I discovered Reza's videos a few years ago and found them to be an invaluable resource insofar as hearing pretty much all the hot/much-discussed/legendary/darling high gain amps out there. While his content isn't on-par with the likes of Thorn, Pierce, Phil X, Rappaport, etc.- and I don't think he tries to make it come off as such-, it is very high quality for "just a guy who likes gear". His recordings are imo very well done, and show off what the amps are about pretty well. His playing is also decent and doesn't really get in the way of highlighting what we're all there for; the amps. Not a big fan of his effects use, but I get that he's trying to show how they interact with the sound. All in all, have been a fan of his channel for the service it provides for at least a few years now. But after the recent SLO ordeal which I watched unfold on fb, I started to lose some respect for him. Hyperbole is a common thing in the gear world which is exacerbated when you're in the honeymoon period or when you're trying to protect an investment/keep it desirable until you can dump it. And Reza's videos-- or, more specifically, his comment replies under them-- were especially lush with hyperbole; always stuff like "it absolutely kills that amp" or "smokes it, night and day", "not even close", etc. I find that shit extremely childish, but I get it- I have been that guy myself in the past. What didn't bode very well however was how the recent SLO-centred events unfolded. He was raving about the amp for three days straight, praising it to the sky, claiming it's a night and day better amp to the "old" SLO, that it blows it out of the water, etc. etc. Kept going on about how the new amp was so much better. And then just a few hours later on day three of hyping it up he lists it for sale. That made zero sense to me. I get that a persons situation can change in an instant and funds must be allocated quickly, and I hope it's nothing of the sort with his situation, however it just rubbed me the wrong way. He was praising that thing the very same morning that he dumped it on Reverb. Lame. Personally, I thought the old SLO from his SLO clip a few years ago sounded a lot better with a much more pleasing top end and midrange, but that's just me. I have no dog in this race, I have never owned a Soldano product, nor do I currently own one. Anyways, I have always dug his videos, but don't dig the way he conducted himself recently with this Soldano business. Many of his comment replies have been snarky/entitled/arrogant under his vids for a while now, but I overlooked it as I found his vids a good resource- dude needs a reality check though, and to be humbled a bit.
