Yorkville AM150 Combo

I bought this amp after trying a Fender acoutasonic 30 (didn't like the overall sound specially the highs) a Roland AC-60 (lush chorus but not enough bottom and didn't like the thin vocal performance) a Yorkville AM100T (dry signal only on the back line-out) and finally the Yokville AM150T that covers what the others amps missed.On thing missing is the lack on an equalizer on the second input but this can be resolved with the send and return jecks for input2 on the back panel.This amp has almost all the necessary features you need for a good acoustic sound projection and has enough power to serve as a PA.The second input can also accept line signals. I give an 8 because there is a short delay when changing the onboard effects.

When I first tried the smaller Traynor (Yorkville)AM100T I preferred its overall sound compared to the other amps mentionned above but the lack of a wet line-out made me choose the AM150T and this one has the same sound quality but more bottom probably due to its larger size.I use it with a 12 strings EG345C Takamine,a Martin DX1E and a Norman B-20. The best sound (I mean like a warm mic. guitar amplified sound)I can obtain with this amp is surprisingly with my Norman equipped with KK pickups without any preamp!! My Martin is also good sounding but a little too piezo.I have to be careful with my 12 strings since it has a tendency to clip but this is probably due to the takamine's piezo pickups.I like most of this amp's onboard effects except the non usable octave up pitch shift.Finally, this amp is not noisy at all and has an excellent sound quality even if you use it without in onboard effects.
As for the vocals I prefer this amp to the ones I tried before.I give a nine just for the short delay when changing the onboard effects.

I just bought it a few weeks ago and I think I can rely on Traynor quality parts. I will use it on a gig without any backup.I take good care of my instruments and amps.

I give a 5 instead of a 0 because I still don't know why this company didn't answered to five of my emails just asking information about this amp's power consumption.
It's written that this amp has a two years unconditional and transferable warranty.

Ive been playing for over 20 years and I also has a US Fender Strat. with a fender G-Dec30 used with a cab plus an old vintage but in good condition Casio MG500 guitar synthesizer - a pedals board: standard Wahwah-Digitech Badmonkey-
Fender G-Dec30 footswitch-Boss RC-2 looper...
If it were stolen or lost I would buy it again.
I love almost everything about this amp and my comparison with other products is mentionned in the features section of this review.
I wish it had a separate inboard effects and an equalizer section for the second input.

I recently bought an AM150 for home use. When I brought it home I was thrilled with it. Lots of power and 32 built-in effects. It made big sound and is pretty variable in the different voices it can make. I got this amp to power my new Godin Multiac semi-acoustic.

First impressions ; it was easy to drown in thick bass tones. The amp wanted to be set up with defeat on the bass controls. But it did work well enough.

But my music pals acted oddly when I told them that I had bought this amp. They were luke-warm to what I'd bought but no one seemed to want to hurt my feelings. I wondered what I was missing because of seeing this reaction.

I took my guitar around and shopped for other acoustic amps. It happened that the place I'd bought the Yorky had got in a new Fender Acoustasonic Jr. It was suddenly obvious that I had not been a very thorough shopper.

The Yorkville gave sound. The Fender gave milk and honey. It was an obvious comparison of quantity VS quality. The Fender amp had different control setups that happen to make more sense to me ; the mike channel had its own effects bank so you can effect vocals with different spin than your guitar. I liked that. But the biggest thing was the vibrant nature in the Fender's voice.

Vocals on the Yorkville didn't seem to work for me. I'd bought a cheap mike and I'd blamed the vocal sound quality on that. But the Fender flattered my voice from syllable one. The cheap mike now sounds sweet and warm ; crisp and nice. That surprised me.

What sobered me up was the fact that the Acoustasonic was within $50 of the Yorkville. If you just look at the watt output , that sounds like an unfair comparison ; the Fender amp is 2x40 watts and the AM150 is 150. That makes the difference in price look like Fender is overcharging. And I wouldn't make this comparison if the Fender didn't actually sound bigger. Half the watts and twice the holler is how I'd put it.

When I had the AM150 I rather liked the clipping lites that they put on each channel. The Fender doesn't have that. But there's another point of comparison ; the AM150 needs those little LEDs because you can't hear the distortion as well as you wish you could. On the Fender you can hear clipping immediately. Maybe that speaks to the difference between amps ; the character is in the hearing and distortion is easier to hear.

No hurt intended on the nice folks who talked lovingly about their AM150s. I wasn't panning their amps ; I was underlining the shortcomings in my own approach to actually buying my amp. Would I ever recommend that anyone shopping around for this product do your work thoroughly. Actually take your own guitar down to all the stores and shut your eyes and listen. My mistake in picking an amp was clear to me as soon as I heard the Fender unit. That's the point I'd like to make.

I got this amp used, but it is less than a year old, and in MINT condition. The band I'm in plays oldies and beach music, and this amp is a godsend. More power than I'll ever need, light, and well built. The only feature I would like added would be a cd input. The effects that I usedon this amp (minimal) sound great. No 10 just because of the cd input.

I used a Godin LGX 3, which has the LR Braggs transducer in the bridge. I run the duncans through a Mesa Boogie DC 2(thanks again, Ken), and now use the AM150 for the acoustic side. This is the first acoustic amp that I have used live (AM 100-Marshall-Peavey Ecoustic) that I fell in love with the first time I heard it. The others were OK, but this one set the standard. I couldn't be happier with the unit. Like I mentioned before, I dont use a lot of different effects, but the one's I do use sound great.

Amp seems well built, and I've no trouble with it. If I did have a problem, I have all the faith in the world in the Fret Mill and Mike H.

Haven't had to worry about that, yet, and hope I wont. I traded in a AM100 on this amp, and they both seem well made

I've been playin a long long time, and I don't get impressed by an amp very easily, but this one blew me away. I have other guitars and amps, but now it's the Godin, AM150, and Boogie dc2. Things change, but right now, if my amp was stolen, I would hunt the s.o.b. down and shoot him. I like the amp that much. I did not compare it to the higher end amps, but I dont see how it cound sound any better.

This amp has 2 channels, one with three band EQ, both with 32 preset digital effects including chorus, delay, flange, reverb, pitch shifting. It has an effects loop and wet/dry adjustments. The second channel has a microphone jack as well as normal guitar lead input, but no EQ (why?). Also a kind of dial that knocks out unwanted frequencies for controlling feedback. The amp contains two 10 inch speakers, a mid range horn and a tweeter. I mainly use this amp for playing in church etc. I haven't had a good chance to crank it yet, but at 10 watts, it should have plenty of grunt. Certainly more than enough to compete with my (loud) brother's drumming. Some of the effects sound good, nice and lush but...well, digital. Others sound pretty ridiculous (e.g. pitch shifting - might be useful at some time, but can't imagine when). Very light for a 150 watt amp

I'm using a Maton ECW80 with an AP5 pickup (bass, treble and sweepable mid controls). I like to get into a bit of fingerpicking, and the amp seems to like this. It's pretty much dead quiet to operate. Has brilliant response to thumping the guitar while playing - a gorgeous tight bassy sound. Handles high notes like you wouldn't believe - CD quality here, the kinds of sounds you might normally only hear in a recording studio. Mmmmm. Clean channel has no distortion. Seems to me that there is great top end and bottom end, but the mids are sort of not there as much. Basically sounds like a great PA, but seems to lack a bit of warmth that other amps like the AER produce. But then, it cost me half as much so I'm not complaining!

don't know yet

dk - 2 year warranty i think

I've been playing about 16 years. I have a fender strat ultra, a 30th anniversary Marshall stack and a Yamaha DG60fx modelling amp that I use for stuffing around and teaching. I love the CD quality sounds, this amp does it like nothing I've heard before. But I wouldn't mind a little more warmth. Why did I choose this amp? Becasue I got it pretty cheap! But I'm more than happy with it. Especially for the price I paid (that's probably about 400 US dollars i guess!