Author Topic: Soldano (Read 27458 times)

maxingwell · « **Reply #15 on:** May 16, 2006, 08:35:40 AM »

If you want a Machine Head tone go for a customised 5150. I know there is a guy in New York who customises them and ships them worldwide (can't remember his name tho :roll: ).

hunter · « **Reply #16 on:** May 16, 2006, 09:47:38 AM »

AFAIK the Avenger is indeed keeping the good aspects of the SLO tone but adding that lacking bottom end to make it sound big. There is a resonance control added that is the major difference.

Also, the Avenger is single channel design, but who uses the clean channel on an SLO anyway :)

Andy Lindsay · « **Reply #17 on:** May 16, 2006, 01:52:09 PM »

True, but there's no fx loop if ya need one.

Window-Licker · « **Reply #18 on:** May 16, 2006, 06:27:09 PM »

http://www.voodooamps.com/standardmods-peavey.html

had a look around is it those guys you were thinking of? voodoo amps, the sample clips on the site sound pretty dodgily played and recorded, hard to judge the tone really.

Im thinking its looking like being an engl atm, not buying till october/november time, so you guys have plenty of time to sway me lol :-P thanks alot for all the input its greatly appreciated.

fps_dean · « **Reply #19 on:** May 18, 2006, 11:09:24 PM »

Quote from: Window-Licker

http://www.voodooamps.com/standardmods-peavey.html

Before you send anything to them, you should see this...

http://www.frankencat.com/voodoo

Most people seem to be very happy with their mods tonewise. But if you aren't or a part ever dies, it's cheaper to replace the whole amp than fix their mess! I thought about it, but after seeing that black epoxy there is no way I'd ever let them touch one of my amps. Granted, it's to protect the design of it, but it's also at the same time destroying your amp.

As for boutique amps... Soldano, Bogner, etc. they are nice, but not nice enough to justify the price tag on any of them to me. I could almost justify it with Soldano or a Bad Cat and a year ago even more so, but while I can get old Marshalls, and sometimes old hotrodded Marshalls for a fraction of the price, that's a no-brainer. I might be able to justify a Roccaforte as I am a huge fan of the older Marshalls.....

For what you want a Peavey XXX may do, or possibly a Mesa (a lot of people who play similiar types of music go for dual or triple rectifiers which are my least favorite Mesas, I'd sacrifice a little bit of distortion and go with a Nomad myself). I greatly dislike the 5150/6505s... lot of distortion but absolutely no balls at all, but other than that, they've been doing a lot of stuff right lately.

hunter · « **Reply #20 on:** August 23, 2006, 12:11:52 PM »

Played the CAE100 and found it very boring.

The Soldano was smack in ya face, but too trebly for my taste, maybe should have used the matching cab.

To me the real alternatives were Bogner Shiva or XTC Classic, Diezel VH4.

I have not played a Splawn yet, as they are nowhere for testing in Europe. Egnater MOD100 sounds interesting and might be a good alternative.

gingataff · « **Reply #21 on:** August 23, 2006, 01:53:37 PM »

Didn't EVH use a SLO after the Marshall and then used that as a basis for the 5150 design?
AFAIK Vai used Bogner Extacies rather than Shivas. What about H&K or ENGL?

dave_mc · « **Reply #22 on:** August 23, 2006, 06:25:50 PM »

^ this is solely personal preference, but I think H&K are way too dear for what they are... the triamp's nice, but it doesn't nail the modern tones well enough (as it claims) and for its price, you can get amps that will (and be versatile too...)

JJretroTONEGOD · « **Reply #23 on:** August 23, 2006, 09:28:58 PM »

From what I gather Slodano's sound amazing, Vai used one to record 'Passion and Warfare' But that was an older Soldano SLO100. Personally I think you should go for the Mesa Boogie Dual ReCtiFieR cos it's the ultimate modern rock/metal amp, but it is agressive sounding! the SLO would be more smooth sounding. I cant afford a stack amp, dunno if I can even justify needing one???

Dakine · « **Reply #24 on:** August 23, 2006, 09:31:49 PM »

My ROV Mesa is awesome.
Enough headroom (although 50w) and MASSIVE sound.
Although a single recto it has the 5 modes and is easy to get great tones from.
I thought I would use 'modern' alot but for that old school Hetfield sound I love the 'tamer' LOL 'vintage' mode is MORE than enough, 'modern' is just INSANE.
In contrast my ENGL screamer half stack has bucket loads of gain and headroom too.
To be honest it horses for courses.
I prefer my Mesa as it just sounds more organic/alive (if that makes sense), but for sheer 'in ya face' brutality the ENGL wins.

ENGL's excel at metal +
Mesa has more diversity and clarity yet still acheiving the metal sound. Kinda depends somewhat on how 'focussed' ya wanna be on one genre of music I guess.

hunter · « **Reply #25 on:** August 23, 2006, 10:10:02 PM »

Quote from: JJretroTONEGOD

ReCtiFieR cos it's the ultimate modern rock/metal amp, but it is agressive sounding! the SLO would be more smooth sounding. I cant afford a stack amp, dunno if I can even justify needing one???

Disagree. The SLO is so much in your face, I would call it more agressive than the Rectifier. I would rather say, Rectifier is darker voiced with more low end growl, SLO brighter with more mid range punch.

Andy Lindsay · « **Reply #26 on:** August 23, 2006, 10:31:54 PM »

Soldano's are Hum antenna's. They are so noisy!! Good tone tho. Just not worth the $$$. I had one!

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #27 on:** August 23, 2006, 11:42:33 PM »

If you've got serious cash then you gotta be checking out...

* Bogner Ecstacy and Uberschall
* VHT Pitbull Ultra Lead
* Diesel VH4 and Herbert
* Krank Krankenstein
* Randall T2 (so shoot me, I like Randall tranny gear, heh)

:twisted:

fps_dean · « **Reply #28 on:** September 05, 2006, 10:42:49 AM »

I think I would save a few bucks and go with an ENGL Powerball myself over a Soldano or Bogner if I wanted a killer new amp.

If I was ever going to spend that much on a new amp, I would take a serious look at Roccaforte (different bag though but you can't substite a new Marshall reissue for one).

chrisola · « **Reply #29 on:** September 05, 2006, 07:09:16 PM »

ENGL invader maybe? its the new model and it has every type of gain you can imagine!

My Fireball was AWESOME so perhaps something like that for gain and a 2nd amp for cleans? And a decent cab.

I agree with the 'why spend £2k when £600 does it just aswell' type argument.

Sure its NICE to have a Boogle Cronk Uber Expenso Boutique 9000 model with 10 channels and 7 eqs, but if all you need is a kick ass <soundhere> and you will only use 1 or 2 channels then why bother?

You'll have a hard time selling it on if you have to, never be able to get your money back (as if its gonna be ebayed for anything good? and you can only really trade UPWARDS).. and will you be happy gigging it? Will you spend more time messing with channels and post\pre bright depth ultra classic switches than playing? <--- None of that appeals to me (its hard enough selling 'normal' priced gear these days)

If i had that kind of money, id buy myself a Fireball and decent cab again and a line6 PODxt for clean sounds and rig it all up with decent tubes and cables, then keep the change ;)