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gmcelroy
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If you could have your pick of either a Marshall Silver Jubilee 100w Head or a Soldano SLO which would you choose and why?
gibson08
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Browns Fan
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I have owned a jubilee,bogner 100b,harry joyce 100 ,multiple other marshalls,5150,s 5153,triple rec and a splawn .All of the other amps are gone,but the SLO remains.The best amp period in my opinion.
stephen sawall
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SLO
I do not like the Silver Jubilee's distortion very much.
I do not like the Silver Jubilee's distortion very much.
rupe
Active member
The SLO...simply sounds and feels/responds better IMO. Never really cared for the Jubes although I've heard others get some great tones from them.
Marshall Freak
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I've owned both, and it's a tough call. Overall I probably prefer the Jubilee, but If it were my only amp, I'd probably take the SLO.
Ancient Alien
Active member
Can I vote for neither?
If I had to choose, I guess it would be an SLO so I can sell it like I did my last 2 for a profit
If I had to choose, I guess it would be an SLO so I can sell it like I did my last 2 for a profit
9ball
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SLO
because i already have a marshall lol
because i already have a marshall lol
gbsmusic
Well-known member
SLO by miles! I still say its the best lead amp I've ever owned!
stratotone
Active member
owned both, the SLO has a better lead tone.
Shark Diver
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Hmmmmmm. Not sure.
glpg80
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Ancient Alien":2ku8948a said:Can I vote for neither?
If I had to choose, I guess it would be an SLO so I can sell it like I did my last 2 for a profit
+1
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Buckeyedog
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I have a Jube and I really like it, but I heard an SLO in person a few months back and that is a bad ass amp for sure.
blackba
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stephen sawall":2try6vo7 said:
Did you get a chance to crank the amp up? I love the distortion on the my 2553, it was the first time that the distortion on an amp made me say 'that's it'. That is what I am looking for, its cool when you find the sound in your head.
As for the original question. The 2 things that held me back on the SLO are the price and the effects loop. If I could get the effects loop to work for me on the SLO and pretending the silver jubilee and SLO were the same price, Then I would probably go with the SLO. Very pleased with my 2553, although once you have heard it at '6' or above on the volume, its a little disappointing hearing it at lower volumes....
rupe
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Aren't you a big 5150 fan? I find it odd that you wouldn't care for the amp that inspired it.glpg80":35nsmvoa said:Ancient Alien":35nsmvoa said:Can I vote for neither?
If I had to choose, I guess it would be an SLO so I can sell it like I did my last 2 for a profit
+1
glpg80
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rupe":23bf2ua0 said:Aren't you a big 5150 fan? I find it odd that you wouldn't care for the amp that inspired it.glpg80":23bf2ua0 said:Ancient Alien":23bf2ua0 said:Can I vote for neither?
If I had to choose, I guess it would be an SLO so I can sell it like I did my last 2 for a profit
+1
exactly. i have played a SLO 100.
it was an over-hyped 5150 II. i can dig the same exact tone out of my own amplifier, with a footswitchable effects loop, resonance/presence controls for individual channels, and at about a 3rd of the price of a SLO - and actually a bit more saturation on my side which works out great for solo's.
the SLO is not known for being forgiving - but tone wise i was highly dissappointed. i expected more. and the SLO did not deliver.
anyone looking for that tone i would tell them to play a few 5150 II's and tell them to get the one that sounded best out of the bunch for less than a 1/3 of the price of a SLO with more usable features.
James Lugo
Active member
Depends on what you do. If 80s mid rangy stuff is your thing the SLO gets that. I had an SLO and an Avenger for years, IMO they are not that great as studio amps. Very one dimensional sounding and the sound is very dated. A good Marshall will always sound relevant to one degree or another. The SLO is a time capsule IMO.
Norton666
Member
gbsmusic":2et9jyg3 said:
This x 1000000000000
stratotone
Active member
glpg80":y6esl2pp said:rupe":y6esl2pp said:Aren't you a big 5150 fan? I find it odd that you wouldn't care for the amp that inspired it.glpg80":y6esl2pp said:Ancient Alien":y6esl2pp said:Can I vote for neither?
If I had to choose, I guess it would be an SLO so I can sell it like I did my last 2 for a profit
+1
exactly. i have played a SLO 100.
it was an over-hyped 5150 II. i can dig the same exact tone out of my own amplifier, with a footswitchable effects loop, resonance/presence controls for individual channels, and at about a 3rd of the price of a SLO - and actually a bit more saturation on my side which works out great for solo's.
the SLO is not known for being forgiving - but tone wise i was highly dissappointed. i expected more. and the SLO did not deliver.
anyone looking for that tone i would tell them to play a few 5150 II's and tell them to get the one that sounded best out of the bunch for less than a 1/3 of the price of a SLO with more usable features.
Not to argue with you again, but don't you think there's a difference between owning an amp and using it as intended vs playing one at GC that could have been biased wrong, had bad tubes, been playing through a shit cab, etc?
I'm not posting this as an SLO fanboy, because I don't own one anymore... but it just doesn't seem a fair comparison IMHO - an amp you know intimately vs one that you spent 10 minutes on in a music store.
Pete
Les Zombie
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Jube for me, i owned a couple slo100 and i like them but i like the jube better, i have no desire to buy another slo 100 but i still have a jube and even when i didnt have one i always kept wanting another and wasnt happy till i got one.
