Soldano SP-77/Carvin T100 review..

[Firebird V]

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25 min away.

[jgcable]

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25 min away.

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Chris, PM me your cell # and I will call you with the complete address and time. That would be cool if you could hang out. JG

[Dreamland_Rebel]

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well... there you go. sell it all and get a slo and some bogner cabs.
and while your at it go ahead and pick up a vetta II and matching cab. that way you can still have all your crazy patches and all that shit. really those are the only 2 rigs you need.

[Soloist1]

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SLO's aren't going to play as well with effects as the rack setup would though.

My preference is a head over a rack setup, but if you need effects, racking it may be the way to go.

Pete
(we're all making John's life miserable about now!)

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You can always use the direct out into the fx processor then to the PA. Then it can be mixed in at the board. Definitely a better option over the loop. I've seen some guys on the Soldano forum say the G-Major works well in the SLO's loop. Of course I've seen a few more that said it doesn't.

[Chuckracer]

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It depends on how picky you are. Standing in my otherwise quiet rehersal room, alternatly putting my Marshall JFX and Rocktron Intellifex in and out of my SLO's loop, yes I could hear a difference. It did sound better with nothing in the loop.

But it was subtle.

Onstage, in a live situation? Forget about it. You are never gonna notice a difference.

[jgcable]

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HERE IS THE MESSED UP THING...
My 2 favorite amps are:
Soldano SLO100. NEVER OWNED ONE.
Matchless Spitfire. NEVER OWNED ONE.

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I think you solved your own problem right here. Are you into playing music for yourself? Or for other people? I doubt the latter, since you say you hate the crowd, haha. I say get the gear you want, play what you want, and let someone worry about getting the synth stuff together, etc. However, I also understand how damn hard it is to get a band together for any length of time, and it sounds like you're mostly enjoying yourself though. But hey, I'm 17 so what do I know?

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When you have been doing it for as long as I have your outlook on bands and gigging changes.

[Chuckracer]

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That doesn't explain why your not using the gear you want to use.
I've been doing it for a long time, too, and I have defined "Me", and search for "me" in my gear. If someone doesn't like "my" sound, then they can find a guitarist that fit's them. I won't be a chameleon for anybody. Neither should you.

[jgcable]

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That doesn't explain why your not using the gear you want to use.
I've been doing it for a long time, too, and I have defined "Me", and search for "me" in my gear. If someone doesn't like "my" sound, then they can find a guitarist that fit's them. I won't be a chameleon for anybody. Neither should you.

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Chuck, although I am usually the best all around musician in most of the bands I have been in I lack the "me" and the "my" you mentioned. I don't even know what "my" sound is. I am jealous of the players (like you) who can define their own sound and are totally comfortable with it. I am like a bipolar/manic depressant/ADD ridden guitar player. I have no idea what my sound is supposed to be. When I was in AFTERSHOCK and CAGE in the 80's and we were all original bands I had an idea of what my tone was. Why?? Because I only had a Hiwatt 120w head, 2 red Marshall 4 x 12 cabs, an MXR Distortion +, a Phase 90 and an old Echoplex tape drive.
I owned 2 guitars. A 1968 Gibson SG and a Kramer American Pacer with 2 hums and an OFR. That was my rig for close to 5 years. I seemed to lose my way somewhere along the way. I do know that I love Marshall and Soldano type tone. Especially the Soldano SLO. For low gain clean and crunch I like the Matchless Spitfire. I really could care less about effects or anything else for that matter. I just seem to rope myself into having to be MR Effects in every band I am in. Your helping me bro. Alot of you are and I appreciate it. You can't be good at everything and I certainly suck at being me as a guitarist.

[Boxcar Willie 84]

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Write some songs and see where they take you...the best place to start with finding your sound is with music that is a reflection of yourself, and the best way to get that is by writing original stuff...

[Twisteramps]

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My 'sound' is in my fingers. As long as I'm in the same sort of ballpark (high gain, medium gain, clean, etc) it's pretty much going to sound like me.

Pete

[thebisch]

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Effects suck, at least in a hard rock/metal band. Ditch the effects and go straight into a head you like. There is no need for 400 different sounds. Find the one sound for you and manipulate that one. You will be much happier, I guarantee it.

[thebisch]

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I remember trying the SP77 when they were brand new. My impression at the time was that it lacked balls and tightness as well as sounding fizzy and flubby. I haven't played one since though. Or maybe I am off my rocker...it took me over 6 months to buy a head when I was in the market...

[markD]

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the best way to find "your sound" is to get an amp you like (or think you like) and then see if it gives you what you need when you play. it should allow the notes to react and sustain in a way that makes you become "one" with the music you are playing. finding "your" sound is easy. when you play an amp, the sound (the frequency of the amp's EQ, the factors involved in your technique, your hands, etc) that comes out of the speaker should inspire you to play. you should only look at effects as a way to "spice up" your sound, not as a way to create your sound....you should try to get your sound with as straight of an amp tone as you can, that way you KNOW if the amp is giving you want you want and need to be the best player you can.

i got lucky. i found "my" sound in 1990. i have been using the same amps since then. i have played with other amps that are supposedly "killer" like a verticle input JCM800 2204, a boogie mark 4, even an SLO, but none of them gave me "my" sound like my rivera amps.

don't base your decision on what you think you should sound like, or WHO you want to sound LIKE.

i guess this probably sound somewhat zen, or idealistic, but allow your musical personality to flow from the guitar through the amp, and if you are inspired, you have found your sound. if you aren't, then you aren't there yet.

you could take a scientific appraoach and figure out which frequencies you need to play well. that's kinda what i did too. i like where rivera has their mid frequencies centered (i like a darker tone), so it worked.

[Chuckracer]

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My 'sound' is in my fingers. As long as I'm in the same sort of ballpark (high gain, medium gain, clean, etc) it's pretty much going to sound like me.

Pete

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That's exactly right. It really doesn't matter what I'm plugged into or playing...I'm gonna sound like me no matter what.

John, dump everything except for your two best guitars, get that SLO, and real good 4x12, and the Matchless, an A/B box, and tell everybody to piss off if they don't like it.

[jgcable]

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My 'sound' is in my fingers. As long as I'm in the same sort of ballpark (high gain, medium gain, clean, etc) it's pretty much going to sound like me.

Pete

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That's exactly right. It really doesn't matter what I'm plugged into or playing...I'm gonna sound like me no matter what.

John, dump everything except for your two best guitars, get that SLO, and real good 4x12, and the Matchless, an A/B box, and tell everybody to piss off if they don't like it.

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I'm gonna do it Chuck. I'll keep the GT-6 for my home tweaking. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]