There will never be a video more Soldano-ier than this

Love em all, I’m digging the SLO100 and x99 most

All I want for Christmas is everything Mike Soldano ever soldered.

You keep on bringing every single piece of gear I ever dreamed of! This is by far my favorite YT guitar channel now! Thank u!

This should be flagged as porn.

Love this! Huge thank you to you and Michael Toren for doing this. Merry Christmas!

SOLDANO just makes really great stuff, I had a hotrod plus and a regular hot rod, very cool, my amp tech was thoroughly impressed by both of em and hes an old school marshall/fender guy.

Fun video to watch and listen. I have owned many Soldano models over the years. I currently have an Atomic 16 1X12 combo and an SLO. I’ve had my SLO for about 14 years now. I gig it almost exclusively. Lots of guys go gain crazy on them, it can do so much more. Remember both Clapton and Knophler used one. So they are pretty versatile in my opinion.

Awesome video man!! Love the Soldano stuff, great chops man!! Love your channel! Thanks🇨🇦🤘🎸

LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS AND THE CHANNEL AS A WHOLE AL WAYS LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR STUFF !!!!!!!!

Been wanting and waiting to see a x99 soldano/Caswell on this channel for a long time. Thank you Michael and happy holidays to you good sir!

I never got the Soldano sound, but i get your enthusiasm. As always, enjoyable. Thx, Michael, and a Happy New Year.

Always great, but this time is EPIC!!! Thanks Mike and merry Christmas!

They all have they're place, and all sound good. I'm still into rack gear, I wish all companies would make them.

Wow,what a cool demo! For me the best one is the soldano/caswell ,not only because of his huge sound, but also of the midi capabilities and of having the possibility to store presets. that's fantastic! What do we want more! Mike should bring them back on market!

Thanks for that!!! Merry Christmas to you and your family Mike!!!

Awesome Video. Former SLO-100 owner. I found a deal on an SP-77 a few years ago. Had Mike do some minor tweaks to my liking. He made the clean channel which could only do clean go into SLO Crunch territory which I love.. #2 . I wanted actually less gain on the lead channel which was not very usable for anything else like riffs and chords .So he removed a stage and refined from there.. Now both channels are way more flexible and both channels stay in the same phase if they are switching and sound absolutely killer . Still has that “hey look at me” quality

A review done with love! Very nice.

This is nuts! Always a huge fan of Soldano for life, the sound in my head!

I got my SLO in 2008 along with a Lucky 13, love em both!!! Play thru them all the time!!!

They all sound so GOOD. The SLO head is particularly awesome 😎

I just have to appreciate what is in that amp rack at the moment... Soldano 100, Friedman, Kemper, Revv... and that is just the LEFT side of the rack!! On the right, SO much purple awesomeness!!!

Loved all of them in the dirt! Something about the articulate, yet meaty nature of soldanos is unmatched. I was partial to the x88r on the clean though actually. It felt more warm to me, I guess? More natural. It was probably a difference in the settings, but the clean from the x88r was just mouth-watering. Great demo!

The Wicked Sensation riff @9:55 really shows how the SLO has that little extra "bloom" in the notes. The racks are great, but the big amp has just that little extra schnizzle. Great vid Michael.

Wicked Sensation is a great choice to play through these glorious units.

Dude that gold top!! Love the X88 that thing crushes

I have to give this video a like before I even watch it! You can really read my mind and wishlist!!!

The x99 caswell is insane! I would love to hear all those pre amps with the H&H v800! Not too many videos with that poweramp let alone with the Voltron stack of Soldano preamps!

What a gift for Christmas ! Thank you for sharing the reality. I own an old SLO100 (boa skin as George Lynch, not modded at all) and the SP77 preamp (USA) from the 90's. What we can hear in this video is exactly what I can hear when I'm playing these monsters in front of me shredding. This is what I call a high fidelity youtube channel Michael ! I played the Caswell a long time ago, so far away that I didn't remember its sound. I really prefer the SLO100 for its low end. I use the SP77 with a Marshall 9200 power amp loaded with 5881 tubes. So I can play wet/dry/wet. FX with the SP77 (so I use an Xotic stereo custom line mixer between the pre and the power amp) and no FX in the SLO because the loop of this amp is very intolerant. Of course, I'm talking about the old SLO, not the new 2020' one made by Boutique Amps, and witch has a new buffered loop. The only delay I've found to work well with the loop of the old SLO100 is the MojoHandFX Recoil. If I want to play a Boss Dm-2w in, I need a Skrydstrup PL-1 (line mixer) into the loop. Witch cab do you prefer for the Soldano sound ? I've tried many 4x12, Boogies, Marshall, Engl, Friedman, Matamp, Diezel, etc. The best is the 4x12 V30 by Bogner, the one made for the Ecstasy (maybe the same you have in the studio?). As it is warm, it suits perfect with the aggressive Soldano extra bite thing.... Just my humble opinion.

They all sound great!

Hey Mike, Merry Christmas! I'm a big fan of your work and i love this channel. One of my all time favorite records is Bad Boy Live, and i worship JS. I was wondering if you could maybe make a video about him, his playing, his tone and stuff. Thank you!!!

This video was just killer! Makes me want a Soldano more than ever haha

The SLO with the Depth engaged is JUST PERFECT! Also this is great PH material...

Love your videos! I've GOT to have a VHT 2150 one day... I need to watch this again to decide which preamp. There's something to like about the all! 😎👍 Cheers - Luther

Thanks Michael. What a fantastic demo. Love my SLO. Any chance of a separate play-through of the X99?

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Thank you a lot : it was very interesting !

Michael Many thanks for doing all of these great videos on the old preamps I’ve owned many them The one I shouldn’t have sold was the Soldano/ Castell X-99 No telling what there worth now? When you get a chance please do a video on the much overlooked Yamaha DG-1000 ( probably Alan Holdsworth s favorite and I think he had a lot to do in its development) A truly great pre that hold its own against or excels against many of the pres you’ve presented A new pre that you should present is the Black Widow Audio Designs MGP-1A Analog high voltage plate 4 12ax7 midi ‘ It’s quite remarkable A true milestone in engineering Once again many thanks for all the time and effort that you have put in doing these videos Kindest regards Michael

All sounded good. The SLO sounds the meanest.

You have the most legit/tasty guitar rack gear taste....ever 🤘

Awesome!Eighties Rock in four racks!🤟🏼

Yikes!! Early Christmas! Great shootout as usual! I was thinking the other week that it would be killer if in the future you could somehow muster all of the main rigs from Steve Lukather back to back in a shootout. From Rivera modded Fender/Marshall, to Mesa Mark IIc+, Soldando X88R, CAE 3+SE, Rivera Bonehead, Bogner Ecstacy 101B...etc... and whatever it’s in between. Just a pipe dream, but a dream none the less! Again, excellent content Michael!

God, my dreaming room, I think I want to be you... : ) : ) : ) Michael, Many thanks for yours video... You take on your personal time for us and many thanks for that. Always a pleasure to listen all this dreaming gear.

They all sound soo good!

Great comparison! I think I heard some JetCity Woman in there too!😎🤘🏼

Great video as always! I thought the 77(USA) sounded best of the pre-amps but there’s nothing like the amp! Nice nod to Only the Children by Toto!

Killer tone!! The SLO100 is a monster beast with a Les Paul

I dig all of ‘em. All of them. Dig it.

those pickups in that Friedman sound pretty damn hot too bro!!!! great sounds hail from the SLO100. all the way from 80s Clapton to the heaviest of the heavy!!!!! ohh yea, and all the midrange you want!!!!

I'm going to have to watch this one with no pants on ... HaHa! Awesome video AGAIN! That's ALL the Soldanos Hell Yes!

This is the best porn I've watched all year! Thanks Michael!

Epic! 🤩🤩🤩

This caswell is very special. Best boy in the collection (except the real deal SLO100 with that wonderful extra ooooummph).

No way dude. What a christmas surprise.

In every comparison with the SLO, the SLO was the winner, IMHO.

Hey man. Great vid as usual. I would love to see you slave that SLO 100 via a Suhr RL or other load box then into the 2150. I was able to play Mick Mars rig once and it is still the most massive thing I have ever heard!!! If you haven’t done it thank me later.

I've got the SLO and Sp77 MIJ and modified to SLO layout... Those pieces of gear scream as hell!!

Bad love EC riff-awesome...

The Caswell mod is what Prince used. Very powerful tones.

Epic video :) Thanks Michael....I couldn't decide which one sounded best because I liked them all :)))) Just curious: how the sound was captured ? Real mics and cab or impulse responses ?

Please make a Kemper profile pack of that Caswell. Sounds AMAZING.

Also, appreciated the Spread Eagle riff. 🤘🏻

Totally love you for doing this, in a brotherly way of course. Just be aware of your preamp/ DAW levels Michael. I understand how extremely difficult it is to keep everything balanced when switching, especially as a one man show, but I detected a bit of clipping and found I had to adjust my headphone volumes, to re-balance your extreme toneful awesomeness.

Thank you michael! i'm just in a soldano phase right now...

What an EPIC video! I had such a crush on the X99 when I was a teenager, but knew it was waaaay-way out of my league.

The les Paul sounds absolutely killer 👍

Great tones man.I’ve owned about 3 SP77 racks and regret not keeping at least 1☹️

synergy slo module is also absolute amazing

Thats a lotta gain in one room!

That 99 is killer Especially Lynch Mob riff.

Thank you so much Michael!! Can you please share what cab+speaker and mics you used?

Love those GL riffs 🤘🤘🤘

Michael, Good vid, playing sounds good. You always have all the gear I've always wanted especially the Soldano/Caswell X99. I remember going into the Blue Guitar in San Diego and seeing a lightly used Soldano/Caswell X99 sitting in the rack, I was such a regular pest at that store I plugged in and played on it for about an hour, I wanted it so bad but way out of my budget. Good video. I have one complaint though. You need to connect a midi foot controller and change presets in real time while you are playing through the X99 in order to show the true beauty brilliance and magic of such an iconic and rare piece of musical history. Unlike many units that have a gap or a pause when switching from preset to preset, the X99 was designed to not have an interuption of your guitar signal when switching presets. You need to show us all that, so get that thing back and hook up some midi to it and lets see you play through the X99 the way it was meant to be used because that purple box is an instrument in its own right and a very rare one at that.

Awesome as always... As a sidebar, what pups are in that LP?

Great review of the all 3 soldano preamps!!...And Thanks!!...it is funny but to me the worst sounding unit is the X88...the best the cashwell...but the 88 is priced 3 times over the 77 ....funny!!

I love soldano ......i have a soldano atomic 16, its awesome

I am building a SLO clone out of a 70ies plexi copy ( point to point el34) . I’ve made a lucky mistake with the clean/ crunch channel and omitted a 470k resister in the signal chain which caused more gain on the clean crunch channel. This actually sounds really good. It doesn’t have the huge distortion of the lead channel but sounds really more like a hotrod Marshall . I’ll keep that as an option on a switch

Martin Barre and the Decatone . Beauty

Soldano SLO 100 and Gibson 335 Gold. WTF... Beautiful combination (with Vahlbruch delay for me). I need nothing more. Cheers!

Awesome tone Michael ---What speaker cab and mics did you use on this?

They all work.

Sick.

Thank you for the Holy Purple Mountain of Awesome! I've had the Sp77 with a Jmp1 and Purple 2150 in my rig for ever. That sound has kind of become me. Always wanted to upgrade to the 88.... But after this, I don't think it stands out. I would however kill for the 99!!!! As for the "feel" of the amp, would you say the 77 lacks anything compared to the 88?

Hey Michael! What’s the orange guitar in your videos? The one with the humbucker and single coil. I like the simplicity of the H - S setup. Great channel! Thanks, Steve

Micheal, five 13 to 20 minute videos in a week? Your spoiling us

I don’t know where this guy came from but he’s one of the most tasteful players I’ve heard in a long time he’s fast he’s clean and he’s very fluent with his playing. I’m very jealous.😊

18:47 "Jet City Woman" by Queensryche: GLORIOUS!

Thank you preamp daddy

He's playing the pumpkin!!! 👍👍

Love the SLO 100! Too much amp for me, but digging my SLO 30!!

Oh snap!

Hey man, i've got the X88R and the X99. Boy they are killers preamps! paired with VHT 2/50/2. Love 'em!!!

I love how you work in the Toto stuff. Keep on keepin on. Also what kind of guitar is that orange one?

Michael what do you think about mod and SP77 for an effects loop or have you always had luck with putting an effect between your power amp and preamp? Also I just scored a mint Rocktron Sonicvalve Plexi preamp. Doesn’t do clean really but does blown out Plexi & JCM 800 really well!

Gearporn series ;-) really apreciate it. Hey Michael: can you tell me what string gauges you are using? Thanx

I wish the Synergy was also in the mix. I’m really interested in it but there’s a lack of head to head with the SLO out there.

Those soldano are god damned ferocious, good god!! Perfect amount of grind, yet remains nice and tight, focused and articulate. So bitchin.

Woooooow soldano sp77 was the holy grail

The caswell has some extra magic!!!!

This series about 80’s rack is pure pornography.....