Soldano SLO-100R Rack Mount

I'll compare the SLO-100R to my SLO-30 and Astro soon but my initial feeling is that the 100 has a more solid mid range, slightly more "British" even where as the 30 has a more saggy and slightly more scooped sound. Pretty interesting!
 
Guitarjon, how do you afford all this gear dude? Do you buy it for the studio and play it along the way? Do your clients really demand all this gear...or is that one of the major draws to your studio...having all this gear that clients can play through makes them want to record there?

The demo song was a real party! Love to hear you play differently! Also sounded great through that Engl 412 at the end.
 
After having spent a little bit more time with the amp I've come to learn how to dial in the amp a bit better. This mainly has to do with the presence control, which simply has to be cranked up pretty high imho. You live, you learn! Anyway, here's a demo of this amp with 11 or so different guitars and styles:

 
Glorious sounding amp! I've had mine since the end of May and used it several times live. I've been running a small ir pedal out to the board from the rear line out and it sounds great as it taps after the power amp. I sold off a couple of guitars and traded my SLO-30 combo for it. Very happy with it!

Thx for posting, Jon and well done!
 
GuitarJon said:
This mainly has to do with the presence control, which simply has to be cranked up pretty high imho
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I've always struggled with this with Soldano's too actually. Although I find once the presence or treble are set beyond a certain point, things get kind of pokey and a bit weird sounding. I'm often trying to open them up in the top end as much as possible, as you are in the video as they're easy to make sound boxy and too dark. I do think some real cabs can open things up a smidgen more than using load boxes - the same is true with 5150's and Recto's too, where I can drop the presence down a notch and the frequency curve feels a bit less pinched.

I've just kind of come to accept the Soldano circuits for what they are, and for something bigger sounding I'd go for a 5150 or Rectifier.
 
MirrorProfiles said:
I've always struggled with this with Soldano's too actually. Although I find once the presence or treble are set beyond a certain point, things get kind of pokey and a bit weird sounding. I'm often trying to open them up in the top end as much as possible, as you are in the video as they're easy to make sound boxy and too dark. I do think some real cabs can open things up a smidgen more than using load boxes - the same is true with 5150's and Recto's too, where I can drop the presence down a notch and the frequency curve feels a bit less pinched.

I've just kind of come to accept the Soldano circuits for what they are, and for something bigger sounding I'd go for a 5150 or Rectifier.
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Both of which copy most of the design.
I way prefer the SLO and the X88ir to both.
The eq on the X88ir is way more versatile though.
 
MirrorProfiles said:
I've always struggled with this with Soldano's too actually. Although I find once the presence or treble are set beyond a certain point, things get kind of pokey and a bit weird sounding. I'm often trying to open them up in the top end as much as possible, as you are in the video as they're easy to make sound boxy and too dark. I do think some real cabs can open things up a smidgen more than using load boxes - the same is true with 5150's and Recto's too, where I can drop the presence down a notch and the frequency curve feels a bit less pinched.

I've just kind of come to accept the Soldano circuits for what they are, and for something bigger sounding I'd go for a 5150 or Rectifier.
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I don't feel like I'm "struggling" at all. It's just a more pure type of sound. A sound that doesn't hide your mistakes haha! My personal favorite is the SLO-30 as it's a bit more compressed and gainy.
 
GuitarJon said:
I don't feel like I'm "struggling" at all. It's just a more pure type of sound. A sound that doesn't hide your mistakes haha! My personal favorite is the SLO-30 as it's a bit more compressed and gainy.
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I guess by struggle I meant “I have to set certain controls right at the edge of where they still sound good”. I found the same thing with some Diezel amps too, I could get a tone I liked easy enough but it involved pushing controls to extremes. On other amps I can have a wider range to dial things in.
 
MirrorProfiles said:
I guess by struggle I meant “I have to set certain controls right at the edge of where they still sound good”. I found the same thing with some Diezel amps too, I could get a tone I liked easy enough but it involved pushing controls to extremes. On other amps I can have a wider range to dial things in.
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What Diezel, and what tone are you going for because I never have an issue with the ones I try.
 
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