Pete Traynor was a
Canadian guitarist, bassist,
[Keenan, Edward]
"Pete Traynor, Toronto’s quietly legendary sound man: Keenan"
''Toronto Star'', May 10, 2016 businessman and designer of
Traynor sound amplification equipment for the music industry.
Career
As a young man, Traynor played guitar in three bands with
Robbie Robertson
Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC (born July 5, 1943), is a Canadian musician. He is best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band, and for his career as a solo recording artist. With the deaths of Richard Manuel in ...
: Robbie and the Robots,
Thumper and the Trambones, and The Suedes.
He later played with
Ronnie Hawkins.
Traynor worked as a repair technician at
Long & McQuade's first store in
Toronto. In the 1960s he began designing specialized sound amplifiers and other related equipment for the store's customers.
His hand-wired bass amplifier, which he called the DynaBass, was in demand, so Traynor teamed with his employer Jack Long to create a company,
Yorkville Sound
Yorkville Sound is a Canadian manufacturer of audio amplifiers (including the Traynor amplifier line), loudspeakers and related professional sound reinforcement equipment. Based in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, the firm has a global presence as ...
, to manufacture and market the products he designed under the Traynor brand.
[ Another of his designs was the BassMaster tube amplifier.][" Meet the Canadian companies making noise in music"]
David Fielding and Brad Wheeler, ''The Globe and Mail'', Aug. 23, 2010
Traynor died in May 2016 related to undiagnosed diabetes."Liner Notes: Bullet News for May 11th"
''FYI Music News'', By David Farrell 05/11/2016
References
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Canadian guitarists
Canadian bass guitarists
Canadian inventors