Totally agree! Many people are easily wooed by spectacle of shredding, so the miss the awesomeness of someone who focuses largely on riffs, but Zach really brings is with his playing and tone. And like you said, the video formate, compilation of songs etc. make for really enjoyable watching. I honestly get really board of watching people shredding after a while... I'd much rather listen to someone who hammers out interesting riffs like Malcom Young, Jerry Cantrell, Toni Iommi, James Hetfield etc. Rifflords are where it's at IMO, which is why I love Zach's videos.
Mick said they should've followed up Dr. Feel good with an album built around songs like Primal Scream. John Corabi was a blessing but the fans rejected it at the time. The gunslinger guitarists of all the other bands overshadowed Mick, but he was a monster riff maker and played to the songs.
I have a friend with a Soldano and it was the clean setting that blew my mind. Nice to hear the other ranges it can reach. Marvelous piece of machinery.
I love the fact that you just play the amp with no background track and it always sounds full. You're doing great man! I wish you a lot more subscribers.
Not every amp works well for Tool. My 6505+ didn't sound right for Tool riffs at all. I think this worked well, even though it doesn't nail their sound (which doesn't matter). I play Tool riffs on my Jet City cheapo clone of this all the time, and they sound good on it.
Find the "FourT6and2" YT channel... dude built an SLO clone "kit" from Rob @ C3 Amps out of TX. He plays plenty of Tool riffs through his setup and the C3 SLO with O'Netics transformers sounds as good if not exactly the same as the real deal. 🤘
Just found your channel and I cant believe how much better your audio is that all the other guitar focused channels on RUclips. Well done. I’ve been listening in head phones at work now for an hour with constant stank face!
I love that squishy, gooey tone you get in the beginning. You can hear the whole thing expand and contract under your fingers. For me, these are absolutely incredible amps. Great cleans, great overdrive, and one of the best crunch channels of any amp in the world.
ohhh Mannn.. SO SO SOOOOOOO GOOD!!! ... Excellent as always Master Zach!! All the best and thansk for sharing these riffs and talent ;)!! Nuno from Portugal
Zach! Awesome, but I think the partnership with zzounds is highly beneficial for all. Have them send you a Fryette Deliverance! Maybe a Sound city cab too...Stellar work as always. Looking forward to more. Fantastic!
I appreciate that you don't shy away from providing some honest critique such as on this and the Fender Jazzmaster video. Too many channels IMHO our overly promotional. I was similarly a little bummed to see that you have to choose between two of the three core sounds. Killer playing as always!
Zach, your videos are so well made and demos are thorough as can be. You deserve so much more attention. I wish you the best and hope your channel grows. No other channel has such quality reviews of this wide variety of amps. Seriously
Thanks for confirming the loop volumes functionality as a master volume. I have a SLO 30 and have been thinking about the 100 as well, but was worried if I could tame it at home. The SLO tone is pretty much it for me, it does everything well. Even the modern stuff, I just throw the Suhr Kokoboost in front and your there.
That silver flame LP custom with silver top hats and hardware is giving me ( f e e l i n g s ) Another great vid man, you are the tone king! Would be cool to do something together some day!
I heard the dual rec’s OG circuit board was basically a copy of the soldano, after hearing the superunknown riff played through that amp it totally makes sense.
Had this playing in the background while looking up gear in another tab... then I heard some Dialogue With The Stars. That is awesome man, nice playing :)
Mike Soldano started his world-class amp building career by studying books that were being discarded by a public library. He literally built his knowledge, skill and career out of nothing. That's an inspiring story.
Some spectacular amps out there these days in the boutique market, but I swear I ALWAYS come back to the SLO 100. NOTHING sounds like that! The closest thing I've heard that is probably my favorite amp on the planet, right now, is the 3rd Power Kitchen sink. Their hot-rodded plexi circuit is as good as the SL0 (IMO). It's odd that you don't see more of that amp. GREAT video. You showed off the spectacular crunch/super-crunch really well.
Zach, quality demo. Those amps are incredible. I would love to hear some 80s riffs on this amp. Not the typical 80s riffs just ones that you like that maybe I haven’t heard or heard in a while.
I first tried an SLO in '86 at a boutique shop in Hollywood. If I had the money I would have bought it. Amazing amp. I loved it for that 80s Sunset Strip hot rodded tone. I also love the VHT/Pitbull and the Bogner Ecstasy and Rivera amps. Those were the top amps in L.A. in those days.
Ohh Fuck!!! You're the first player that i see playing Opeth in a Review! Thank you for this awesome performance of Deliverance. With this amp these riffs are so killer!! But i must confess my heart is divided between 5150 or this wonderful Amp made by Mike Soldano Hail From Brazil
Love Soldanos. I’ve owned a couple. I still think your Jcm800 vid was/is the best tone on your channel. Not sure if you knew this, but Mesa stole the almost exact preamp from soldano to make the dual rec……also, the 5150 was based on its preamp as well (for EVH)…. 🤘🏼
Man you have some great taste! Opeth and the dirty nil in the same video?! Amazing. I wanted one of these for years but when I finally played one I wasn’t so impressed. They sound great but it turns out it’s not my tone.
Based off my youtube creepings, the SLO is the hawtest amp of all time. Maybe someday I can afford one. I got the Wangs HD-15 tho which is sorta a clone. If you haven't peept, Killswitch Engage's album As Daylight Dies uses boosted SLOs and the tight chugs prove the naysayers wrong. Anyways, I hope you make more videos with this thing!
@@GabeHelma Yeah my amp sounds a little flubbier and overwhelming in the midrange. But that might be cause it’s 15 watts. Also the Clean/Crunch channel is a clone of a completely different amp, a Bogner Shiva (Which basically sounds like a brighter JCM 800). I think it’s the next best thing to a Soldano though, other than maybe a Jet City. It sounds pretty awesome if you can reign it in.
I'll be honest with you, this sounds amazing, but it would be hard for me to choose an amp based off of your videos, cause you literally make every amp you play sound amazing. The combo of your playing, feel, setup, recording and micing etc. and then all the high quality amps you play through, just make it impossible to choose, because you make every amp shine. It really seems to come down to the tiniest nuances, real cork sniffer stuff, and even then I feel like you could play Tool, Motley Crue, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains etc. through a Marshall, a Diezel, a Friedman, a Soldano etc. and you'd make it sound equally good and the way it was meant to sound. It's actually frustrating seeing how good you make these amps sound, and I'm sure a large part of that is your playing and feel... the jealousy is real! 😂 The fact that you can sound as good as you do without a backing track or thickening up the guitar with layers, is really a testament to you playing, even if you're playing through some of the best amps ever made.
Thanks for the kind words. It's funny. On one hand, I love nice gear that's fun & inspiring to play, but on the other, I'm really not all that picky about gear these days. That's probably because I was on some 20 year quest to find the "perfect" sound, but eventually came to the realization that there is no perfect sound and as long as something is in the ballpark of what I'm after, it's good enough for me. Tastes change daily, and if I put as much time into playing as I did into hunting down different amps, I'd be a way better player haha! But there's definitely a reason that people find the particular amp or piece of gear that just sounds/feels right to them. There's also the old RUclips cliche where people will say "you make every amp sound the same." It boils down to using the same cab/mic technique and being the same dude playing the amps. But yeah, I'm just trying to make things sound best I can and make a little love letter vid to the particular amps & riffs that they makes me think of. While people could definitely make the argument that you don't need some fancy amp or guitar, I think it's really just about inspiration & connection. Does the thing make you want to pick it up and play it? If so, that's a win in my book. Thanks for watching.
@@ZachWish I definitely agree with what you're saying. I hope I didn't come off as dismissing the nuances in amps you show in your videos, because you do a great job in showing the differences, especially cause don't use backing tracks, and it's obvious that you put a lot of effort and passion into your videos. I totally get that if an amp inspires you to play, it's totally worth it. Though my budget is much lower than yours, I did splurge on a Friedman JJ Jr. which is way more that I've ever spent on an amp, especially since I don't even play in a band anymore, but it was totally worth is to me, because I feel inspired to play every day, and the tone is such that I don't have the feeling of looking for something else... so yes, what you say about "inspiration and connection" is totally true.
Your channel was just recommended for me, that's a really interesting looking les paul and franken strat. Ever considered putting a description of your equipment in the video description? Great tone and playing man.
Probably the most underrated guitar youtuber IMO
Seriously man your videos are killer
Exactly no bs no unnecessary talking or promotion just pure music and the only thing people care about!!
Thanks very much!
Totally agree! Many people are easily wooed by spectacle of shredding, so the miss the awesomeness of someone who focuses largely on riffs, but Zach really brings is with his playing and tone. And like you said, the video formate, compilation of songs etc. make for really enjoyable watching. I honestly get really board of watching people shredding after a while... I'd much rather listen to someone who hammers out interesting riffs like Malcom Young, Jerry Cantrell, Toni Iommi, James Hetfield etc. Rifflords are where it's at IMO, which is why I love Zach's videos.
I've watched a few of his videos. Had not realized he had less than 10k subscribers. That's criminal.
Absolutely, I knew this would be good before I clicked on it
That Motley Crue riffing caught my ear immediately
Dude, the riff from "Too young to fall in love" sounded to me much clearer and better than on the record. Perfect tone and playing. Cheers.
It took me a few seconds to recognize it as he really is playing it far better IMO
He didn’t Scoop the Mids
@@combatwombat160 He plays it far better? Lol what drugs are you on?🤣
That's what I was thinking.
Great opening riff! Mick is such an underrated guitarist. Some of the best riffs ever. That SLO sounds sleazy and nasty in such a good way.
Mick had the riffs. Was always a fan of his. The other 3 although the attention seekers weren't deserving of Mick.
Yeah. For 4grand. It should give you a reach around as well
Mick said they should've followed up Dr. Feel good with an album built around songs like Primal Scream. John Corabi was a blessing but the fans rejected it at the time. The gunslinger guitarists of all the other bands overshadowed Mick, but he was a monster riff maker and played to the songs.
@@TVoltG Well Tommy is a good drummer and Nikki a good songwriter. Gotta give it to them. Vince is a good frontman eventhough he isnt the best singer.
Anybody who plays Opeth riffs in their video gets an immediate like 👍
Time stamp for opeth riff?
I have a friend with a Soldano and it was the clean setting that blew my mind. Nice to hear the other ranges it can reach. Marvelous piece of machinery.
Awesome playing and riffs.. Great demo.
I love the fact that you just play the amp with no background track and it always sounds full.
You're doing great man! I wish you a lot more subscribers.
Thanks very much! Appreciate it.
I agree! That and you don't hear the strings rattling in the foreground!
Always wondered how Tool sounded through a Soldano. Just love the midrange on these amps. Nice playing and sound quality! Really great 🤟
That would be interesting. That or a SUNN amp. I just don’t think the soldano would work because Adam doesn’t really play super high gain.
Not every amp works well for Tool. My 6505+ didn't sound right for Tool riffs at all. I think this worked well, even though it doesn't nail their sound (which doesn't matter). I play Tool riffs on my Jet City cheapo clone of this all the time, and they sound good on it.
Tool and Opeth riffs sound great on SLO amps
Find the "FourT6and2" YT channel... dude built an SLO clone "kit" from Rob @ C3 Amps out of TX. He plays plenty of Tool riffs through his setup and the C3 SLO with O'Netics transformers sounds as good if not exactly the same as the real deal. 🤘
@@T3NN3SS3E Thanks, will check it out
Just found your channel and I cant believe how much better your audio is that all the other guitar focused channels on RUclips. Well done. I’ve been listening in head phones at work now for an hour with constant stank face!
That's awesome! Thanks so much for the kind words Danny.
I had used SOLDANO amps for almost 15 years in rehearsal studios and live, and they’re one of the best amps I’ve ever used.
The tone has so much personality and is harmonically rich🤟
I can really feel how much you enjoy to play Guitar. And we all can enjoy your videos! Thank you Zach 🤘
Thanks man. That's awesome to hear.
Stellar playing and tone sir. Love your channel
Sounds absolutely sick dude, and that snakeskin tolex is the icing on the cake! Love it🔥🔥
Thanks so much Rocco! 🐍🐍🐍
These are some of the best tones and riffs I've ever heard. Such a joy to listen to. Thanks man!
Thanks so much James. Appreciate the kind words. A great amp for sure.
The crunch mode on the normal ch of an SLO is one of the most overlooked yet best tones ever imo.
Definitely, I think I prefer it to the Overdrive channel! Might just be more what I'm used to. Thanks for watching!
That clean sound was more lush than I was expecting.
I enjoy your playing man. Always so versatile 😊🤙
That Adam Jones/Tool tone is exactly what I hear from my Soldano built SLO 100. Killer job man.
You never miss a hit, riffs and tones for days. I always get excited when I see your videos!
i never knew the cleans were this dynamic. You're killin' it man!
I love that squishy, gooey tone you get in the beginning. You can hear the whole thing expand and contract under your fingers. For me, these are absolutely incredible amps. Great cleans, great overdrive, and one of the best crunch channels of any amp in the world.
My goodness! That tele and the amp-cleans sound absolutely glorious. Great video. Thanks so much for putting this out. Subscribed.
I love Soldano amps. SLO100 is terrific
Very cool Soundgarden Superunknow, look´s awesome.
Killer riffs as always 🍻 and yes that amp is nuts
Luke from the NIL here, was watching your vid and heard possession and it made my day! great tone, great playing. Cheers!
Hah! That rules. Thanks so much for the kind words man. Such a great record and you guys always crush live. Take care!
ohhh Mannn.. SO SO SOOOOOOO GOOD!!! ... Excellent as always Master Zach!! All the best and thansk for sharing these riffs and talent ;)!! Nuno from Portugal
Thanks for the super kind words Nuno! Hope you're doing well.
You deserve way more attention. Your channel is probably the best guitar related one out there. Really impressing work!
Just the right amount of oompf and pick attack
Good looking set, beautifully shot, wonderful production, impeccable recording and incredible performance. What a demo!
Thanks so much! Appreciate the kind words.
This just reminded me how badass that Crüe riff is!
Zach! Awesome, but I think the partnership with zzounds is highly beneficial for all. Have them send you a Fryette Deliverance! Maybe a Sound city cab too...Stellar work as always. Looking forward to more. Fantastic!
I appreciate that you don't shy away from providing some honest critique such as on this and the Fender Jazzmaster video. Too many channels IMHO our overly promotional. I was similarly a little bummed to see that you have to choose between two of the three core sounds. Killer playing as always!
Zach, your videos are so well made and demos are thorough as can be. You deserve so much more attention. I wish you the best and hope your channel grows. No other channel has such quality reviews of this wide variety of amps. Seriously
Thanks so much for the kind words Nick. Really appreciate it!
I'm a simple man, I see Opeth and Tool riffs being played perfectly, I click like.
Thanks for confirming the loop volumes functionality as a master volume. I have a SLO 30 and have been thinking about the 100 as well, but was worried if I could tame it at home. The SLO tone is pretty much it for me, it does everything well. Even the modern stuff, I just throw the Suhr Kokoboost in front and your there.
Ugghhh, I didn't need to see this ... seems like a perfect amp.
That silver flame LP custom with silver top hats and hardware is giving me ( f e e l i n g s )
Another great vid man, you are the tone king! Would be cool to do something together some day!
Thanks so much Steve! Really dig your stuff as well.
@@ZachWish thank you mate!
Used these in the late 80’s and loved them.
Nice playing and good presentation of one of Rock's best amps of all times.
Long live Rock & Roll!
Yeah you kinda already had me with the Soundgarden riff. Solid playing 🤘
That silver LP has got some balls man!! Great as always Zach!
My fave head ever (just wish my wallet had room for it). This boy can play though! So clean and fluid!
Tool sounds amazing! 🔝💪🏻
That silverburst is absolutely beautiful
The Dirty Nil! Every one of their songs has a banger riff
Great tones and fantastic playing and song choice as usual 🤘🏻
That intro 👀🔥 Dare I say sicker than Mars…..
I heard the dual rec’s OG circuit board was basically a copy of the soldano, after hearing the superunknown riff played through that amp it totally makes sense.
Had this playing in the background while looking up gear in another tab... then I heard some Dialogue With The Stars. That is awesome man, nice playing :)
Mike Soldano started his world-class amp building career by studying books that were being discarded by a public library. He literally built his knowledge, skill and career out of nothing. That's an inspiring story.
Some spectacular amps out there these days in the boutique market, but I swear I ALWAYS come back to the SLO 100. NOTHING sounds like that! The closest thing I've heard that is probably my favorite amp on the planet, right now, is the 3rd Power Kitchen sink. Their hot-rodded plexi circuit is as good as the SL0 (IMO). It's odd that you don't see more of that amp. GREAT video. You showed off the spectacular crunch/super-crunch really well.
Your Custom with the no pickup covers is so awesome. Thing is a beast.
One of the best players- get every tone out of every amp, knows evry riff...Just killer.
Jesus... this amp sounded amazing. I seriously missed this channel 😭😭
Zach, quality demo. Those amps are incredible. I would love to hear some 80s riffs on this amp. Not the typical 80s riffs just ones that you like that maybe I haven’t heard or heard in a while.
The Tone God has blessed us once again!
Guy is just so good!
Love you vids and riffs man especially when you play In Flames riffs !
This is the way.
EVH playing though his soldano on the FUCK album is probably my favorite guitar tone of all time.
I first tried an SLO in '86 at a boutique shop in Hollywood. If I had the money I would have bought it. Amazing amp. I loved it for that 80s Sunset Strip hot rodded tone. I also love the VHT/Pitbull and the Bogner Ecstasy and Rivera amps. Those were the top amps in L.A. in those days.
EVH amps are the ones to beat now. Freakin' awesome, as well as Soldano! Great playing!
Wow this is another level!
Awesome! Just freaking awesome!
This shit's been a long time coming. Tool through a Soldano...
sounds killer man great song selection too.
Ohh Fuck!!! You're the first player that i see playing Opeth in a Review! Thank you for this awesome performance of Deliverance. With this amp these riffs are so killer!! But i must confess my heart is divided between 5150 or this wonderful Amp made by Mike Soldano
Hail From Brazil
Thanks so much for checking out the video!
Also Folklore from the Heritage album at about 7:20 💪🏼
Dude, you deserve way more subs
Awesome video dude! Great playing, sounds, equipment… it’s all good 👍 instant sub
Thanks so much. Really appreciate it!
Love Soldanos. I’ve owned a couple. I still think your Jcm800 vid was/is the best tone on your channel.
Not sure if you knew this, but Mesa stole the almost exact preamp from soldano to make the dual rec……also, the 5150 was based on its preamp as well (for EVH)….
🤘🏼
Great review!
My precious 🤩
Best damn rock band/recorded tone on RUclips. If I was hiring to do a solo record or modern cover band? F**K the studio big names I would get Zach.
Your videos are great. Keep it up!
Dude your vid's never disappoint awesome and playing
😃✌
Killer playing and Tone !!!
Dude, liked you speaking in final...king of tones
Thanks so much Paulo!
@@ZachWish really dude, youre king of tones... I aways inspire my tones on you... Great videos and playing, keed rocking, thanks
Glorious
you have some beautiful Les Pauls....and I'm not normally into those as a 7 String 26.5 scale guy lol sick vid man
Sounds great !
Man you have some great taste! Opeth and the dirty nil in the same video?! Amazing.
I wanted one of these for years but when I finally played one I wasn’t so impressed. They sound great but it turns out it’s not my tone.
Based off my youtube creepings, the SLO is the hawtest amp of all time. Maybe someday I can afford one. I got the Wangs HD-15 tho which is sorta a clone. If you haven't peept, Killswitch Engage's album As Daylight Dies uses boosted SLOs and the tight chugs prove the naysayers wrong. Anyways, I hope you make more videos with this thing!
Dude ive been wanting to get a wangs. They sound pretty good in some demos.
@@GabeHelma Yeah my amp sounds a little flubbier and overwhelming in the midrange. But that might be cause it’s 15 watts. Also the Clean/Crunch channel is a clone of a completely different amp, a Bogner Shiva (Which basically sounds like a brighter JCM 800). I think it’s the next best thing to a Soldano though, other than maybe a Jet City. It sounds pretty awesome if you can reign it in.
I'll be honest with you, this sounds amazing, but it would be hard for me to choose an amp based off of your videos, cause you literally make every amp you play sound amazing. The combo of your playing, feel, setup, recording and micing etc. and then all the high quality amps you play through, just make it impossible to choose, because you make every amp shine. It really seems to come down to the tiniest nuances, real cork sniffer stuff, and even then I feel like you could play Tool, Motley Crue, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains etc. through a Marshall, a Diezel, a Friedman, a Soldano etc. and you'd make it sound equally good and the way it was meant to sound. It's actually frustrating seeing how good you make these amps sound, and I'm sure a large part of that is your playing and feel... the jealousy is real! 😂 The fact that you can sound as good as you do without a backing track or thickening up the guitar with layers, is really a testament to you playing, even if you're playing through some of the best amps ever made.
Thanks for the kind words. It's funny. On one hand, I love nice gear that's fun & inspiring to play, but on the other, I'm really not all that picky about gear these days. That's probably because I was on some 20 year quest to find the "perfect" sound, but eventually came to the realization that there is no perfect sound and as long as something is in the ballpark of what I'm after, it's good enough for me. Tastes change daily, and if I put as much time into playing as I did into hunting down different amps, I'd be a way better player haha! But there's definitely a reason that people find the particular amp or piece of gear that just sounds/feels right to them. There's also the old RUclips cliche where people will say "you make every amp sound the same." It boils down to using the same cab/mic technique and being the same dude playing the amps. But yeah, I'm just trying to make things sound best I can and make a little love letter vid to the particular amps & riffs that they makes me think of. While people could definitely make the argument that you don't need some fancy amp or guitar, I think it's really just about inspiration & connection. Does the thing make you want to pick it up and play it? If so, that's a win in my book. Thanks for watching.
@@ZachWish I definitely agree with what you're saying. I hope I didn't come off as dismissing the nuances in amps you show in your videos, because you do a great job in showing the differences, especially cause don't use backing tracks, and it's obvious that you put a lot of effort and passion into your videos. I totally get that if an amp inspires you to play, it's totally worth it. Though my budget is much lower than yours, I did splurge on a Friedman JJ Jr. which is way more that I've ever spent on an amp, especially since I don't even play in a band anymore, but it was totally worth is to me, because I feel inspired to play every day, and the tone is such that I don't have the feeling of looking for something else... so yes, what you say about "inspiration and connection" is totally true.
@@ZachWish Intelligent words of wisdom right there. Great and insightful. Thank you!
Damn that riff and tone at 5:25 sounds insane
ruclips.net/video/_8-Hs4ZCyaE/видео.html&ab_channel=Mr.LyricsGR is from that song
Love how you did superunknown !!!!!!!
Came for the amp, stayed for the playing
Thanks so much for checking out the video Javi!
Your channel was just recommended for me, that's a really interesting looking les paul and franken strat. Ever considered putting a description of your equipment in the video description? Great tone and playing man.
KEEP ROCKN!!!!!
Pretty neat outro riff.
Your Les Paul Custom is so awesome
sound exquisite
Its got a really raw sound. I think its really good even compared the the other high gain amps. Sounds pretty damn good.
Awesome,, metal will never die,,
Generally, I prefer V30s with SLO amps, but you've dialed in those G12H-75 speakers pretty well.
Epic
Wow! This is what I call an intro! Great playing!👍💪❤️
Good stuff HarmonicX