George Lynch and Mike Soldano unveil the SOLDANO SLO Mini

George Lynch and Mike Soldano unveil the SOLDANO SLO Mini

[@LeonTodd]

George isn't an "Ex-Rockstar", he's a certified legend.

[@eduardosci1909]

Yeah!!!

[@Emustall]

Agreed!

[@Twobarpsi]

Ex my ass!!

[@AdamGotheridge]

Yeah, he's playing better than ever.

[@jamiem1]

@Leon Todd Absolutely! Immortalized in the annals of Metal and Rock and Roll! And still going as strong as ever! 🔥🎸🎶🤘

[@JohnsOnStrings]

George: "... if it's tone that's inspiring and friendly to your ear, then your creative side of your brain is gonna connect to your fingers... and it's gonna do happy shit." Gotta love George Lynch.

[@PooNinja]

Sweet soldano saturation 🤘🏽 George isn’t a Ex Rockstar, he will always be a Rockstar in my book

[@Steven_SK]

Happy shit indeed!

[@blacktoothfox677]

100%! Scary forever And not 75%

[@PooNinja]

@@blacktoothfox677 🤘🏽

[@sonnyseabury4051]

Mike Soldano is a beautiful, humble, and amazingly talented human being. He spent 30 minutes on the phone, talking to me, when at that current time, I couldn't afford to buy one of his amps. I let him know that, and he didn't even care. However, quite a few months ago, I bought a Purple Tolex Soldano SLO 30 from Sweetwater, just like I told Mike I would eventually do, and the quality and tone of the amp, blew me away. Just the crunch tone, all by itself, is worth the price of the amp. Mike told me he was from my favorite state, amazingly beautiful in the USA...Washington State. I told him that my Dad's Mom's side of the family was from Vashon Island, Seattle, and Bainbridge Island, and how I've been vacationing on Bainbridge Island, Washington my whole life. It's my favorite place in the world to be. Mike is a first class human being, and a Tone and Amp God, in my book. His amazing amp line speaks for itself. Hello again Mike, from Sonny in New Orleans, La. I'm very happy that your health issues got better, so you could stay in business with your amps. God Bless You and Your Family, Brother.

[@guitarrocks7776]

George Lynch always had that great tone. Every amp he plugs in to is him. I love the way he plays. Eddie Van Halen had the tapping/blues/speed/rock/tremolo type thing. Randy Rhoads had the classical/metal sound/speed/ occasional tremolo, but George Lynch sounded exotic to me. He had that sliding/jack off vibrato, I love how his tiger guitars looked, he’s a great improviser, looks badass, could play speed licks when he wanted to, he could keep up with any player in my opinion. George Lynch always had his signature sound.

[@idiotburns]

George Lynch outplayed and outlived many of his fellow masters as we have come to see in the last decade as he has made a ton of great original music his whole career.

[@guitarrocks7776]

@@idiotburns Yeah exactly, from the era he started in, the mid to late 70’s in Los Angeles, California. Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Jimmy Bates, Terry Kilgore, George is still going. One of my favorites.

[@heliobluesrock]

Oh, man, you nailed it! Loved to read your comment!

[@jayteesgear]

💥

[@guitarrocks7776]

@@heliobluesrock Thanks man, just a fan of music. Love those guitar players from that era. 👍🎸

[@ThinkReal]

Lynch is being modest so I'll say it.... He's a LEGENDARY GUITARIST (that will melt your face off!)

[@amdusias2978]

Ive met George and he has some pretty sad self-depreciating humor and it kind of broke my heart. That dude did more to further shred playing than most player and I personally consider him a much bigger influence on me than EVH ever was. He IS the 80's rock sound.

[@scottbronder]

George has always been at the top of my list.. at times it's unfortunate some of the greats get tied to the wrong bands. not that dokken was bad, but just another 80's band when the general public looks at the era.

[@psaint60]

Yeah, I had an interesting experience, probably 4 years ago, I was looking through the entertainment section of The Reader and happened to see a listing that Lynch Mob was playing at a small club in a suburb just north of Chicago. I was thinking Fock! It has to be sold out already. But I called, they still had tickets, so I bought two since my younger brother was a huge Dokken fan. Fast forward to the day of the show. I’m talking with my brother trying to figure out how early to get there to get a seat. I think I was there like 90 minutes early on a Friday night. I expected to turn the corner and see a line of 100 down the side of the building-there wasn’t a soul. I must have walked by the place 4 times checking the address, the date. This was like an Italian restaurant , tables with lots of people in their 70s eating their pasta. Finally a manager could tell I looked lost and he led me over to a side door that opened into a very small bar room with a stage. I think there was 4 or 5 sofas in front of the stage the rest was high top bar tables. There were maybe 25 people there when I got there. By showtime, the place was comfortably full but probably not more than 200. Like you said, there was a pretty intimate dialogue with the crowd and George was saying he was a little tired because he drove himself from their last gig -like a 6 hour drive. It was wild the drummer was really busting his balls until George came back with some brutal zinger that the whole crowd was like”Ohhhhh!!” Everyone there was a die hard Lynch fan and so they were really cool about asking, “you guys wanna hear this or this” They sounded great and I think they got energized by the crowd. That night got me thinking about the careers of really great guitar players who weren’t singers. It seems like a lot of them sort of plateau at a certain point, but never reach that next level that the Eric Claptons,SRV, and Robben Fords of the world. There aren’t a lot of them: George, Robin Trower, Santana, warren Di Martini, joe satriani, richie blackmore, jeff beck, jimmy page. I guess maybe can feel more connected to guitarists who are also vocalists because it gives the illusion of knowing how that person thinks vs guitar only guys who seem to play their cards closer to the vest.

[@kalebaldwin5398]

@@scottbronder Which sucks because they were a cut above the other Sunset Strip bands, in terms of how technically good they were as musicians. They just didn't have a good image (just look at the Under Lock and Key cover...yikes). Don was never a good frontman, either.

[@sKraat528]

Lynch, then Rhoads, then EVH imo

[@thagrtcornholi0588]

George is my guitar hero.

[@allenmcbride5295]

George Lynch is my all time favorite guitar player. Always been a rock star, but he’s a guitarist first. I think that’s what makes his style so appealing to a lot of us.

[@steverherb]

Yeah, I really dig George's playing on the KXM stuff

[@LucasMastropasqua]

I love George’s description of why the tone is important! I wish I could have put it that way all the times people questioned why I was worried about my guitar tone so much! It’s about the person playing and how it inspires them! He’s 100% on the money as far as it triggering the part of your brain that also controls your creative side!

[@Maxx61]

We knew it was coming....and to no great surprise, it was worth the wait. Good enough for Bones, good enough for me.

[@markboogie7864]

Love Mike and George. Mike’s early SLO-100’s were made with carbón comp resistors and electrolytic cathode caps. They sound silkier than the post 88’ to current models. I have a 93’ and it’s the one and only amp I have never sold or thought about selling. Glorious gain and clarity. Nothing has ever touched it.

[@el_nestorvgc]

George was my very first guitar hero, pre internet era, no guitar rig info, no bio, but his tone and albums with Dokken were fantastic and made me turn into guitars. I'm in south america

[@ahanafislam6786]

This is the most honest and best advertisement I’ve ever seen. You don’t even have to watch any review videos for buying this. There’s a lot to learn here in terms of advertising.

[@idiotburns]

Thanks Soldano and BAD for continue to create and build such awesome tone machines!!

[@assmaster420]

um, but as we know, Mike did NOT make this amp, just like my Diezel pedal, sounds good but its not Diezel any more than this is a Soldano

[@idiotburns]

@@assmaster420 I am sure he was part of the design factor.

[@assmaster420]

@@idiotburns i guess what im saying is that he did not design or create the circuits for this amp, it is a third party that has EMULATED his amps threw similar chains of inputs- of course to use his name i HOPE that he would have negotiated to have a final go/no-go

[@idiotburns]

@@assmaster420 Not exactly, Soldano is owned by Avi at BAD and they still work intimately with Mike and I am pretty sure while he didnt design the SMT based cicuits he was involved in approving what was seen on o scopes and a ton of other elements to help them achieve the sound. If you are familiar you know they create great products over there!

[@assmaster420]

@@idiotburns good points-i forget the Umbrella companies own many names/brands-thanks for the details

[@freddylive3597]

.. George always inspires me to play .. always great to hear him.

[@Metalingots]

George is modest about his history of his place in guitar history. Was my favorite guitarist when I was in high school. 40 year's later I still try to learn what I can about his technique, but incorporate it into my style. I am building a mancave music studio. It's not to make a record for the word to hear. It's a studio that I can express myself whenever my wife will allow me to use it. 😉

[@teriakamoto]

George & Mike are 2 very humble servants of the People. Thank You so much for joining the list of great amps to join the 30 Watt Solid State Affordable Amp Act of 2022 ! We cannot afford Gasoline to drive to the Store but, we can now afford to own a Soldano SLO. A Chicken in every Pot.

[@metalfan1100]

George will always be my favorite guitarist. I grew up listening to him from my dad and throughout my years listening to many different guitarists and styles, George’s style still holds strong to my heart. What a great guy too. A legend.

[@Heavenreck]

This is honestly the coolest product introduction I have seen this year 🙌

[@blaness13]

I love that both of them are like 'hey this isn't like the big ass tube head it's modeled after, but hey, it's sub 300 dollars for a close enough solid state head'

[@jayteesgear]

George- soundin great buddy! Loved the show last week in Peoria. Mike keep makin the great stuff

[@mbreinin]

Come on George, don't be so humble. You will be a Rock Star from now until the end of time. I have not sprung for one of these minis yet, I was tempted with the Friedman, but this may be the one that earns my money.

[@sonnyseabury4051]

Impressive tone for a solid state amp! Congrats Mike!

[@Bridging_the_Political_Divide]

It's good to see Mike still in the mix and looking healthy. 👍

[@wordofmouth7679]

Few players of George’s talent and ability exist. Now I want to try one of the amps!

[@JPM777]

I was waiting for this!

[@borisabramov2041]

met Mike Soldano and discovered Soldano amps early on when Mike had his shop on Melrose Avenue in LA and always thought ths SLO was the best high gain amp out there. I'm running out to get one of these asap. Love it!!!🤘❤👌

[@ROKZLEON]

Well done! This was a fun watch.

[@lousekoya1803]

My dear great Italian amp designer , hope you sell tons of them Sir ! you deserve it ! Thanks to Mr Lynch for the demo .

[@PickettMusic]

Very cool. Soldano and Lynch. What a great combination

[@irmasil3]

"Semi-famous" my ass George..You are probably in the top 5 legendary distinguished guitar voices of Metal since the earth started spinning.....You can tell this guy out from the pack so easily.....I mean, hell, you can tell this guy out even from his "mistakes" FFS....A LEGEND.

[@wilsonjames299]

This Amp is on my wish list...so is the slo 💯 great video ..thank you Mr George. 2thumbs up

[@julianbenedict9720]

SEMI FAMOUS!!!! You have inspired hundreds of thousands, millions ! of listeners to carry on with whatever they were doing and enjoy the music!!

[@johnnyhotrod]

George will always be a legend,monster player and just a good guy

[@AverageHuman7026]

Mr. Soldano is to guitar amplification as Louis Pasteur is to medicine. Thank you for my Hot Rod 50 and for making this mini SLO. They’ve brought me much joy!

[@gameon2000]

I'm new to all this stuff. But from what I see, hear and read here in the comments section - I'm sold on SOLDano! These 2 distinguished gentlemen ooze quality and knowledge!

[@joshmcclure5150]

Gosh dog!!! That thing rips!! I can see myself parking this amongst some of my 100 watters and gloriously rocking out with it with total delight!!

[@seanmccall7277]

There's no such thing as an ex - legend. George is timeless.

[@minimalinterest7291]

What a humble guy, George you rock!!! Mike, your amps are Killer!!!!

[@piptyson5512]

Gonna have to try this lil amp out. And George, semi-famous or not, you're a real legend to those who know.

[@RobertWMann]

Mike we met in the 80’s Boston . I was going for a slow 30 but you mini has caught my ear. Gonna get one.

[@cflowers69]

I will always know and recognize him as one of the best, and as always, as Mr. Scary.

[@TechMetalRules]

I love all these mini "boutique" amps!

[@rc121crx]

I've been waiting for this Mister Soldano and Lynch 😬

[@pranavadhikari9643]

I hope they'll come with a clean channel and footswitch to change between clean and overdrive in the future. I think everyone wants a versatile, good sounding affordable amp without 100 different amp models.

[@AndreaMaccianti]

George is da man! What a tone! 🙏🤟😊🎸

[@TheWolvesCurse]

George had the best guitar tone in the 80s. whatever happened on the Back for the Attack album in terms of tone is my goal. unique, big, sharp, and in your face. love it.

[@wakjob961]

Mike even has great choice in audio equipment... I'm drooling over that receiver and speakers.

[@scottbagwell9144]

Love George! He maybe unschooled but is has more God given talent then most musicians out there. And he's just cool and down to earth. Oh, this has to be one of the best mini amps just in pure tone. Wish they would make rack mount sized unit instead other little head....just looks like a toy and it's NOT

[@lenolsen9536]

He’s lying, he know theory.

[@Lordraven29]

Ordered mine! Can’t wait.

[@Twobarpsi]

Nice!!

[@kengyang1908]

Two legends...soldano n lynch ...

[@logandowdy9887]

This amp intrigues me!

[@LIGHTintheHALLS]

YES⚡️👊🏻⚡️I was hoping Mike would make one of those. 🔊✨

[@dietmarsimon]

I still don't know if I gonna get me this nice little amp, but one thing's for sure. If I do, it's because of these two humble and distinguished Gentlemen.

[@FlippedHands]

Why is the power button red? It should be blue.

[@idiotburns]

The only upgrade it may ever need!

[@roscoepcoltrane23]

These are really cool little amps. I’d like to see one at 100 watts to compete with the Orange and Randall amps. A real gigging amp.

[@KROLSKI]

Now that's my thinking also. A 50 or 100 watts head would be interesting, with a channel switch . What more would you need......

[@JohnPArgueta]

@@KROLSKI which is exactly why they won’t make one. And if they do, like Fender, it would be the same cost as the full tube version. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@nicolasbeaudry6158]

Yeah but the orange actually sounds good not this one sorry

[@Soldano999]

Ever heard of jet city amplification ? Because that's basically what you're asking for.

[@tommymann6182]

Hell yes, ordered! 🤘🏻🔥

[@screamengine]

Awesome gear, Mike! :) Hi Georgie! :)

[@TheChicagoTodd]

Awesome!!!

[@WillfulThinker]

Love this ad for the Pearly Gates pickup by Seymour Duncan. Sounds great through anything.

[@ryanvanhazen2997]

Sounds amazing mikes a genius 👍

[@tgrupp1247]

Mike has an old school Pioneer SX series stereo receiver in the background. 😁

[@MarkDeweyCA]

I just went all in an bought the new SLO100 and it is so flexible and perfect no matter where you set the controls. Life is short. I love my Friedman and Marshall jcm800’s but this is different

[@EdBenji]

Yeah, the big difference is the price tag!

[@crazywisdom2]

George. Still a Rock STAR ... Still Bad ASS ! Nice AMP. Many good years left in those fingers. Now get on with it ~

[@joncooper3804]

Just ordered one!

[@JohnsOnStrings]

Any plans for a 112 combo version?

[@pmdinaz]

As a bassist, I aspire to still one day play guitar and George is a HUGE influence. At nearly 50, I smile every time I hear tooth and nail.

[@steelfalcon472]

George Lynch will always be one of my top 5 influences. Hope to meet him one day and get his autograph... And maybe hang out and get some tacos idk that last part is just a dream that probably won't ever happen and I've already made peace with that lol.

[@andrewholtzman5235]

Probably a great amp for road rockers doing gigs, for green room or hotel.

[@danc3746]

Great acting in this video.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

For awhile I've been interested in finding an analog/solid-state SLO in-a-pedal... apparently Mike Soldano was two steps ahead of me. It's weird to realize there's an SLO that costs less than all the classic '90s solid state amps that are so popular in death metal and grindcore.

[@clintnoteastwood]

Can you post just a full video uninterrupted of George playing this amp? Please

[@geezberry8889]

greatest amp designer of modern day. almost every high gain amp is based on mike's circuit.

[@jimmygrant3151]

Yeah, this is really cool. I Especially like the effect's loop. You can hear the solid state limitations for sure, but it sounds really great for what it does. Anyone would be happy to have this in their collection. I will pick one up really soon.

[@thestrum71]

Sounds absolutely awesome!! Now go make us a 100 Watt version!! I buy the first 2 that come off the production line!!

[@pseudomonasaeruginosa4198]

This Mini SLO sounds incredible !!! If it sells well, would you consider manufacturing a two channel version with a clean-ish channel and an overdrive channel with two separate gain controls switchable from overdrive to distortion. Increase the power section to 150 watts RMS, sell it for around $1000 and I'm all in.

[@garychilders6634]

Rhoads,Lynch and Sykes my top 3.

[@conjering]

Super Awesome Min Amp = SAMA

[@bfields1448]

Dokken beast from the east Japan. Geeez insane guitar wrk

[@Asylum_Patient_Zero]

Can this little head run 2 cabinets? Like a mini full stack configuration....

[@ronylemos4797]

baby SLO do do do do dooo baby SLO tchunk tchunk tchunk tchunk tchunk🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 My next amplifier. Cheers from Brazil.

[@troymiller885]

I use to work at ESP Guitars in noho. George was in alot and is a great guy. Huge influence on me since the 80's.

[@PatrickAbbate]

Mmm I may need one of these :)

[@simonpsychosis2812]

My holy trinity of shred pioneers are Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and the MIGHTY George Lynch. Don't be so hard on yourself, George, you're an inspiration to millions.

[@scottdunn2178]

Are any of the controls active? The Bogner Ecstasy Mini has active tone controls, and the Diezel V4 Mini has an active Deep control.

[@cflowers69]

Gotta say, that sounds like a Soldano tube amp. How it feels under fingers remains to be felt. We shall see. I will have one within the day they drop.

[@MRxr400]

fx loop out into a valve power amp? hmmm, might sound interesting. but it's design for what it is, it sounds great.

[@RealBillyGarcia]

If Soldano ever makes a 50 or 100 watt version of the mini, it will be the top selling solid state amp ever!

[@nikolavuksan2029]

George Lynch playing Solid State? The end is nigh!!! JK... Happy you guys are killing it releasing wicked amps. Now release a reissue of the x88r ;)

[@BFahz]

His Tooth and Nail Randall's were SS as well!

[@nikolavuksan2029]

@@BFahz I am aware. But let's face it. Tooth and nail he used what he could get. Not bashing it but I think it was whatever he could get. However, I feel like he just borrowed Marshall's for studio use. None the less George likes his Gucci tone!

[@nathanielpersohn600]

George could plug into a lawnmower and it would sound awesome.

[@haloblue07]

A Soldano for $249? Yep. No question. Just ordered it.

[@rubenreza]

The only things I wish the amp had are a 4, 8, 16 ohm switch like the tube versions, and a regular 3-prong power cable instead of the little pedal-like barrel plug.

[@jedidethfreak]

I love the honesty here - "no, it's not a cheap SLO-100." There are too many companies that would try to make a few more sales by claiming it is. This guarantees that my next amp purchase will be one of these.

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

They are literally calling it an SLO 😂👍

[@jedidethfreak]

@@Starch1b2c3d4a well, yeah - he says the circuitry is very similar to the SLO, but he's admitting that the sound is different. Most companies wouldn't.

[@MK-oz2lf]

Put this in the fx return of a tube amp and you got an SLO

[@bmark7951]

Stop it

[@AndyK.23]

Pretty cool. I wonder if Mike actually had to design this mini from the ground up? The Friedman Mini is based on the BE OD pedal. The Bogner mini is based on the Red or Blue pedal(s). But there's no SLO pedal out there to base this mini on, right?

[@donnievazquez3319]

The Bogner and Freidman pedals were based on tube amps but in pedal form. Soldano just skipped the pedal.

[@jaycareaga9929]

@@donnievazquez3319 Mike made the Super Charger GTO which was a 2 tube pedal with the same circuitry used in the SLO 100 preamp.

[@donnievazquez3319]

@@jaycareaga9929 I didn't know about that one.

[@KILLA-J]

Hello - I hate to ask a stupid question but can I use my Boss Katana 100 MK2 with the Soldano SLO Mini or do I have to get a cabinet? Thank you!

[@jhmusic1]

There's 2 ways to go about using a Katana with this, only 1 of which I'm sure I know would work. The one that would work, assuming you have the combo version of the Katana, is to run the SLO fx send into the fx return of the Katana. This will use the preamp of the SLO and the power section of the Katana. The one I'm not sure would work is if the Katana has a normal 1/4 inch speaker connection, just unplug the speaker from the Katana and plug the SLO into that. Only option other than that is to get a cab

[@patrickkish6662]

Toaster option?

[@mritorto1]

to me george was the most impressive guitarist from the 80s he is my biggest influence. Him and jimmy page

[@jasonh2254]

I want the guitar to

[@kennypswong]

anyone know where is it made from.?

[@Ramongrassi1927]

Is it valved or transistorized?