[dailybeans]

Anyone ever played one of these?
I think I may pick one of these up soon!

Here's a demo.
YouTube - Soldano SLO 100 amp demo

[BillSPrestonEsq]

Originally Posted by dailybeans

Anyone ever played one of these?
I think I may pick one of these up soon!

Here's a demo.
YouTube - Soldano SLO 100 amp demo

I own one.

I have these two pieces of advice.

1) Play the Jet City 50 Watt Head first. 1500 cheaper and 95% of the way there. It is very, very close for $500. I played it side by side with Mike Soldanos personal SLO. Very close. Play it first. It may get you close enough.
2) Do not play the SLO unless you have the cash. Do not play it unless you have the money to spend. Don't touch it. It will haunt you in your dreams. If you play it first you will hear the tiny bit of magic the Jet city does not quite capture perfectly, but live, I don't think anybody could hear the difference.


Downside of the amp is the effects loop placement. If you use delay and switch from dirty to clean there will be an instant when your repeat's volume will jump astronomically in volume.

Once you play it, seriously no other amp ever sounds quite as good in comparison.

[dailybeans]

Awesome advice; thanks!

[Rutledri]

Great pure Rock amps. Solid reliability these are true Pro rigs.
I agree on the Jet City being a solid low cost alternative but the SLO is one of the real killers out there.
I prefer Bruce Zinkys stuff to Mike Soldanos myself but it's apples to oranges when you get into this class of amp! I have played several of these amps at length and would love to snag a SLO at some point if I ever have some $$ to burn.
I want a Zinky MOFO or Superfly to go with my Velvet and Prosonic first though.

Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq

I own one.

Downside of the amp is the effects loop placement. If you use delay and switch from dirty to clean there will be an instant when your repeat's volume will jump astronomically in volume.

Once you play it, seriously no other amp ever sounds quite as good in comparison.

Bruce Zinky's stuff does the same thing Bill. Are the Soldanos also set up for using rack gear in the loop at line level like Bruce sets his stuff ?? Why do all these heavyweight amp builders set this stuff up like this I wonder?
Try a Zinky MOFO of Superfly some time and see what you think I prefer the fees of Bruces stuff it even more dynamic that the Soldanos. Both are world class and there are few other amps that will give each a run head to head.
YouTube - zinky superfly

[BillSPrestonEsq]

Originally Posted by Rutledri

Great pure Rock amps. Solid reliability these are true Pro rigs.
I agree on the Jet City being a solid low cost alternative but the SLO is one of the real killers out there.
I prefer Bruce Zinkys stuff to Mike Soldanos myself but it's apples to oranges when you get into this class of amp! I have played several of these amps at length and would love to snag a SLO at some point if I ever have some $$ to burn.
I want a Zinky MOFO or Superfly to go with my Velvet and Prosonic first though.



Bruce Zinky's stuff does the same thing Bill. Are the Soldanos also set up for using rack gear in the loop at line level like Bruce sets his stuff ?? Why do all these heavyweight amp builders set this stuff up like this I wonder?
Try a Zinky MOFO of Superfly some time and see what you think I prefer the fees of Bruces stuff it even more dynamic that the Soldanos. Both are world class and there are few other amps that will give each a run head to head.
YouTube - zinky superfly

I have played a zinky actually. Nice amp, great amp, but not what I was after.

As guitarists, we all chase that sound. For me, that sound IS the SLO, so for me it is just my favorite. This may sound strange, but I have sort of quit looking for amps since buying it. I mean, I still pick up the occasional clean amp or flip a vintage, but with that and a mesa rect-o-verb and a frenzel wildcat I am pretty much done looking. IMO, the rect o verb has this sweet clean and a great mesa crunch which provides a different flavor of high gain.

I think the thought was this. When the SLO was designed rack gear was still your high end gear. And to an extent, that is sort of true now. I think that is why