Soldano Custom Amplification Video Catalog: Lucky 13

[@isaiahburridgemusic]

I own this amp. I got it with my Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty. I was a make a wish kid when I was 17. I had to get a heart and kidney transplant. I have been playing for years and I got to wish for my dream instruments. This amp is amazing. I love the versatility. I love blues and this amp has got such a pop. I feel like B.B. King when I play through the clean channel. The distortion channel is great. I can get the gain to go metal or just soft rock. I recommend to all styles.

[@aprilc9836]

Absolutely amazing story!! And the best part of the story is that your still here today to tell us about it. So glad everything worked out for you.

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

Wow. Thats a story you dont hear every day. Very cool indeed. I always wondered why builders dont build a amp like this one. It just makes sense.

[@qua7771]

I'm glad to hear that you survived all of that. That ordeal certainly overshadows the significance of this amp.

[@52goldtop]

A little late to the party but that Nashville clean and the wet verb sent me over the edge. Couple that with the OD Crunch and 80’s and I just pulled the trigger, thanks Mike, and yes, the cleans absolutely kill.

[@sonicmastering]

Owning a soldano has been a very big milestone in my musical career as a pro guitarist and studio technician. To make things short and sweet, I have not heard anything to really compare it with and I have owned many boutique amps. In addition, Michael seems like a really good guy and He's passion for tone and music oozes out of the screen. Next soldano for me is an SLO!!! P.S: Try with seymour duncan pearly gates humbuckers through of of theese amps, the sound really opens up then.

[@SoldanoCustomAmps]

Thanks Jason, There are more on the way!

[@jackko21]

Soldano Custom Amplification take that spinal tap this amp goes to 13

[@unhinged17]

I love these videos. They are the best demos of your amps available. PLEASE keep them coming! I can't wait till I can buy one of your amps - best sound ever!!!

[@SoldanoCustomAmps]

The Lucky 13 does not have an effects loop off the shelf, however as we like to say at Soldano Custom Amplification, Custom is our middle name!

[@MrGuitarMan335]

Great vid, thanks Michael. It's the purity and headroom of the clean amp that makes this amp so awesome. I brought a 100-watt head just over 12 years ago - one of the first in the UK. For convenience, I've switched to the combo and love it just the same. I can't tell you how many times I've been complemented on my sound after gigs - I'm a pretty average guitarist, just playing a standard 1908s Fender Strat and Gibson LP with very few FXs. Thank you for making me sound better than I really am!!

[@nickmetal131]

Great, now I have to think about selling my Avenger 50 and buying one of these! You're killing me, Michael! Haha

[@longwhip]

I owned a Hot Rod 100 covered in a Burgandy Ostrich Skin and loved that amp so much. i called them and they sent me schematics to boost the low end bass response and make it thick and tight....That Mod was really neat and easy to do...i really miss that amp!!!

[@JRP3music]

I agree the fx loop is important. I do love the concept of this amp.

[@eliezerriveraperez3810]

This sounds so clean and powerfull,so you are the person that builds it Sr.

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

Yes he is. Mike saldano. Thats why the company is called "soldano".

[@riccardocauli5424]

I got a red lucky 13 50w head. Incredible tone... the overdrive channel also... way different than the usual Soldano lead... but anyway beautiful... smooth, creamy, classy but also raw with the right guitar... only drawback in mine is a bad hum/hiss in the clean channel... i should check it with a good tech.

[@robertraefisher]

I sure love mine, this amp is awesome Thanks Michael

[@DrThrashmaster]

Hey Evan ! Magically whisk us away to Delaware ... Hi... We're in Delaware ...

[@willstewart830]

@Isaiah Burridge. I hope you are doing well now. You sure have a great rig. I play a Les Paul Custom through a Jet City Amp, which is basically this amps crunch channel. Gibson through Soldano makes for some killer tone!

[@StratMatt777]

The astroverb is the SLO's crunch channel too (which is what the JCA 20 is I think).

[@richardlee866]

I have a jet City 22h head several speaker cabinets JBL Altec Lansing celestions thank you Mike Soldano my understanding it is your designs all I know is it works for me all I ever need to gig clubs and your larger venues Outdoors mic it you're good to go. I like mine so much I bought another head just like it life happens.

[@BCM2112]

Well Done Mikey. Perfect video. LB Blues City Music

[@sedonamudsquid]

Well I'm sold. I had to sell my hot rod 50 plus and was bummed, but after hearing this I think it was fortuitous. This has reverb! It's more portable! But what really blew my mind was another youtube clip called 'dutch amp shootout' between this, a VHT and an ENGL, and this sounded superior. I just hope I get another t-shirt because my '98 is a bit worn!

[@rickstraws92]

Shoutout to Prince. he asked for an amp that only had 1 clean channel and wanted his effects only from his pedalboard. soldano made some custom ones then built and sold this

[@MrUltraworld]

I love this amp. I have an old Yamaha combo that you designed for them, what an amp.

[@London_Mule]

At a loss for words. That amp just sounds great.

[@anvil777]

Oh my... that was something else for sure. Wow

[@jlcoronel94]

It has a 70´s increible tone!!!

[@robwagman382]

I can't wait to get mine. At 61 this should hopefully all I'll ever need. Check out this video, it tells it all.

[@enmanuelleonmusic]

at 65 now, how do you like it?

[@Bertaxxe]

You know I know it's awesome Mike! I own 2! My favorite all around amp! AWESOME!

[@mattbuckley3486]

Sounds sweet for Jazz and rock.

[@INVERTEDBUKAKI]

I would love to own one of your amplifiers someday Mike

[@nicolasrivera5310]

Mr. Soldano, will you ever make this with an FX loop?

[@StratMatt777]

I'm pretty sure that they will make you anything you want. soldano CUSTOM amplification. ;) Call them. Their number is on their website www.soldano.com . Mike or Bill will probably answer.

[@Potatoast]

I think this amp hits it right on the head. Fender has the best cleans, Marshall has the best drive. If I has know about this amp sooner I would have saved up my money and bought one!

[@ShredShopVidz]

That Rocks..and everyone thinks that cranking up to 11 was cool.But 13 is Awesome!!

[@88ueshiba88]

Soldano, you rock! So nice person

[@jasonkirkham550]

That's awesome. A do it all amp.. for a do it all guitarist.

[@JulianDiesel]

Jeeesh. .. I was going to buy an engl retro 100 having played one recently and being mightyly impressed. been searching for 2 yrs for the right amp :/ However, I can't stop watching this and other soldano demos for the last three days. . Unbelievable. If you can build one of these that will work down under, I might just have to get one of these some how. Can you build one with an slo switch? :D seriously!

[@roysmith9561]

I don't get how this amp doesn't include an effects loop

[@captvemo4060]

Ok heres my question why when you switch to playing the rock and hard rock arnt you using the combo instead of the head with the 2x12 cab? I want to hear what the combo amp can do with the rock stuff.

[@nokomisnichols]

Now that is a kickass amp right there.

[@larslevinberget9558]

Mike, that's the sound of Oslo Norway...@ 13

[@R1GAMBLER]

wish I could figure out why my Lucky 13 Reverb does not sound like that. something must be jacked up!

[@charrua4108]

I own a Lucky but the reverb is hissy and changing tubes did not improve it.Also the bias is erratic, I have to open it up again.

[@charrua4108]

Same problem with mine . I changed the reverb tank with a MOD tank an hiss is gone.Biased it to my liking and is quiet as a mouse.Excelent amp.

[@charrua4108]

Ok, update: I troubleshot the amp and realized that the reverb tank was defective, not Soldano's fault ,since I bought the amp second hand.Bought a replacement tank and installed it voilà hiss is gone just to make sure re-biased .....in one word ........PERFECT.

[@screeeeeeeeee962]

DAMN! i didnt know mike could play that rad!

[@rampage222555]

sounds great, but Im not too sure Id want an amp thats always on max volume for the clean channel.

[@jayedwin98020]

Hey Mikey, Great video! The musical variety, played by Evan, was well chosen and really shows off the versatility of the "Lucky 13". Is this amp an exact duplicate of the one you introduced 13 years ago, or were there some modifications made to the original design? Also, glad to hear you got Marty squared away on his amp. Thanks for helping him. Later, Jimmy D

[@Sabrinathefishinggirl]

Ooooh. Goes to 13. Thats 2 better than 11. Awesome. If only it came in purple.

[@firedownbelow74]

I really, really love Soldano amps. If I were a pro, I'll only use Soldano amps and nothing else...There're impossible to find in Singapore...

[@TheJasonEstes]

How many Watts was the combo AND how many Watts was the head demoed?

[@brianjordan4351]

Sounds great!!

[@SDA-Sound]

curious, really interested in this amp but how come on several videos when it comes time to demo the gain sections of the amp you actually change amps? might be the same model but it's a different configuration so why not demo the clean on that same configuration?

[@sonicmastering]

there is a video clip from ocean way studios to explain with through tone....Definitly worth watching. if you really do not need ot use an effects loop then don't. I would suggest not using an effects loop.

[@closeharlan]

Okay, now I want one!

[@NizarOdeh85]

05:53 song name please???

[@xyzhunter72]

I have 100w head which colored sparkling red.

[@michaeldejesus]

Your amp looks and sounds great, but for the price point I am more inclined to go for the Mesa Boogie express plus line. The mesa can also go switch down from 50 watts to 5 watts.

[@conjering]

What a great amp.

[@villy8778]

Cant find it anywhere ... Was it discontinued?

[@StratMatt777]

Doesn't look like it www.soldano.com/products/combo-amplifiers/lucky-13-50-212/ Call them. Us non-kids aren't totally "plugged in" to the internet and KZbin comments to the point where it is an effective way to contact us, but Mike Soldano does have a phone at the factory! ;) Soldano even does custom stuff... so building a Lucky13 for you is child's play. :)

[@Imoutanames]

Kick Ass Amp Mike!!!

[@WALKET91]

No S/r? Why?

[@xDooksx]

Hmmmmm crunchy :)

[@bruinsgoon]

sold.

[@M4Y0_]

the video's sound is lopsided ^^

[@TrafalgarTheMeerkat]

Better call Mike !

[@psychorock83]

what the fuck it s a shame that i m bass player because otherwise i would buy a soldano amp .. definitlely soldano THE BEST AMPLIFIER OF EVER...for the music 360 degrees from all kind of tone the 50's until today

[@davey21502]

Sadly, I cant afford one of these amps..... Maybe in he next life...

[@Blueslicks321]

keep working on that Fender clean... not quite there yet. and last time I was standing next to a Parks amp (a Marshall Plexi) ... ya need to work on that too... but hey you do.. High Gain... stick with what you know...

[@musicproducer27]

Paul, you're totally off base, man. The clean when in person on this amp sounds even better than how great it sounds on KZbin. It's not exactly a fender clean, but it's just as good, one of the best in the business. Better than a fender in some applications. These amps are killer. Not to mention he customizes them, and offers a lifetime warranty.

[@StratMatt777]

Wow, that was shitty. Please link us to the superior amps that you build so we can buy one. Mike is the nicest friendliest guy on earth. You could learn some things from him.

[@Greg-rd8qr]

Want!!!!!!

[@xyzhunter72]

and ....no serial No. just written"proto type 2".

[@StratMatt777]

I have the astroverb effects loop prototype (made in 1999)- it doesn't have anything written down for the serial number.

[@my_own]

If this fantastic "Lucky 13" got the same poweramp as "Mesa Boogie Blue Angel" I take it !

[@thecappy]

This would be my perfect amp. I have a twin and 2204 that I lug around. Edit: I bought one on reverb and it sounds like shit. Constant hiss, damn near unusable.

[@lexx6051]

Fk i would’ve got this instead of a kemper lol

[@antlerjam3677]

True tone machines. For a little more versatility, try a Decatone. You'll never want to play anything else.

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

This amp goes to $13,000.

[@rickhansson6628]

I

[@RedElephantStampede]

My 1968 Super Reverb is just fine, no thanks.

[@MisterTee]

This is a completely different beast. What you just said is kind of like watching a pizza add and saying "I'll just keep eating this yogurt"

[@CamiloVelandia]

Sounds great!