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Hammer Floyd posted:You're an rear end in a top hat and I don't like you. HollisBrown posted:Why don't I know what amp that is?
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Agreed posted:Take it slo, you'll figure it out. iostream.h posted:It's got a SUPER Lead tone on the Overdrive channel. 100 Watts. I've literally played only Black Face Fenders for the last decade. I don't poo poo about your guys cookie monster, angry music.
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HollisBrown posted:I've literally played only Black Face Fenders for the last decade. I don't poo poo about your guys cookie monster, angry music. You're not dead to me, but you're not 100% alive either. You're... something in between. Like in Chronicles of Riddick. You remember that movie? It was pretty good. But filled with holes. much like your heart It's a fukken soldano man he got a soldano they're very nice!
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Agreed posted:You're not dead to me, but you're not 100% alive either. You're... something in between. Like in Chronicles of Riddick. You remember that movie? It was pretty good. But filled with holes. Pitch Black was so much better. I do know Soldanos but not well enough to recognize 2 knobs on them.
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HollisBrown posted:I've literally played only Black Face Fenders for the last decade. I don't poo poo about your guys cookie monster, angry music.  I fully intend to, however. Edit: ^^^^ It's all good bro, I just wanted to see if anyone would recognize it, I'm still so stoked about it it's ridiculous. I'm easily as excited, if not more than I was the day I got my Jubilee back!
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A Rivera is my version.
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HollisBrown posted:A Rivera is my version. Really? 
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iostream.h posted:Warren Haynes doesn't do angry cookie monster music. Warren Haynes' Soldano sound is one of my favourite tones.
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HollisBrown posted:They sound really nice
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iostream.h posted:Want one with a matching 4x12? Not even remotely, the biggest amp I'm interested in anymore is a 1x12 combo. A Rivera Venus is my dream amp.
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Jan 15, 2014 01:59
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SOLDANNOOOOOO!!!!
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It seems to go to 11. I've never actually seen that before.
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Warcabbit posted:It seems to go to 11. I've never actually seen that before. It DOES. I never realized the power cables were affixed to these before, I was all tugging on it to unplug it and load it up and it wouldn't come out, then I looked, huh. I need a better attenuator for the studio, probably live too, that's for damned sure. It's way, WAY louder than the Jubilee and makes the Rockerverb sound almost anemic.          Edit: And I swear, when I called earlier today to verify mods/build date and all, the guy I spoke to at Soldano was as excited as I was. Dude talked amps with me for a full 15 minutes, just rambling about playing and gigging, it was a great conversation. iostream.h fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Jan 15, 2014 |
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Jan 15, 2014 04:07
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I haven't posted a picture of anything for a while, so here's something tangible that I bought today: That Soldano is dope. The Avenger through an Orange 4x12 is one of the best guitar sounds I've personally heard.
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 I got a new toy for making robot farts on my sofa! RobattoJesus fucked around with this message at 10:06 on Jan 15, 2014 |
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Jan 15, 2014 10:04
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Traded my too heavy Agile 7string for a slightly upgraded PRS SE. Came with locking tuners and JB Seymour Duncan in the bridge. Much happier than with the Agile.
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iostream.h posted:Oh, it does. gently caress. You. Here I am sitting with two testicles, but no SLO100. After seeing those pictures, I'm questioning whether or not I need BOTH testicles.
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Jan 15, 2014 15:51
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Hammer Floyd posted:gently caress. You. Unless you're in it for bragging rights the Jet City is almost part for part the same thing. Keep your nuts, never post a pic, and people will never know that you both still have balls and also don't own a real Soldano.
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Agreed posted:Unless you're in it for bragging rights the Jet City is almost part for part the same thing. Keep your nuts, never post a pic, and people will never know that you both still have balls and also don't own a real Soldano. Between my Rockerverb, pedals and 11R, I could get pretty damned close to nailing most SLO sounds, but I've wanted one for a long time and happened to be in the right spot at the right time with someone that I've always been straight with and they gave me a good deal on it. HOWEVER, I do just want to point out that the SLO goes to 11.
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poo poo I hope that didn't come off as "oh, and also, lol that doofus bought an actual Soldano in a time where you can get a Jet City licensed clone for a lot cheaper!" - SLO100s unquestionably rule. Ushered in the modern high gain sound as such, and man are they pretty too  Use good tubes. Use the best tubes. Also, do you have a boost for it? You should get a boost for it. Treble boost + Soldano with lotsa gain = holy poo poo tight tight tight high gain tone. Way tighter than a Recto, kind of like a Mk III but heavier. Not like a Mk IV. Unique sound. Very cool tone stack on them, badass mids. "Chewy."
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Agreed posted:poo poo I hope that didn't come off as "oh, and also, lol that doofus bought an actual Soldano in a time where you can get a Jet City licensed clone for a lot cheaper!" - SLO100s unquestionably rule. Ushered in the modern high gain sound as such, and man are they pretty too  I'll freely admit that sometimes the fun of getting something is getting what you WANT, rather than what you need or what would suffice. I've wanted a SLO for a long time and just haven't found a good enough deal that I could afford or found one available when I COULD snag one. The stars aligned yesterday for some reason.Agreed posted:Use good tubes. Use the best tubes. Also, do you have a boost for it? You should get a boost for it. Treble boost + Soldano with lotsa gain = holy poo poo tight tight tight high gain tone. Way tighter than a Recto, kind of like a Mk III but heavier. Not like a Mk IV. Unique sound. Very cool tone stack on them, badass mids. "Chewy." I don't have a proper treble boost, I've been using an EP Boost for a while, which I dig, but today I've been pulling out every OD/Boost/Dirt pedal I can find, TS, Rat, DOD, it's been kind of noisy today so far! One of the most fun pedals I've played with is an old custom chorus I had a friend build, it has 2 gain controls and turning down the chorus but jacking the gain up has proved interesting so far. Chewy is a really good word to describe it too, it's weird and definitely has character and is NOT an amp you just go 'meh hit it all to 5 and I'll dial it in quickly from there' nope not at all. Loves P90s tho'. P90s through the SLO are an evil, wicked thing.
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Oh this is cool, you can't get this on the web site yet because I helped Vinni come up with a new V-Pick and I get to try it out first. After owning like all the V-Picks (all of them), I guess it makes sense that eventually I would have an idea for one that met the criteria for actually making a good pick I'll let Vinni explain all details when he gets the page up for it, but, yeah, I totally have a V-Pick on the way that I came up with the idea for and Vinni came up with some other ideas for and the end result's going to look something like this (I am pretty sure this is before any buffing at all is done, I'll take a proper picture of the prototype when I get it in):  In the mail to try. The basic concept comes from three picks that I thought might make one hell of a pick if you took basic bits of each of them and sort of blended them together: the 1980, which I think is a stellar pick and I can see how he got famous making them; the Dimension, because who has tried one and doesn't like it (seriously everyone loves that thing!); and the Big Fattie, which is a super comfortable pick with a great thickness and tone. I did come up with the name and basic idea, but Vinni came up with a lot of stuff too (he had the experience to let me know that one of my ideas just probably wouldn't work out, and suggested a really, really cool alternative that I think is going to be badass when I get my hands on it!) and of course of the two of us he has the equipment and supplies to make picks so let's put credit where it's due, haha. Holy crap cool. Agreed fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Jan 15, 2014 |
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iostream.h posted:Don't buff them!!! I believe this one will have a little something for everyone when it comes to that particular property. 
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re: Soldano talk: How good is the Jet City JCA 20H? I've only listened to some youtube vids and they sounds pretty good, but I'd appreciate some more info if possible.
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Xabi posted:re: Soldano talk: How good is the Jet City JCA 20H? I've only listened to some youtube vids and they sounds pretty good, but I'd appreciate some more info if possible. The Jet City amps sound very, VERY good. Most of them share (or in the case of a couple) outright crib the SLO preamp design (licensed appropriately) and other features. The ones I've heard have gone from Marshall clean to really really heavy and their EQ sections seem to be pretty useable. The biggest complaint I hear is (as it is for most of the chinese/budget amps) that they just don't hold up well to banging them around. I've been toying with the idea of picking one of them up for a long time just to sit in the studio/practice, because they DO sound so drat good. I wasn't being snippy above when I replied to Agreed, they really ARE Soldano amps, they're just made in China with cheaper parts. Would one of them replace the SLO? No, but for most everyone (myself and lucky deals notwithstanding) they're absolutely good enough, they're affordable and most importantly they wouldn't make an audible difference in the majority of the scenarios people like we would be using them in. tl;dr yup awesome get one.
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Xabi posted:re: Soldano talk: How good is the Jet City JCA 20H? I've only listened to some youtube vids and they sounds pretty good, but I'd appreciate some more info if possible. As Iostream said, yeah, they're pretty much part for part clones as far as the circuit goes, you just get a lot of cost cutting in the parts. Even the cab dimensions are pretty much identical. Jet City used to be a partnership with licensed designs from Soldano, THD, and ... I forget, but now it's Soldano and iirc a silent partner doing it. They are Soldano heads, just, made in China. They sound like Soldano heads. Hell, their cabs sound like Soldano cabs. I'm interested in this oddball solid state 12AX7 replacement, MAKE YOUR TUBE AMP SOLID STATE WOO! I remember when this tech was first introduced and patented, looks like now it's licensed to Jet City. Iirc, sounds good, though not as good as just sticking tubes in there. But, from a "well that sure is neat" perspective, that sure is neat, eh? Here's a demo of it with Rikk Beatty, a very nice guy who I hope is getting well compensated for advertising a difficult to advertise product (just an opinion, I obviously have no plans to transistorize my tube amplifiers). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7za6RsryEYU Okay back to me  The page for the Infinity is up! It's one of the Premium line, so it ain't cheap, but hey that's my name and woah that's my design with Vinni's design and holy poo poo look at this pick it is so cool! If you like picks! Which obviously I do, I have an, um, kind of signature one I guess! Official picture is waiting on me to get it in hand and snap a photo with my wife's not-a-piece-of-poo poo camera, but it's up on the site now for purchase if you're willing to take risks. So here's the really really cool thing. It's half buffed, half unbuffed. As a result, every one will be a little different, but we came up with something totally new, between us, and it is super exciting to have worked with Vinni on something I hope people will like. And I really hope they do, this thing is going to be so cool! You'd just have to kinda see it in your head I guess since it's hard to visualize a half buffed, half unbuffed acrylic pick and hard to photograph it dead-on, but I really feel that the idea is gonna be cool as poo poo based on experience dicking around with a mostly-buffed pick a friend gave me some time ago, and the fact that this is basically the 1980 meets the Dimension but 5.85mm thick and with the half-and-half thing that none of the other v-picks have. Vinni says it plays extremely well, and I guess I'll find out soon, hopefully the package will get here on Saturday. To make this super clear - I don't get a cut, there's no vig here. I don't want any money from the sales and I'm not asking for any - I'm just stoked as hell that Vinni saw fit to go with my idea and name for the pick, and credits me with the design aspects I most emphasized. If anything he leaves out the bit about how I thought it'd be cool to have kind of a Dimension sort of thing but in the thicker shape it wouldn't work as well, so how about for the first time he does a half buffed, half unbuffed pick instead? That, to me, is sharper thinking vis a vis pick poo poo than my notion, but Vinni is seriously just a super sweet guy. Hi mom I am not just a pick crazy person anymore, I'm now a pick crazy person with my very own pick. 
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You know, speaking of TC Electronic, I keep hearing awesome things about their Spark Booster. http://www.tcelectronic.com/spark-booster/ Might be nice to go with the Sol.
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Warcabbit posted:You know, speaking of TC Electronic, I keep hearing awesome things about their Spark Booster. I don't think having 26dB of clean boost is especially great, utility tends to top out around 12dB or so in my experience before you're hitting the input too hard; but the other features on that make it a pretty interesting contender for boosting.
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Agreed posted:I don't think having 26dB of clean boost is especially great, utility tends to top out around 12dB or so in my experience before you're hitting the input too hard; but the other features on that make it a pretty interesting contender for boosting. I remember using the Seymour Duncan pickup booster and with a couple of amps it sounded the exact same for about half of the knob's travel.
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Agreed posted:I'm interested in this oddball solid state 12AX7 replacement, MAKE YOUR TUBE AMP SOLID STATE WOO! I remember when this tech was first introduced and patented, looks like now it's licensed to Jet City. Iirc, sounds good, though not as good as just sticking tubes in there. But, from a "well that sure is neat" perspective, that sure is neat, eh? Here's a demo of it with Rikk Beatty, a very nice guy who I hope is getting well compensated for advertising a difficult to advertise product (just an opinion, I obviously have no plans to transistorize my tube amplifiers). At their price, I probably AM at some point, just to see. Agreed posted:Okay back to me
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Agreed posted:
Welp. I've never spent more than $0.75 on a pick before; but wtf. This is from Agreed and after all the time and money he's spent evaluating these things I think I'll jump on board. P.S. - That SLO is the dream of my youth. In the 90's we flocked around any that happened to actually make it into a store, but we never knew anyone who had one. I would have no use for it now (living in a small apartment and not being in a band) but still, just looking at it takes me back to the days when I was so crazy passionate about gear. Congratulations, and treat her well. Oh, and post clips.
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iostream.h posted:I don't have a proper treble boost, I've been using an EP Boost for a while, which I dig, but today I've been pulling out every OD/Boost/Dirt pedal I can find, TS, Rat, DOD, it's been kind of noisy today so far! See this? I need to spend a day doing this one day.
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the wizards beard posted:I remember using the Seymour Duncan pickup booster and with a couple of amps it sounded the exact same for about half of the knob's travel. http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/14810 Same thing this review said. (has audio of booster). Also, I just bought some fancy pick.
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Warcabbit posted:You know, speaking of TC Electronic, I keep hearing awesome things about their Spark Booster. Having this, I would recommend it. It definitely has more boost than you need, but that doesn't seem like too bad a problem to have, you just don't need to turn it too high. It can be a clean boost, but I think it's most useful as a way to add a little gain and tweak the tone. It has three different very distinct settings, which are all worth having. I'm sure there pedals that do each thing a little better, but this does them all really well. Worth the cost for a good swiss army knife kinda thing.
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Agreed posted:I'm interested in this oddball solid state 12AX7 replacement, MAKE YOUR TUBE AMP SOLID STATE WOO! I remember when this tech was first introduced and patented, looks like now it's licensed to Jet City. Iirc, sounds good, though not as good as just sticking tubes in there. But, from a "well that sure is neat" perspective, that sure is neat, eh? Here's a demo of it with Rikk Beatty, a very nice guy who I hope is getting well compensated for advertising a difficult to advertise product (just an opinion, I obviously have no plans to transistorize my tube amplifiers). AMT's been making those for a while now too. http://amtelectronics.com/products/warmstone-tubes-solidstate-analogs/12ax7ws-warmstone-12ax7-tubes-solid-state-equivalents/
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oops, just ordered an Infinity and another $35 worth of V-Picks. found my medium pointed recently after Agreed returned with pick chat and been using it exclusively. I guess there's a lesson there...
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If I love jazz 3/planet waves black ice style picks and dislike a 3mm Stubby pick because it's not pointed/sharp enough will I enjoy any of these fancy picks?
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