Is Yorkville Bloc 40K suitable for bass ?

Fred P

Fred P

Mar 7, 2017
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Hi, all ! I’m looking for a practice amp and I have seen a Yorkville Bloc 40K near my area. Is it suitable for bass or is it meant to be used with a keyboard/guitar ?

I would use it with my Bongo-5 (active) and my Peavey Millenium BXR (passive). Any advice or suggestion will be welcome. I can’t afford a big amp, and my Yorkville 100 (that I use with my basses and my keyboard) is getting a bit tired...

Thanks for the help!
 
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Fwiw, my dad bought me a Bloc 40B back in 1986 as my first amp, and I used it and nothing but until about 2007. It died around 2018 or so, not sure what was wrong, I replaced fuses and even the speaker and it just kept distorting. I really should have had a bigger amp all that time - I didn’t grow up with a resource like Talkbass and didn’t play at all between 1999-3007, so didn’t know any better.

I believe the main difference between the two is at which frequencies the EQ knobs are centred, but I don’t know in either case which frequencies those are, I just expect a Keyboard amp to have a wider range, and for the bass amp to be more centred on bass-useful frequencies, especially the Mids control. Possibly a different speaker too? Traynor would be able to tell you, send them an email.

The little dudes are built like safes though, they put up with a lot of use and abuse. If Traynor has had a golden age yet, these were built in it.

It can’t be very expensive, give it a try - you’re buying used, so you can always flip it without a loss, provided you can find a buyer.
 
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MtManiac said:
Fwiw, my dad bought me a Bloc 40B back in 1986 as my first amp, and I used it and nothing but until about 2007. It died around 2018 or so, not sure what was wrong, I replaced fuses and even the speaker and it just kept distorting. I really should have had a bigger amp all that time - I didn’t grow up with a resource like Talkbass and didn’t play at all between 1999-3007, so didn’t know any better.

I believe the main difference between the two is at which frequencies the EQ knobs are centred, but I don’t know in either case which frequencies those are, I just expect a Keyboard amp to have a wider range, and for the bass amp to be more centred on bass-useful frequencies, especially the Mids control. Possibly a different speaker too? Traynor would be able to tell you, send them an email.

The little dudes are built like safes though, they put up with a lot of use and abuse. If Traynor has had a golden age yet, these were built in it.

It can’t be very expensive, give it a try - you’re buying used, so you can always flip it without a loss, provided you can find a buyer.
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Thanks for your reply. I did effectively find one on the used market, grabbed it for something around 40$, in perfect working order. Eventhough I would not rely on it for a gig with a drumkit or when a very loud amp is needed, it does a really good job as a practice amp. The only thing I wish it had is an AUX in, so I could plug my phone or another audio source to play along. But, hey, it cost me only 40$ and gets its real job very well done, so…
 
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