Holy cow!!!! When did Soldano SLO100's get to be $4149 new?!

[Kapo_Polenton]

Thanks for the info. I was unaware that Warren scooped his mids but i am assuming it is more subtle than the brutalz. Love that guys tone.

 

[the4thlast1]

Yes there is butthurt and I hate to add to it but the price of a new Slo seems strange to me... You can buy a Diezel Vh4 new for that price that is also hand made with the highest quality components but has 4 channels, a series and parallel effects loop, and midi switching for that much coin. You could buy a Bogner 20th xtc which also has a lot more options , etc................ I guess what it comes down to is that if you love the tone of an SLO and to your ears it is better than other amps at that price tag with much more options/features than its worth it to you..

Personally I have owned the SLO, HotRod100, and a Avenger.. I loved the Avenger I had it was kick ass, the HotRod was cool but the SLO didnt do it for me. Lowend was too fat loose for me and the tone was a little muddy on lead channel compared to other amps I have, I tried different tubes and bias. Maybe I had a dud who knows but at that price point they should be very consistent. If all SLO's sound like the one I had then I really dont understand why anyone would pay 4k for one.

Major Butthurt added here lol

 

[baron55]

Yes there is butthurt and I hate to add to it but the price of a new Slo seems strange to me... You can buy a Diezel Vh4 new for that price that is also hand made with the highest quality components but has 4 channels, a series and parallel effects loop, and midi switching for that much coin. You could buy a Bogner 20th xtc which also has a lot more options , etc................ I guess what it comes down to is that if you love the tone of an SLO and to your ears it is better than other amps at that price tag with much more options/features than its worth it to you..

Personally I have owned the SLO, HotRod100, and a Avenger.. I loved the Avenger I had it was kick ass, the HotRod was cool but the SLO didnt do it for me. Lowend was too fat loose for me and the tone was a little muddy on lead channel compared to other amps I have, I tried different tubes and bias. Maybe I had a dud who knows but at that price point they should be very consistent. If all SLO's sound like the one I had then I really dont understand why anyone would pay 4k for one.

Major Butthurt added here lol

The same reason guys pay 100,000 for a Dumble or 45,00 for a Train wreck

 

[gbsmusic]

Yes there is butthurt and I hate to add to it but the price of a new Slo seems strange to me... You can buy a Diezel Vh4 new for that price that is also hand made with the highest quality components but has 4 channels, a series and parallel effects loop, and midi switching for that much coin. You could buy a Bogner 20th xtc which also has a lot more options , etc................ I guess what it comes down to is that if you love the tone of an SLO and to your ears it is better than other amps at that price tag with much more options/features than its worth it to you..

Personally I have owned the SLO, HotRod100, and a Avenger.. I loved the Avenger I had it was kick ass, the HotRod was cool but the SLO didnt do it for me. Lowend was too fat loose for me and the tone was a little muddy on lead channel compared to other amps I have, I tried different tubes and bias. Maybe I had a dud who knows but at that price point they should be very consistent. If all SLO's sound like the one I had then I really dont understand why anyone would pay 4k for one.

Major Butthurt added here lol

This is true you can buy those amps for that price. People buy a SLO because they want the sounds of a SLO. I dont think anyone is really butthurt, it all comes down to what sound makes you happy and what you're willing to pay.

 

[Shark Diver]

Yes there is butthurt and I hate to add to it but the price of a new Slo seems strange to me... You can buy a Diezel Vh4 new for that price that is also hand made with the highest quality components but has 4 channels, a series and parallel effects loop, and midi switching for that much coin. You could buy a Bogner 20th xtc which also has a lot more options , etc................ I guess what it comes down to is that if you love the tone of an SLO and to your ears it is better than other amps at that price tag with much more options/features than its worth it to you..

Personally I have owned the SLO, HotRod100, and a Avenger.. I loved the Avenger I had it was kick ass, the HotRod was cool but the SLO didnt do it for me. Lowend was too fat loose for me and the tone was a little muddy on lead channel compared to other amps I have, I tried different tubes and bias. Maybe I had a dud who knows but at that price point they should be very consistent. If all SLO's sound like the one I had then I really dont understand why anyone would pay 4k for one.

Major Butthurt added here lol

Well, not butt hurt, but you'd have to need 4 channels, MIDI and like that tone. I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO. So we would be polar opposites Remember there's a lot in a tone chain so it maybe the combination, or not . Maybe it's not your deal. I love the SLO with low output pickups and EVM12s and SROs. I don't like it with high output pups and V30s. It really just depends on taste, gear, and music played. But I don't need MID and more channels - especially if I don't find all those channels to my liking. Which is usually the deal for people who buy 3 and 4 channel amps - even preamps. And again, how many different 'versions' of VH4s and Herberts out there. Peter was constantly changing them. Great amps, but they are not all the same.

 

[steve_k]

Yes there is butthurt and I hate to add to it but the price of a new Slo seems strange to me... You can buy a Diezel Vh4 new for that price that is also hand made with the highest quality components but has 4 channels, a series and parallel effects loop, and midi switching for that much coin. You could buy a Bogner 20th xtc which also has a lot more options , etc................ I guess what it comes down to is that if you love the tone of an SLO and to your ears it is better than other amps at that price tag with much more options/features than its worth it to you..

Personally I have owned the SLO, HotRod100, and a Avenger.. I loved the Avenger I had it was kick ass, the HotRod was cool but the SLO didnt do it for me. Lowend was too fat loose for me and the tone was a little muddy on lead channel compared to other amps I have, I tried different tubes and bias. Maybe I had a dud who knows but at that price point they should be very consistent. If all SLO's sound like the one I had then I really dont understand why anyone would pay 4k for one.

Major Butthurt added here lol

Well, not butt hurt, but you'd have to need 4 channels, MIDI and like that tone. I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO. So we would be polar opposites Remember there's a lot in a tone chain so it maybe the combination, or not . Maybe it's not your deal. I love the SLO with low output pickups and EVM12s and SROs. I don't like it with high output pups and V30s. It really just depends on taste, gear, and music played. But I don't need MID and more channels - especially if I don't find all those channels to my liking. Which is usually the deal for people who buy 3 and 4 channel amps - even preamps. And again, how many different 'versions' of VH4s and Herberts out there. Peter was constantly changing them. Great amps, but they are not all the same.

I would like to try another one using the Torpedo Live without a cab.

 

[Shark Diver]

Yes there is butthurt and I hate to add to it but the price of a new Slo seems strange to me... You can buy a Diezel Vh4 new for that price that is also hand made with the highest quality components but has 4 channels, a series and parallel effects loop, and midi switching for that much coin. You could buy a Bogner 20th xtc which also has a lot more options , etc................ I guess what it comes down to is that if you love the tone of an SLO and to your ears it is better than other amps at that price tag with much more options/features than its worth it to you..

Personally I have owned the SLO, HotRod100, and a Avenger.. I loved the Avenger I had it was kick ass, the HotRod was cool but the SLO didnt do it for me. Lowend was too fat loose for me and the tone was a little muddy on lead channel compared to other amps I have, I tried different tubes and bias. Maybe I had a dud who knows but at that price point they should be very consistent. If all SLO's sound like the one I had then I really dont understand why anyone would pay 4k for one.

Major Butthurt added here lol

Well, not butt hurt, but you'd have to need 4 channels, MIDI and like that tone. I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO. So we would be polar opposites Remember there's a lot in a tone chain so it maybe the combination, or not . Maybe it's not your deal. I love the SLO with low output pickups and EVM12s and SROs. I don't like it with high output pups and V30s. It really just depends on taste, gear, and music played. But I don't need MID and more channels - especially if I don't find all those channels to my liking. Which is usually the deal for people who buy 3 and 4 channel amps - even preamps. And again, how many different 'versions' of VH4s and Herberts out there. Peter was constantly changing them. Great amps, but they are not all the same.

I would like to try another one using the Torpedo Live without a cab.

That's actually a great way to test which speakers best suit an amp as well. Funny story - Jim had been telling me about the SLO, and it was my favorite model in the Ax Ultra (v3.17) so I bought a SLO, and the rest is history.

 

[steve_k]

Yes there is butthurt and I hate to add to it but the price of a new Slo seems strange to me... You can buy a Diezel Vh4 new for that price that is also hand made with the highest quality components but has 4 channels, a series and parallel effects loop, and midi switching for that much coin. You could buy a Bogner 20th xtc which also has a lot more options , etc................ I guess what it comes down to is that if you love the tone of an SLO and to your ears it is better than other amps at that price tag with much more options/features than its worth it to you..

Personally I have owned the SLO, HotRod100, and a Avenger.. I loved the Avenger I had it was kick ass, the HotRod was cool but the SLO didnt do it for me. Lowend was too fat loose for me and the tone was a little muddy on lead channel compared to other amps I have, I tried different tubes and bias. Maybe I had a dud who knows but at that price point they should be very consistent. If all SLO's sound like the one I had then I really dont understand why anyone would pay 4k for one.

Major Butthurt added here lol

Well, not butt hurt, but you'd have to need 4 channels, MIDI and like that tone. I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO. So we would be polar opposites Remember there's a lot in a tone chain so it maybe the combination, or not . Maybe it's not your deal. I love the SLO with low output pickups and EVM12s and SROs. I don't like it with high output pups and V30s. It really just depends on taste, gear, and music played. But I don't need MID and more channels - especially if I don't find all those channels to my liking. Which is usually the deal for people who buy 3 and 4 channel amps - even preamps. And again, how many different 'versions' of VH4s and Herberts out there. Peter was constantly changing them. Great amps, but they are not all the same.

I would like to try another one using the Torpedo Live without a cab.

That's actually a great way to test which speakers best suit an amp as well. Funny story - Jim had been telling me about the SLO, and it was my favorite model in the Ax Ultra (v3.17) so I bought a SLO, and the rest is history.

Well, you were the one pushing the Two Notes Torpedo and an amp/no cabs. So, history repeats itself. And, the future looks good......

 

[Shark Diver]

Yes there is butthurt and I hate to add to it but the price of a new Slo seems strange to me... You can buy a Diezel Vh4 new for that price that is also hand made with the highest quality components but has 4 channels, a series and parallel effects loop, and midi switching for that much coin. You could buy a Bogner 20th xtc which also has a lot more options , etc................ I guess what it comes down to is that if you love the tone of an SLO and to your ears it is better than other amps at that price tag with much more options/features than its worth it to you..

Personally I have owned the SLO, HotRod100, and a Avenger.. I loved the Avenger I had it was kick ass, the HotRod was cool but the SLO didnt do it for me. Lowend was too fat loose for me and the tone was a little muddy on lead channel compared to other amps I have, I tried different tubes and bias. Maybe I had a dud who knows but at that price point they should be very consistent. If all SLO's sound like the one I had then I really dont understand why anyone would pay 4k for one.

Major Butthurt added here lol

Well, not butt hurt, but you'd have to need 4 channels, MIDI and like that tone. I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO. So we would be polar opposites Remember there's a lot in a tone chain so it maybe the combination, or not . Maybe it's not your deal. I love the SLO with low output pickups and EVM12s and SROs. I don't like it with high output pups and V30s. It really just depends on taste, gear, and music played. But I don't need MID and more channels - especially if I don't find all those channels to my liking. Which is usually the deal for people who buy 3 and 4 channel amps - even preamps. And again, how many different 'versions' of VH4s and Herberts out there. Peter was constantly changing them. Great amps, but they are not all the same.

I would like to try another one using the Torpedo Live without a cab.

That's actually a great way to test which speakers best suit an amp as well. Funny story - Jim had been telling me about the SLO, and it was my favorite model in the Ax Ultra (v3.17) so I bought a SLO, and the rest is history.

Well, you were the one pushing the Two Notes Torpedo and an amp/no cabs. So, history repeats itself. And, the future looks good......

Two Notes is a great unit. The cool thing is to find a cab IR you dig and then try the real one too.

 

[steve_k]

Yes there is butthurt and I hate to add to it but the price of a new Slo seems strange to me... You can buy a Diezel Vh4 new for that price that is also hand made with the highest quality components but has 4 channels, a series and parallel effects loop, and midi switching for that much coin. You could buy a Bogner 20th xtc which also has a lot more options , etc................ I guess what it comes down to is that if you love the tone of an SLO and to your ears it is better than other amps at that price tag with much more options/features than its worth it to you..

Personally I have owned the SLO, HotRod100, and a Avenger.. I loved the Avenger I had it was kick ass, the HotRod was cool but the SLO didnt do it for me. Lowend was too fat loose for me and the tone was a little muddy on lead channel compared to other amps I have, I tried different tubes and bias. Maybe I had a dud who knows but at that price point they should be very consistent. If all SLO's sound like the one I had then I really dont understand why anyone would pay 4k for one.

Major Butthurt added here lol

Well, not butt hurt, but you'd have to need 4 channels, MIDI and like that tone. I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO. So we would be polar opposites Remember there's a lot in a tone chain so it maybe the combination, or not . Maybe it's not your deal. I love the SLO with low output pickups and EVM12s and SROs. I don't like it with high output pups and V30s. It really just depends on taste, gear, and music played. But I don't need MID and more channels - especially if I don't find all those channels to my liking. Which is usually the deal for people who buy 3 and 4 channel amps - even preamps. And again, how many different 'versions' of VH4s and Herberts out there. Peter was constantly changing them. Great amps, but they are not all the same.

I would like to try another one using the Torpedo Live without a cab.

That's actually a great way to test which speakers best suit an amp as well. Funny story - Jim had been telling me about the SLO, and it was my favorite model in the Ax Ultra (v3.17) so I bought a SLO, and the rest is history.

Well, you were the one pushing the Two Notes Torpedo and an amp/no cabs. So, history repeats itself. And, the future looks good......

Two Notes is a great unit. The cool thing is to find a cab IR you dig and then try the real one too.

Fuck that. Finding an IR and dialing up a suitable EQ through the RCF monitors then sending it to the FOH mixer is way easier.....chances are it sounds better. Analog meets Digial and its a good thing.

 

[cardinal]

I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO.

I may resemble that remark.

 

[Shark Diver]

I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO.

I may resemble that remark.

I think your son has already laid claim to your VH4

 

[cardinal]

I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO.

I may resemble that remark.

I think your son has already laid claim to your VH4

No kidding. It's his favorite thing in the house. And by favorite, I mean the thing that he most wants to smash with whatever object he's holding at the time, and if he's not holding anything, his bare hands.

 

[IntenseJim]

I sold my Diezels when I got my SLO.

I may resemble that remark.

I think your son has already laid claim to your VH4

My son who is a drummer thinks he has dibs on my Soldano rack gear and a few Sadowsky guitars.

 

[Iceman8.6]

$4149?!?!

I bought about a SLO a year or so ago for $2450 shipped in excellent condition..IMO its worth that amount all day long but $4149?!?! well, the drugs must be flowing freely in the House of Soldano..

 

[steve_k]

$4149?!?!

I bought about a SLO a year or so ago for $2450 shipped in excellent condition..IMO its worth that amount all day long but $4149?!?! well, the drugs must be flowing freely in the House of Soldano..

I am sure Mike is stepping back and reassessing his business model.....

 

[brianiac5150]

It is not just Soldano look at the price of everything now days...I do not know how anyone can afford anything now days. I know I cant. I cant see putting that much into an amp or guitar. I am a free market guy so if they can get it more power to them. It just wont come from me.

Ah-hah!!! ...and here-in exists the REAL issue with the REAL answer. Sad but true. Speak with your dollar. I'm right there with you Jet Troop.

 

[ampjunkie]

IMO, the SLO is no benchmark. It's a sound. I've owned 8-10 since '92. It always comes down to the same thing. I prefer other amps. The Clean ch is ok, the Crunch blows, and the Lead w/ the gain past noon starts to get muddy and undefined.
The amp remains the same. 80's tone. No refinements of which could have improved the amp immensely. Nope, same old misplaced loop and dated tone.

When I first got my Landry, I plugged it into the same cab I had been using w/ my SLO. It was a revelation and the SLO got shitcanned.

Why spend 4K? Look what you can get nowdays w/ 4K if you wanted to buy new.

I agree but the Landry. Is now about $3300 as well.... one of the priciest high gainers out there

Big Landry fan though!

 

[Mr. Willy]

Given the exchange rate of our dollar, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner and with more amp companies.

 

[steve_k]

Given the exchange rate of our dollar, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner and with more amp companies.

But, the Chinese still find creative ways to buy dollars and the Yuan is unstable. So, one can expect a big windfall on Chinese amps.