

Output tubes: two 6V6s, cathode bias

Rectifier: 5Y3 tube

Controls: Volume, Tone

Output: 15 watts RMS +/-

Speaker: one 15″ Jensen-licensed RSC EMC1500

Dimensions: 27 1/4 " x 16 1/2" x 9 3/4"; weight: 42 lbs

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