Yorkville bass cabs Wow I'm impressed.

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BlacknWhite

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OK so I normally gig with my SVT running through an Ampeg B25 cab with two 15's in it. I was looking to pick up a more portable set of cabs for practices and smaller shows and today found a set of Yorkvilles at the local shop. A 210B and 115B. Picked the set up for $350 Canadian! These cabs freaking rock lol. They pump out the bass huge and the mids are amazing as well. The 210 has a high boost and mid control as well. Anyone else use Yorkville cabs? I'm blown away. They are super light as well which is a huge plus. Post pics if you have em. I'm very interested in the older Yorkville cabs now.

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BassmanPaul said:
I keep threatening to set up a tour of the Yorkville facility just down the road in Pickering. I’ll do that in the new year. :D
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I've been in the building a few times but never into the manufacturing area, that's a tour i'd like to join in on. Last time I went through the Traynor factory was in 1969, I went to get some new power tubes for my YBA-3 when it was on Dundas St East located just above the DVP. They had a large 215 Standel amp sitting just inside the doorway to the factory, the employees would kick it every time they passed through that door. I thought it was an interesting observation on my part.

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Kirk Bryant said:
Ok I'll bite. What's the signifance or ritual of kicking the Standel all about? I always thought that Standel were cool amps when I was a kid. What is the connection to Traynor?
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It was a competitors solid state product something that Traynor wasn't into at that time but would be a few years later. I assume the Traynor employees gave it a shot when passing by to boast their products overall superiority to Standel's solid state technology.

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Kirk Bryant said:
Ok I'll bite. What's the signifance or ritual of kicking the Standel all about? I always thought that Standel were cool amps when I was a kid. What is the connection to Traynor?
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Probably just an effigy of sorts. It's kind of odd because they probably needed to buy that cab, thus supporting Standel. Also - did Standel have a Yorkville cab at their factory? I could see a YS15 or even just a yba-1 being used as a doorstop.

This is the stuff that keeps me up at night.


To stay on topic, I used a Yorkville 115 for a while that just plain kicked all kinds of things. Currently have a 1970 YS15 that I'm selling off for a move. My father also has a Yorkville 210 guitar combo with real spring reverb. Traynor/Yorkville make great gear, I've only had one bad experience.
 
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I ran a SWR SM900 with those exact same cabs for over 5yrs. - fantastic cabs! The SM900 put out 800watts bridged mono into 4ohms which equaled 400watts into each 300watt 8ohm speaker cab and they took it really, really well, usually with a Ken Smith 5 string or an OLP Stingray copy passive 5 string with a loud rock band. Once in a blue moon would I see the Power Amp clip light flicker but I never heard any distortion or farting out from the speakers.
 
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I too would love to take a tour. I have been in the building, when I dropped my YBA1 off for a once over as it had been sitting in a warehouse since 1973. Folks there were more than nice and extremely informative.
Given that I could probably walk there inside 20 minutes (a five minute drive!) I should be able to make any tour that could be set up.
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BlacknWhite said:
OK so I normally gig with my SVT running through an Ampeg B25 cab with two 15's in it. I was looking to pick up a more portable set of cabs for practices and smaller shows and today found a set of Yorkvilles at the local shop. A 210B and 115B. Picked the set up for $350 Canadian! These cabs freaking rock lol. They pump out the bass huge and the mids are amazing as well. The 210 has a high boost and mid control as well. Anyone else use Yorkville cabs? I'm blown away. They are super light as well which is a huge plus. Post pics if you have em. I'm very interested in the older Yorkville cabs now.
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I have the 410b (looks like the same line/aesthetics as yours). It sounds good, and it's built like a tank!
I think my dad picked it up at a local police auction for like $200 when I was 14 and just starting to play bass. I'm 32 now and I still have it. It's treated me far better than I've treated it over the last 18 years.
 
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I had one of the blue fur 115s for years when I was younger. Sadly, I always thought it must be terrible simply because it was Yorkville, but ever since I finally got rid of it and "upgraded" to a variety of more famous brands, I haven't been as happy. Yorkville products are quite a lot better than I gave them credit for at the time.
 
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