The Very First Soldanos (and their owners: a list)

[spawnofthesith]

Side note; I think i’ve read people calling it a “Rectum Fryer” for like 30 years. Was that ever funny, aside from when you’re 14 and you hear it for the first time?

It's the perfect example of that distinct style of cringey Gen X "humor"

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

It's the perfect example of that distinct style of cringey Gen X "humor"

I think there should be a distinction between Gen X and Border-Boomers...

 

[FuzzyAce]

I always thought calling it a Rectumfryer was a term of endearment?

Learn something new everyday.

 

[spawnofthesith]

I think there should be a distinction between Gen X and Border-Boomers...

I almost said boomer, but stylistically strikes me more as a "I was a kid/adolescent" in the 80s type of pun. Also thought I'd let Gen Xers feel seen for once

I always thought calling it a Rectumfryer was a term of endearment?

Learn something new everyday.

As an avid consumer of super hot peppers, it could be considered a positive

 

[FuzzyAce]

Also thought I'd let Gen Xers feel seen for once

We appreciate it. It wears us out being right about everything.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I almost said boomer, but stylistically strikes me more as a "I was a kid/adolescent" in the 80s type of pun.

Quite honestly, it sounds like a bad joke any adolescent boy would make. Still making reference to it in 2024 sounds like a joke someone that's still VERY salty about the death of hair metal would make.

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

I always thought calling it a Rectumfryer was a term of endearment?

Learn something new everyday.

Yeah we had terms like that for pretty much everything:

Rectifier = Rectumfrier
Ibanez = Ibeenhad
Mesa Boogie = Mesa Booger / Booger
Peavey = Skeezey / Pussy
Fender = Blender
Jackson = Jackoff
Kramer = Krummy / Lamer

And one particularly loathed amp of the time:
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe = Fender Hot Turd Deluxe


...come to mind

 

[banned]

EVH's first slo:

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Where did you find this image??

 

[Blix]

Where did you find this image??

 

[maddnotez]

So what was the amp that Yamaha hired him to design?

 

[2112]

So what was the amp that Yamaha hired him to design?

Yamaha T50/T100. Bill Leverty from Firehouse used them.

6mins in here

 

[mk5]

Wait, what is the overdrive preamp mod?

 

[Desertdweller]

Whoa, blast from the past! Gary Hoey is on the list. Remember him?


I got to meet him a couple of times, unbelievably nice guy. He was actually the catalyst for me getting into serious guitar gear. I played the Rocktron Chameleon as my main preamp for over a decade and had the opportunity to chat gear with him back in the mid 2000s for a bit. He and I saw eye-to-eye on quite a bit, I hold him in very high regard as both a player and a person.

 

[mk5]

Whoa, blast from the past! Gary Hoey is on the list. Remember him?

Yes!! Hoey is a monster player!

 

[cragginshred]

My 3rd Slo 100 will hit the road for delivery tomorrow!! Best tone ever next to my Headfirst Alta!!

 

[Frankencat]

I have owned several Soldanos and I have to say that Mike Soldano is probably the nicest amp guy I have ever met. I was a nobody and him and Bill Sundt (RIP) treated me like a king. Good people and great amps!

 

[Baba]

I never understood what the hell Clapton was doing with them.

 

[Eagle]

I prefer my X88ir. I had a Road king for a while and you have to wonder if the weight is worth the options when it’s only got one sound. My favourite channel switching head is still the VH4 way more use than a recto.

 

[Eagle]

I never understood what the hell Clapton was doing with them.

Sustain, it was the best tone he had had for years. But he used that terrible mid boost and lace sensors that were just awful. The tone he got on Forever Man was probably what they were looking for ( Blackie tuned down to D and a Marshall.)

 

[KingsXJJ]

Did I miss Cantrell?