Members skaaks Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 This is a Soldano SLO clone that I just finished building. It's pretty much an exact SLO copy w/ all of the mods: haynes mod, depth mod, and slave out. It has two channels (clean/crunch and lead), shared EQ, tube FX loop, footswitch jack. It also has bias test points and the bias pot accesible from the back of the chassis for easy biasing. I'm trying to work towards designing and building my own amp, so this was a good project for me but I didn't really plan on keeping it. It's a really clean build, if I do say so myself. I definitely took my time and made sure every wire was run exactly how I wanted it. I sourced all of the parts myself so I knew I was getting all top quality components: Mallory 150 caps, metal film resistors, custom circuit boards, Heyboer trannys, Groove Tube 6L6GCs, etc. I bought the chassis and head shell from a fellow builder, and they are gorgeous! The head shell has a really nice black gator tolex. All in all, I'm incredibly happy w/ how it turned out. It sounds every bit as good as it looks. It's a pretty quiet amp, with no hum at all even at high volume. The clean channel has a nice shimmer to it and can do the verge of breakup w/ the gain up. With the crunch switch on, it covers a ton of mid-gain territory: bluesy rock to full on ACDC crunch. The lead channel is where the amp really shines. It's insanely tight and aggressive, making it perfect for metal/hard rock. The distortion is very open and defined, very similar to my VHT but w/ a different voicing. It has TONS of gain (I usually left it around 9 o'clock and it was plenty). I'm going to try to get some clips up tonight for anyone who's interested. Price is $1300 shipped. As for trades, I'm mainly interested in high gain-type heads/combos (Framus, Bogner, VHT, etc). Feel free to PM me w/ any questions! Pics: [ATTACH]287368[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]287369[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]287370[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]287371[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Kgod420000 Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 looks good man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lespaul6 Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 You did a really nice job on this....who manufactured the main PCB and routing? did someone model it after a SLO and make it overseas? What type trannys? thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members live-I-evil Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 wish I wasnt broke Nice work here man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Many thanks, guys. Always nice to hear your work is appreciated. I'm not exactly sure where the PCBs were made, but they were designed by a member of the SLO clone forums. I bought my set from him. The trannys and choke are Heyboers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Here's a quick clip of the amp: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=917428&songID=7287907 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SiCkboy78 Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Clips sounds great man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 How does she take single coils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 All the guitars I have have humbuckers so I'm not exactly sure. I do know that the lead channel has plenty of gain, so lower output pickups should sound great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 The only reason I ask is that some high gain amps tend to sound harsh with singlecoils. Would you describe the gain as "smooth" or "crunchy" as well as "open" or "focused" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Hehe, I always hate the words people use to describe amps. Words like 'woody' or 'spanky' mean nothing to me In any case, it's definitely a 'crunchy', 'open' sound. It has a great growl to it but it's really easy to hear every note in a chord. It also takes to volume roll-off on the guitar very well. You really don't even need a footswitch if you're good w/ the volume knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Hehe, I always hate the words people use to describe amps. Words like 'woody' or 'spanky' mean nothing to me In any case, it's definitely a 'crunchy', 'open' sound. It has a great growl to it but it's really easy to hear every note in a chord. It also takes to volume roll-off on the guitar very well. You really don't even need a footswitch if you're good w/ the volume knob. HMM....that's about what I figured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CaseyMAN Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 Pm'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thesockmonster Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 Where did you find your gator tolex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'm not exactly sure where the tolex came from. I had another builder build the head shell for me. I can send you his info if you're interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thesockmonster Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 Randall RM100 w/ Clean, XTC, and Plexi mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 This thing is very tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thesockmonster Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'm GASing for it BADLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ttiw Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 Interested in a Mark IV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dandy4 Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 Looks and sounds good man. I am having a local guy build one of these for me, but a 50 watt verison. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 Here's a quick clip of the amp:http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=917428&songID=7287907 brewts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 Interested in a Mark IV? No thanks, I'm more than happy w/ mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 18, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 Looks and sounds good man. I am having a local guy build one of these for me, but a 50 watt verison. Good luck! Thanks! Hope you enjoy yours, they're great amps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iiimk Posted February 18, 2009 Members Share Posted February 18, 2009 That clip sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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