Mike seems cool as shit. Hard to believe how down-to-earth and modest he is, considering how many people have completely ripped off his designs and sold a lot more amps than him.

Hey Mike. It's Vik in Fort Collins Colorado. You never cease to amaze me. I am blessed to have your gear and until this day no one can touch my tone.....I mean your tone. You are the KING of sound brother.

OMG... This is solid gold... Soldano is THE MAN. Even his Jet City stuff is AMAZING. I would love to have a beer with him and talk some serious shop. He is clearly the next evolution beyond Leo and Jim. If not totally school them...

After owning this amp for over 3 years now, it sounds better now than it ever has. I have never been one to consider break in on a amp but this Hot Rod 25 just sounds better and better. Just a amazing amp.

God Bless you Mike for making my sound !!!

Lord, that sounds amazing. Even just through the camera mic. And sounding good at low volumes is a MASSIVE bonus.

Looks like you hit another one out of the park Mike! Congrats!!! PS...I still have the Astroverb 16 "Prototype #1" that you built for me back in the day. It gets a lot of use and it still sounds amazing!!!

I have one of these. And I do, literally, sit there, having a conversation with a friend, or watch TV and jam out through this or, another fantastic amp, my Suhr Badger. Really fun stuff.

Greatest story ever

I love watching Mikes Face analyzing the Tone.. A true legend and Humble guy

All i can honestly say is that this video inspired me to get one which is on its way :)

Wow, that amp sounds great! Great job on the video and the interview with Mr. Soldano!

While the Hot Rod 25 is great for recording and practice - this amp was clearly built to be rocked at stage levels and it'll tear through the back line like a bat out of hell!

Great video! Really seems to show what that amp can do! Definitely makes you want to buy one! Cool story about EVH at the end as well!

Very cool! Love the brown sound via low plate voltage idea!

Very proud of that italian stripe tolex

Nice demo! Loved the VH story in the middle.

I've been looking for a replacement for my Rockerverb 100, and this amp may be the one. Can't bring myself to sell the RVERB though, so time to start saving! What a beautiful piece of engineering! Great work Mike!

I want one! Too Kool Mike!!

I'd pay any ridiculous figure to have Mike make me one . Been my dream amp for years.

This has to be the best head to pipe into a load box and re-amp with ddl and verb in stereo!

sweet sounding amp man!

Michael you are a true master

25 watts of bit hen tone. Buying my Slo was the best investment I've made regarding equipment. No idea why I waited so long.

Awesome! Please share how the experience goes!... Speaking of Splawn the QuickRod's one of my all time faves - one badass amp!

Country guitar is not distorted at all, it's very, very clean, Tele sounding. Yes, I know Keith Urban plays country with Marshalls and Hiwatts and distortion, a Marshall JTM 45 will get the very clean country sound, I own one, it can sound just like a Fender Twin........the Soldano sounded great, loved it, this is just my opinion, nothing more.

If you can't play metal on a Soldano, it's not the amp's fault ;-). It definitely has the gain and tone to handle it.

This amp is amazing!! Baby SLO it is!! It is expensive but it's far from any 25 watt amp I've ever played through and the price isn't that horrible compared to similar amps from other makers like Friedman, Bogner, etc... It does not sound like a 25 watt amp. It shocked me. It easily has the low end of a 50 watt amp and the tone is just INCREDIBLE. Sounds killer at any volume also and when pushed some it really shines. You can gig with this amp just as well as any 100 watt amp. It is that good and sounds that awesome.

What a great idea on this amp, power tube interaction is so fun for guitarists.

Would have been cool to chuck a surf box on it , that would have people drooling

I love really but is the clean sound can stay clean?

well I'm trying one on sat, so we will see, see we will ha. spawn will take some beating, but if this does both quiet volume with tone then i could be REALLY tempted!

On the normal channel, if you set preamp 10, gain 0, master 10, playing through a single coil neck pickup, will you get a decent funky clean over drums?

FUUUUK that thing sounds great.

Mike is a pure genius

How much in the UK. I'm sick of wanting and waiting for that day when I got the cash for one.I'll have to rent my missus out and sell stuff I don't have.I have played through a hundred amps in the stores but Soldano amps sound incredible and so musical to my ears. One day i will own one even If I have to do robbery...

I have a Soldano Modified Jet City 50 Un FUCKING Believable. Sold my MESA Stiletto Deuce II head. That good

Hi from Spain...what is the best noise gate for Soldano amps because the effects loop of my soldano is + 4db?.....thank you

That's a sales video..you even said it..lets just shut up and play guitar and you can actually play so that was a bonus lol..you just cleared up my next amp purchase thanks!!

What's that indigo blue Les Paul?

Hi I play stuff like Alter Bridge, staind, stuck mojo ... and do you think it coule do the job for rock /métal style? Is the fx loop ok? Thanks

Want this, currently using a splawn nitro which has the best clean sound I've heard from any high gain amp, which it has a ton of ! but my question is, is spending 2k on 25 watt head gonna cut through my back line in band ? or is it gonna be lost? if this is just a glorified practice amp then its far too much money crazy intact, but shit it sounds good !

WANT

Is there a difference in tone between using a variac and using an attenuator? Whether you're clipping at 7 or 2 on the master volume is any real difference using the variac?

ok,but i never tried one but it sound very nice,organic and grainy. and 25 W is ok but i have a doubt for the clean thanks

So all you need to do is replace a transformer and you have a 50 watt amp?

Yeah, that thing sounds great. Even through this shitty mic

That's alright, I'll just buy a nice old late 60's Marshall Plexi or a 100 watt master Volume.

I dont think eddies was a plexi

No more long black hair☹️

The video would be nice if not there were a deaf player

25 watt amp 1800.00 get outa here, I better get some surf and turf with that and I don't mean surf or turf she betta be shaved. I do really absolutely LOVE the tone of Soldano amplifiers!!!!!! I am a big fan but I need a coupon. I am rebuilding now that the remodeling is picking up but I can't feed my 7 kids with guitar strings. Reach out ;-)

Why make a sales video when Mike is closing his doors on the whole country of guitarists? Why did you stop making and selling Soldano 100 watt amps?????????????????? Just when I had enough money to buy one, I find out that he's closing up shop. What a joke.