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PiggySmallz
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I think Joel used a modded SLO during that era so that sounds correct. That was the first tone that ever felt i needed to recreate.
I think Joel used a modded SLO during that era so that sounds correct. That was the first tone that ever felt i needed to recreate.
mentoneman
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what a list
regardless of pros/cons people feel these days about the SLO, it obviously made its mark!
regardless of pros/cons people feel these days about the SLO, it obviously made its mark!
rstites
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This. The Crunch channel gets overlooked with the SLO and yet it's where stay most of the time. It sounds great from slight overdrive up to heavy crunch and is readily sculpted with a pedal out front when I want that. I do think the clean is really nice with some single coils into it but it's not a sound I go for that often.
Rick Lee
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I threw some NOS 12AT7s in V1 and V3, run both volumes dimed and use an attenuator. I think the crunch channel is best. Sounds glorious.
mentoneman
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Techdeth
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The Larry PMM reminds of a SLO that is modern and just super articulate . With something else going on I can’t explain . Thought I’d add that
napalmdeath
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The OG's yeah. The newer BAD amps have a great loop. I had a Hot Rod 50 about 20 years ago that I bought from a guy on Harmony Central. Paid $750 for it, (those were the days - Snakeskin to boot). I remember that being a tighter amp and I loved it. Played it through a G-Flex 2x12.
Unfortunately, the loop was god-awful, and I sold it on Ebay and think I got $900+ for it.
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Jack Luminous
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Tell us where the evil amp touched you LOL
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Hack
I don't really care about the amp itself. The constant talk of it being the greatest amp ever is fine (though incorrect) if talking about rock. But really, better amps came out before and after.
When people try to say it is a metal amp, that is ridiculous. I can force a clean amp to be a metal amp, though it will take more work than a modern high gain amp. I could force a Slo to be a metal amp also, and it will perform fine.
I think for me, it is highly tied to Evh threads, and some of us really dont give a fuck about either. And really what kills me is when people give misinformation to new guys starting out that the Slo is a great high gain head for all genres, it is a shame. It is a little disgusting when those people making the claims haven't even tried out even a portion of the 30+ better amps that came out...
My biggest pet peeve is when "experts" on here claim that an amp is bad that they have never been in the same room as, or in the same vein that a certain amp is as good as another that they have not played. It is hypocrisy and hero worship
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Jack Luminous
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Yet people play metal with EVH amps all day long, the irony ! I think The SLO is a perfectly fine metal amp. I'm no expert in anything so we can safely agree to disagree on that. Hell, I've been playing death-metal with it for decades now. Doesn't mean anything to anyone anyway so don't pay attention.
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Hack
Again, i said you can play metal with it.
I can fix 90% of plumbing with two channel locks and two screw drivers...but why the fuck would I when there are so much more specialized tools for each job?
Rick Lee
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The first time I had ever heard of Soldano was when that Guitar Player issue came out with EVH on the cover with the purple EBMM. There was a photo in there of Matt Bruck with Ed's old Plexi and one of his SLOs. That album had his heaviest, most distorted tone at that time too. I don't think I had ever seen any Soldano in person until I got a Decatone many years later. We gear nerds talk about them like they grow on trees, but they're not real common in the wild.
mentoneman
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you have been a steadfast Soldano advocate for a very long time and it’s cool you found what works best for you and stuck with it
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Jack Luminous
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Yeah I've been a convert since I bought the X99 preamp in the late 90s. Used it for a long time then I found a used rackmount SLO for cheap in the early 00s. Tried and also bought a lot of things in the meantime but haven't found better since. Different but not better... I also often go back to my old 2203...
mentoneman
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great vid!
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Lightning
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I’ve seen that real nice
FourT6and2
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The Warren Haynes mod is a simple switch for the 1nF bright cap on the gain control. It's not a bass boost, as Bonomassa thinks. It's just a bright switch. But I suppose flipping the switch might give the illusion of more lows by way of cutting highs. Even Warren Haynes had no clue what it was. He stated:
"My modification gives it a lot more low mid-range at a low preamp volume... I called Mike Soldano and said, 'I'm having trouble getting enough bottom-end, otherwise I love the sound.' And he said, 'Well, that's really strange, where's your preamp set?' And I said 'It's set on two and a half or three.' And he said, 'Oh, well most people set it much higher.' I see but I don't want that extra dirt. So he said 'Great I'll make a mod to it. So he made this modification here. I had him put a switch where you can flip the switch and it's a stock Soldano or you can have my modification. But all my Soldanos have this mod and it just gets much more beef and a little preamp gain. When you do this, you can set it way cleaner and have that girth. I don't like the really overdriven sound."
But it's just a bright switch.
Bonamassa is also running that amp with a step-up transformer to get 220v. But the amp is wired for 240v, which means the B+ is probably 40v lower than where it should be.
mentoneman
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i’m just happy he plans to take it out and play it.
i’ve met a few collectors who would buy something amazing like this and just pack it away or put it in a personal home museum type display room.
joe should have kirk bring greenie over for a wail through that SLO!
skoora
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What amused me n the video is when they showed stills of Gary live with an arrow pointing towards it and it was a Hot Rod amp not an SLO. I know he did actually use the SLO with pedals on the crunch setting but I thought they would know what it looks like at least.
Plus at least going on interviews back then, the album tone was a JTM45 combo (bluesbreaker) and a Guv’nor pedal.
Sick Michael
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Yes.
This is my favourite Gary Moore Tone. That or the red strat at that Fender show.
Its probably the fattest tone I have ever heard. Definitely a benchmark tone, up there with Heart of a Lion. Funny how bonamassa goes straight to Walking by myself. Thats exactly what I would have done, haha
