Pete Traynor was a

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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

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: Robbie and the Robots, Thumper and the Trambones, and The Suedes. He later played with

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. Traynor worked as a repair technician at Long & McQuade's first store in

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. 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,

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, to manufacture and market the products he designed under the Traynor brand. Another of his designs was the BassMaster tube amplifier. The Traynor line of equipment has been sold worldwide and is manufactured in Pickering, Ontario." 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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