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Why is the Soldano SLO100 so expensive?


danbronson

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Thats too high, you can get them used in great shape for $1900 CDN, and you should be able to get it for around $3200 new, unless prices shot way up since last summer:freak:

 

FWIW, I love that amp, sounds awesome, and seems to be very well built.

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its immaculately built. mine is so cool inside, i wish it was the outside.

it takes a week to build one, sometimes a little more.

soldano builds about 250-275 pieces a year. total. mike told me that himself.

they have 5 guys. he said they make a moderate profit, enough to employ them. but not much.

the parts are hard to source. the 5 tin pre amp tube covers are 15$us each.

the pots are about 20 usd$$

the trannies ..... well!

anyhow,you get what you pay for.awesome amp .day after day, gig after gig.

the power amp tubes are perfectly matched. at least in mine. while not the best sounding, definatly the most rugged tubes out there.

the thing is a tank.

nice powder coated chassis, invisible welds

the list goes on..:thu:

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Yes, the SLOs are well built, but more than anything you're paying for the name and the idea of "Hey, I have the original."

 

My beef with the SLO is that Mike Soldano won't change certain things about the amp for whatever reason. I wouldn't pay $3000 for what is essentially a 1 channel amp.

 

I'd rather have one SLO than a wall of 5150s, though.

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You get what you pay for...I don't carry them but soldano is a top dog, and are one of my absolute favorites

 

 

 

Yes sir! I couldn't agree more. Out of all the big amps I have owned, the SLO is still quite possibly my favorite of all of them. I have some sound clips of it.

It is one amazing amp!

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