Best Recorded SLO-100 tones

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ZEN Amps said:
I'm not trying to big-note myself and say this should be in the list of 'great Soldano tones' - but this track I produced maybe 15 years ago is a 90's SLO.

It's really just to highlight it doesn't have to be thick and low-mid focused. It can get fairly Marshally and bitey with the right combo of guitar, cab etc.

In retrospect it sounds like a Recto/2203 blend, but it's all SLO.

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Nice job on that track. Sounds really good.
 
hammered said:
I’m gonna assume Warren used his SLO on 2010s Infestation album . I think Carlos Cavazo used one too during his time with the band here

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I saw Ratt on this tour. Warren had SLO's on stage and Carlos had Blackstar's. Didn't really see anything off stage either. Pretty much each had racks on stage with two heads each and a few cabs from what I can remember.
 
fek said:
I saw Ratt on this tour. Warren had SLO's on stage and Carlos had Blackstar's. Didn't really see anything off stage either. Pretty much each had racks on stage with two heads each and a few cabs from what I can remember.
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You gave me a perfect excuse post this lol

http://www.woodytone.com/2010/04/12/detailed-warren-demartini-gear-rundown/
https://www.woodytone.com/2010/04/30/carlos-cavazo-details-his-ratt-gear/
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littleguitars said:
Nice job on that track. Sounds really good.
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Thanks man. Quality band, great live sound so it translated pretty well.

The guitarist Joel is one of Australia's best really. He's been featured in a bunch of our YT videos but it's live where he really shines, monster player.

This was maybe the 2nd take, and the time signature is all over the place.

 
ZEN Amps said:
I'm not sure about their first album, but all the others feature the Hot Rod 100. Great sounding amp, really up there with the SLO I reckon.
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I think I'd read it was a JCM800/900 and a borrowed Les Paul mostly.
It might have been in a guitar mag many, many moons ago, so I could be wrong. I seem to also recall Johns saying he was excited to play a real Les Paul for the album. They were only kids back then and I don't think they had much good gear.
 
Philhouse said:
I think I'd read it was a JCM800/900 and a borrowed Les Paul mostly.
It might have been in a guitar mag many, many moons ago, so I could be wrong. I seem to also recall Johns saying he was excited to play a real Les Paul for the album. They were only kids back then and I don't think they had much good gear.
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Yeah sounds about right, I don't think a lot of 15 year olds had Soldano's back then!
 
Bxlxaxkxe said:
Did anything ever happen with this band? I like their sound nicely done. They remind me of something I can’t put my finger on
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Reminds me of Incubus, and alot of the earlier 2000s drop D bands, like Dust For Life, Pushmonkey...and all those other bands that had post 90s AIC harmonies and kind of a numetal vibe.
 
Not actually SLO, but Nuno used a Soldano Super Lead 60 for the rhythm tracks on the 3 Sides to Every Story album which was the precusor to the SLO.

Also, while Lostprophets Start Something is not a very popular record and especially now is one that is infrequently listened to (given the horrific crimes of the lead singer), there are stellar SLO tones on there. The leads, midgain tones, and jangly arpeggios are a tele through an SLO (high gain rhythms are Uberschall)
 
The SLO 30 sounds pretty good in the newer clip by Zach Wish, comparing a JJ100, JVM, JCM800 and SLO30 using an amp switcher.
Start at 3:14.

 
Love mine, so easy to record! Here it is in more of a shred/instrumental tune vs all the vocal rock stuff posted.

I wasn't set up for video's at this time (2016), kinda lame visual clip but handy way to share a track...

 
ZEN Amps said:
I'm not trying to big-note myself and say this should be in the list of 'great Soldano tones' - but this track I produced maybe 15 years ago is a 90's SLO.

It's really just to highlight it doesn't have to be thick and low-mid focused. It can get fairly Marshally and bitey with the right combo of guitar, cab etc.

In retrospect it sounds like a Recto/2203 blend, but it's all SLO.

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I would absolutely take this tone to the bushes :love: :love: :love:
 
cragginshred77 said:
This is what they sound like in the room no IR or DAW colored, pre production

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Less noodling, more chugging! It sounds like a good 80's inspired tone with a slight bit of delay on it. Anyone notice the SLO has a grainy quality to it?
 
Amazon just dropped off the newly released Eric Clapton 24 Nights Rock CD. Eric is getting some really sweet tones on this one as he was on the original 24 Nights. You can see the SLOs in the middle of the pic.
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anomaly said:
Less noodling, more chugging! It sounds like a good 80's inspired tone with a slight bit of delay on it. Anyone notice the SLO has a grainy quality to it?
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right we need more chugga videos, not enough on YT :ROFLMAO: Yes it is grainy. Cannot dial that out. A tone seekers dilemma is raw and a bit grainy or sweet and marshallesque but always traying to get some grain/hair in there. Hopefully that makes sense ?
 
cragginshred77 said:
right we need more chugga videos, not enough on YT :ROFLMAO: Yes it is grainy. Cannot dial that out. A tone seekers dilemma is raw and a bit grainy or sweet and marshallesque but always traying to get some grain/hair in there. Hopefully that makes sense ?
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I'm not talking about hair or sizzle, i'm talking about graininess, like little granules of sound in the treble and mids... if that makes any sense?? like sandy or something?? I've heard it before in other amps, but the SLO seems to be the first high gain amp to have that kinda sound to it. I don't really care for that trait, but at least it's unique.
 
High on Fire is the only band I know of where I liked the slo tones. I've never played one in real life. I've tried profiles, models, and plug-ins and never like the SLO tones(I know not the same but usually hearing a good digital representation makes me curious about the real amp)
 
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