JUST ORDERED A SOLDANO SLO PLUS PEDAL

Jeffblue

Jeffblue

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If I could afford it, I'd own a Soldano Slo amp or one of it's iterations. All of the Youtube videos that I saw/listened to pedal vs the amp, I was impressed with the similar articulation, overdrive and tone.
 
Mincer said:
Make sure you let us know how it stacks up!
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Yes sir.Excited about THIS pedal. Probably going to replace my Fuch's Plush Valve Job pedal with this one. I'll be running the SLO pedal into my Fargen ODS/Blackface modded Bandmaster Reverb which I'm guessing will sound glorious.
 
Jeffblue said:
By my estimation, whatever amp you play the pedal through should impart the Soldano amp flavor if you have a decent clean channel.
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That's the thing, LOL. I don't have a decent clean channel. :(

But I do have a poweramp, so that's why preamp pedals work better for me.

I really like the clips I've heard of the SLO pedal. I just wished they'd had added like a switch or something to flip it into preamp mode kinda like the AMT pedals.
 
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Rex_Rocker said:
That's the thing, LOL. I don't have a decent clean channel. :(

But I do have a poweramp, so that's why preamp pedals work better for me.

I really like the clips I've heard of the SLO pedal. I just wished they'd had added like a switch or something to flip it into preamp mode kinda like the AMT pedals.
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I'm fairly sure it will act as a preamp. I'll be using as a preamp to influence the tone of my guitar rig.
 
I had gone down a deep YouTube rabbit hole considering doing the exact same thing this week, but I went and dialed in my Revv G4 a little better and realized that to my ears, it's at least as good. To be honest, this video might have convinced me the pedal isn't nearly as good as the amp, and God knows I can't afford the amp.

 
misterwhizzy said:
I had gone down a deep YouTube rabbit hole considering doing the exact same thing this week, but I went and dialed in my Revv G4 a little better and realized that to my ears, it's at least as good. To be honest, this video might have convinced me the pedal isn't nearly as good as the amp, and God knows I can't afford the amp.

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Your Revv amp is no slouch. I watched a couple of Youtube videos by EtyschPi42 and he played the pedal vs the Soldano 100 and then played the pedal through several of his amps. Sounds excellent through ALL of the amps. I'm not trying to simulate a Soldano 100 amp, I want the "flavors" of the tones through my rig.
 
Jeffblue said:
Your Revv amp is no slouch. I watched a couple of Youtube videos by EtyschPi42 and he played the pedal vs the Soldano 100 and then played the pedal through several of his amps. Sounds excellent through ALL of the amps. I'm not trying to simulate a Soldano 100 amp, I want the "flavors" of the tones through my rig.
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I get it. This is more about me rationalizing what I've got to avoid spending money to duplicate tones I already have. And to be honest, it's really not a rationalization at all. The Revv pedal is incredibly versatile, sounds great, and has fantastic build quality.
 
misterwhizzy said:
I get it. This is more about me rationalizing what I've got to avoid spending money to duplicate tones I already have. And to be honest, it's really not a rationalization at all. The Revv pedal is incredibly versatile, sounds great, and has fantastic build quality.
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I should have read your post a little closer, your Revv is a pedal, not an amp. I'll be running my Soldano SLO plus into my HX Stomp that I have dialed back all of the presets to clean, so the Soldano pedal is where the dirt will be coming from. Just using the HX Stomp to add different flavors of amps with the influence of the Soldano which should give huge varieties of tones.
 
Jeffblue said:
I should have read your post a little closer, your Revv is a pedal, not an amp. I'll be running my Soldano SLO plus into my HX Stomp that I have dialed back all of the presets to clean, so the Soldano pedal is where the dirt will be coming from. Just using the HX Stomp to add different flavors of amps with the influence of the Soldano which should give huge varieties of tones.
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I've kind of gone the opposite way in recent years. I had it in my head forever that I needed to get all my gain from the amp, and I was looking for Plexi tones, so I got a Marshall Origin 50. Unfortunately, it doesn't really do Plexi tones at anything less than paint-peeling volume, even on the 20- and 5-watt settings. But everything I had read everywhere talked about what a great pedal platform it is, so I gave it a shot. I got a Wampler Plexi-Drive mini and a Friedman Smallbox for those tones and eventually a Revv G4 for high-gain stuff. So I guess I'm getting different amp feels out of the pedals rather than the amp. I've also never been happier with my tone(s).

For what it's worth, the Revv, since it's plugged into the effects return, really taught me about the need for a high-headroom amp with high gain, because anything besides full power completely takes away all its punch and immediacy.
 
misterwhizzy said:
I've kind of gone the opposite way in recent years. I had it in my head forever that I needed to get all my gain from the amp, and I was looking for Plexi tones, so I got a Marshall Origin 50. Unfortunately, it doesn't really do Plexi tones at anything less than paint-peeling volume, even on the 20- and 5-watt settings. But everything I had read everywhere talked about what a great pedal platform it is, so I gave it a shot. I got a Wampler Plexi-Drive mini and a Friedman Smallbox for those tones and eventually a Revv G4 for high-gain stuff. So I guess I'm getting different amp feels out of the pedals rather than the amp. I've also never been happier with my tone(s).

For what it's worth, the Revv, since it's plugged into the effects return, really taught me about the need for a high-headroom amp with high gain, because anything besides full power completely takes away all its punch and immediacy.
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If you're looking for Plexi tones, Marshall has just released some new pedals. Check out the YouTube videos about them.
 
the actual amp? i dont know if i would agree, they sound different for sure, both do their trick well though. as far as pedals, i find pedals claiming to cover one or the other sound fine, but dont really get the nuances of the actual amps
 
I only had a chance to play the Soldano Slo Plus pedal briefly yesterday and the effect was immediately noticeable, distinct and profound. The Soldano amp flavor was there and a sweet addition to my rig. Dynamic and increased sustain. I dialed in the normal channel for a more clean sound and the overdrive channel for the dirt. Beautiful pedal.
 
Jeffblue said:
I'm fairly sure it will act as a preamp. I'll be using as a preamp to influence the tone of my guitar rig.
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I've tried the standard SLO pedal into a Duncan 170 power amp and it didn't sound good , it was dark and muffled . An AMT S1 preamp pedal sounded great into the 170 as it should . I`m gonna assume the new Plus version reacts the same way into a power amp. Using the SLO pedal (both versions) in front of a clean preamp sounds killer . It won`t fool anyone in a blind test vs the real amp but it`s a great alternative
 
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