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mr. torture
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Are they really that good? Worth over 3 grand? Opinions please.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Outlaws
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3 grand is more than some peoples automobile. 3 grand is also less than what some people pay for patio furniture.
They are good amps, but people still love them or hate them like any amp. It hard for any amp to really stand out in this Dual/TripleRec lemming ordeal.
I don't know if Clapton still uses hit, but he did have a couple.
They are good amps, but people still love them or hate them like any amp. It hard for any amp to really stand out in this Dual/TripleRec lemming ordeal.
I don't know if Clapton still uses hit, but he did have a couple.
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dementedchord
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granted i'm not a guitarist... but i am a tech... and the only ones i ever worked on were owned by vai... in like 93-94?? any how gotta say i was way impressed with the build quality and such... but $3k??? wish i had to make that decision...
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
I saw Clapton playing through a Soldano when he was touring on Journeyman. I was in the third row, directly in front of his rig, so I got a good sense of the sound. To be honest, I wasn't all that impressed, but maybe that's because he was driving the crap out of it. He was also using a Soldano for at least some of From The Cradle, and I saw him on Sat Night Live when he did a couple of cuts from that CD, playing through a Soldano. It sounds like shit for blues, IMHO.
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mr. torture
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The reason why I asked about the Soldano is because I want to get something to complement my JCM 800. When recording, I would like to use a different rig than the same Marshall for Left & Right, wanna mix up the tone a bit.
Problem I have in a small home studio, is no matter what I do I get the same tone from the Marshall. I cant change the room, but I can add another head into the mix.
I do 80's style metal, but am looking for a more modern sound. Examples would be Rob Halford's solo stuff, Dickenson's solo stuff...Roy-Z style. I like the wall of sound overdrive they achieved.
I love my Marshall and would buy another, only I am afraid I will get the same sound. So, I guess I am looking for an alternative amplifier. This is why I started looking at the Soldano's, Boogie, Engl, Bogner, Randall...What would you suggest?
Thanks again!
Problem I have in a small home studio, is no matter what I do I get the same tone from the Marshall. I cant change the room, but I can add another head into the mix.
I do 80's style metal, but am looking for a more modern sound. Examples would be Rob Halford's solo stuff, Dickenson's solo stuff...Roy-Z style. I like the wall of sound overdrive they achieved.
I love my Marshall and would buy another, only I am afraid I will get the same sound. So, I guess I am looking for an alternative amplifier. This is why I started looking at the Soldano's, Boogie, Engl, Bogner, Randall...What would you suggest?
Thanks again!
Outlaws
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Well a Soldano SLO will not sound like an 800. I personally think it would compliment the 800 nicely, but that is really something you have test yourself. It is a more "modern" amp. Soldano, ENGL, Egnater, Bogner, VHT, etc will all give you a more modern tone. None are "bad".mr. torture said:
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boingoman
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Zaphod B said:
Hey, so does Clapton, pretty much.
David
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Warren Haynes plays them, or used to anyway. He's alway's had great tone imo.
Hard2Hear
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Ive owned both a Reverb-O-Sonic and an SLO100. Frankly, I found them both to be quite harsh and sterile. Build quality was fine, but it should be for a printed circuit board. My Divided By 13 and old AC30 sound much better for mostly anything except for metal.
Outlaws
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Hard2Hear said:
I don't think Soldano was trying to please the AC30 crowd with the SLO.
Hard2Hear
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No, but I also prefer my Marshall TSL100 over the Soldanos I had. When I A/B'd, the Marshall just creamed the SLO100. The SLO had no guts.
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mr. torture
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Hard2Hear said:
Interesting..
I have thought of trying out some of the newer Marshall stuff. Is the TSL100....100 watt? Thanks
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mrface2112
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yep, warren haynes uses one--in fact, there's a brightness mod they do on em called, you guessed it, the warren haynes mod. 
the late michael houser (from widespread panic) used to use a SLO100 through a mesa 2x12 cabinet. he played with a tele with lace sensors through it and got one of my favorite tones ever.
in both cases, these are older soldanos--well, if you count early 90s as early.
anyway, i like em. never owned one, but i certainly could see it. i think it would certainly be a good "modern sounding" contrast to that JCM800.
cheers,
wade
the late michael houser (from widespread panic) used to use a SLO100 through a mesa 2x12 cabinet. he played with a tele with lace sensors through it and got one of my favorite tones ever.
in both cases, these are older soldanos--well, if you count early 90s as early.
anyway, i like em. never owned one, but i certainly could see it. i think it would certainly be a good "modern sounding" contrast to that JCM800.
cheers,
wade
Light
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It seems to me, you should get your Fender and Vox bases covered before you go for another high gain amp like a Soldano. If you've got $3000 to drop on an amp, I'd look into some of the tweed or Vox clones first. They will give you more contrast on your tracks (which is a good thing), and they will give you a wider range of options.
Light
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dragonworks
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there isn't amp on the planet worth 3 grand as far as I am concerned.
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mr. torture
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Light said:
Well, I'm not really looking to drop $3000.00 on an amp. I would if it could solve my problems, but I dont think I will be. Fender & Vox? For Metal?
I'm looking for a screaming tone, not "Beatles". ;-)
Outlaws
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mr. torture said:
Would "screaming" be along the lines of older Megadeth solos? I think they used Bogners and Tubeworks preamps with VHT power amps.
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mr. torture
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Outlaws said:
Megadeth is a good example of the sound I am looking for.
Light
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mr. torture said:
Well, an AC30 does a LOT more than just a Beatles sound. It's a very versatile amp.
The real key here is you said you wanted a contrast. If you've got your Marshal doing the bulk of the heavy lifting, than something different (like an AC30 or an old tweed Deluxe type amp) is going to fill in some areas which your Marshal simply can't do, and which any other high gain amp is going to have a hard time with as well. You don't even necessarily have to LIKE the second sound (though it would be nice if you did), all you have to do is like how they sound TOGETHER.
But hey, I don't insist, I'm just making a suggestion.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
pikingrin
what is this?
And, for what it's worth, on a recent trip down to Louisiana for Mardi Gras, I saw this band playing in one of the clubs on the strip. They were getting some nasty (in a gooood way) tones. Their rigs? One guy was using a light ash Tele through a Bad Cat 1 x 12, the other guy was using a PRS through a Fender Super Reverb... They both had a few distortion/overdrive pedals in their setup, but the only one that both of them consistently used was a tube screamer.Light said:
So, it's definitely worth a shot, you'd be suprised what you can do with a little tinkering...