Soldano SLO cranked to 5 in the basement lol! 2nd clip added

[sjk]

The playing isn't the greatest and it's just a bunch bits and pieces but if you listen on a decent labtop I think it captures it decent. I have had this 95 SLO w/John Suhr loop for almost 4 years now but honestly it does not get used much at all. At one point I had not played it for about a year but recently have plugged back in and if your ears can handle it it sounds freaking awesome if you can give it some volume. It sounds good lower but it's a totally different amp cranked.
I can handle it for about 2 minutes at this volume till it's just overwhelming or maybe 5 if I've been drinking lol. Not really safe for your ears but very fun!

Voume at 5 gain at less than half at 4. Friedman 4x12 with Scumback M75's

Here is another one set a little lower with the volume at 4 and gain at 5.

 

[Racerxrated]

Sounds killer. One of my favorite amps.

 

[Crunchity]

Sounds great! There's something special about the pic attack on the SLO (well, the whole amp, but that never gets mentioned) and your clip captured it perfectly, well done!!

 

[Rdodson]

Sounds awesome! What power tubes are you running? My favorite gain-level for my old SLO was around 4 as well, and I would run the master at 4.5 but had a line-level volume controller/efx setup in the loop. I got that tone at conversation levels. I had a 2x12 slot-ported THD cab with a treated CL80 and an '80s G12-65 and it was glorious. Probably should have just kept that but couldn't get along with the clean channel (didn't know how to set it up).

 

[sjk]

Sounds awesome! What power tubes are you running? My favorite gain-level for my old SLO was around 4 as well, and I would run the master at 4.5 but had a line-level volume controller/efx setup in the loop. I got that tone at conversation levels. I had a 2x12 slot-ported THD cab with a treated CL80 and an '80s G12-65 and it was glorious. Probably should have just kept that but couldn't get along with the clean channel (didn't know how to set it up).

It is running the wafer bottom Sovtek 5881's, never tried any others.

 

[Rick Lee]

My favorite gain-level for my old SLO was around 4 as well, and I would run the master at 4.5 but had a line-level volume controller/efx setup in the loop.

Tell me about this. Can I plug a volume pedal into the loop, crank the amp to 7 and still keep it sounding great while lowering the volume via the pedal?

I took two power tubes out of my SLO, halved the impedance and, well, 7 is still really, really loud in the house.

 

[Rdodson]

The quick answer is yes, sorta. It won't be working the tubes as hard like when the master is at 7 but you get out of the squish/ratty zone when the master is low by itself. You need a loop pedal, though, not a instrument volume pedal. EB sells one.

 

[jape23]

Nice! So, it seems like the SLO works well with the M75s then. I should have tried those speakers when I owned that amp. Volume at 5 or above is killer on the SLO. I have a soundproof music room at my place, so I would pretty much always run the volume on that amp between 5 and 6, with the gain at about 2, or slightly above. Less gain + more volume = great clarity! That kind of volume did start to get hard on the ears after a while though.

 

[sjk]

Nice! So, it seems like the SLO works well with the M75s then. I should have tried those speakers when I owned that amp. Volume at 5 or above is killer on the SLO. I have a soundproof music room at my place, so I would pretty much always run the volume on that amp between 5 and 6, with the gain at about 2, or slightly above. Less gain + more volume = great clarity! That kind of volume did start to get hard on the ears after a while though.

Works very good with the SLO, although they are only the 25 watt ones and jim says you run a good chance of blowing them with 100 watt amps cranked up, no problems yet but don't play it that long at those volumes, knock on wood. I've got the same speakers in a Splawn 4x12 next to it and that cab is much darker loaded with them.

Regular RI greenbacks aren't bad either in the right cab. The EVH speakers sound pretty good as well and are notably quieter at 2 db's less than the RI's and 1 db less than the scums.

 

[JerEvil]

Sounds fantastic man!

 

[SLOgriff]

Very nice! This is why many top guitar players still use the SLO behind the scenes! It can be tough on the ears, but a cranked SLO is hard to beat for tone and feel!

 

[sjk]

Very nice! This is why many top guitar players still use the SLO behind the scenes! It can be tough on the ears, but a cranked SLO is hard to beat for tone and feel!

Thanks, I've always loved the tone cranked and love the feel and tone of leads, but have struggled to really like the feel for playing rhythm from day one with my first SLO. Sounds translates awesome but it feels weird and almost mushy unless you back off the gain. I'm dialing in way less gain than I use to and that helps, I use to dial it in to 7 and now between 3-5.

 

[Bronco]

Nice! So, it seems like the SLO works well with the M75s then. I should have tried those speakers when I owned that amp. Volume at 5 or above is killer on the SLO. I have a soundproof music room at my place, so I would pretty much always run the volume on that amp between 5 and 6, with the gain at about 2, or slightly above. Less gain + more volume = great clarity! That kind of volume did start to get hard on the ears after a while though.

Works very good with the SLO, although they are only the 25 watt ones and jim says you run a good chance of blowing them with 100 watt amps cranked up, no problems yet but don't play it that long at those volumes, knock on wood. I've got the same speakers in a Splawn 4x12 next to it and that cab is much darker loaded with them.

Regular RI greenbacks aren't bad either in the right cab. The EVH speakers sound pretty good as well and are notably quieter at 2 db's less than the RI's and 1 db less than the scums.

Great clip! Yeah I've always used Scumback M75s (65 watt) in my 2x12 and they are a GREAT match. I also was digging the Scumback BM75s as well...

 

[midnightlaundry]

Sounds good in the car on Bluetooth. Did you turn the high-end down at all from your bedroom settings?

The Fletcher Munson effect is real.. Lol

 

[SLOgriff]

Very nice! This is why many top guitar players still use the SLO behind the scenes! It can be tough on the ears, but a cranked SLO is hard to beat for tone and feel!

Thanks, I've always loved the tone cranked and love the feel and tone of leads, but have struggled to really like the feel for playing rhythm from day one with my first SLO. Sounds translates awesome but it feels weird and almost mushy unless you back off the gain. I'm dialing in way less gain than I use to and that helps, I use to dial it in to 7 and now between 3-5.

Yeah, the SLO is a finicky mistress. Backing off the gain does tighten it up. It's also real sensitive to tubes as well. The Sovtek 5881/6L6's are the best in there. i LOVE the Crunch channel almost more than the OD channel. Lots of great tones...

 

[Chester Nimitz]

This is Obeid Khan, Engineer for MAGNATONE & creator of Reason amps.

Local guy, his band is called "Wrath of Khan" and it is a Wrath wen he plays.

I got a call from my city Alderman yesterday as the day before i was playing this song at about the same volume.

Apparently theres a little ole lady that doesn't like Hippie music.

 

[cecilbag]

That's easily one of the more true sounding clips of an SLO. Thanks for posting this. It's the sound I heard when I was in front of a local guy with his SLO cranked. It was like Heaven. I will own one eventually.

 

[sjk]

That's easily one of the more true sounding clips of an SLO. Thanks for posting this. It's the sound I heard when I was in front of a local guy with his SLO cranked. It was like Heaven. I will own one eventually.

Thanks! It is one awesome sounding overdriven tone!

 

[CP5150]

One of the best clips I've heard. Straight chug chug metal doesn't tell me shit about an amp. Nor does playing leads at superhuman speeds. This is what I want to hear. And that is the best sounding SLO I've heard.

 

[halebox]

Sounds good. I feel the same the sound translates great but other than cranked leads I doesnt feel how I want it too but somehow it translates into something great.
Heres mine