JumpMarine
18 watts of Mayhemologist
Anyone ever played one? They are going cheap on ebay. Designed by Soldano, 50watt 6l6 powered.
Yamaha T50 Amp?
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aleclee
Major General GAS
Re: Yamaha T50 Amp?
I had a T100. I've also owned a Soldano HR50 and Decatone. Though the schem shows it to be a near-clone of the SLO, it didn't have the richness of the other Soldanos I've owned. It's a cool amps for doing 80s rock and has a nice clean channel but in the end, it wasn't for me.
Also, like every other Soldano I've tried, it didn't play nice with my Line 6 stompboxes in the loop. I've since replaced them with a Yamaha Magic Stomp that works great in the FX loop so there are non-rack alternatives.
My $0.02, IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc.
I had a T100. I've also owned a Soldano HR50 and Decatone. Though the schem shows it to be a near-clone of the SLO, it didn't have the richness of the other Soldanos I've owned. It's a cool amps for doing 80s rock and has a nice clean channel but in the end, it wasn't for me.
Also, like every other Soldano I've tried, it didn't play nice with my Line 6 stompboxes in the loop. I've since replaced them with a Yamaha Magic Stomp that works great in the FX loop so there are non-rack alternatives.
My $0.02, IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc.
JumpMarine
18 watts of Mayhemologist
Re: Yamaha T50 Amp?
Thanks Alec, for the cheap price that they are going for on fleabay are they tweakable? When you say richness, how different are they?
Thanks Alec, for the cheap price that they are going for on fleabay are they tweakable? When you say richness, how different are they?
aleclee
Major General GAS
Re: Yamaha T50 Amp?
Though mine had the original power tubes :saeek: (I didn't have a bias meter), I tried swapping the OEM preamp tubes with JJ's--I liked the OEMs better. That said, the Yamaha's tone had an upper-mid hump that sounds more like an EL34 amp. On the plus side, you could dial out the buzz, even at high gain levels. It's quiet (for a high-gainer) and has a nice reverb with separate reverb level controls for each channel.
That said, I couldn't dial in enough lower mids for my taste. I got a great deal on mine so my cost of ownership was zero. It's not gonna give you 100% of that Soldano tone but it's a nifty value-priced high gain tube amp.
I put a depth mod on mine so, depending on what you're looking to do, they can be tweaked.JumpMarine said:
Though mine had the original power tubes :saeek: (I didn't have a bias meter), I tried swapping the OEM preamp tubes with JJ's--I liked the OEMs better. That said, the Yamaha's tone had an upper-mid hump that sounds more like an EL34 amp. On the plus side, you could dial out the buzz, even at high gain levels. It's quiet (for a high-gainer) and has a nice reverb with separate reverb level controls for each channel.
That said, I couldn't dial in enough lower mids for my taste. I got a great deal on mine so my cost of ownership was zero. It's not gonna give you 100% of that Soldano tone but it's a nifty value-priced high gain tube amp.
JumpMarine
18 watts of Mayhemologist
Re: Yamaha T50 Amp?
I'm a bit southeast of Ft. Lewis, but if you ever came out to the Yakima firing center you were near my home. Who were you attached too?
I'm a bit southeast of Ft. Lewis, but if you ever came out to the Yakima firing center you were near my home. Who were you attached too?
Stringer
New member
Re: Yamaha T50 Amp?
Hey JumpMarine,
You might want to check out this link, if you haven't already... in the second e-mail, somebody asks Mike Soldano himself about the T50.
http://www.musicianshotline.com/archive/monthly/qa_soldano/2002/08_02.htm
Hey JumpMarine,
You might want to check out this link, if you haven't already... in the second e-mail, somebody asks Mike Soldano himself about the T50.
http://www.musicianshotline.com/archive/monthly/qa_soldano/2002/08_02.htm
Mkf411
New member
Re: Yamaha T50 Amp?
Good link. I've been wondering about those Yamaha amps, too. I think I'd just pay more and get the Soldano. An Astroverb 16 used would cost about the same if you got the Yamaha and then had to change the speaker, put in a choke and change out the reverb. Come to think about it you'd probably end up paying more. Stick with the original. Although Yamaha does make some cool products.
djs194 said:
Good link. I've been wondering about those Yamaha amps, too. I think I'd just pay more and get the Soldano. An Astroverb 16 used would cost about the same if you got the Yamaha and then had to change the speaker, put in a choke and change out the reverb. Come to think about it you'd probably end up paying more. Stick with the original. Although Yamaha does make some cool products.
JumpMarine
18 watts of Mayhemologist
Re: Yamaha T50 Amp?
Great letter, thanks for the link. That really puts everything into perspective reading from the Man himself.djs194 said:
