Best Recorded and Live Soldano Tones

[Rock Chalk]

If I recall correctly, this is the only video of Ed using an SLO live-

What do you know.....sounds just like Ed....

 

[Kagami]

I'm not sure about best but my buddy that was in Onward to Olympas said they recorded Indicator with an SLO that was in the studio.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Indeed. And the irony of it being a 99% stock plexi all the time.!

How do you get 6th fret harmonics to pop out on a 99% stock plexi? (On Fire)

 

[Funk Soul Brother]

I think one of the *major* reasons a *lot* of pro touring players went with Soldano SLO was for the sturdy *aerospace* component construction + *lifetime* warranty, with most pumping so much heavy FX into SLO it became more of a Marshall foundation platform, than a modded character amp.

 

[PLX]

How do you get 6th fret harmonics to pop out on a 99% stock plexi? (On Fire)

Put a Univox Uni-Drive UD-50 in front of it.

 

[TSJMajesty]

Put a Univox Uni-Drive UD-50 in front of it.

Aah

 

[Blix]

How do you get 6th fret harmonics to pop out on a 99% stock plexi? (On Fire)

By playing it! Here's Jacop Deraps doing it with a cranked plexi clone.

 

[la szum]

FWIW I made a basically identically titled thread at RT a few years back with quite a few responses https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/threads/best-recorded-slo-100-tones.257020/

Fuck. Now I am plagiarizing.

 

[PLX]

Aah

 

[la szum]

I bet Mike a uttered a few choice words when Peavey released the 5150

Man.... Mike got fucked in every orifice by multiple dicks.

 

[la szum]

Ehhh, he does love that Mk V though. Come to think of it, he's quite poly-gear-amorous.

Yup. It's a lifestyle.

 

[Badonkey Kong]

By playing it! Here's Jacop Deraps doing it with a cranked plexi clone.

That kid is amazing....

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Everything Mike Slamer "ghost" played in the late 80s/early 90s was a SLO.

Like this for example (lead tone only):



Or his own band

 

[Blix]

@TSJMajesty Found a better example, here he's using a 1959HW he got recently.

 

[Badonkey Kong]

@TSJMajesty Found a better example, here he's using a 1959HW he got recently.

I love watching him play. He doesn't just kick ass, he has a great time doing it. very inspiring!

 

[norminal]

@norminal, What about Crystal Planet?

Crystal Planet 1998: Ibanez JS guitars, '58 Fender Esquire, '58 Fender Stratocaster, '58 Gibson Les Paul Jr., '84 Gibson Flying V, '83 Kramer Pacer, Wells amp, Marshall 6100, Roland JC-120, Peavey 5150 head, Gibson Lab Series combo, SansAmp rack and plug-in, Cry Baby wahs, Boss DS-1, DD-2, and CE-2 pedals, Fulltone Ultimate Octave, Digitech Whammy

 

[GTR37]

I am pretty sure I am good because of the "sizzle."

Mostly curious about who used them apart from EVH and Warren Haynes and Gary Moore.
You know, for purposes of future research and the like.

More like who didn’t use them
Clapton
Knofler
Lynch
Demartini
Gilmour
Mick Mars
Lukather
Vivian Campbell
Matthias Jabs

 

[James Freeman]

I bet Mike a uttered a few choice words when Peavey released the 5150

2k$ in 1990 is about 5k$ in 2025, maybe Van Halen thought about the business side of things and didn't want to promote an unobtanium boutique amp. When the 5150 amp was released VH specifically said he wanted to be able to buy the amp in every music store in the world and not just for the rich, also, I'm sure he got a pretty penny from his deal with Peavey.

 

[Eagle]

I dig the SLO, but the 5150 and Dual Rectifier are superior amps.

I think you need to lower the dose.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

I think you need to lower the dose.

Check the threads I’ve made on the best tones for each of those amps. 5150 and Recto have been at the forefront of various new genres and countless massive albums. If that somehow makes them worse, then I’m all ears.

If we’re being honest too, both amps added or improved features too. 5150 added a resonance control and fixed the goofy fx loop. Recto pushed forwards on properly distinct channels, switchable tube rectifier, global MV, and eventually a better clean channel.