He Stumbled Into The ULTIMATE Amp Sound…Soldano SLO 100

[@timpierceguitar]

Rhett, it was an honor to talk about an amp that is super important and something, honestly, that I really needed to get my job done as a session guitarist. Great video, and still a great sounding Amp in 2023.... thank you Michael for inventing it:)

[@sundaynightdrunk]

I'm always so happy to see you in Rhett's videos, and on your own channel. What an amazing friend for Rhett to have. The video where you help him select his Les Paul taught me so much about choosing a guitar among all the guitars that hang on the wall.

[@johnl9617]

I have heard some great things about Soldono amps, but if we're going to be historically correct, ALL of the LA session players were going to Paul Rivera for mods of their Fender amps and then his own amplifiers long before Soldono. He is a giant and I'm not sure why his amps seem to get overlooked. They cover all of the tones one could ever need...a tone tweaker's dream.

[@jwhtn]

Can you point us to the Rick Springfield track you're discussing near the end of the video?

[@RhettShull]

Thanks so much Tim! I always love having you on the channel!

[@grantbob]

@Tim Pierce Guitar - Do you still have that first SLO you bought?

[@kanalualohafeary6129]

Part of what made soldano amps so loved is Mike himself. Back around 2000, I acquired an early slo100. I was living in Hawaii, and I called Soldano because I had a question about the amp. I don't even remember what the question was. Mike looked up the serial number and realized my amp was from before he added the effects loop. He offered to add it for free if I paid shipping. I didn't even ask for it. I didn't know it was an option. That's service. He went above and beyond. Best experience I've ever had on a service call. He is just beyond cool. Mike, we love and respect you, brother. Thanks for sharing your new find, Rhett. These amps deserve all the love.

[@HunterRouth]

Mike Soldano is the best.

[@BorisBidjanSaberi11]

A true maestro

[@phillamoore157]

Yes! He’s such a gentleman on every level. He’s the only high-end amp manufacturer who I had NO problem whatsoever paying the money for. He’s so humble, and so friggin nice.

[@erikvaldur3334]

Fantastic service. I've owned numerous Soldano amps throughout the years and called them many times. Mike and Bill Sundt typically helped me with any questions I had, even regarding used amps I had bought. I don't have any experience with anyone else from the company but those two were so helpful and friendly. Every amp I've owned from them was smokin in their own rights.

[@Kweesh]

Judging by the pricing, you had already paid for the mod

[@bradpoland8087]

In October of 1985 Mike brought that “breadboard” prototype amp over to test on my 1982 Marshall anniversary cabs for a comparison here in Seattle. I was a typical 80’s metal player into the high gain but also played clean, but with celestions the clarity of his amp was not noticeable at first. I used my iceman with PAFs and Mike was really excited about what he was hearing from his amp, so much that he said right then “he’s going to relocate to Cali and pursue building an amp while working at Stars Guitars in S.F. He completed making my Soldano double neck which was his last guitar and went full on in the amp biz. I’m so happy for Mike’s success cuz he’s a really great guy and friend of high quality, just like everything he creates!🤘💜

[@IamMusicNerd]

What kills me about the Soldano is the clean channel. Everyone talks about the lead channel, and for good reason. But the clean channel is incredible.

[@RC32Smiths01]

Love this amp's presence, in both a tonal and historical sense. Quite literally a timeless piece of gear.

[@PNWGuitar]

I mean I can probably put a time on it, it's a little younger than my dad 😅

[@handle433]

I remember hearing Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton both playing Soldanos in late 1988. It was a crazy time and they sounded amazing!!

[@Mikey__R]

I remember the suits.

[@ericwalter4771]

@@Mikey__Rshoulder pads

[@krobclassic]

So when Micheal S was developing this amp at the time he was my cousins guitarist stage tech and had Modded his Marshall’s at the time. We did a show together and I asked him to Mod my XB100 and he laughed at me and said there’s literally nothing I could do to that amp and make it sound any better. Saw at NAMM in 2019 and he remembered telling me that back in 1987.

[@JacobSmith-zc2vq]

Can you clarify……. He said that meaning the xb100 was great in itself or meaning they were shiite? That was my backup head for years that got me out of a few jams when my dsl 100 took a shit on me right before gigs. I loved that old carvin.

[@tombstoneslim7070]

I have been playing through Soldanos now for over 30yrs. I have a two twelve 120 watt that Mike made for me back in early 2000’s that on three will make the fillings in your teeth vibrate…no joke!! Mike is pure genius!!

[@dyl9845]

This made me laugh. Have a good day man🍻

[@frankenstein4106]

SLO 30 owner here, and it is by far my #1 amp! I live on the crunch channel boosted with a pedal into a 2x12! When I bought it the guy ringing me up at the shop said another guy who worked there was going to be bummed, since it was the only one they had, and he loved playing thru it!!

[@CaribSurfKing1]

The greatest thing about the SLO is the fact you can treble boost the high gain channel and still roll down the volume knob and get almost clean that sounds amazing. Gary Moore, Blues Alive, start of separate ways….wow!

[@edwardmowatful]

Glad you mentioned this performance! And the intro he plays before the band picks up is breathtaking...

[@christophergetchell6490]

This is my desert island amp!!! Ever since I saw/heard Martin Barre from Jethro Tull play one live, I was blown away by the sound! These amps rock, and they clean up really well! I might just clone it someday!

[@cmet8280]

What would be your desert island generator?

[@christophergetchell6490]

@@cmet8280 Fusion.

[@calimusic2007]

I purchased an SLO 100 last year. No regrets! You did a great job Rhett covering the various tonality of the amp, showing that it's not just a hard rock or metal amp. One of the other amazing things about the 100 is that you really don't have to crank the master volume to get a great sound, but if you do, it remains tight and focused. Shout out to Mr. Pierce, always great hearing from him.

[@johnwilliamson467]

mike S shows the benefit of pure R+D not constrained a small budget . Really pure science in the truest sense . Luck in building some thing other than you drawn that worked . Then a good promoter after a product is made . A rare gift of doing pure research . It is good to see Mike was rewarded for his work .

[@Mikey__R]

I do wonder how many amp techs like Mike S there were in the 80s, modding and building amps, who came up with something equally novel and unique but we never heard of because they never built something for someone famous?

[@kurts2650]

When I hear SLO100 I think of metal. Cool to hear another genre played through one. Still my Holy Grail amp.

[@MoreMeRecording]

+Clapton, Knopfler. Its just an amp at the end of the day and a very good one at that :)

[@billhewlett1214]

Gary Moore Warren Haynes

[@skidogbill]

I met Mike in the mid ‘80s when he had a little shop in Hollywood. I brought my Boogie Mark 3 over to compare to his amp. He was very friendly and accommodating. I dialed in his amp for a while and we A/Bed it with my Boogie. I liked his, but as I recall I concluded it could sound very similar to the Boogie (which I loved). Anyway, I didn’t buy his, but it was a good experience. Over the years, I was happy to see his success.

[@ClintCurtis]

Seriously the best amp I’ve ever heard. There’s no crud, very clean and defined.

[@FrankWarrick]

I am a drummer by trade (but I still love your videos btw) and I have recorded with guitarists using many different amps/pedals/preamps ect.... and when I heard the 100 w SLO it blew my mind. Whether its recorded or in the room with it, for my ear, its the best amp around. Great Video!

[@mattw.6726]

Amp sounds killer! I also love how you got both studio legend Tim Pierce and the man himself--Mike Soldano--on to help put things in context. Great vid!

[@jimmygreen5872]

The slo is my favorite amp I’ve owned so far. My current rig is 2 slo30’s in stereo. I blame Rabea for that. Lol

[@Paul-D]

man I bet thats incredible!

[@reverb508]

Daaamn! That's a nice rig!

[@Mikey__R]

I really appreciate how you made a sponsored video educational rather than just an advert. Not many KZbinrs can do that.

[@stackhom656]

Rhett wearing INTERVALS merch and demoing a Soldano amp feels so unreal. I love prog metal and while his channel rarely does metal, seeing both of these feels so good!

[@kowboys1180]

4:06 That list of buyers is insane. So many important guitarist from the 80’s… Whitford, Lukather, Nova, Campbell, Knopfler, Matthias Jabs, Kortchmar, Frampton, Hoey, Landau.. and that’s just within the first 100 amps. Even guitar and electronics builders like Suhr and TC Electronics are on the list.

[@vanessajazp6341]

This is my absolute favorite high gain amp. Marshall and Mesa Boogie and Engl make some GREAT amps, but to my ear the SLO-100 rules them all.

[@pinkyellowblue007]

It's in a class of it's own.

[@Sean_Plays_Guitar]

That amp completely fixed your slide tone. You now have the very best slide tone that has ever been heard. Suck it, Josh.

[@gregmize01]

🔥🔥🔥🔥SICK BURN 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Javier-qk7ms]

sick burn!

[@mjs2016]

Oooooohhh burn 🔥🔥🔥

[@SeanOHanlon]

😂

[@louiebee6745]

Hey Josh, YA BURNT!!🔥🔥

[@manupbritain5232]

The most incredible tone I ever heard was my teachers purple Soldano SLO. He was an incredible guitarist but the chime and presence. I was a young player and have never heard anything like it since. I could feel it in my bones.

[@medicinelodgeband7432]

Worked for Mike in Seattle in the early 2000s he was truly a really great guy ! One of my favorite amps was a decatone a masterpiece!

[@jamesrabic5380]

I saw Warren Haynes use one with Gov’t Mule in 1998 and I’ve dreamed of one ever since.

[@phillamoore157]

Rhett……I came back here after a year just to rewatch this again. I want to thank you for NOT using WAYYYY too much gain with this amp (which not only makes it sound terrible) but demo’s doing that are an epidemic on KZbin. This amp “lives” in “Super-crunch” mode, and nothing on the planet sounds like it. Neddi Stanz get’s an absolutely SPECTACULAR SLO tone when demo’ing (actually doing a comparison), using the Synergy SLO module, for anyone interested. (Just search “Neddi Stanz Synergy SLO vs JMP-1”….which he get’s a great tone from, as well). Anyway, very well done, video.

[@MaPa60]

In the live video for the song "I think I love you too much" at the Knebworth festival in 1990, you can see 3 Soldano's behind Knopfler, Clapton and Phil Palmer. Sounds ace!

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

The best “Soldano sound” for me is Van Halen’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. It’s not easy to follow up a Marshall Plexi but Ed sure made his Soldano sound great.

[@christopherweise438]

There is an interview where Fluff of Riffs, Beards, and Gear interviews Mike Soldano about how Ed "acquired" his first Soldano amp. Fascinating stuff.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

@@christopherweise438 Gonna have to check it out!

[@t3hPoundcake]

That's what I think of when I hear Soldano. That record sounds like nothing else, it almost doesn't even sound like Ed, at least what we knew of Ed's sound before that record.

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

@@t3hPoundcake I think Ed got a second wind in the 90s. Between the Soldano and the Music Man guitars, it was magical.

[@louiebee6745]

Yeah I remember people losing their minds over Eddie's new Music Man guitar and that it would "change his sound". Turns out it was the Soldano that really made the difference.🤘🤘

[@PetriSyvakangas]

The way you don't play Clapton lines on a chorus flooded strat here is amazing. I could've never done that with the SLO!!! :D

[@metaltrucker97]

Warren De Martini, Mattias Jabs, Adrian Vandenberg, Steve Lukather, Vivian Campbell, and CC DeVille are no brainers to me. They all have a taste for a certain sound that would draw them to Soldano. Surprised George Lynch wasn't in the first 50, that guy is crazy about gear.

[@BillySoundFarm]

What a great video. Man you really put the work in and it was worth it. Especially how you leveraged your personal network to get more value to the audience. Bravo.

[@maximumguitarage]

Welcome, it is a lovely amp. Dave Friedman modded mine. I have the SRV and Warren Haynes mods along with Friedman's take on the gain stages, so there is zero flub with a faster pick attack.

[@phillamoore157]

That SLO30 sounds VERY good too. I owned both, and the only time you heard the difference was side-by-side. I didn’t need a 100w amp, so I went with the 30. Anyone who thinks the 30 doesn’t have the signature sound, watch a video from a guy by the name of “Cragginshred”. He gives a clinic on how to get the SLO signature plexi, hard-rock sound, this amp was designed around.

[@equalleftrights3130]

I bought the SLO30 and returned it the same day I got it. I dont mind spending money on quality, but it was built like a 12 hear old chinese kid put it together with cheap, chinese parts. The sound was alright, but it wasnt my real SLO 100!

[@phillamoore157]

@@equalleftrights3130 Yup. That’s not the first time B.A.D has put out a product like that. I think that company has gotten too big for Dave to handle, and he’s hiring sh!t tradesman to solder these boards. At the price they’re charging that thing had better look PRISTINE. If you have already have a true SLO (built by Mike) I’d just stick with it, and pickup a Fryette if you need it at a lower volume. Mine sounded killer, but I didn’t look inside either. I traded it for two amps I needed more at the time. But, I’m sure I’ll have another if an original pops up, or a used one in good shape comes available at a good price. Nothing on the planet sounds like that, other than maybe a Splawn Quickrod (one of the amps I traded mine for). Sorry you had a bad experience, but not surprising. I’m having weird issues with my Friedman Little Sister like that, where the plexi cracked for no apparent reason I(first time that’s EVER happened on an amp with a plexi faceplate like that). Dave sent me a replacement for free…but, still.

[@kdavis63]

Mahalo!!! Man, that amp sounds so amazing...you are costing me so much money, now I want that amp! I purchased my Divided by 13 AMW 39 because of your visit to Righteous Guitars couple years ago...

[@ThePurpleFuzzMachine]

Excellent mixing job! I love how you can hear the distinction between the rhythm and lead guitars and all that space in the middle of the bass and drums. Insightful information about the origins of soldano too. This is one of the main channels I always get excited about when I see that a new video has been uploaded. Thank you Rhett for what you do!

[@aleksamrkela831]

Easily one of the gnarliest amps ever made. Love its high-gain tones, and the clean is amazing as well. :D

[@Brudnlaw67]

That’s a great amp and a great video Rhett! Thanks to Michael for making it and I can’t wait to see that 30 watt combo version!

[@Polyphemus.]

I went to see Sydney band Cog at the old Newtown RSL in about late 2002 or so. I can't remember the name of the support act but their guitarist had a snakeskin SLO 100. Even back then these were pretty expensive and rare in Australia and it was the first and only time I've ever seen one in the wild. He was soundchecking when I first walked in and it was hands down the best raw guitar sound I'd ever heard. Over 20 years later and I can still hear it in my head...

[@joshtomlinson8169]

Love to hear the studio guys talk about the history of all this stuff..that rack era is so inspiring as a guitarist, the Wild West of tone chasing..so cool!! As a millennial I’m so jealous..those 80s multi channel rack preamps capture the essence of what’s so great about guitar, super crystalline cleans - the purity of the instrument in parallel to destructive ear piercing high gain..perfection! Great content Rhett, keep it up! I entered into the sweepstakes, im super interested in that amps course too - hopefully this era will be another 80s style guitar renaissance!

[@RobbieTayVaughan]

12:35 Black Crowes sounded rad

[@owengarrity2267]

I just saw High on Fire and Matt Pike had 2 of these. The sound was so orgasmically massive and Hi-Fi that it didn’t feel like a guitar amp anymore, it felt like a divine machine designed to melt everything in its path.

[@ゆずぺら]

5:05 sums up everything about the amp. a KILLER amp. Mike Soldano is a legend and a pioneer

[@MoreMeRecording]

SLO30 is my dream amp ATM. Amazed at how SL100 it is as well.

[@jimmccall8030]

Was just playing my SLO 100 through my 4x12 Bogner Ubercab this morning and it’s my absolute favorite amp

[@ryanlocati5695]

By far favorite Rhett guitar track! Stonesy and vince gill and straight up rock n roll really killed that track brother awesome stuff! I would honestly dig a solo Rhett bootleg!

[@gryphon37]

You got ink. I want to see it, and hear a brief description 🤙 Lookin' real fresh too.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I was a teenager in the 80's and my guitar hero of the day was George Lynch. He was a big Soldano user and most of his work with Dokken was done on that amp. Many others too. There's no mistaking the SloBlo tone

[@tonelok]

The fact that EVH, Mick Mars, and the Allman Bros (especially Warren) were rocking the SLO during the same period speaks to this amp's awesome versatility.

[@FStoppers]

Yeah wish some of those guys were mentioned more by name. EVH was the FUCK album and Mars used it on the John Corabi album. I want to say Sambora played it on the Keep the Faith album too.

[@jfo3000]

George Lynch too.

[@aapddd]

Don’t forget Mark Knopfler. He made the clean sound like angels singing.

[@jenesuispasrisitas3588]

And Gary Moore

[@None-lh5mx]

Eric Clapton

[@AndiKravljaca]

So cool to see a demo of the SLO that isn't just High Gain heaven. This amp has one of the best crunch channels in the business. Thanks for giving it a spotlight.

[@aldito7586]

Soldano. I remember Clapton playing this amp. "Wonderful Tonight". EEF! What a tone! Now we are going WAY back! A show called "Sunday night". Back in the late 1980's. They had all the best musicians jamming. Clapton. Robert Cray. Of course the show only stayed on TV for about 2 seasons.

[@bbmade]

What a great video. So cool to hear from the builder too. I hadn’t realized the significance of this amp until now. Nice job 👍

[@DennyBob521]

Great to see the SLO used for rock and not just crushing metal. Clapton, Knofler, many people used this amp for clean, light drive, crunch - not just severe gain.

[@satchelpaige5868]

That intro song was awesome, great video!

[@Paul-D]

Got to play the SLO30 few months back, man what an amp that is. Stunning tones available and far more versatile then I thought - but WAYYY above my wages for now haha

[@StratMatt777]

Psst! Don't tell anyone, but the Astroverb and Atomic are based on the SLO's Crunch channel. Here's an email reply I got from Bill Sundt in 2002: "The reverb-o-sonic and the astroverb are both based on the 'normal' channel circuit of the SLO. The SLO has a clean/crunch switch for this channel. The reverb-o-sonic's two channels are basically these two, clean and crunch. The astroverb is basically the crunch channel. Neither has the super high gain overdrive circuit. The HR50+ has the overdrive and the crunch. All of these respond very well to backing off the guitar volume knob to clean up the sound. The lucky 13 has the soldano overdrive channel and a fender style clean channel. bill sundt"

[@billmiller9145]

That's a great clean tone!

[@JimboLodisC]

I tried one when I was much younger. It was a beast. I couldn't tame it. I retreated to my Line 6 POD Pro for comfort.

[@ZweeNDD]

Crush 40's Jun Senoue's forever defined the Soldano sound in my mind. He's the music director for the early 3D Sonic games from the late 1990s to the late 2000s. An amazing guitarist and song writer.

[@andybungert]

11:05 Don't forget the pedal too! Yeah it won't be quite the same, but you certainly get the essence of what it's all about. Been loving it for low to medium gain over high gain :)

[@bmcash3411]

I got an SLO100 for my 40th bday. Best all around amp I’ve ever owned.

[@Zodicus]

Mike Soldano and Reinhold Bogner are titans of the early amp boutique! Great dive into the history of these amps.

[@johnmcevoy3598]

Agreed. I had the white logo Hafler Triple Giant preamp designed by Bogner. I was the clone chaser.

[@TobyKBTY]

As far as I'm concerned, this is still the king of high gain. Chuck a modern OD with it and go modern. Add a little booster for fat rock and blues tones. Dial it back for juicy crunch. Add some reverb and delay for a smooth, thick, glorious lead sound. Or simply have all that gain and tone straight up with nothing in front. This amp is it.

[@jamesbarrick3403]

Rhett I really enjoyed that opening jam for a few minutes. Well done.

[@rroades]

I did a trial of the plug-in a few weeks ago. Today I bought it. You hadn’t published this video yet, but loved that you said try any of the SLO’s, including the plugin. I’ve bought 2 - exactly 2 - amp plugins. Tone King, which you promoted and this. Thanks! Great video.

[@miguelruiz8183]

Congrats on that beautiful piece of gear man!!!

[@timwhite5562]

I'm not a high gain player, but Soldanos are one of my favorite amps. There aren't many high (ish) gain amps that i find sound good with Strats. But along with the Silver jubilee, the SLOs do.

[@jvbluesville3426]

You Rock, love the intro is that a song from your band ?? ( it should be in a record) keep it up man your getting better and better

[@sciencesaves]

I am currently recording an entire album using only the neural dsp soldano plugin. It sounds so good

[@Greg-rd8qr]

Definitely my bucket list amplifier!! Thanks for the opportunity Rhett!!

[@noone-t8y]

Legendary for a reason! Killer work my man!

[@renatortb85]

You really coud make a series of very complete videos about the history of amp, showing the most iconic of each decade. I couldn't find this well done so far.

[@Madakalim]

That opening track is a great example of your style. Defined, southern, tight.

[@ruffryder13]

Cool series! Whats next? Do you have a 'silverface sound' for the folks who cant afford earlier fenders?

[@classicaxe1]

I have had a Soldano SLO 100 and it was killer ! Had to sell because bring up a family ! U miss it bad ! Baddass tone and clean tone is to die for ! The company went through different hands and I was going to buy and thought twice about it ! But I heard he building his amps again ! Not 100 % sure about it ! But I wish I still had my old one !

[@heikosinus]

OMG, this is so cool! What a history lesson! Thank you so much for this

[@ibanezleftyclub]

It’s simply one of the greatest amps ever made. Period.

[@davemahan1993]

Such a killer amp. I know it’s famous for all the big names that have used it, but there are also a bunch of people in the metal and doom worlds who use them. Matt Pike uses a couple of SLO 100s with High on Fire (and sometimes with Sleep). That burly and compressed high gain sound that he gets out of the SLO 100 is as much a part of the band as his playing is.

[@mkguitarproject]

Knopfler's best tone to date was through the SLO100 and EMGs. And, if I'm not mistaken, the SLO100 and his 58 Les Paul in late 90's. Both clean and distorted.

[@clownhands]

The “on the night” sound! 🤘

[@JayMoreau]

Dude, Soldano has been my dream amp for the past 30 years. Maybe someday…

[@FullOnK1]

I think any video on the history or impact of this amp has to include a whole section for Warren Haynes. He is the most prolific user of the amp and for sure the longest. Even Dickey Betts played them for a while because of WH. You could do a whole video with WH on just that. It also leads to the natural question. It's not like these are artifacts. They make them today. Why aren't there more people playing them considering the reverence the guitar world has for Mike Soldano? That could be a whole video too.

[@mvenuti1980]

My SLO30 was a bucket list amp but a gateway to stupid expensive amps. Now I want a 100…. The 1st channel was a nice surprise!

[@brandonthompson8413]

That intro jam. Jeezus. Dude. Amazing.

[@rayg3116]

Your Bass playing is really improving too! Good pocket on this!!!

[@HatiMoser]

I still own a Yamaha T-100, the predecessor of the SLO-100. Mike Soldano built it for Yamaha. It is basically a SLO-100 with reverb.

[@halbertking2683]

Way back in the 90s I had my amp shop next to a G.C. I'm on the sidewalk and a G.C. employee said there goes Mike Soldano . So , I walk up to him and say Your the tube guy , and Mike says I try to be . Very humble . Then he comes into my shop and talks amps, guitars and music for a good half hour . He'a good man . P.S. Mike , your friend , Jay came in with you . She's my neighbor .

[@Gerhard468]

Damn that intro track got me excited. Thanks for keeping Rock & Roll alive.

[@surfrduede]

I appreciate Rhett showcasing a different side of the amp. So often The SLO gets a HH super strat and 8O’s hair metal riffs put through it…nice to hear a different vibe and guitars.

[@Rrouthmusic]

Pretty sure I saw Tommy Katona of Texas Flood playing through a SLO 100. Didn’t know what this amp was capable of until seeing this video. Thanks for sharing Rhett!

[@masonbullis3801]

The tone I am currently chasing is Warren Haynes Gov’t Mule sound, which one of the main components is the SLO100. I look forward to hopefully owning one of these beasts in the future, awesome vid Rhett! And nice tat!!

[@graymurray4952]

Was looking for the Warren comment!! Saw him Friday, epic tone and epic player!!

[@stevenchilders1285]

I believe Dickey and Warren were using them for a time in the mid 90's

[@vonbleak101]

The beautiful thing is these days you can get the 30w version :) Best overall amp ever made Soldano for the win...

[@RudBobbins]

I played a Yamaha T-100 during my heyday/band days (flowerhead) which is a Soldano designed amplifier from the early 90's. I never had a distortion/overdrive pedal in front of it, just never needed it. Granted this is not an SLO, I was on a budget for sure, but still the the Soldano DNA is in there. I loved it, and still have it. Still love it, and passing it down to my son to continue using it. Anyone else with memories of the Yamaha version of the Soldano amp?

[@johnmcevoy3598]

I posted on a T-50 head.

[@diegorhoenisch62]

If memory serves, Steven Fryette was starting to produce the VHT line of amps at about the same time. While Soldanos were far more popular, those VHT amps(Fryette now builds amps under his own name) were also some of the very first "boutique" amps. They are also excellent. Matchless was also contemporary with Soldano. Another important point about Soldanos was that they were a way to get powerfully distorted leads without "load boxes". Cheers, Alan Tomlinson

[@markhamstra1083]

Not quite the same time - Soldano was 3 or 4 years earlier. For example, Mike started Soldano Custom Amplification in 1986, while Steven started VHT Amplification in 1989; the SLO 100 came out in 1987, while the 2150 power amp came out in 1991.

[@thepizzagarage]

Rhett, I’ve watched this video so many times but the one thing that I wish you would have shown was the head setup. All the knobs are turned all the way down and I would love to see if there is a baseline of setting to use as a starting point. I love your channel, keep up the great work!

[@johnmcevoy3598]

The Yamaha T series designed by Mike are excellent as well. Made in Thomaston, Georgia. I spotted a T-50 rack head with a badly bent panel at GC for $200. I fired it up through a cheapo cab and drew a small crowd. Gorgeous cleans in the green, excellent reverb, and not a bad gain setting throughout the range on the red channel or from the guitar's volume knob. This thing wide open just got more chewy without losing definition. A pair of NOS GE 6L6s were just the thing to put everything else I had (Boogie, Kitty Hawk, Music Man) to shame. One of the few amps I still have.

[@felixplaza823]

Great video brother! The best one I've seen about this amazing amp! Thanks! I just found a key part of the tone I'm looking for! I'll be buying one! However, for now, I'm buying the 30 watts version, for woodshed and small venues gigs. Rock on!

[@DevonVanNote]

New tat looking clean my guy! Another great video!

[@Garythefireman66]

Never thought I'd see Rhett with a tattoo 😮

[@RobbieTayVaughan]

Rabea Massad compared them as a precursor to the 5150. He got almost identical tones out of them in his high gain comparison video series

[@Ottophil]

Peak tone. Now everyone wants their laptop to sound like that.

[@RobbieTayVaughan]

​@@Ottophil and they seriously can, now. The Soldano plugin is truly unreal

[@Ottophil]

@@RobbieTayVaughan if you’re recording. I don’t. I play with real amps in a room. So digital is not for people like me who don’t record

[@collinjamesguitar]

@@RobbieTayVaughanThe Neural Soldano plugin is pretty damn awesome. It’s not quite the same but it’s so close that you feel like you’re hearing a Soldano. Killer

[@EclipseAtDusk]

Plugged into one of these bad boys a decade ago, fantastic experience. My main amp is a 5150, so this thing’s Damn Close, you can definitely hear where the sound comes from I’d love to pick one up, one day

[@dancrowe7860]

I can hear the headroom over the intertubes. Well done!

[@sebastiansuarez9883]

Love the Intervals shirt. One of my fave guitarists of all time!!