I just want to thank you, Euge, for the pick I got from you at the concert at Nalen, Stockholm, on Saturday. It won't make me a better guitar player, but it will surely inspire me to try.
best guitar channel out there for so many reasons...killer playing, variety of styles, variety of equipment, very well put together videos and to the point equipment comparisons and overall a humble and fun guy to watch
I just tried those Plexi settings with my UA Lion pedal on both the variac'd and Super Lead modes boosted with a TS9, with the pedal's internal EP-3 boost, and unboosted. All I have to say is, Holy Shit! Thanks for the informative content, Euge! Rock-n-Roll!!
While the Plexi is more of my cup of tea, I honestly wouldn't be able to choose between then 😂. I really appreciate that you took the chance to make so many videos and comparisons on the SLO-100. Thank you for the effort!
It's good seeing Still Got the Blues For You being played. I've just started playing it again as it happens. It's my go to for seeing how a guitar and amp combo sounds for leads. I'm currently using an Epiphone Les Paul Gothic with a Harley Benton HB-20 R. No Delay but the Reverb on that Harley Benton is pretty sweet.
They are very similar, I have one of each myself. For me, the plexi just has something that really suits my playing style more than any other amp. Even though it is actually not as forgiving as the Soldano to play through. Great comparison.
AWESOME! I'm on the fence with the Marshall 1987X 50-watt. I love its tone, but I'm a big guy and like my 4x12 Deizel GM12-75 loaded speaker cabs. I hope the little Marshall 1987X 50-watt guy has the Popeye spinach to punch and push my 4x12 cabs. I don't believe in power reductors, noise gates, or whatever else it is you guys use to soak up all the pure precious tone we run down rabbit holes and climb spider webs to achieve the tone and power we love so much.
You know the only difference between the two is 3 dB, right? It’s not a ton of volume difference. The big difference come down to how quickly you run out of head room. Which, with a non-volume amp, you have to run it really high anyway. if the 50 W Marshall is good enough for guys like George Lynch and Warren Demartini, who prefer it over the 100 W, I am pretty damn sure it’s good enough for the rest of us.
Recently I bought a JCA50H and my tube amp tech did some mods, a "plexiesque" sound for the crunch channel and the overdrive with a more modern jcm800... depth mod and bias adjustment. I like the sound but... it's not the original 😂 🤘
Great playing...as always! Both amps do sound very similar, but I guess you have to know what you're listening for to tell the difference and you can only do that hearing them side by side. The Soldano has a deeper bass frequency response, where the Marshall has the distinctive and wider midrange. That might make the Marshall more raw sounding as well. I think you said it, that the Soldano sounds more modern. A Plexi on the edge of break-up is unbeatable though.
Thx Euge!! I have both. I like both. :) I like the soldano best without any overdrive pedals, just pure SLO, best feel and sound for me. Dont like a TS in front the SLO with the overdrive channel, but the normal channel works better, perhaps thats more a marshall like tone. Just my personal Taste. The Marshall somehow just fitts better with a TS oder BOSS SD1, as well as a JCM 800 does. best regards perhaps see you at musix sometimes
Plexi all the way for me. Sounds clearer, tighter and more cutting/aggressive. I briefly owned a brand new SLO 100 that is sent back to sweetwater. It was too flubby and fuzzy for my tastes. I just couldn’t get on with it. Not a bad amp at all but just not for me and definitely not at that price point.
That might be because it’s not a typical metal, or Marshall circuit. It’s misleading to say that Mike Soldano copied, or even was inspired by Marshall (as true as that is). Because this amp is a COMPLETELY different beast. And, Euge wants a guitar tone as massive as he can get, so he’s a gain freak, always trying to thicken things up. You have to be REAL careful with that, with an SLO. I’m not judging his taste, and how he hear’s tone, I’m just saying that a VERY common mistake with the SLO. For every one video that has an SLO dialed in with its signature tone, there are 50 of guys trying to dime everything, and it sounds excruciatingly bad. It’s almost as if he’s trying to get them both to sound the same, or dialing up both to his particular taste (again no right or wrong), rather than getting signature tones from each. So, it’s not really a comparison. He’s right on the borderline of demonstrating how NOT to dial in an SLO. He briefly mention that (in passing), that when you dial the gain back, the differences between the two start becoming far more apparent. Which is a shame, he didn’t spend a little more time on it, because that’s EXTREMELY important with this amp, or you’ll wind up hating it. He get’s away with it, because his technique, and choice of notes is stellar. But, even with his playing, you can still hear the fizz, and “flubbiness” starting to creep in. When this amp first hit the market, Peach Guitar’s channel did a demo with it, that was so God-awful, I’m surprised B.A.D., or Mike Soldano didn’t tell them to pull it. They have a great channel (with killer players) but, it was a classic example of them not being familiar with this circuit. And, this amp is extremely sensitive to speaker choice, as well. All amps are, but with the mid-focus this amp has, it’s makes an even bigger difference. In ‘87, high-gain was considered EVH’s Fair Warning…or Ratt’s Invasion of Your Privacy. *Actually, two signature albums are Great White’s Once Bitten, or Y&T’s Contagious.* Sometimes people today just aren’t looking for that tone, which is fine…there’s no right or wrong…it’s all subjective. But, it’s astonishing how many people don’t know that going into this amp. The SLO is a “Super-Crunch” amp, or a solo amp. You can’t dime it, and expect it to sound good like a Marshall circuit. It took my a while to learn that with mine. *When you get both amps dialed in to their legendary tones, then look at the EQ, each amp’s EQ settings are completely different from each other. But, there’s a reason this amp was used on literally hundreds of albums, and just about anything from the 80’s, and early 90’s. Should you get another opportunity, try a low output pickup with the gain dialed back on its Plexi channel (if you’re playing rhythm). You might appreciate it more, or sometimes it’s just not the right amp for what someone is looking for. Btw…I’m a huge Marshall fan, as well…I had both amps at one point. I’m just pointing out that the SLO is its own unique animal. And, when dialed up properly, there’s nothing on the planet that sounds like it. 👍
@@phillamoore157 I will say I was using it in a more mid gain 90s rock sort of tone and then for extreme metal. For metal, I don’t remember how I dialed it, but it was just too thick and not aggressive enough for me, even boosted. I was much preferring my peavey 6505+ and my Splawn Quickrod….i got both used for less than a Total cost of $2000….so for a 4K amp I just couldn’t justify liking my much cheaper amp that much more. At that same time I also owned a Friedman JJ100 and a Marshall 1959 plexi(a stock 1970s example, though I’m sure the tubes had been swapped many times. I’m in my early 30s so no clue how many people owned it before me) I ended up selling the JJ for similar reasons….just wasnt aggressive enough and a bit too dark. My Marshall plexi, being un modded, didn’t have nearly as much gain, so I wouldn’t really compare the two. I remember liking the Soldano more than the Friedman, but I thought they were both overpriced and got rid of both. If I ever find myself with several thousand dollars laying around to indulge in amps again I may give it another shot.
@@phillamoore157May I ask your settings for your SLO-100 to get the classic sound? I have a SLO-30 and would love to try them out! (I currently have Bass 6, Mids 4, Treble 4, Presence 7, Depth 1. Normal channel on Crunch mode gain at 5, Overdrive channel gain at 4)
@@guitardave You’re right there, brother. The trick is to say off the OD channel. Which, btw…I’m talking rhythmic playing, where IMO the SLO shines. For lead playing, OD channel, and as much gain as you want. For what it’s worth, there’s a channel on here called “Cragginshred”. He’s dials in a BEAST of a tone with both the 100 and the 30 (among other killer high-end amps). He helped me a lot when I was going through the same frustrations a lot of guys go through with this amp. I’m using a Les Paul these days with low out-put Dr. Wolftone vintage. And, it’s majestic. Till I figured that out, it was flubby, fizzy crap. The ONLY reason I didn’t return it was because I couldn’t come to terms with the idea that this amp is on a MILLION records with a killer tone…I must be doing something wrong. Anyway, he got me using the Normal “plexi” channel dimmed with the OD kept low between 2-3. The EQ on that thing is “adjust to taste”, but I found it sensitive in my room. And, there are obviously other factors (pickup, speakers, room). For what that’s worth, I’m going through a Friedman 4X12 (V30’s on top, Greenbacks on the bottom, I believe). He get’s a KILLER sound bouncing between a Tumnus and an SD-1 to tighten it up, but barely has them on. So, if you do use a pedal to tighten up, then start very low, and work your way up. My preference was with the Tumnus (mini), on a VERY low setting, using the level more than the gain, but only because if you can’t turn this up, then it tends to get a little thin (like all amps like this). The Tumnus/SD-1 (gain off, level up a hair) keeps that problem at bay. That’s where the 30 might be a bit more forgiving. The 100 is better, but it’s hardly noticeable, unless doing an A/B comparison. Start there, and see how you like it. Those were the settings I said “OK, NOW I get it”. Once I started there it was like I unlocked a beast. Especially, if you can turn it up to bet some air moving through your speakers. 👍
SLO 100 takes a while to figure out,You have to have the right tubes and the best sounds to me are this: Normal channel, crunch mode, bright switch on, gain maxed, bass 5, mids full, treble 4, presence 4, depth 0. OD channel, gain ONLY ON 3! same EQ as before. Use a pedal to boost as needed.
Both sound stellar, Euge. But, I’d also argue that the tone you have dialed up isn’t really a signature SLO-100 sound. It sounds great…but, not the SLO sound. Nothing wrong with how you hear tone, it’s ALL very subjective. But, the tones circa ‘87 didn’t have that much gain dialed in. It was more of a “Super-Crunch”. The normal channel with the OD on 2-3. When you compare it like that, those two amps will have a MUCH bigger difference than what you hear in this video. The people who have never sat in front of both amps will want to know that. With that said, a modded Marshall (especially the JMP’s) is one of the best tones on planet earth, if you can find the right one. *People who don’t understand this amp, want to treat it like a typical Marshall, and/or Marshall circuit, and wind up hating it.*
SLO has this lower mid thing that I just do not like. 5150s and Rectifiers have it too. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just not for me. I’m more into the upper mid bite and bark.
@@jimmccall8030 That more “open” tone also works better in a band mix (for me). That upper mid bandwidth, that’s the guitar’s domain. Too much of the low mid focus and I’m competing with the drums and bass.
I love both the heavy low mid sound and the more open upper mid sound. I can't pick one over the other so I have different setups for each sound. I find I can go from one to the other just by switching cabs that have different speakers or by switching guitars . I have a les Paul that has heavy low mids and a slight scoop in the upper mids and it makes a great Stoner rock guitar or for doom metal but for anything else it's really meh because of the upper mid scoop .
Always wanted to like the Soldano sound but that “modern sterility” is always lurking in the back of my mind when I hear it. A metallic sheen to the sound that I don’t dig in the upper kids/lower highs. The coolness factor of owning one of the most coveted amps, the name, the resale value are awesome, but somehow I’m not that fond of the sound. Marshall is more natural if something like that can be said.
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I just want to thank you, Euge, for the pick I got from you at the concert at Nalen, Stockholm, on Saturday. It won't make me a better guitar player, but it will surely inspire me to try.
best guitar channel out there for so many reasons...killer playing, variety of styles, variety of equipment, very well put together videos and to the point equipment comparisons and overall a humble and fun guy to watch
I just tried those Plexi settings with my UA Lion pedal on both the variac'd and Super Lead modes boosted with a TS9, with the pedal's internal EP-3 boost, and unboosted. All I have to say is, Holy Shit!
Thanks for the informative content, Euge! Rock-n-Roll!!
My Soldano SLO-100 and Friedman Plex are my two favorite heads and I use a variety of TS style pedals thru both. So much fun!
While the Plexi is more of my cup of tea, I honestly wouldn't be able to choose between then 😂.
I really appreciate that you took the chance to make so many videos and comparisons on the SLO-100. Thank you for the effort!
I love both amps - but your PLEXI is sounding amazing!
I appreciate how after you say your name you flash a look at the camera that says "Yeah, good luck telling your friends about me."
The Soldano sounds unreal !! angry both sound great but for me soldano right now. Great playing and video brother !!
Plexi for sure. This is a very helpful video. Thanks, Euge
It's good seeing Still Got the Blues For You being played. I've just started playing it again as it happens. It's my go to for seeing how a guitar and amp combo sounds for leads. I'm currently using an Epiphone Les Paul Gothic with a Harley Benton HB-20 R. No Delay but the Reverb on that Harley Benton is pretty sweet.
As a Marshall man.The soldano is absolutely amazing.
Killer as always dude , your accent always reminds me of Timo Kotipelto !
Soldano kicks ass! And looks amazing.
PLEXI ftw! I will always be a Marshall freak😁
The plexi is so awesome!!!
EXCELLENT tones from both. Mr. Big riff sounded PERFECT.
They are very similar, I have one of each myself. For me, the plexi just has something that really suits my playing style more than any other amp. Even though it is actually not as forgiving as the Soldano to play through. Great comparison.
Great comparison video
AWESOME! I'm on the fence with the Marshall 1987X 50-watt. I love its tone, but I'm a big guy and like my 4x12 Deizel GM12-75 loaded speaker cabs. I hope the little Marshall 1987X 50-watt guy has the Popeye spinach to punch and push my 4x12 cabs. I don't believe in power reductors, noise gates, or whatever else it is you guys use to soak up all the pure precious tone we run down rabbit holes and climb spider webs to achieve the tone and power we love so much.
You know the only difference between the two is 3 dB, right? It’s not a ton of volume difference. The big difference come down to how quickly you run out of head room. Which, with a non-volume amp, you have to run it really high anyway. if the 50 W Marshall is good enough for guys like George Lynch and Warren Demartini, who prefer it over the 100 W, I am pretty damn sure it’s good enough for the rest of us.
Fantastico!
Recently I bought a JCA50H and my tube amp tech did some mods, a "plexiesque" sound for the crunch channel and the overdrive with a more modern jcm800... depth mod and bias adjustment.
I like the sound but... it's not the original 😂
🤘
I dig both, but that 1959 sounds great.
Great playing...as always! Both amps do sound very similar, but I guess you have to know what you're listening for to tell the difference and you can only do that hearing them side by side. The Soldano has a deeper bass frequency response, where the Marshall has the distinctive and wider midrange. That might make the Marshall more raw sounding as well. I think you said it, that the Soldano sounds more modern. A Plexi on the edge of break-up is unbeatable though.
Plexiiiiiiii. Man cause of you i started to love Marshalls. I have based on jcm 800 tube preamp, I love it. Next step probably jcm 800 2203x
Cool videos! Actually just moved to Switzerland and wanted to ask you if you can recommend any store for nice guitars and amps 😎 keep rocking!
I’d like to get my hands on a Friedman Plex. I think that’s all I would need. With a Boss sd-1w, dd-3 and my classic Budda-wah.
Thx Euge!! I have both. I like both. :) I like the soldano best without any overdrive pedals, just pure SLO, best feel and sound for me. Dont like a TS in front the SLO with the overdrive channel, but the normal channel works better, perhaps thats more a marshall like tone. Just my personal Taste.
The Marshall somehow just fitts better with a TS oder BOSS SD1, as well as a JCM 800 does. best regards perhaps see you at musix sometimes
Great playing as always. Your viewers are mostly marshall fans, so am i, but for me here the soldano wins.
I’d love to know opinions on that Plexi verses the studio mini one. Not sure whether to wait for the bigger one
Plexi all the way for me. Sounds clearer, tighter and more cutting/aggressive. I briefly owned a brand new SLO 100 that is sent back to sweetwater. It was too flubby and fuzzy for my tastes. I just couldn’t get on with it. Not a bad amp at all but just not for me and definitely not at that price point.
That might be because it’s not a typical metal, or Marshall circuit. It’s misleading to say that Mike Soldano copied, or even was inspired by Marshall (as true as that is). Because this amp is a COMPLETELY different beast. And, Euge wants a guitar tone as massive as he can get, so he’s a gain freak, always trying to thicken things up. You have to be REAL careful with that, with an SLO. I’m not judging his taste, and how he hear’s tone, I’m just saying that a VERY common mistake with the SLO. For every one video that has an SLO dialed in with its signature tone, there are 50 of guys trying to dime everything, and it sounds excruciatingly bad. It’s almost as if he’s trying to get them both to sound the same, or dialing up both to his particular taste (again no right or wrong), rather than getting signature tones from each. So, it’s not really a comparison. He’s right on the borderline of demonstrating how NOT to dial in an SLO. He briefly mention that (in passing), that when you dial the gain back, the differences between the two start becoming far more apparent. Which is a shame, he didn’t spend a little more time on it, because that’s EXTREMELY important with this amp, or you’ll wind up hating it. He get’s away with it, because his technique, and choice of notes is stellar. But, even with his playing, you can still hear the fizz, and “flubbiness” starting to creep in. When this amp first hit the market, Peach Guitar’s channel did a demo with it, that was so God-awful, I’m surprised B.A.D., or Mike Soldano didn’t tell them to pull it. They have a great channel (with killer players) but, it was a classic example of them not being familiar with this circuit. And, this amp is extremely sensitive to speaker choice, as well. All amps are, but with the mid-focus this amp has, it’s makes an even bigger difference. In ‘87, high-gain was considered EVH’s Fair Warning…or Ratt’s Invasion of Your Privacy. *Actually, two signature albums are Great White’s Once Bitten, or Y&T’s Contagious.* Sometimes people today just aren’t looking for that tone, which is fine…there’s no right or wrong…it’s all subjective. But, it’s astonishing how many people don’t know that going into this amp. The SLO is a “Super-Crunch” amp, or a solo amp. You can’t dime it, and expect it to sound good like a Marshall circuit. It took my a while to learn that with mine. *When you get both amps dialed in to their legendary tones, then look at the EQ, each amp’s EQ settings are completely different from each other. But, there’s a reason this amp was used on literally hundreds of albums, and just about anything from the 80’s, and early 90’s. Should you get another opportunity, try a low output pickup with the gain dialed back on its Plexi channel (if you’re playing rhythm). You might appreciate it more, or sometimes it’s just not the right amp for what someone is looking for. Btw…I’m a huge Marshall fan, as well…I had both amps at one point. I’m just pointing out that the SLO is its own unique animal. And, when dialed up properly, there’s nothing on the planet that sounds like it. 👍
@@phillamoore157 I will say I was using it in a more mid gain 90s rock sort of tone and then for extreme metal. For metal, I don’t remember how I dialed it, but it was just too thick and not aggressive enough for me, even boosted. I was much preferring my peavey 6505+ and my Splawn Quickrod….i got both used for less than a Total cost of $2000….so for a 4K amp I just couldn’t justify liking my much cheaper amp that much more.
At that same time I also owned a Friedman JJ100 and a Marshall 1959 plexi(a stock 1970s example, though I’m sure the tubes had been swapped many times. I’m in my early 30s so no clue how many people owned it before me) I ended up selling the JJ for similar reasons….just wasnt aggressive enough and a bit too dark. My Marshall plexi, being un modded, didn’t have nearly as much gain, so I wouldn’t really compare the two. I remember liking the Soldano more than the Friedman, but I thought they were both overpriced and got rid of both. If I ever find myself with several thousand dollars laying around to indulge in amps again I may give it another shot.
@@phillamoore157May I ask your settings for your SLO-100 to get the classic sound? I have a SLO-30 and would love to try them out! (I currently have Bass 6, Mids 4, Treble 4, Presence 7, Depth 1. Normal channel on Crunch mode gain at 5, Overdrive channel gain at 4)
@@guitardave You’re right there, brother. The trick is to say off the OD channel. Which, btw…I’m talking rhythmic playing, where IMO the SLO shines. For lead playing, OD channel, and as much gain as you want. For what it’s worth, there’s a channel on here called “Cragginshred”. He’s dials in a BEAST of a tone with both the 100 and the 30 (among other killer high-end amps). He helped me a lot when I was going through the same frustrations a lot of guys go through with this amp. I’m using a Les Paul these days with low out-put Dr. Wolftone vintage. And, it’s majestic. Till I figured that out, it was flubby, fizzy crap. The ONLY reason I didn’t return it was because I couldn’t come to terms with the idea that this amp is on a MILLION records with a killer tone…I must be doing something wrong. Anyway, he got me using the Normal “plexi” channel dimmed with the OD kept low between 2-3. The EQ on that thing is “adjust to taste”, but I found it sensitive in my room. And, there are obviously other factors (pickup, speakers, room). For what that’s worth, I’m going through a Friedman 4X12 (V30’s on top, Greenbacks on the bottom, I believe). He get’s a KILLER sound bouncing between a Tumnus and an SD-1 to tighten it up, but barely has them on. So, if you do use a pedal to tighten up, then start very low, and work your way up. My preference was with the Tumnus (mini), on a VERY low setting, using the level more than the gain, but only because if you can’t turn this up, then it tends to get a little thin (like all amps like this). The Tumnus/SD-1 (gain off, level up a hair) keeps that problem at bay. That’s where the 30 might be a bit more forgiving. The 100 is better, but it’s hardly noticeable, unless doing an A/B comparison. Start there, and see how you like it. Those were the settings I said “OK, NOW I get it”. Once I started there it was like I unlocked a beast. Especially, if you can turn it up to bet some air moving through your speakers. 👍
SLO 100 takes a while to figure out,You have to have the right tubes and the best sounds to me are this:
Normal channel, crunch mode, bright switch on, gain maxed, bass 5, mids full, treble 4, presence 4, depth 0.
OD channel, gain ONLY ON 3! same EQ as before.
Use a pedal to boost as needed.
Where can I get the TS 808 you have or a newer version? I can’t find it. You rock!
He explained in another video it's a clone made for him by some Finnish tech back in the '90s.
@@riangarianga Got it, thanks!
A better question is SLO vs 5150… BTW the Plexi with the guitar volume down sounds AMAZING!!!
Love the SLO without the TS
Does the EMG bring out the pinch harmonice more or easier??
Honestly I would take both ;-)) The SLO is better for more modern tone and the plexi has the roughness of rock.
what are the TS settings please?
Machine Gun Man!
I’ve tried 3 different SLO, but they all had 5881 tubes,
5:04 whats the wattage on that fart? 😅 new sub,man. Great channel 👏 👍
Plexi is nice and Raw and Soldano is a bit more polished, both sound excellent. Soldano is probably the more practical choice.
soldano sounded much tighter, much predictable, more controlled, but the grime is the magic about the plexi, isn't it?
I love Soldano but I will admit that the intro riff sounds a bit better on the plexi. The rest rest of the stuff I still prefer the SLO.
Both sound stellar, Euge. But, I’d also argue that the tone you have dialed up isn’t really a signature SLO-100 sound. It sounds great…but, not the SLO sound. Nothing wrong with how you hear tone, it’s ALL very subjective. But, the tones circa ‘87 didn’t have that much gain dialed in. It was more of a “Super-Crunch”. The normal channel with the OD on 2-3. When you compare it like that, those two amps will have a MUCH bigger difference than what you hear in this video. The people who have never sat in front of both amps will want to know that. With that said, a modded Marshall (especially the JMP’s) is one of the best tones on planet earth, if you can find the right one. *People who don’t understand this amp, want to treat it like a typical Marshall, and/or Marshall circuit, and wind up hating it.*
Both sounds good...slo sonnd more brite.
Dude how can you afford this?
Plexi + TS sounds fatter and warmer (less gighs, less cold, less modern) especially with the Mr Bigs Daddy Brother Lover & your Little Boy
SLO has this lower mid thing that I just do not like. 5150s and Rectifiers have it too.
It’s not a bad thing, it’s just not for me. I’m more into the upper mid bite and bark.
I love the SLO for that focused low mid but also love the more open wash of frequencies of a plexi.
@@jimmccall8030 That more “open” tone also works better in a band mix (for me). That upper mid bandwidth, that’s the guitar’s domain. Too much of the low mid focus and I’m competing with the drums and bass.
Rectifiers are an unacknowledged copy of the SLO-100 preamp, and the 5150 was admittedly inspired on the SLO-100, so you have that.
I love both the heavy low mid sound and the more open upper mid sound. I can't pick one over the other so I have different setups for each sound.
I find I can go from one to the other just by switching cabs that have different speakers or by switching guitars .
I have a les Paul that has heavy low mids and a slight scoop in the upper mids and it makes a great Stoner rock guitar or for doom metal but for anything else it's really meh because of the upper mid scoop .
Always wanted to like the Soldano sound but that “modern sterility” is always lurking in the back of my mind when I hear it. A metallic sheen to the sound that I don’t dig in the upper kids/lower highs. The coolness factor of owning one of the most coveted amps, the name, the resale value are awesome, but somehow I’m not that fond of the sound. Marshall is more natural if something like that can be said.
PLEXI ! Not even close.
ESP/LTD makes a way better playing and looking super strat style guitar than Jackson.
SOLDANO....SOUNDS LIKE A WOG NAME....ITALIANO...FTW.