$9k for an 89 Soldano SLO 100?

[messageinblood]

I guess these are at the point where they're worth whatever someone will pay for them but what does everyone think of this price for something like this?

https://reverb.com/item/85319005-soldano-slo-100-one-of-the-first-serial-146-1989

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Here’s what I think about that:

AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[RaceU4her]

Considering there’s more SLO’s for sale on reverb than I believe any other amp, that price is some whack ass bullshit

 

[MadAsAHatter]

If you're local you can get it for $8,200.

 

[thegame]

I think even talking about these goons listing items with sky high arbitrary prices is actually making the situation worse.

 

[PurityS.L.G]

Serious question to the Soldano experts; are those late 80's models REALLY that much better than the 90's and beyond? I've only played a '95 and mid 2000's model and they sounded the same to me based off my memory. A great amp that needs volume to shine but always been overpriced IMO for what you get.

 

[RaceU4her]

$9k aint shit!!!


https://reverb.com/item/83486274-soldano-slo-100-viper-skin-2006-pre-bad-the-real-thing

 

[VESmedic]

Another super overrated amp full of internet folklore with very little real world clout in the absolutely insane price category? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!?!?

 

[SFW]

IMHO, the SLO100 has always been overpriced. With that said, there have been tons of them sold. So, a lot of people think they are worth the money. Some of my favorite recorded guitar tones have been recorded with one. However, I have never been able to get one to sound good.

 

[WizardAmpIphoneClip]

Had an Avenger 100.
Nice amp when boosted. Not exactly brutal but it was pretty cool

 

[glpg80]

Another super overrated amp full of internet folklore with very little real world clout in the absolutely insane price category? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!?!?

Finally something we agree about.

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Another super overrated amp full of internet folklore with very little real world clout in the absolutely insane price category? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!?!?

Bingo.

I've always thought the main reason these amps got so famous is because of how early to the game they were. They did the super high gain preamp, big wattage clean poweramp thing before just about anybody else (not counting Mesa Marks), but without the "complexity" of a Mesa Mark amp, so the average dumbass guitar player wouldn't be immediately scared off by it. It was the right product at the right time in an otherwise empty market so of course it sold a lot and became a household name to serious guitar players.

But... $8k+ is insane, ESPECIALLY now that you can get them brand new for a lot less, and by all accounts the remakes sound every bit as good as the old ones, AND the new ones have a factory added Depth control AND the new ones don't have the most retarded fx loop design of all time (the old ones routed the loop before the tonestack).

That seller is 100% trading on nostalgia and people who don't know better.

 

[DanTravis62]

Serious question to the Soldano experts; are those late 80's models REALLY that much better than the 90's and beyond? I've only played a '95 and mid 2000's model and they sounded the same to me based off my memory. A great amp that needs volume to shine but always been overpriced IMO for what you get.

I've played Mikes personal SLO, late 90s SLOs, and modern BAD SLOs, and they all sound remarkably similar

The old ones with DeYoung tranformers sound a tiny bit "bigger" in the low end to my ear, but I mean a TINY bit

That's the only shade of difference I can percieve

 

[Greazygeo]

Another super overrated amp full of internet folklore with very little real world clout in the absolutely insane price category? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!?!?

Seems to have been used alot, not sure where you came up with internet folklore.

 

[VonBonfire]

Totally wurf it considering a 6k Larry whose "California Clean" sounds like a Fender amp needing service.

 

[Metlupass2]

That dude always overprices his stuff like this on FB.

That looks like @braintheory famous chair though.

 

[Brandonrz]

Clowns everywhere lol

 

[braintheory]

That dude always overprices his stuff like this on FB.

That looks like @braintheory famous chair though.

I sold the amp to him a few months ago. He used my pics

 

[Bad Brain]

I think even talking about these goons listing items with sky high arbitrary prices is actually making the situation worse.

Why not the assholes that are actually buying them?

 

[Dale B]

I love the SLO. $9K? It isn't worth that much.