Going rate on a used PT100 and SLO?

[fek]

I can't take it anymore. The SLO is on the must own before I die list and I have to try a PT100. What is a decent price on a SLO (I would prefer the Haynes and Depth mods on it) and a PT100 on the used market?

I would have to sell a RM100KH that was built for Kirk, some modded modules, and a LP to pay for it but I don't think I can put it off any longer.

 

[rokker]

To get he goods from the SLO I owned you had to really crank the shit out of it.
I think SLO's are amongst the loudest amps out there.
I'd get the PT first as it's pretty killer in it's own right and doesn't need to be ultra blasted to sound good.
You should be able to find a PT for around $2500 maybe less. They run a tad higher than used XTC's from what I have noticed.

 

[Nico]

At around $2400 you can buy a good SLO. Bit less for the PT-100.

If you go with the PT-100 keep in mind that there is a soon to be released newer version of the current ones.

 

[Anonymous]

At around $2400 you can buy a good SLO. Bit less for the PT-100.

If you go with the PT-100 keep in mind that there is a soon to be released newer version of the current ones.

Yup.....And patiently...Hell...who am I kiddin.....Where the fuck are they!!!!

 

[Rayneman]

Steve, I have a PT100 sitting here in my basement you can give it a spin any time.

 

[jcj]

$2100-$2300 on either.

 

[Nico]

At around $2400 you can buy a good SLO. Bit less for the PT-100.

If you go with the PT-100 keep in mind that there is a soon or not so soon to be released newer version of the current ones.

I am waiting for it too, I have a PT-100 and I am loving it!
If I haven't I won't wait for the new release, I going to get the PT-100 right now!

Yeah! I couldn't wait any longer and went with the Marsha... I don't think there's a PT in my future, there are other amps I want to get first as of right now. It might change if the thing is a monster, here is my wish list: Komet Concorde and Rockstah Mod 5...

 

[The Hoff]

I'd say they go for a little more. $2400. A little more if they have the mods.

Either way-both are awesome amps. Definitely worth the money.

 

[Shark Diver]

I definitely wait on the PT. When the new one breaks the price of the older ones will come down on the used market. I'd really try to find the amps to try if you haven't before you dump other gear.

And yes the SLO is worth it.

 

[cageyfella]

I can't take it anymore. The SLO is on the must own before I die list and I have to try a PT100. What is a decent price on a SLO (I would prefer the Haynes and Depth mods on it) and a PT100 on the used market?

I would have to sell a RM100KH that was built for Kirk, some modded modules, and a LP to pay for it but I don't think I can put it off any longer.

I would have to sell a RM100KH that was built for Kirk, some modded modules, and a LP to pay for it but I don't think I can put it off any longer.


Hey man..I just joined Rigtalk yesterday and saw your post...I am going to list my New PT100 (10months old and only played in bedroom at low vol.) still have Suhr Box and all packaging and footswitch is still in unopened wrapper!...If your keen let me know before i list it. I'm an Aussie that was living in Sydney in a house but 3 months ago we moved to Malaysia for work and now we're in an apartment with thin walls ...anyway I have been trading on ebay for a fews years and here's my id:gillian2949(100%).

Cheers
Jaime.

 

[Lord Toneking]

I played Tim's PT100 and it's a pretty incredible amp Steve Great tones in that amp...and the clean channel is amazing for an EL34 amp. I would LOVE to have one

 

[thiswaythatway]

If your volumes are limited I'd go for the PT100 since it seemed to sound decent at lower levels. To me the SLO isn't an amp i would own unless i were jamming it loud with a band.

 

[mentoneman]

the slo is a legend but based on what i've heard of PT demoing i--all i had to hear was hendrix clean and VH crunch and i was sold!--- and knowing how he thinks in general about tone, i'd definitely go with a PT100!!

 

[fek]

Well the PT was #2 on my list but has now gone to #1. What updates are coming with the new version?

Thanks for the offer Rayneman. I thought you had one locally. You have had just about every amp out there so how does the PT hold up against them in your opinion?

 

[Rayneman]

Well the PT was #2 on my list but has now gone to #1. What updates are coming with the new version?

Thanks for the offer Rayneman. I thought you had one locally. You have had just about every amp out there so how does the PT hold up against them in your opinion?

Not sure on the new PT...it seems to have been in "the works" for an awfully long time. I think, but am not sure, that it would be branded as a "Suhr" amp and have that cosmetic design as well (i.e. tubes up). I think its also supposed to be MIDI controllable, if that's an issue. I could be wrong.

Anyway, after having the PT100 for awhile, and this is just me, I couldn't even look at the Ecstasy I had. I had that XTC for years and years, swore I'd never get rid of it, but the PT100 made it easy to sell and not miss it.

Against a Herbert, well, two very different amps and its cool to have both. Honestly, the PT100 covers nearly everything one could need, except the most vicious of super-heavy metal tones. If I had to get rid of the PT or the Herbert, the Diezel would go, simply because the PT100 is just more of my tone at this point.

I've owned two SLOs, one with a depth mod and one without. I tried to like those amps (twice in fact) but while they are "legendary" I guess and having been able to use them live and loud they do deliver, they just ended up not for me. To compare the SLO to the PT100, and again this is just my opinion, the PT100 is just a better amp when you consider 1) clean tones (staggering improvement compared to SLO) 2) FX loop (galactic/collosus/ridiculous improvement over the SLO) 3) Dirty tones...this is where most people would differ. I don't think there's a wide variety of heavy tones from the SLO, while with the PT you have feedback/presence/whomp to tweak the amp beyond the front panel EQ along with the 2 gain "channels" that share EQ. The PT is pretty usable at low volumes, while the SLO had me fiddling with minute changes in EQ endlessly to try and find something that sounded just right at volumes that weren't insane. Maybe my cabs were wrong for the SLO (V30s), but I just never bonded with those amps and it certainly may be because in all seriousness I play more at home than on stage or at a loud band rehearsal, so I'm not using the amp in its "element."

I don't know, one should definitely play the Soldano for an extended period of time before forming an honest opinion of it. Its one of those holy grail type amps that if you get one, you nearly automatically profess a great love for it, and say its the best amp ever, etc...I have done this over and over again. I took me a long time to say out loud that my XTC was not the best amp ever...SLO not so long but the result was the same.

 

[Red_Label]

Well the PT was #2 on my list but has now gone to #1. What updates are coming with the new version?

Thanks for the offer Rayneman. I thought you had one locally. You have had just about every amp out there so how does the PT hold up against them in your opinion?

Not sure on the new PT...it seems to have been in "the works" for an awfully long time. I think, but am not sure, that it would be branded as a "Suhr" amp and have that cosmetic design as well (i.e. tubes up). I think its also supposed to be MIDI controllable, if that's an issue. I could be wrong.

Anyway, after having the PT100 for awhile, and this is just me, I couldn't even look at the Ecstasy I had. I had that XTC for years and years, swore I'd never get rid of it, but the PT100 made it easy to sell and not miss it.

Against a Herbert, well, two very different amps and its cool to have both. Honestly, the PT100 covers nearly everything one could need, except the most vicious of super-heavy metal tones. If I had to get rid of the PT or the Herbert, the Diezel would go, simply because the PT100 is just more of my tone at this point.

I've owned two SLOs, one with a depth mod and one without. I tried to like those amps (twice in fact) but while they are "legendary" I guess and having been able to use them live and loud they do deliver, they just ended up not for me. To compare the SLO to the PT100, and again this is just my opinion, the PT100 is just a better amp when you consider 1) clean tones (staggering improvement compared to SLO) 2) FX loop (galactic/collosus/ridiculous improvement over the SLO) 3) Dirty tones...this is where most people would differ. I don't think there's a wide variety of heavy tones from the SLO, while with the PT you have feedback/presence/whomp to tweak the amp beyond the front panel EQ along with the 2 gain "channels" that share EQ. The PT is pretty usable at low volumes, while the SLO had me fiddling with minute changes in EQ endlessly to try and find something that sounded just right at volumes that weren't insane. Maybe my cabs were wrong for the SLO (V30s), but I just never bonded with those amps and it certainly may be because in all seriousness I play more at home than on stage or at a loud band rehearsal, so I'm not using the amp in its "element."

I don't know, one should definitely play the Soldano for an extended period of time before forming an honest opinion of it. Its one of those holy grail type amps that if you get one, you nearly automatically profess a great love for it, and say its the best amp ever, etc...I have done this over and over again. I took me a long time to say out loud that my XTC was not the best amp ever...SLO not so long but the result was the same.

Does the PT stay relatively cool? I was curious with that upside-down chasis layout. I had an EL34 Shiva and I elected to run a fan on it at all times because it would heat-up so much. My current XTC Classic usually has a fan running on it, but that's just out of desire to possibly extend tube and component life even more, rather than a real worry about things burning-up like I had with the Shiva.

I wish I could get my hands on the CAA to demo, because there's certainly a possibility I'd choose to move-forward with one and sell the XTC. But I really do like the tones and features that the Bogner has (excursion, half-power, new/old, etc). What I'm most interested in about the PT100 is that "feedback" control.

 

[Rayneman]

Well the PT was #2 on my list but has now gone to #1. What updates are coming with the new version?

Thanks for the offer Rayneman. I thought you had one locally. You have had just about every amp out there so how does the PT hold up against them in your opinion?

Not sure on the new PT...it seems to have been in "the works" for an awfully long time. I think, but am not sure, that it would be branded as a "Suhr" amp and have that cosmetic design as well (i.e. tubes up). I think its also supposed to be MIDI controllable, if that's an issue. I could be wrong.

Anyway, after having the PT100 for awhile, and this is just me, I couldn't even look at the Ecstasy I had. I had that XTC for years and years, swore I'd never get rid of it, but the PT100 made it easy to sell and not miss it.

Against a Herbert, well, two very different amps and its cool to have both. Honestly, the PT100 covers nearly everything one could need, except the most vicious of super-heavy metal tones. If I had to get rid of the PT or the Herbert, the Diezel would go, simply because the PT100 is just more of my tone at this point.

I've owned two SLOs, one with a depth mod and one without. I tried to like those amps (twice in fact) but while they are "legendary" I guess and having been able to use them live and loud they do deliver, they just ended up not for me. To compare the SLO to the PT100, and again this is just my opinion, the PT100 is just a better amp when you consider 1) clean tones (staggering improvement compared to SLO) 2) FX loop (galactic/collosus/ridiculous improvement over the SLO) 3) Dirty tones...this is where most people would differ. I don't think there's a wide variety of heavy tones from the SLO, while with the PT you have feedback/presence/whomp to tweak the amp beyond the front panel EQ along with the 2 gain "channels" that share EQ. The PT is pretty usable at low volumes, while the SLO had me fiddling with minute changes in EQ endlessly to try and find something that sounded just right at volumes that weren't insane. Maybe my cabs were wrong for the SLO (V30s), but I just never bonded with those amps and it certainly may be because in all seriousness I play more at home than on stage or at a loud band rehearsal, so I'm not using the amp in its "element."

I don't know, one should definitely play the Soldano for an extended period of time before forming an honest opinion of it. Its one of those holy grail type amps that if you get one, you nearly automatically profess a great love for it, and say its the best amp ever, etc...I have done this over and over again. I took me a long time to say out loud that my XTC was not the best amp ever...SLO not so long but the result was the same.

Does the PT stay relatively cool? I was curious with that upside-down chasis layout. I had an EL34 Shiva and I elected to run a fan on it at all times because it would heat-up so much. My current XTC Classic usually has a fan running on it, but that's just out of desire to possibly extend tube and component life even more, rather than a real worry about things burning-up like I had with the Shiva.

I wish I could get my hands on the CAA to demo, because there's certainly a possibility I'd choose to move-forward with one and sell the XTC. But I really do like the tones and features that the Bogner has (excursion, half-power, new/old, etc). What I'm most interested in about the PT100 is that "feedback" control.

You know...the PT100 gets pretty damn hot but not to the extent that it seems strange. I never though about that related to how the chassis was laid out. I will say this...John4021 from this forum and I were trying to get the chassis out to check the bias after I put a new set off ARS branded EL34s in (from Suhr, supposed to go in with no bias necessary) and that chassis is IN there. The transformer is a monster and doesn't help. We couldn't get it out so we gave up, lol since the amp sounded awesome anyway.

The feedback control, as best I can describe it takes the amp from a softer, looser/more give or sag type of feel (in a low setting) to a harder, stiffer/tighter feel that is more "modern" I guess. The control is pretty powerful. It has a mid-point "detent" position that might be considered the best of both, I like it best set slightly lower, toward the looser type feel.

 

[Red_Label]

Well the PT was #2 on my list but has now gone to #1. What updates are coming with the new version?

Thanks for the offer Rayneman. I thought you had one locally. You have had just about every amp out there so how does the PT hold up against them in your opinion?

Not sure on the new PT...it seems to have been in "the works" for an awfully long time. I think, but am not sure, that it would be branded as a "Suhr" amp and have that cosmetic design as well (i.e. tubes up). I think its also supposed to be MIDI controllable, if that's an issue. I could be wrong.

Anyway, after having the PT100 for awhile, and this is just me, I couldn't even look at the Ecstasy I had. I had that XTC for years and years, swore I'd never get rid of it, but the PT100 made it easy to sell and not miss it.

Against a Herbert, well, two very different amps and its cool to have both. Honestly, the PT100 covers nearly everything one could need, except the most vicious of super-heavy metal tones. If I had to get rid of the PT or the Herbert, the Diezel would go, simply because the PT100 is just more of my tone at this point.

I've owned two SLOs, one with a depth mod and one without. I tried to like those amps (twice in fact) but while they are "legendary" I guess and having been able to use them live and loud they do deliver, they just ended up not for me. To compare the SLO to the PT100, and again this is just my opinion, the PT100 is just a better amp when you consider 1) clean tones (staggering improvement compared to SLO) 2) FX loop (galactic/collosus/ridiculous improvement over the SLO) 3) Dirty tones...this is where most people would differ. I don't think there's a wide variety of heavy tones from the SLO, while with the PT you have feedback/presence/whomp to tweak the amp beyond the front panel EQ along with the 2 gain "channels" that share EQ. The PT is pretty usable at low volumes, while the SLO had me fiddling with minute changes in EQ endlessly to try and find something that sounded just right at volumes that weren't insane. Maybe my cabs were wrong for the SLO (V30s), but I just never bonded with those amps and it certainly may be because in all seriousness I play more at home than on stage or at a loud band rehearsal, so I'm not using the amp in its "element."

I don't know, one should definitely play the Soldano for an extended period of time before forming an honest opinion of it. Its one of those holy grail type amps that if you get one, you nearly automatically profess a great love for it, and say its the best amp ever, etc...I have done this over and over again. I took me a long time to say out loud that my XTC was not the best amp ever...SLO not so long but the result was the same.

Does the PT stay relatively cool? I was curious with that upside-down chasis layout. I had an EL34 Shiva and I elected to run a fan on it at all times because it would heat-up so much. My current XTC Classic usually has a fan running on it, but that's just out of desire to possibly extend tube and component life even more, rather than a real worry about things burning-up like I had with the Shiva.

I wish I could get my hands on the CAA to demo, because there's certainly a possibility I'd choose to move-forward with one and sell the XTC. But I really do like the tones and features that the Bogner has (excursion, half-power, new/old, etc). What I'm most interested in about the PT100 is that "feedback" control.

You know...the PT100 gets pretty damn hot but not to the extent that it seems strange. I never though about that related to how the chassis was laid out. I will say this...John4021 from this forum and I were trying to get the chassis out to check the bias after I put a new set off ARS branded EL34s in (from Suhr, supposed to go in with no bias necessary) and that chassis is IN there. The transformer is a monster and doesn't help. We couldn't get it out so we gave up, lol since the amp sounded awesome anyway.

The feedback control, as best I can describe it takes the amp from a softer, looser/more give or sag type of feel (in a low setting) to a harder, stiffer/tighter feel that is more "modern" I guess. The control is pretty powerful. It has a mid-point "detent" position that might be considered the best of both, I like it best set slightly lower, toward the looser type feel.

Thanks for the info. I'm still in-love with my Bogner, but I'll keep the CAA on my radar. Up til now it's always been the SLO that's been on my radar, but between your post and others I'm just not convinced that the SLO is setup to be a guy's "total solution" type of amp the way the CAA and Bogner amps are. I need that because I'm trying to consolidate (as in buy-one, sell two), not add any more to the collection.

 

[Shark Diver]

Thanks for the info. I'm still in-love with my Bogner, but I'll keep the CAA on my radar. Up til now it's always been the SLO that's been on my radar, but between your post and others I'm just not convinced that the SLO is setup to be a guy's "total solution" type of amp the way the CAA and Bogner amps are. I need that because I'm trying to consolidate (as in buy-one, sell two), not add any more to the collection.

I have no dog in this fight, I play SLOs but I love the PT as well. The SLO has been/is used by enough of a variety of musicians that I don't think you should dismiss it as not being a "total solution" amp. The PT and SLO are pretty different, so it just depends what sound you are after.

 

[Red_Label]

I have no dog in this fight, I play SLOs but I love the PT as well. The SLO has been/is used by enough of a variety of musicians that I don't think you should dismiss it as not being a "total solution" amp. The PT and SLO are pretty different, so it just depends what sound you are after.

I guess that by a "Total Solution amp" I mean one that's great for low-volume home practice, as well as a huge variety of gigs. I am currently playing with a modern rock band, but used to play with country and classic rock bands (and still get asked to sit-in with them at certain gigs). From what I've learned, the SLO isn't going to be the best country amp... LOL. At least not as good as the PT100... or the XTC Classic that I currently have. And even most of the biggest SLO fans who own them seem to admit that it's NOT a low volume amp. So that's all I meant by that. I'd still love to have an SLO someday, but it'll have to wait until I can justify having TWO great amps. I sent my beloved EL34 Shiva packing two weeks after I got my XTC because I felt "guilty" for having both. I have a wife and 5 kids... so I'm not really comfortable having a wall of boutique-level amps hanging-around with all of those people to take care of.