The Best Sounding Guitar Amp On Earth?! Soldano SLO-30

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4 жыл бұрын

For those who know me well, it's no surprise that I love the Soldano sound so much. It's basically the guitar tone that made me want to design guitar effects from the beginning! Well... this one and a cranked vintage Marshall Plexi. Last year I had a SLO-100 for while that Mike Soldano was letting me borrow. I thought it couldn't get any better than that. I was wrong - Mike and the Soldano team have done it even better here with the SLO-30! Normally folks love the high gain distortion tones in these amps, and don't get me wrong - they ARE fantastic. However, for my style it's the lower gain stuff that I use quite often personally and this amp checks off that box like few other amps do.
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@guitardave 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, a review of a SLO that isn’t dropped B chug chug chug for 10 minutes. Thank you Brian, very much appreciated!

@Ottophil 4 жыл бұрын

Wtf you got a problem with chugging in dropped B bro? Lets fight!

@rca3rd 4 жыл бұрын

I was really wondering.......Does It Chug?

@kiltymacbagpipe 4 жыл бұрын

Ron Anthony yes. Yes it does. Brian doesn’t though.

@rca3rd 4 жыл бұрын

@@kiltymacbagpipe I bet it does!

@kiltymacbagpipe 4 жыл бұрын

Ron Anthony check out Loa Englunds vid. He brings the chug.

@manifestgtr 4 жыл бұрын

My friend/bandmate of 10+ years, Danny (who’s since passed) had a slo100 back in the day. This was at a time when we all thought that Mesa and Marshall were the “top of the heap”. He comes in with this head one day and it was just harmonically rich and full on a level we’d never experienced. Not only that but it was tolexed in snake skin...just unreal in every way. It was like opening a door to a whole new world of tube amp possibilities to me...RIP Danny ✌️

@LPMojoGL 4 жыл бұрын

First Soldano experiences are unforgettable. RIP Danny

@nellyandbert 4 жыл бұрын

Great story and what taste Danny must have had. RIP Danny. I had one too many years ago - snakeskin was amazing, then I mistakenly got into the idea I didn’t play enough to warrant keeping it and bought a boutique small amp - many amps later still missing that soldano qualities - so pleased these are available again, can’t wait to demo one. My bank manager will not thank me for seeing this video!! Stay safe and keep playing!!

@gregorysmout2488 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Danny 🙏

@iceWaterProductions1 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like your friend Danny was the kind of guy we all would like to be friends with a Tone Hunter. RIP Danny

@alelollipop1903 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great guy, RIP Danny

@saarangnarayan123 4 жыл бұрын

HOLY MOTHER OF TONE! Each and every second of this was EPIC. I have watched many reviews of the SLO 30, but so far the best tones I have heard are to be heard here. Awesome stuff, Brian!

@RowdyBreezer 4 жыл бұрын

This if fantastic! I had only heard this amp demoed in a high gain setting before - and never have had the pleasure of experiencing one in person. It's great to hear other folks appreciate crunchy tones and demo them with chords vs. the usual max drive olympic lead playing. Thank you!

@funk4ever Жыл бұрын

Man you are a truly humble guy for promoting competitors. I'm glad I have purchased your pedals. I've been a fan for a while. Will gladly purchase more-After I get my SLO.

@brandonboe2286 3 жыл бұрын

That Telecaster playing Dokken through that SLO 30 sounds amazing.

@wampler_pedals 4 жыл бұрын

For those who know me well, it's no surprise that I love the Soldano sound so much. It's basically the guitar tone that made me want to design guitar effects from the beginning! Well... this one and a cranked vintage Marshall Plexi. Last year I had a SLO-100 for while that Mike Soldano was letting me borrow. I thought it couldn't get any better than that. I was wrong - Mike and the Soldano team have done it even *better* here with the SLO-30! Normally folks love the high gain distortion tones in these amps, and don't get me wrong - they ARE fantastic. However, for my style it's the lower gain stuff that I use quite often personally and this amp checks off that box like few other amps do. Speakers/Cabinet: Celestion Greenback 2x12 cabinet IR's, using Two Notes Torpedo Captor from Amp into Logic Pro X. Comment: What's YOUR favorite all time guitar amp? Subscribe to this channel: kzfaq.info/love/dVrg4Wl3vjIxonABn6RfWw

@richardoliver9658 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video - now if only mine would hurry up and turn up :D

@darwinsaye 4 жыл бұрын

Okay, I was about to comment on how everyone’s idea of good low gain tones seem to always be *way* more distortion than I ever use, but then you did get to an actual low gain tone, haha

@LTJR. 4 жыл бұрын

@@darwinsaye yeah I actually really loved the clean sounds, and while I know the dirt sounds great I don't think it translated as well as it could have here, although I bet that changes when I change my listening set up.

@abubakr6939 4 жыл бұрын

Again I love how he promotes it above his own brands amps

@adilO.o 4 жыл бұрын

I am absolutely not surprised that a guy who likes cats and telecaster guitars,l is a huge fan of a monster of high Gain amp 😂 no no not at all !! 😇 I am impressed by what this amp can do in Low Gain setup. Anyway my favorite legendary amp is the Mesa Boogie Mark IIc+. Most of the music albums I liked as a kid had some tones from this amp.

@JaakkoTK 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely great sounding amp and thanks for showing the different sounds. Great playing, great info as always, cheers from Finland!

@joerectifier 3 жыл бұрын

This amp sounds, well, to my ears, perfect. Excellent video Brian - and because you know sound and tone, you knew to show us the inbetween tones. I love that tele -and I enjoyed your chicken pickin stuff which sounded great! You are the KING of upper-mid and HF management in your pedals. I can hear the hours you spent giving them a sweet and smooth tone and eliminating the ice pick. Kudos to you.

@samrustan 4 жыл бұрын

I have not yet found my favorite amp. Definitely dig and appreciate the review! Love your work man.

@erivers71 3 жыл бұрын

Really awesome review. Great job, you covered all the important tone settings. Your chops are smooth too!

@timothyplonk4266 3 жыл бұрын

So correct in saying,"You get what you pay for". Handmade from the highest quality parts is always more expensive,and worth it.

@aapddd 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this ! Thanks for showing the crunch on this amp

@onehotrocker99 3 жыл бұрын

Great demo Brian! I've always been impressed with the Soldano SLO-100 amp. And now that it comes in a 30 watt version with a couple of extra features, I have a new amp goal in mind. Excellent guitar skills that really showcase what this amp can do.

@Tom_Platz 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, that amp sounds great! I would not have thought about it for the low gain stuff, so thanks for showing off that side of it Brian.

@danveneziano565 Жыл бұрын

What I really love about your videos is the honesty.

@frankenstein4106 3 жыл бұрын

This video inspired me to take the plunge and purchase the SLO 30! It's an amazing amp, the best I've ever played! Thanks!!

@KenjiKitahara 4 жыл бұрын

Great review and great playing too btw... I’ve always wanted a lower wattage SLO, and now they’ve done it

@thesavman23 3 жыл бұрын

That tone is BIG. Even the cleans are big! Great demo 👍

@lancecass8997 4 жыл бұрын

Ok, I already wanted one, now after seeing a little more diversity out of it, I'm getting one. Thank you Brian!

@soundzofnoize8603 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible Tone! Thank you for the great demo Brian!

@tjnugent62 3 жыл бұрын

This is one you really was excited to come your way. Great amp. It makes your Whitfill sound as great as it really is.

@chucksteak4761 4 жыл бұрын

Great Demo! You showed the wide versatility of this amp. This thing could do it all at the gig. You could tell it can cut through the mix with ease. Nice Dokken intro too!

@jrice421 4 жыл бұрын

Great demo, Brian! Really shows how versatile the amp is.

@robertbright-jc3sd 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve used Soldano amps for year’s and all I can say is that they make one of the most reliable and dependable amps out there. Nice demo🎸🎶

@ferdelazerda836 4 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! That dokken intro with a tele is just a perfect mix of Two things I love! Nice!

@ojaisherpa 4 жыл бұрын

Shattered my preconceptions. Very versatile👍🏻👍🏻

@rabolinger 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, covered all the bases! Now you need to do one on "How to talk your wife into letting you buy one"!

@robbievalentine8239 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great demo video Brian. Much different from everyone else's shred style vids which is what we need for this amp. Versatility.

@robbievalentine8239 4 жыл бұрын

This is a near perfect amplifier and ppl are complaining about the price tag lol

@picksalot1 3 жыл бұрын

There is a clarity, note/string separation, and richness across the entire frequency range in the tone of that Amp that makes it my favorite as well. It's amazing that some modern Modelers and plugins (Neural) can emulate its sound so well. Thanks

@blizzard03 4 жыл бұрын

God damn you Brian! You just converted me to Teles! I was romancing with the thought for a while, but your sound and feel through a Tele just sells it. Daaamn youuuu Wampler! Now I need to buy a new guitar!

@maxthomas78 11 ай бұрын

This was one of the main videos that convinced me to buy mine. It is hands down the best amp I have owned in over thirty years of playing. Finally have the sound in my head. It’s so versatile as well.

@shellbournian 4 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear a Soldano, it makes me hate my tone. Thanks Brian...

@paullaughton3440 4 жыл бұрын

This sounds amazing, thanks for sharing!

@stratomycaster881 6 ай бұрын

Man oh man, I agree. I'm a low gainer too and this amp is amazing! Even at bedroom levels the harmonics are not to be believed. I've only had mine for 3 or 4 days now, and it's a keeper. Thanks for your review, Brian! It certainly helped my purchase decision.

@audionine6616 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been using the Neural DSP SLO plugin on every track I’ve written in the last year. Looks like I’ll have to get the real deal…honestly I cannot believe how incredible this amp sounds. The versatility is insane. Great video sir! Thanks for sharing!

@donalddaley2179 4 жыл бұрын

The SLO and that telecaster are magic.

@teriakamoto 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Absotively.

@joshmuz9018 3 жыл бұрын

Not a tele fan. But have to agree that bridge rock tone was killer

@troyhenjamin1144 3 жыл бұрын

Not a fan of the Tele or the Les Paul,great guitars just not my fit, but I have to say the tone was excellent for both of them. Hands down this is one of the best amps on the planet. If the Soldano and The Marshall Plexi had a child it would be my favorite amp and that is the EVH 5150 model 3 el-34 50 watt head black and gold edition.

@michelequaglio480 4 жыл бұрын

I’m sure it’s your playing too but the sound I can hear is fantastic. The eq seems very usable and musical. Thanks a lot for this review! :)

@angusorvid8840 3 жыл бұрын

I'm on the verge of buying one of these. Great amp, and the perfect wattage for me, as I quite using 100 watters three decades ago.

@jbencinitas 11 ай бұрын

Best review I've seen of this amp head. Thanks Brian

@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

8:01-8:08 wow some HEAVY ass tone right there my fav clip!!! You sound awesome man. Subbed

@antonioalbares 4 жыл бұрын

Love it, great review! I am going to wait for them to hit the used market and pick up one

@DaveSteele07 4 жыл бұрын

Great sounding amp! Love the Tele tones!!

@BitsOfEternity 3 жыл бұрын

It took me well into the 11th minute of the video to realize that this one goes to eleven. Well done sir!

@fullwaverecked 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always a pleasure!

@thechannelforeverything2170 4 жыл бұрын

Loved the Tele tone. Dropped a like for that Les Paul tone 🤘🤘

@rbone100 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Very thorough demo. Thank you!

@tractordirt5167 Ай бұрын

Fantastic demo!

@yigitke3 4 жыл бұрын

Dude you got a new subscription wih your honest opinions! Looking forward to see more.

@hoosierdaddy2308 3 жыл бұрын

What a great amp. In the day I wanted an SLO 100 SO BAD. !!! Great video. The cascading gain is so sweet in an amp. It's made for a humbucker super strat with a trem and using loads of gain that it has available.

@stevetownsend497 4 жыл бұрын

Great playing. Excellent demo.

@toneshop 3 жыл бұрын

BEST review of what this amp can do!!

@PooNinja 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely on my bucket/ Lotto win list 🤘🏽 oh that sweet Soldano Sound

@sassycat 4 жыл бұрын

This!

@LucasMastropasqua 4 жыл бұрын

Great demo! Night by night intro in my opinion is probably the best example of what makes the slo an slo!

@LostMyMojo100 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian, good review!

@traciiguns442 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man that clean channel is so nice even on the iPhone speaker . If you get a chance to grab the new VHT D-Fifty it’s very nice and very similar to this . This SLO is very impressive thanks ❤️

@wampler_pedals 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tracii!

@thechrisricci 4 жыл бұрын

Would not have thought that amp would produce such a great classic rock tone. Nice!

@greggpbowlz 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, sounds great! I love that Tele as well.

@TH-gu4wj 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best amps in the world man. I wish I would have bought an SLO-100 back in the day when it was like half the price of now. A buddy of mine was selling one but at the time I didn't realize how great the opportunity was.

@57ebartley 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Brian, Great review. Your Tele sounded just fantastic thru that thing. Wish I played in a band that I use an amp like that.

@Scott__C 4 жыл бұрын

Great overview. The real magic seems to happen in the Mid and Treble controls to me.

@OneMoreGrave 3 жыл бұрын

This is definitely in my dream amps category. I would use it more like you Brian, more in the Warren realm. Great tones btw. I currently have in my rotation a Jet City vintage 20 that I like and was also designed by Mike. I'd love to get the real deal one day.

@Soldano999 3 жыл бұрын

The versatility is unreal. I can't name that many amps that have such a clean, a crunch AND highgain sound while just on the edge between classic and modern. It doesn't get better than this.

@JMPRocker 2 жыл бұрын

Bogner Goldfinger Super Lead 45 🤘

@GuitarsAndSynths 2 жыл бұрын

@@JMPRocker Mezzabarba MZero has a sweet clean channel and Bogner Uberschall channel 1 is not bad for a clean channel. Best cleans to me would be Fender clean channel or the Roland Jazz Chorus amps.

@Crunchifyable2 Жыл бұрын

About any 5150. Of course both the slo and the 5150 are basically modded JCM800s IMO.

@ScottsGuitar Жыл бұрын

@@Crunchifyable25150 took inspiration from the slo

@lorenzocomelli2898 Жыл бұрын

The Bogner ecstasy xtc Is incredibly versatile and good sounding! The clean channel Is very fender like , the second channel goes from Marshall style clean/breakup to classic Marshall overdrive, and third channel goes from hard rock crunch to full on high gain! Plus have a great boost!

@ultimatekrabbe 4 жыл бұрын

What an absolutely gorgeous Tele sound!

@adilO.o 4 жыл бұрын

Very pleasant video and I like the fact that a Soldano can be taken to Telecaster territories for tests and not only on Baritone humbuckers with mean riffs 😄 !! It sounds gorgeous on the clean and crunch channels. Would have loved to hear this crunch channel blended with a Tumnus. For such a price, they could have made a dedicated EQ section to each channel 🧐 Mr Wampler, as a metal head I came first to hear your thoughts before heading to Ola, Rabea etc this means a lot on how much respect we have for your work !!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

@ChuckChrome 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic demo and so nice hearing how good that amp sounds with the gain backed down. Much more versatile sounding than I ever expected. Also nice a lot of the demo was done with a Telecaster style guitar. Well done.

@rnhtube 3 жыл бұрын

I love stuff that you can hear a difference when you turn the knobs, and it still sounds good when something is turned up all the way or all the way off.

@wjniemi 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and playin'. Good demo.

@docrock666 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, this pushed me over the cliff to buy me one, great demo and gread amp. And this Tele sounds badass too, although i was never was a friend of singlecoils at bridge position. But this thing kicks some major ass.

@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

“Never a friend of single coils at bridge position”? You never heard of Brad Paisley I take it? He has the fattest tele tone ever to exist because he knows how to dial stuff in!!

@docrock666 2 жыл бұрын

@@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial this statement refers only to myself as a player. I hear tons of people with great and fat bridge singlecoil tones. For me, the problem is mainly the balance between neck and bridge position. But this is just my personal taste.

@Brian-rq8hi 2 жыл бұрын

Great review and great demo!

@billydelacruz1500 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Brian for the great demo! You and N Stuff Music both show how versatile the SLO 30 is! N Stuff opened video with Clapton setting on and it was incredible!! Personally, thought with a vintage Fender DR, Marshall JMP and AC-30 I was done! 🤷🏼‍♂️ Would love in that purple tolex with matching cab! Also love your Whitfell Tele!! KILLER!!!!✌🏽❤️

@duncancartledge1667 3 жыл бұрын

Great demo of the amp, also a mention to the quality of the Two Notes Captor which underpins it. 👍

@nadpv83 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds awesome! My personal favorite is the first tube amp I ever bought: Kustom ‘36 Coupe. That thing was so versatile! Tons of clean headroom, great OD tones, and took pedals like a champ, front end and Fx loop. Mine burned out and needs repair...someday I’ll get around to it!

@Lily-oz2dq Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info about the KHE Amp Cab Switcher have to get one now. Looks like a nice build quality.

@cragginshred 4 жыл бұрын

Best review yet, thanks!!

@patricksommer3971 4 жыл бұрын

I love these amps since i first tried the SLO setting on my modelling amp. Perfect clean, perfect drive, unperfect price.

@tonedriverss8629 4 жыл бұрын

Yes great amp .... but the price kills it . Its like amp business suicide . No sale here .

@NablusRain 4 жыл бұрын

Your Pantheon Pedal is out of this world I run it through my Eventide H3000 then into my Crown Power amp into my Yamaha NS10M ♥️

@ScottTheNews 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome gain tones Brian!

@sesa1076 3 жыл бұрын

I have a fascination with using metal amps for cleaner sounds so this was right up my alley. I’m not nearly a metal guy. Just grew up in the 80s and 90s and wannaplay all the gear I coveted out of M.F. catalogue back then. Around that time I was obsessed with the Crate Blue Voodoo stack. Still never played one!

@jakestewartmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for demoing the non-shred sounds available in this amp

@marcador79 4 жыл бұрын

I'm really digging the low gain and medium gain stuff on the normal channel.

@AntonioCavicchioni 4 жыл бұрын

Well, this one was a very impressive review!

@ericcarpenter3263 4 жыл бұрын

The SLO is such a versatile amp. Everyone from EVH to Clapton was using them. Eddie seems to have used a of inspiration from it for the 5150. The biggest difference was the clean channel on the 5150 was no where in the ballpark of the SLO. Then again you’re EVH.. why even have a clean channel. The sounds Clapton got out of them were truly epic, some of his smoothest ever. Great amp. Thanks for the video, and much love from Tulsa.

@kram21 2 жыл бұрын

Great review-best one available-i like how Warren haynes uses it

@Bulletbyter 2 жыл бұрын

Great sounding - I want one!

@davehill9951 4 жыл бұрын

I tryed one, nice amp but for the price i bought the Hughes and Kettner Grandmiester 40. For me does so much more than the amp you are demoing. Great video Wampler!

@CristianZorrilla 4 жыл бұрын

Love it. I will get one for my birthday.

@chrisking6695 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best amp I've ever heard all across the board! It can literally do anything from 80s shred rock to metal. Holy frigging cow!

@Polarisfff 2 жыл бұрын

Marshall JVM too!

@joshcasper5038 4 жыл бұрын

I love that you started it out with the “Night by Night”’ riff by Dokken!

@1badsteed 3 жыл бұрын

Thought I recognized that!!!

@bucknasty69 3 жыл бұрын

I knew that riff but I couldn't remember who played it! I thought it was from a Kix song but damn I was off the mark haha

@jackleyton5504 Жыл бұрын

Love your reviews. Thanks.

@Glorybound1313 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds amazing. Super versatile.

@Deadite8593 2 жыл бұрын

This amp just screams iconic 80s hard rock/metal tones for me. When I think of the SLO my mind is immediately drawn to the sound of guys like Warren Demartini and George Lynch. Time to start saving my pennies, I need this amp in my life. In modern times the 30 watt version just seems more practical than the big boy pants 100w version. I'm already going to have to use an attenuator at home and at most gigs anyways, why not be able to crank the amp more and rely on the attenuator less? That's my thought process at least. Cheers!

@gooberthoreau 4 жыл бұрын

I was like "sweet" then I looked up the cost, lol.

@cchavez248 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a lot of people thought the same back in the day but the SLO30 really is not that bad of a value when you consider how good the amp is in so many genres, you could even say that the Mesa Rectifier xnd the 5150, 6505, EVH amps wouldn't even exist without this amp!

@paulcowart3174 4 жыл бұрын

3K for a top shelf amp these days it seems I should have bought a Trainwreck when they were 850 bucks LoL 😂

@claesvanoldenphatt9972 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. At nearly $100/W my immediate thought is: does Nik Azam make a Ceriatone clone of it for $1000?

@cchavez248 4 жыл бұрын

@@claesvanoldenphatt9972 that's the problem, everyone seems to make a clone or borrow from the SLO. Too bad Mike never got a chance to become a bigger shop before he created the SLO, otherwise he could have benefitted from the economy of scale Mesa and Peavey did when they created the rectos and 5150's respectively.

@paulcowart3174 4 жыл бұрын

If your going the 3K route Koch amps makes that Greg amp w great reverb and harmonic trem and a great tube saturation circuit OTS That's definitely a contender and seems much more for the money

@kevinharrington4009 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Content!

@BPToneReview 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!! I'm sure someone has already probably corrected you but just in case. The bright switch only works for the clean/crunch Normal channel, not the OD channel. The bright switch for the OD channel is an option and is the infamous "warren haynes" mod.

@mattgilbert7347 4 жыл бұрын

On Earth? We're comparing with amps on other planets? It sounds great. If it's a great pedal platform then yep, I'm in. Hard to beat the Bravado, I reckons (not that I've ever played one but it seems amazing) or my personal fave, the Laney Lionheart LT20 - that amp never met a pedal it didn't like. Fave amp I've ever had in my possession (albeit briefly): 1988-89 JCM800 50W Combo. Amazing amp. Cool video. I just got my Wampler Paisley Drive Deluxe. Cool pedal! Now I gots a Wampler dirt trinity: Tumnus, Paisley Deluxe, and Velvet Fuzz. Cool pedals!

@sir.shreddington 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome playing, and killer axe! I need a tele.

@BlackCatBonz 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, I didn’t think I’d hear you open a video with my favourite Dokken riff!

@wampler_pedals 4 жыл бұрын

That’s one of my favorite riffs as well!

$@fracesco05$

@fracesco05 3 жыл бұрын

Great review! Very nice playing by the way 👏👏👏👏 I love soldano amps!! In my country (Argentina) they are extremely expensive and hard to find 😭 but I use a pod hd with a soldano preset that sounds pretty close 😜