Is The Soldano Astro 20 Really That Great? | Gear Corner
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
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This thing is incredible. First of all, it has THAT Soldano drive tone, so that's already a win.
Second, it's one of the most versatile amps for anything from funk to metal, from jazz to dad rock, from punk-rock to country. Plus it has a load box with an IR loader. Boom.
Enjoy the video and leave a comment below!
Check out the Soldano Astro 20 here (Thomann affiliate link):
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The full review on the Thomann channel:
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:35 Blues-rock
3:53 Modern heavy
5:24 Pedal lover
7:33 Blues
8:25 Funk
8:53 Classic heavy
9:52 Punk-rock
10:14 Americana
11:03 My thoughts and impressions
Gear used - signal chain:
(the short links are Thomann affiliate links)
-Fender Telecaster CS '53: bit.ly/40qKWi1
-PJD St John: pjdguitars.com
-Gibson ES-330L
-Barocsi Frankenstrat
-Gibson Les Paul CS '58: lmy.de/xzRezYby
-Gibson Les Paul CM 2015 - heavily modified "Junior"
-Kasleder Vintage King: bit.ly/3bPU0sN
-Wampler Wong Compressor: bit.ly/3AtjYeh
-Cornerstone Colosseum: lmy.de/bRy
-Kasleder Toxic Twins: bit.ly/2VJRDiO
-UAFX Astra Modulation: bit.ly/3ycxXFu
-UAFX Galaxy delay: bit.ly/3KNrOFj
-Soldano Astro-20: lmy.de/cLOo
-UAFX Golden Reverb: bit.ly/3vS36JN
-One Control Agamidae: bit.ly/3HHhoG3
-Evidence Lyric cables: bit.ly/3QJHQ40
-Evidence Audio patch cables: bit.ly/2Ixylo1
-DR Strings: bit.ly/3QcKUon
-UAD Apollo x4 interface: lmy.de/XmPqMQah
Other gear I use in my videos:
-Harley Benton Fusion-III bit.ly/3He3utv
-REVV Tilt overdrive: bit.ly/3PtrWdv
-Warm Audio Centavo: bit.ly/3XOmsxG
-VS Audio Royal Flush bit.ly/3CYRtFK
-REVV Tilt boost: bit.ly/3L10wLO
-Soldano SLO pedal: bit.ly/3FyRcwj
-Empress Effects Compressor bit.ly/3BAubVe
-Analogman King of Tone analogman.com
-Xotic Super Clean: bit.ly/36fsHka
-REVV Dynamis 7/40 head: bit.ly/3C8MfbE
-Tone King Imperial MkII: lmy.de/qqrSUDcZ
-Universal Audio OX BOX bit.ly/2IyOeuj
-Two Notes Captor X: bit.ly/33FPfcW
Recording:
-Sennheiser MKH 416: bit.ly/2w1EAMP
-Warm Audio WA-67: lmy.de/EQnSQVRB
-Warm Audio WA273 pre: lmy.de/KlgYdmEc
-UAD Apollo x4 interface: lmy.de/XmPqMQah
Check out the Thomann Music channel for some wicked guitar videos:
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Cheers,
Kris - Hudba
Super cool how you have a different approach in your videos about hyped gear!
Everyone does a video, you do it kinda different.
Go on like this!
Aww man, thank you so much! I try to keep things interesting for both you watching and me making my videos. 😅
You're making it sounds super great Kris! Great vid!
fantastic playing and demo
Great video ! Got one on order !
Great idea and format for this video. Just subbed.
Much appreciated! 🙏
Nice job Kris! Nice job Soldano!
Best review!!! Cheers from Perú
Thanks a lot man! 🙏
I’m really impressed with the blues rock and clean with pedals tones. It sounded very “alive”
great amp, great playing
Thanks a lot!
Answer: Yes.
It’s a slightly chewier SLO with a better clean channel and modern features built in. Home run.
great review. would you say the Astro 20 can get the SLO sound?
It does: czcams.com/video/m7_jOps-bn0/video.htmlsi=-4AtKxdyq2wVCX6F
Great demo, enjoyed being able to listen to the amp cover many genres and on different guitars too. Couldn't agree more regarding how a 'real' amp feels to a player and how it inspires you to play better. Plug ins and modellers are pretty damn amazing these days but they don't give anything back to your fingers... if you know what I mean...
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Hey Chris, lovley Review, good versaility of that amp and foremost honest!! May show your used pedal settings for all the geeks out there😁 beste bradwurschrd grüßle (BBG🤣)
You had me at ASTRO 🤘🏽
Seriously i played a astoverb some 20 years ago with a lucky 13 412 cab OMG it sounded phenomenal. Im still chasing that sweet sweet saturation.
Hey Kris, cool video, I've had the OX BOX for over a year now and I'm more than happy with it, I got the Freyette Power Station six months ago. 'm a Marshall player and hardly know anything else, my main amp for over 10 years has been the JVM 410H,, for me one of the best amps in the world. But now my question is, for which purpose would you recommend the OX Box or the Power Station? I play both and enjoy listening to my beloved 2x 12 Bogner Cabinet every now and then.
Cheers David
I sold my Ox box and kept my Powerstation. I think it comes down to what you want, the Ox is the best recording device, but it's attentuation isn't that amazing. The Powerstation is the best attenuator in my opinion, and I also use it sometimes with my tonex into the powerstation to a cab. Of course the Powerstation has DI out, so you could also sell the Ox and get that new UA pedal that has all the IR's inside. That way you have the best attenuation and the cabs from the Ox. But it really depends on what you want to do most with it I think. Recording or attenuating.
Idk about powerstation but I use my ox for silent practice with headphones which sounds fantastic and I use for recording any of my tube amps and works great those are the only 2 ways I use it. It's not a great attenuator but it does work a little lol
@@HVACRTECH-83 oh it’s still a great attenuator!! You can’t really go wrong with the Ox if you want both.
@Dezenaamisnietbeschikbaar it's not a great attenuator compared to others on the market, there's no fine control. It has 5 levels of preset attenuation and that's all you get, I don't use it for that, I love it for the other features I already mentioned though and wouldn't sell it unless something crazy comes out someday that can beat it.
I’m trying to find out, does the emulated cab/IR signal incorporate the power tubes (reactive load), or is it only the preamp going into the IR?
From what I understand it is preamp only into poweramp sim and IR.
Does the USB work as an audio source for direct recording or does it require plugging the XLR into an audio interface?
XLR into interface
It’s probably worth every penny!…. I still haven’t got 2K to drop on an amp!. ;(
Dream amp stuff
Sounds awesome!! I just wish the presets would save gain & EQ settings.
I guess that would require motorized pots, which would be expensive and more likely to break.
If I had the money it would be a hard decision to get this or the Orange or30
Seems like an amazing and usable amp,. My Question with a 20 watt amp is, will it be loud enough to play with a Rockband? 20 watts might not have enough headroom
For clean tone it might not be enough headroom (it will probably start to overdrive). The drive channels will be loud enough though.
If you are putting a mic in front of the amp and have a floor monitor/wedge or in ear monitors then it should be loud enough. I play with a very loud drummer and my volume is on ten-to with a 30 watt amp and 2x12 speaker cab. Any more seems to be too much for most venues including larger corporate events.
Yes
I am disappointed Kris. You haven't used all your guitars in this video 🤣 Where is the sparkly HB or the P90 loaded blue one.
Great video as usual and this amp seems awesome. It reminds me of the PT15 in a way but with more tonal options ? I just looked at Pete Thorn's review of the amp and I was lost in all the possibilities of this little monster. But always a great sound.
Haha, I actually feel bad for not using a P90 guitar. 😅 Well, except for the PJD with the neck P90 but I think I only went for the bridge humbucker on that one. Ups. 😆
Just checked it, I DID use the P90 for clean and crunch. 😅 What a relief.
@@KrisBarocsi Yes but not the kit project ... But it was a since we haven't seen the PJD also, so that's good 🙂
How this Soldano Astro-20 watts compare with the EVH 5150iii 50 watts?
Next question: in a live gig at a medium-size pub with a loud drummer and NO mic on my speakers, could this Soldano Astro-20 watts keep up with a loud drummer in terms of volume?
I play with a loud drummer and have an amp going through a 2x12 cab. I can set my amp from 15-20-30 watts and never have it past ten-to. BUT, I always use a monitor or in ears. However, if I was to turn the volume to quarter past I can easily hear myself, but it is generally too loud on stage to the point where it spills over the mix out front. In my opinion you'd be ok if volume was up I think.
I like this concept because yoi don’t need a cabinet, a load box, mics and to pay an engineer to professionally mic it up. You can plug in and use IRs made by people who know what they’re doing and just focus on turning the knobs and playing.
This amp make your sound great man
Thanks so much! It's truly an amazing amp.
I think the ENGL fireball 25 really set the standard for lunchbox amps. If it doesn't have a built in gate, attenuator, and full sized tubes. Then I don't want it.
I’m gonna tell my kids this guy is Mathew Perry.
Hello my friend .well for 2 grando is alot .but again its a soldano for life.🙏⚘⚘🔥🔥👍🔥❤❤⚘❤🙏❤🙏
I saw the price first before I knew anything about it and was like damn. But once I saw Soldano's video about what it can do then I was like ok it's worth that.
How's it sound with an actual speaker cabinet? A lot of the time, these small amps with IR DIs will throw in tiny little transformers which makes it sound thin and cheesy thru a real cabinet even though its big and fat thru the DI. A meaty transformer is a MUST for a good speaker sound using a real speaker... and its an expensive thing to put in an amp. At this price point I wouldn't expect it to have any "heavy iron" in there... so the speaker sound is not going to be ideal...... or is it? I hope it is.... I'd love to get one if so.
I understand your concern but don’t worry, the Astro sounds huge with actual speakers. Check out the rhomann video I linked in the description box. We only used a 212 cab in the first half of the video and the tone is 🔥
I have heard a bunch of demos of this amp today. No one pulled off a metal tone with this amp.
Yeah, I watched a bunch of demos, underwhelmed, got better tone from a Power 50 pedal into a TA-15.
Whats this amp? I havent seen everyone and their mom feature this the last couple days.
Dude really? Its written in the title, its mentioned several times within the video..... here once more, hope you're able to use google :D
SOLDANO ASTRO 20
Its Soldanos newest amp wich is something special because for several years there were only the SLO 100 and SLO30 (the flagships for several thousand $$). So thats something new with the "old" sound and modern features :)
Ist das eigentlich derselbe Amp von gestern Morgen, den du mit Guillaume probiert hast?
Es mag lustig klingen, aber nein. Dieser Amp kam vom Vertrieb und ging direkt zurück. Wieso? Weil in diesem ein IR nicht „factory preset“ ist?
@@KrisBarocsi Nein, weil ich dachte dass du den für deinen Review verwenden dürftest.
@@frankhubner3019 Verstehe. Nein, mein Kanal ist komplett unabhängig von meiner Arbeit bei Thomann. Der andere Amp gehört Thomann (soweit ich weiss), sowas darf niemand einfach mal nach Hause mitnehmen. 😅 Das finde ich richtig und ich will mein Kanal eh komplett unabhängig haben. My channel, my rules, my struggle. 😆 Ciao, danke für‘s Zuschauen. 🙌
It's funny how a slo 30 watt goes for around 3 grand, and a astro 20 with bells and whistles goes for around 2 grand.
SLO 30s and 100s are hand-wired, Astro is PCB. More expensive power transformer too.
@@DanielBrophyMusic ... yep.... the transformer(s) is the #1 reason in the price difference. It's probably a tiny one and the sound with a real cab will be thin and crap.
how can something that came out a few hours ago be hyped I wonder haha
😅 Well, it’s only out for a day but everyone seems to love it and a ton of people are asking questions and wanna see comparisons (for example with the SLO 30).
À dinausor like Mike Soldano was able to deliver a genuinely modern piece of gear with MIDI... Which your UAFX pedals you use with still seems unable to deliver. Which is the only reason why none of them are on my pedalboard neither my home studio.
And considering they are a highly digital company they should be ashamed. 😤
That had to be said.
Anyway, this Soldano seems not far from the ideal amp!! 🤩
Dude, I need this amp! Is it true bypass? Does it have a sweet spot? Is it transgender friendly? Nonbinary? Can it get Eddy's "Smells like teen spirit" tone? Asking for a friend
Over-priced and inconsistent. Unless ur Clapton, or Bonamassa or any star.otherwise very mediocre. You know it's true.