I have a '97 Hot Rod 100 and love it. I have used an '82 JCM800 for years. I tried other makes in the interim like a 5150, Laney, even a Carvin, nothing came close to my trusty 800. So now, reaching the half century mark, I decided to try some others again. I found an HR100 on Reverb, talked with the seller for a while, and decided to take a leap and give it a shot. I am MORE than pleased with the tone of this thing. You can feel the quality components used, in the tone of the amp. I would not describe it as 'versatile', but I would describe it a "Harmonically Rich", and a "Tonal Playground". A good example would be the fact that you don't have to crank up the gain of the amp to get a great tone. You can get an equally great tone at low, or high gain. A lot of amps out there sound thin and lifeless unless or until you max the gain. Not with these.I still play my 800, but the Soldano always surprises me when I plug into it. A totally different animal, but a damn nice animal. I'm not sure this is helpful, as the 25 is very different than the 100 (which I was told he is no longer making). But I guess my main point is that when you plug into a Soldano, you can feel the quality as you play. It's that fun. Not to mention Mike is a super nice guy who cares about his customer's and his amps. I have communicated with him several times through email and he was always anxious to help out in any way he can.

In real life the note to note definition and articulation is out of this world

There's that classic soldano sounds . It's addictive isn't it

Awesome video and tone!!

beautiful sound

I've got one of these. Pretty fun. Overdrive cranked WAY up, to 9-10, is really cool sounding; even at low volumes. I haven't really used the clean, though.

I no longer have this amp.. I moved to a Friedman Dirty Shirley 1x12, just a warmer, more organic amp that fits me better.

Do yourself a favor and get some greenbacks ASAP!!! Seriously,Soldano's SING with Greenbacks!!

wow ,, great sound ,,,but everything starts at 5 ,, would loentve to hear the same but NORMAL preamp @ 2,,,, and Master Normal @ 10 ,,,,& Visa versa the OD channel,,, just to hear the LOW gain settings ,,,not so dimartini ish,,,, Always looking at you guys bcus quality and takes pedals great ,,, But Man ,,I got to know ,,can I get a clean to work with ,,or close

From the tone seems you have a delay on hand, etc,...? Does not seem the amp without a delay, just running the gain?

Very nice, my next amp. I have a JCA50 that I put in good tubes and biased correctly. Just find that Soldano tone to be as close to perfect as you can get for guitar. Do you know what tubes come fitted stock?

Would you say that speaker combination really fits that amp? Thinking about getting the same speakers

What speakers are being used in this demo. They lack warmth. Kind of tinny.

Mini SLO

Is it capable of a good clean tone?

even as bad as the mic is that's recording this vid you can still tell how bad a$$ the hot rod 25's overdrive is

Is this amp worth $2200 when you can pick up a hot rod 50 watt for $1200 all over online. Just curious anyone who's owned a 25, Why the price tag?

In this video sounds Tiny. I don't like it. That amp sounds very diferent :( my Avenger hot Rod 50 has monster low end & sounds so fat.