The Return of a Legend! A Closer Look at... Soldano SLO-100
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4 жыл бұрынSoldano's Super Lead Overdrive 100 set the standard for modern high-gain amplification. Back in 1987, Seattle-native Mike Soldano built one of the first high-gain amp heads, with searing harmonics and the perfect balance of gain, sustain and tight touch response, the SLO completely changed what players came to expect from amps. Favoured by artists as varied as Mick Mars, Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler, the SLO-100 was the blueprint for Eddie Van Halens famous 5150 amp.
The new Soldano Super Lead Overdrive 100 delivers upon the "SLOs" legendary reputation in both appearance and performance but with the addition of some wildly popular, player-requested features.
Jack runs you through the return of the Soldano SLO-100, what features have made the SLO-100 such a highly regarded amplifier and some of the revisions that have been made to this pivotal amp, which has taken it to yet another level.
We wanted to show off just how versatile this amplifier was, so we used a range of guitars and pedals to really show what its made of. Including, a Fender Custom Shop Strat, a Gibson Custom 1968 Les Paul and even a Mayones Aquila covering clean, crunch and high gain tones respectively.
Check it out here:
Soldano SLO-100 Classic Super Lead Overdrive - bit.ly/2T42FeB
Gear used can be found here:
Fender Custom Shop 2020 '70 Strat - bit.ly/35VHBft
Gibson Custom 68 Les Paul Standard "In House" Heavy Aged - bit.ly/3fNvcyz
Mayones Aquila QM 6 Lagoon Burst Quilted Maple - bit.ly/3bz2myy
Jim Dunlop Jerry Cantrell Wah - bit.ly/3bwGBQb
RYRA "The 808" Overdrive Pedal - bit.ly/2WuyZcl
Line 6 HX Effects - bit.ly/2T1oRGc
Seymour Duncan Vapor Trail - bit.ly/3fOr95a
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@seanriley9045 3 жыл бұрын
Jack is an incredible musician and KZfaqr. Thank you for releasing QUALITY content here on KZfaq.
@1LouderSound 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you put out a demo vid first, so I didn’t have to force/torture myself to watch a Fluff demo vid with his shyte guitar skills. Jack is a KZfaq gem. Keep pumping out the killer demos. 🤘🏾
@lancecass8997 4 жыл бұрын
Lol. Thank you
@ryanstaggs5956 4 жыл бұрын
One of the best demo guys on KZfaq. Amazing how well you can play to each piece of gear. Really enjoy your playing. Such a large vocabulary.
@Billy_K. 4 жыл бұрын
Killer amp, demo and playing. Well done!
@samwilcockmusic 4 жыл бұрын
Great comprehensive demo guys. The new SLO sounds killer.
@SgtThump 3 жыл бұрын
Sooo awesome you started with the Ratt riff. Perfect! Love your videos and Jack is a monster player!
@rflessati 4 жыл бұрын
Jack is the man!! always a pleasure to hear.
@jcwear89 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing demo, fantastic tones 👍
@77CJJ 4 жыл бұрын
God, I can’t wait to try one of these and the SLO30... sounds totally fabulous..!
@AndiKravljaca 4 жыл бұрын
The really awesome thing about the Soldano sound which you touch on at about 5:00 is that you don't need to mash the gain to get great sustain. A gain setting of 3-4 on the overdrive channel is plenty to get it to sing out, and that's really a testament to how nicely articulate and defined the sound can be, despite sounding like there's more gain than there really is, so to speak. To me, Soldanos sound like the very best 'pushed 800' sound you can imagine.
@daffy7588 4 жыл бұрын
Great playing man! 🤟🤟
@msimon905 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome playing as always! Mine arrives next Tuesday. Can't wait!
@maximumguitarage 2 жыл бұрын
and?
@xsamitt Жыл бұрын
@@maximumguitarage and?
@radaryoder6058 4 жыл бұрын
Wow sounds awesome! Whatever your paying this guy it's not enough!Best gear demo guy ever! Everything I need to hear just awesome 👍 Sold!
@mb4ckhaus 4 жыл бұрын
Great demo!
@atomicslam1589 3 жыл бұрын
This was a MUCH better demo than the SLO 30 demo. Very nice. You got this one dialed in much closer to the legendary SLO tone.
@LeeJHodgson 4 жыл бұрын
Quality amp with a unique voice, all expertly demonstrated as usual.
@gioelevio1626 4 жыл бұрын
Your playing is stellar!
@novagoth 4 жыл бұрын
Got the SLO 30 a couple days ago. Yes the price is steep but you only go through life once. Don’t be that 80 year old guitar player that say he regretted not getting one. It is a great amp.
@SuperHotrod4 Жыл бұрын
Hey man, just curious why you got the 30 over the 100? Was it based on the price…?
@novagoth Жыл бұрын
@@SuperHotrod4 as I’m getting way up in age and not playing anywhere but home 30 was more than enough for me. Havnt regretted it at all. Can’t believe I’ve had it 2 years now. Lol
@therooster6071 Жыл бұрын
@@novagoth did you match the SLO head with the matching 2x12? Also how is your clean headroom? Can you go loud with slight break up? I understand the clean setting drops in volume vs the crunch setting. Do you use a boost to help with the volume drop on the clean setting, or do you enjoy just running the crunch channel by itself as a slight break up setting? Just curious to know your experience with the amp after owning it for two years. I will greatly appreciate your thoughts.
@novagoth Жыл бұрын
@@therooster6071 I bought the head alone. I’ve ran it through a evh 4x12 stealth lll cab, a Marshall 2x12 silver jubilee cab. Clean was better on the jubilee imo. Never went full on volume in the house. Headroom was fine for me. Haven’t boosted
@billtice5057 4 жыл бұрын
‘’You’re in Love” nice intro!
@eaglewindrider7700 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome Amp with Awesome playing 👍🔥🎸🦅
@darrinbannon8199 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds great,great guitars,great amp plus nice player.....
@ArloTarr 4 жыл бұрын
Bomber amp! Great video.
@xthexadvantagex 4 жыл бұрын
You’re both amazing
@glenkepic3208 4 жыл бұрын
Great demo !! Mike used to see ads in GP and GW, usually with a nice car. Rodder as well as a black belt in Karate. Great to see these again!! Warren Haynes was another user of this amp. Gov't Mule, S/T, Mother Earth. This amp, a Les Paul in a great trio setting, Live in the studio. One take!! Me, I want one but not only can't afford it, I gots nowhere to use it !!! Still killer though. Thanks for the vid.,
@geoarthur6593 3 жыл бұрын
V'good demo, good lad Jack 👍
@simonmastromatteo5692 4 жыл бұрын
Damn, starting the vid with some Ratt. You know what we like
@johnramsey7706 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely yes. From what I understand...Warren DeMartini uses this same amp. Although he is not in Ratt anymore. Always loved Warren's style and guitar tones myself!!
@philhood4604 4 жыл бұрын
Nice sounds
@Greg-rd8qr 9 ай бұрын
Awesome love the JEL
@Eventual420 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent.
@R1GAMBLER 3 жыл бұрын
brown sound right outta the box, very tight/responsive, harsh & ear fatiguing in a bedroom but gigging situation will cut thru anything, nice improvements made to the fx finally! if Mike isn't answering the phone anymore, price not justified.
@soundzofnoize8603 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@ddzanovski 4 жыл бұрын
Would love for you to do a comparison of an original SLO vs this MK2 🤘
@NATJANOFF22 4 жыл бұрын
More playing would be great :-))
@ianmatthewdavis526 4 жыл бұрын
8:32 is such a great sound.
@jeshvidmikkelsen4525 3 жыл бұрын
Ian Davis and the playing. Oh boy.
@FirestormAudio 4 жыл бұрын
That's it! That's the tone right there! What mic did you use on the cab?
@guitardave 4 жыл бұрын
It’s like a Gentleman’s EVH 5150III. A luxurious, refined high gain beast. Looking forward to the demo of the new 30w version.
@88ueshiba88 4 жыл бұрын
EVH is actually a pissed off SLO, that's where the EVH tone came from
@guitardave 4 жыл бұрын
ct88 Yeah, you can definitely hear the family lineage from the SLO to the Peavey 5150 and then the EVH 5150III. Money no object I’d love to have a SLO, but I’m happy to make do with my EVH!
@88ueshiba88 4 жыл бұрын
yeah, tons of money for this beast :S But there is something that the EVH has on mids that i like more than SLO
@aschneider70 4 жыл бұрын
This kid is the best.
@Nickk81 4 ай бұрын
Great amp
@go4384 3 жыл бұрын
He likes to put pins in things, and I like it when he does it
@Greco-Romano 4 жыл бұрын
more tele's and strats please ! 😎
@Kanthon Жыл бұрын
I've been looking for a demo that shows the range of this amp and not just cranking the gain with a boost in front. I can now see how capable this amp is throughout its range. Thanks. Now I have to sell a kidney on eBay.
@christopherdavis8248 3 жыл бұрын
i loved this bloke in Sam Raimi's Spider Man!
@snapascrew 4 жыл бұрын
9:23 humbucker crunch and overdrive, you're welcome.
@suriakumarsupra7091 4 жыл бұрын
I must admit you are a good guitarists.
@SteveKay77 3 жыл бұрын
I have the synergy module of the slo100, just wondered have you tried them side by side as you sell both soldano and synergy? Cheers
@michaelthompson1287 3 жыл бұрын
Next purchase.
@KrstovicNikola 4 жыл бұрын
You know you did amazing job with mic placement and choice when you dont have to do almost anything to eq on the amp to make it sound that good. Ofc amazing amp and cab surely help... lol Great sounds, playing and video, cheers!
@AndiKravljaca 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, the mic job on this is spot on. I'd pay for an IR of this :D
@KrstovicNikola 4 жыл бұрын
@@AndiKravljaca Haha yeah!
@Starch1b2c3d4a 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe he just plays really well?
@KrstovicNikola 4 жыл бұрын
@@Starch1b2c3d4a He does, im talking about the sound.
@brucesguitardemos8197 3 жыл бұрын
That strat sounded un real my god 😮
@JACKPAVAL Жыл бұрын
COOL SHIRT!!! How can i get one?
@naptymeslounge555 2 жыл бұрын
Im glad Upchurch is working in this economy.
@madddog6790 4 жыл бұрын
And Gary Moore used one for a stretch...just amazing sounding in his hands.
@nodismattoleari7272 3 жыл бұрын
Well done Jack! Do you prefer SLO 30 or the Mezzabarba Skill?
@josephbutler148 Жыл бұрын
I owned the skill 30 and it was very generic sounding reminded me of a Hughes and ketter tubemiester that could be had for 1/4 the price. Gain was very smooth and boring no character. Tried an slo 30 in store and it was the real deal thick as all hell and heaps of character so now that I'm looking for 100 watt to buy im leaning towards the slo by quite a bit based on my experience with the 2 smaller versions
@jamproject9 4 жыл бұрын
Killer amp
@MaximumLevelAudio-BrianKnop 4 жыл бұрын
What pickups are in that Gibson? The link doesn't say. Custombuckers???
@aapddd 4 жыл бұрын
Listen to Dire Straits on the night for awesome SLO tones
@rainerwinkler1026 4 жыл бұрын
That one lick on you and yoir friend in the solo 😍😍😍
@kevinp_25 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve never really been a big Dire Straits fan but your comment made me check just to hear the tone and this album is reallllly good lol. Oh and the guitar tone is really good too.
@dedespedida4515 2 жыл бұрын
At 08:50 your playing is beautiful all the way till 09:18 what's songs is that man?
@LeeJHodgson 4 жыл бұрын
The Gibson Les Paul with the SLO 100 is an awesome combination!
@redduketeleman 2 жыл бұрын
Dickey Betts showcases that! Hey is that you, Lee? Met you on a country guitar course at Ronnie of Guitar Weekends you were giving up near the lake district about 10 or so years ago. Hope you are well. I was the guy from France with a Mesa Boogie MkIII that you fixed on the spot for me. Thanks again if it's you!!
@LeeJHodgson 2 жыл бұрын
@@redduketeleman hi, it’s me! Nice to hear from you. Stay safe and keep picking!
@redduketeleman 2 жыл бұрын
@@LeeJHodgson You too mate...thanks...I'm still working my way through your Hot Country and Brad's Nervous Breakdown!
@Livelaughlimpbizkit 4 жыл бұрын
What’s that tv yellow dc junior all the way to the left?
@paisteplayer1040 Ай бұрын
Where was the high gain when you played the BE100 DLX ???
@satchrules101 3 жыл бұрын
Can u get any feedback out of this Amp?
@charlesfitzgerald3201 3 жыл бұрын
everyone who demos this amp goes straight to 80's rock sound ,, or super clean to heavy,, does it not do a good blues sound ? ,,, slight break up ?...i would like to hear that ,,, i would like to see what the knobs do as well ,,, dialing back the overdrive . you know the versatility of the amp. you did a good video ,,, its just i want to know more before i drop $4000 ..... you have some really great amps there,,,how does it stack up to the friedmans ?
@bobbyosborne2375 3 жыл бұрын
Warren Haynes of gov't mule loves this amp. Listen to all the first albums for great blues SLO tones. Same for Clapton. 24 nights is a good example. Soldano Clapton is best Clapton
@zikkicharade 10 ай бұрын
Who buys soldano 4000€ for blues man come on….
@davidmarshall385 Жыл бұрын
ive seen lynch use one of these mick im not sure of scorps deffinately not sure who else i can tell this is not a 1 trick pony but im not into shared eqs though i like seperate flavors 1 clean 1 middle 1 high gain ive heard little bits about this legendary amp great playing whatever floats youre boat if i like it i use it same for you cherio mates rock on
@mlitkey301 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds incredible! Are these screen shots accurate settings for each clip section? The clean section shows the clean/crunch switch on crunch and preamp on 6? And I don’t think I get that much gain on the overdrive channel with the preamp on 3 on my HR25 which is supposed to be the same preamp design as the SLO.
@Starch1b2c3d4a 4 жыл бұрын
Matt Litkey Struggling to get a good tone out of it? 😂
@jspinks2388 4 жыл бұрын
another alien sounding one pretty good man...unknownnn 220k metal film on v1 and 1.5k carbon...idk some junk bypass...Sus'con suncon thing lol. idk it's alrighttt sounding ok and quiettt with the Bugleboy.
@jamesnorton7601 3 жыл бұрын
Someone's a Nuno Bettencourt fan
@sergius28 4 жыл бұрын
🎼🎼👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@kkkkkk-ys3xq 4 жыл бұрын
One day...
@MrUmandMrEr 3 жыл бұрын
Jake E. Lee - that's my kind of metal tone!
@saddle8bag 4 жыл бұрын
Bark at da moon.
@jackbenson8228 4 жыл бұрын
5150ii is my amp for life :)
@groundleaf865 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Scorpions in the 80’s.
@AndiKravljaca 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a pretty good thing to me!
@daveyboy8907 4 жыл бұрын
Matt pikes favorite..
@nethbt 4 жыл бұрын
I thought I'm gonna see a BOSS KATANA shill here..thank God...😄...man they're fucking everywhere
@nethbt 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and demo! but I feel like you dragged the video waay to long than needed..
@aussie_philosopher8079 4 жыл бұрын
I like the new SLO 100 but theres a difference compared to the original, the original has this laser precision/articulation in the mid range and high end, hard to explain but you know when you hear a soldano.
@81giorikas 4 жыл бұрын
There are some differences in the circuit as well. The loop was moved, which means a tube (2 stages, one normal one cathode follower) now does some compression after the master volume and not sequentially as before. The original SLO (without loop) was in fact more like this one, but without the loop. If I remember soldano has the loop bypassed in the 2020 version. So play that configuration. The classic SLO that most people rave about is 5 12ax7 and different than this one. And they changed the classic 39K resistor of the third stage to 33K. Why? Probably because they wanted some more harmonics in that stage. They maybe lost some with the tube of the loop going after the master. 33K is slightly gainier and hairier than the 39K. So now they cloned the hughes and kettner triamp preamp, which was a rectifier preamp clone with some mods which was an SLO clone with some mods etc. And they use a different layout and different transformers. KZfaq will get it's A/B with the old one, but to be fair you can't easily compare them for accuracy, I mean even excluding the differences you should get the same tubes in tehm with the same order to get the same eq...
@darrenc8776 4 жыл бұрын
You can get these tones from a Marshall jvm.
@darrenc8776 4 жыл бұрын
@Spiral Architect tell me were you live fuck stain we'll see whos the loser.
@darrenc8776 4 жыл бұрын
@Spiral Architect last time you slagged me off you didnt give me your address chicken shit. Why dont you give me a clue about who you are so i can find you?
@rickyricardo9917 4 жыл бұрын
Darren, shut up and get back to your Line 6 Spyder
@darrenc8776 4 жыл бұрын
@@rickyricardo9917 never owned one thanks.
@darrenc8776 4 жыл бұрын
@@rickyricardo9917 is that your actual name Or is it a joke name?
@jspinks2388 4 жыл бұрын
it's quiet I guess massive gainnn coming outta this one...but nooo that's alittle too hairyyyy tho me lol.
@jspinks2388 4 жыл бұрын
sounding like a little tighter one again...or splawn or something...probably more splawn like. need to go tighter new speakers is some flubber ones for sure.
@jspinks2388 4 жыл бұрын
or it's that tighttt nerddddyyy like one...so much chip distortion and coloration and chain lol.
@jspinks2388 4 жыл бұрын
telling ya get that shit on the floor so bad and staged it is an alien etc lol.
@p6x2 4 жыл бұрын
Gary Moore used the SLO-100. At least for a little while. I always liked his tone better on Soldano. Impossible to know if he was using a customized one. Although Gary would have sounded like Gary on absolutely every amplifier. Gary had a minimal pedal board, I always wondered why Marshall never built a Signature Gary Moore amp.
@nevusofota 4 жыл бұрын
Pisk Six fairly sure Moore’s Soldano was not “modded” for tone.
@billyboy65leath84 4 жыл бұрын
Yes he used them in about 89 on tour, awesome
@p6x2 4 жыл бұрын
@@nevusofota Although he used Marshall 4 by 12" EV speakers with them. He seemed to have used an HR+ too. I think his pairing was Soldano was more an endorsement opportunity than a driven choice from him.
@p6x2 4 жыл бұрын
@@billyboy65leath84 If I had to give up on my Lonestar, I would probably consider a Soldano SLO-100, sound wise. But 100 watts head + cabinet seem to no longer be relevant. Most of the gigs I am playing have a decent sound system, I am thinking to downsize.
@MrTekbow 4 жыл бұрын
@@p6x2 there were no Endorsements. Anyone who owned a Soldano paid the same price as everyone else.
@Starch1b2c3d4a 4 жыл бұрын
5 grand? I don’t care how good it sounds 🙅♂️
@zzubuzz 3 жыл бұрын
No offense but I don't think it sounds that good, maybe it's the cab.
@RicardoDiazHimself 4 жыл бұрын
Never understood the hype. From clean to drive it sounds shrill in the top end, always. Always love Jack's tones. This reminded me why Ive never liked the SLO100. I do thank Mike's cascading gain circuit copied by Mesa, peavey, and every Modern hi-gain amp, but on other amps than the SLO100. Cheers!
@tongusgrump2261 4 жыл бұрын
PCB OR PTP?
@MrTekbow 4 жыл бұрын
The amps have Always been PCB. From L.A. to Seattle and back again.
@nevusofota 4 жыл бұрын
This doesn’t matter. Pots not direct mounted to board.
@tongusgrump2261 4 жыл бұрын
I only play in bars and beer gets spilled on my gear so PCB amps ax fx kemper and solid state gear is recycling after a beer episode
@MrTekbow 4 жыл бұрын
It's not SMT. More in common with a hardwired PCB JMP.
@th3drizzl378 4 жыл бұрын
pcb but the newer boards are revised and much nicer then the old ones were also they went with white solder mask now
@thetruly1730 4 жыл бұрын
WOW 4 GRAND wtf,,hard pass
@mbgmail5911 2 жыл бұрын
Too little of the lead channel in this demo and that is what 99% of people buy this amp for. And even then you had the gain on 3. I understand it's not your style but you have to be more flexible when doing a demo like this. This is kind of ridiculous, barely left dad rock territory.
@PeachGuitars 2 жыл бұрын
I think this comes more from knowing our audience and our customer base. We played what we knew would appeal to them and inform them of the kind of tones they'd typically be looking for, it worked too, we sold them all super fast!
@harrybee3093 4 жыл бұрын
Too much talking...
@zikkicharade 10 ай бұрын
Too much talking pal…
@SuperHotrod4 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the demo dude, sounds awesome. Just curious how loud it was when you recorded the video. Looks like the preamp is three and the master is 3 1/2. Was that completely ripping your head off, or would you say that’s a good volume for a band?
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