Author Topic: Soldano (Read 27489 times)

Window-Licker · « **on:** May 14, 2006, 06:51:03 PM »

Okie im looking to spend/blow some money towards the end of the year, im looking at either going for a soldano slo100 or a decatone, just want to know if anyone has played either or has heard their tones.

From what ive seen on the net theres not too much difference in price, a couple hundred or so, just wondering if theres much difference tonally?

Type of tone im after is mainly distortion and lots of, machinehead-pantera-chimaira, somewhere around there.

Setup would be: jackson slsmg with miracle man matched set > digitech whammy pedal > soldano amp > ibanez 4x12 cab > isolation box > shure sm57-58 or ksm27-32 > pc with adobe audition 2

cnotold · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2006, 07:45:57 PM »

just heard from ppl that soldano has awesome distortion and tone that nothing can beat it! however in my opinion, bogner shiva is the dream amp for me. no matter wut mic positions, effects you apply to it, it just sounds so in your face!!! tone tone and even more tone! steve vai used to use it for recording....(forgot) :roll:

Window-Licker · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2006, 08:13:33 PM »

Ah damnit lol, looked at some bognors, visited their site, some nice tones, also had a look at some engl amps as someone is selling a fireball on these forums, they both look great and have some good reviews, theyre all getting on for about the same price, its just so difficult to choose, its a pitty theres nowhere near by where i can try the amps in person.

i mean, shelling out £1000-2000 or there abouts for all 3 makes top models is alot if the tone turns out to be cr@p with the gear you already have, tone of course is a very personal thing but all the great reviews just confuse me. :-(

Johnny Mac · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2006, 08:46:29 PM »

Check out Koch too www.koch-amps.com

I've got one and it's fuggin amazing!

DeanS · « **Reply #4 on:** May 14, 2006, 09:32:08 PM »

Depending on your power requirement why not have a look at the Cornford MK50 or the Hellcat.......

_tom_ · « **Reply #5 on:** May 14, 2006, 09:39:44 PM »

Just make sure you dont get a Koch thats too big for your bedroom ;) yes.. pun intended.

jt · « **Reply #6 on:** May 14, 2006, 10:05:06 PM »

:D Soldano Are amazing...Great amps Tried an Slo100 out a few years back stunning sounds & more gain than you could use. :twisted:

Just couldn`t justify the money for it tho....Bloody expensive [ at the time not sure now ]

:D 8)

Andy Lindsay · « **Reply #7 on:** May 14, 2006, 11:13:58 PM »

I've owned both Hot Rod and SLO heads. Good dirty sound, but it's voiced high mid and not a load of bottom end thud, so it's hard to get the big grinding tones out of it. I liked it at thye time. Cut thru the mix great, but not a big sound. EQ did not drastically change the tone here. Clean channel on the SLO has shared eq, so dont look for shimmering cleans here. 5 out of 10 for cleans. A lot of built in design flaws which made it super noisy. Never got to record with this amp due to excess humming. Spent hundreds on it to quieten it down, but failed. FX loop is designed for rack gear line level. Putting pedals in the loop such as delays dont work. You can turn the level on the effect full up and barely hear it. Might have been market leaders in the early 90's, but so many amp manufacturers now make gear that suits modern players needs better, and cheaper.

38thBeatle · « **Reply #8 on:** May 14, 2006, 11:18:17 PM »

I agree with Andy- I had a mate with a Soldano and it was a noisy amp- he did not have it for long.

Window-Licker · « **Reply #9 on:** May 15, 2006, 11:16:37 AM »

Cheers for the feedback guys, to throw in another make, would you guys reccomend a mesa single recto? ive tried a mesa dual recto before which gave a nice sound and that was with my old cr@ppy guitar and before i had bareknuckles, i actually owned the amp but didnt get to use it much so i sold it abit spur of the moment, i regret selling it, but at the time, i couldnt justify having it sat doing nothing, i used to do the old reduce the recto to a 50w head trick, removing tubes etc, didnt affect the tone, just made it easier to push/crank it.

The single recto being cheaper, could be an option, just dont know if it (again) gives the same tone as the dual.

I really need to do alot of reading on these different makes you guys are showing me lol, but thankyou.

dave_mc · « **Reply #10 on:** May 15, 2006, 01:01:07 PM »

^ i think the major problem is, if you can afford an SLO, you can near enough afford anything... and that means a lot more choice and decisions (is it worth £2500 when i can get a good amp for £1000?) etc....

Andy Lindsay · « **Reply #11 on:** May 15, 2006, 01:59:21 PM »

Hah, I had a Single rec too. I used this amp for recording and live work for over 2 years. Thats a long time for me to own anything...lol. It was sweeter in tone than the full blown recto. A friend of mine owns the Rectoverb 50 combo. That sounds great too. Pick one up from ebay in the states and run it on a stepdown transformer. Save you big £££'s. Better value and more versatile than a Soldano imo. My new current amp is an Engl Savage 120. This is a seriously smoking amp too, and mega versatile. My personal fave to date.

Window-Licker · « **Reply #12 on:** May 15, 2006, 02:45:01 PM »

ooer took a look at the engl savage, some great reviews, looks great and the price doesnt seem bad at all, what did you pay? and what would you consider reasonable though?

Ive seen it for $2199, step down converter would be about £80 or there abouts i think.

Andy Lindsay · « **Reply #13 on:** May 15, 2006, 08:42:16 PM »

My Savage was part of a deal, so cant really give you a price on that. It's a UK spec, and although they have gone up, I think the street price is around £1500.

Bowks · « **Reply #14 on:** May 15, 2006, 10:26:35 PM »

If you have that much to spend on an amp, make sure you try a Custom Audio Amplification head. It's co-designed by Bob Bradshaw and John Suhr and has an impressive user list too.

Author Topic: Soldano (Read 27489 times)

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