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Pete Traynor was a Canadian guitarist, bassist, [1] businessman and designer of Traynor sound amplification equipment for the music industry.
As a young man, Traynor played guitar in three bands with Robbie Robertson: Robbie and the Robots,[2] Thumper and the Trambones, and The Suedes.[3][4] He later played with Ronnie Hawkins.[1]
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.[5] 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, to manufacture and market the products he designed under the Traynor brand.[1][6] Another of his designs was the BassMaster tube amplifier.[7]
The Traynor line of equipment has been sold worldwide and is manufactured in Pickering, Ontario.[8]
Traynor died in May 2016 related to undiagnosed diabetes.[9]
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