We recently acquired this cabinet for the arsenal and it arrived infused with a thick coating of nicotine and THC ~ and smell to go with it! It's missing the Traynor badge, but the screws alone are a tell-tale sign of where it was made. Only in Canada would a manufacturer use Robertson-head screws!
Equipped with a pair of Marsland 15" ceramic magnet speakers, which give it a super clean, fat tone with a throaty midrange. The design was originally for bass, but many guitar players have found these speakers quite excellent for Fender-type amp tones with single coil guitars.
We disassembled the cabinet completely for cleaning. A good scrub-down of warm soapy water did the trick and the brown sludge that resulted was used for weed control in the garden! It cleaned up very nicely and now has a great road-worn look, plus it no longer smells like Keith's tour bus. The grille-cloth on these 70's amps is much easier to clean than old tweed style cloth from earlier generations that used cotton as a main material. Regardless, it still requires special care.
A spray bottle filled with 4 parts hot water, 1 part white vinegar and a few drops of scented mineral oil (to dull the smell of the vinegar) works very well. Just make sure to remove the speakers first! With the entire baffle removed, the grille-cloth was sprayed liberally then very gently scrubbed with a soft bristle brush. We then used a shop-vac to remove all excess water and repeated the process twice more. Huge difference! Before and after pics below show the same area of the cloth. Left in the sun to dry, it took on a classic vintage patina that didn't look stained at all. This will sure look and sound great under our '69 silverface Bandmaster Reverb!
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