Soldano SLO 100 vs Peavey 5150 Block Letter vs Mesa Triple Rectifier Rev G - High Gain Metal Amps!
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- Soldano SLO 100 vs Peavey 5150 Block Letter vs Mesa Triple Rectifier Rev G - the ultimate shootout between three of the most legendary high gain metal amps!
Jump ahead:
► Intro: 0:00
► Make your own video - 0:47
► My approach to this shootout - 1:03
► Demo Song 1 (Soldano SLO 100) - 1:33
► Demo Song 1 (Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier) - 2:12
► Demo Song 1 (Peavey 5150 Block Letter) - 2:50
► Quick chat about Demo Song 2 - 3:28
► Demo Song 2 - 3:45
► Quick chat about Isolated Guitar demo - 5:16
► Isolated guitar with flat EQ, unboosted - 6:13
► Isolated guitar with dialed in EQ, unboosted - 7:09
► Isolated guitar with dialed in EQ, boosted - 7:48
► My final thoughts about these amps - 8:42
► Outro - 9:44
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Demo Song 1 Signal Chain:
- PRS SVN with Bare Knuckle Ragnarok Pickups
- Quad Track (L1&R1 KHDK LCFR and L2&R2 Airis Effects Parallel Overdrive)
- Soldano SLO 100 / Peavey 5150 Block Letter / Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier Rev G
- Two Notes Torpedo Studio with Zilla Cabs IR from GGD
Demo Song 2 Signal Chain:
- Mayones Regius 6 with Bare Knuckle Juggernauts
- Quad Track (L1&R1 GUP Tech Mad Chiou and L2&R2 KHDK No.2)
- Soldano SLO 100 / Peavey 5150 Block Letter / Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier Rev G
- Two Notes Torpedo Studio with Zilla Cabs IR from GGD
Isolated Guitar Signal Chain:
- Mayones Regius 6 with Bare Knuckle Juggernauts
- GUP Tech Mad Chiou (only on the boosted section)
- Soldano SLO 100 / Peavey 5150 Block Letter / Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier Rev G
- Two Notes Torpedo Studio with Zilla Cabs IR from GGD
Hope you enjoy the video! Thanks for watching, cheers!
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If I had those 3 in a room I won't even leave my house. Take my sub.
lol - thanks for watching!
Great comparisons! ALL of them are fantastic. Congrats Maestro!
Thank you sir
Well, this was exactly what I was looking for. Thx. Subbed.
Cheers! Thanks for the sub. Glad you dig it!
Mannn Ii've been looking for a GOOD shootout of these types of amps for a looong time. I keep hearing mediocre versions but this one literally hits every single part of what we want; them picking, open low notes, chugs, some higher and lower stuff. All very good at demonstrating the character of each amp in a context that makes sense fro the people who are likely looking this video up. Good job dude. If you wanted to really top to off throw in an ENGL but I don't think many people are using those anymore for this style lol
Thanks man! Glad this video was helpful. Cheers
I like the recto the most tbh
Thank you for the amazing video
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow... Great shootout.
I think the takeaway is simple. Buy whichever one is cheapest because they all sound pretty darn similar. And that makes sense because they are all based on the same design.
That's good to know.
FYI, the real sound changes come from the speaker and effects.
Hello friend, your video is just great, exactly what I was looking for!! Thank you
Cheers. Glad it could help!
Great tones for all
Thanks for watching!
Mesa, Soldano, 5150 in that order
The Mesa sounded clearer with more string def.
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My opinion. You have got 3 awesome amps.
Truth!
Badass tone as always. Can't pick a favorite :P ! I guess that means you're doing it right :P
Yeah his tone is always monstrous :-o
But do you have a favourite boost? LOL
@@ScottBynoe 😂😂😂
nice comparison
Thanks for watching!
This was sweet man, thanks!!!. I’d love to see it again if you ever get a chance to swap out the Rev G for a Rev C!!!
Haha I wish I could find one!
My favorite is SLO, 5150, rectifier in general. This demo was heavy and deep chugs so the opposite of the list. The SLO is to articulate for modern chug. The 5150 in the middle with its barking mids. All my options but all 3 amps are 10s (SLO 11 haha) killer and would love to own any of them. Thank you.
OH mY goosh the Soldano sounds so good
Nice video thank you because of this video. I just went out and bought an slo 100 with a 4x12 straight cab today. Thank you bro. Keep up the good work. This is who you’re doing it for. Hopefully sweetwater doesnt take for ever. Everything I get lately has a crazy back order. Thats how music is these days. Want something you have to wait. Money isnt good enough anymore. Haha thanks again brother.
Btw you have my sub.
Thanks man, cheers. Enjoy that amp!
@@ScottBynoeI’m gonna get arrested for making my neighbors want to die… lol… look for me in the news.
This helps makes me think I made the right choice going with my Soldano SLO 30 over a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier?
My goal is pop punk, metal, hard rock, blues, pop country
It’s kinda bananas how similar they all are with this particular set up. Love to see this exact video but with a badlander and NO boosts haha.
Man vid after vid the Slo just keeps wrecking em....thx for the vid
Sold my Soldano SLO after buying a Fryette Sig X. That slays everything.
Great comparison! The Soldano and Peavey sound sooo close in this. The Mesa is noticeably more scooped and fizzy in the top end to my ears.
Agreed.
Agreed
Kinda surprised you don't have a Rev F.
Nice video as usual though! :P
And I actualy liked the Soldano best. Huh...
I like the SLO best too. And I would love a Rev F....if I could find one....
@@ScottBynoeIronicaly I just today watched Fluff's video on the Revisions...
But yeah, can't get what is nowhere to be found, eh? :P
@@dildojizzbaggins6969 ...and if you do find them, they are so so so expensive...
@@ScottBynoeThis hobby of ours is FUCKING expensive, yeah... :-x
Haha ya
I think I like the Soldano the best. Real close to that is the 5150. And father back is the Mesa.
Ya, that’s how I feel too.
I don’t own a Mesa. However, I find its particular style bulkiness incredible in the isolated ‘round’.
The 5150’s clang would probably be very useful for a mix.
it's pretty astonishing how small the differences are
Besides pickups a lot of tone comes from the cab/mic or IR. You can get a lot of different amps to sound the same or very similar if you leave all the other variables before and after the amp untouched.
@@ScottBynoe i know, i just thought it was fascinating.
Hmm, a lot of people in the comment section seem to be saying that the 5150 and Soldano sound similar, somehow to me it sounded like on different demo sections either only the 5150 or only the Mesa sounded very similar to the Soldano, while the other one was different by a lot more. And with all these different scenarios shown I think the winner for me would be Soldano, with the Mesa not being far behind. The 5150 just sounds a bit *too* tight for me, ending up kinda flat compared to the other two. And while the Mesa is undoubtably more full, fatter sounding, it's just personal preference that I think the Soldano sound is the best high-gain tone out there, although I would be crying tears of joy if I were playing either of these. Thanks for this video, this is probably one of the best shootouts I've ever seen and heard, it's very straight to the point and showcases a vide variety of use cases for the amps, amazing job!
That is a nice prs
Thanks!
Soldano was my favorite, the Peavey was my second favorite. This comparison made me realize I dont like the Triple Rec as much as I thought I did. But I feel like I'd be very happy with the Peavey 5150. To me the Soldano sounded like a more refined version of the 5150 most of the time. I absolutely understand that it's not. But that's just how it felt/sounded to me. LIke a 5150 with a little extra.
Every time I hear the Soldano I'm less impressed. Not because it's not good. On the contrary. It does what it does. And it does it very well. Great shoot out bro.
Thanks man, cheers!
How do you record your cab/ir loader?
The uncomfortable moment that you watch the isolated portion of this video, realizing you don't like any of these amps. Too muffled, too fizzy. I always felt like the 5150 and DR were fizzy in person but this video confirms it, I'm more of a mesa mark style distortion guy. Just my vibe: as heavy as it gets before turning into angry bees. Thanks for the video tho, well performed and executed!
Apparently those are both clones of the slo so makes sense they sound similar.
Surprised the SLO and the 5150 are close in tone between them, SLO it's more clean, but diaaled, are close in the "chug" section!
Ya for sure, the 5150 and SLO are closer than I would have expected too. In the room and without the CZcams compression the SLO is a lot clearer and definitely sounds better to me. But in the context of these CZcams compressed videos the 5150 is really similar.
The 5150 is literally an SLO derivative, though. Peavey copied the design after Eddie basically asked them to make him an amp like his SLO amps.
@@AndiKravljaca yeah but on that 5150 album he still mostly recorded with the SLO
1) Soldano 2) 5150 distant 3rd)Retifier. I have owned all three. I miss the SLO, the 5150 was cool. I don't miss the rectifier at all. Sterile, blocky sound. But I don't play nu metal, so there's that
These days I own a Friedman Smallbox and a Boogie Mark 5 for my "boogie liquid lead" needs, which the Retifier does not do at all.
This comment helps makes me think I made the right choice going with my Soldano SLO 30 over a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier?
My goal is pop punk, metal, hard rock, blues, pop country
Do you have a tube preference for the 5150 in the power and preamp sections?
I can't say I've dabbled enough with various tube types/brands to give an educated opinion TBH
Good video. However, it is not necesary to say "block letter" in the case of 5150. But, is imperative to know, the version of the dual rec you used for this video. THANX.
Thanks for watching
block letter gets the clicks. 5150 fans love the MOJO that a simple cosmetic change does lol
@@0megalul309 Ya I include block letter for SEO, it's still a highly searched term.
Yes it is necessary. Block letter doesn't refer to the 5150 logo. It refers to the EVH block letter logo on the chassis. Which was later changed to a script logo. So yes, you should denote 5150 "block letter" , or 5150 "script logo"
@@mikeflanders1292 both 5150 from PEAVEY... Are the SAME amp. Specially,. NOWDAYS, where the original tubes has been changed for new ones. PEAVEY 5150 desing, circuit, factory, features... It means, the SOUND are the SAME. The amplifier is the SAME.
Great comparison! There’s this certain dryness to Mesas that I can’t get into. You can hear how juicy the Soldano and Peavey are in contrast.
Thanks Nick!
Thanks for the comparison. I don't have this amp, but i have plugin slowrunner by Vadim Taranov (slo100), mercuriall mesa rectifire rev G and peavy 6505 by VT too. So, soldano in plugin saved tone, if be honest, slo remind me 5150 without thunder bass, but sound is little different anyway. Mesa...Mesa is mesa, just like in your vid- she's not goona put in mix, sound is fat.
I can see why djenter would love 5150 but now the low end of it. But for any hard rock to metalish genre 5150 seems pretty darn good
5150 sounded so much like the Soldano. That’s crazy, I knew the 5150 kinda stole a lot of its circuitry (same with the Mesa) from the Soldano but I didn’t think it would sound that similar.
Do you think owning a 5150 I’m really missing out on anything the Soldano has going for itself?
Really depends on what you are looking to do. A boosted 5150 can sound to me just as good as a SLO, especially in a mix no one would know the difference. However, the clean channel and the mid gain tones of a SLO are phenomenal and are miles better than a 5150.
Also I’ll say, in the room the two amps sound pretty different. Audio samples on CZcams videos are directional at best, take it with a grain of salt.
@@ScottBynoe sorry I wasn’t very specific as to what I own. I have a Peavey 6505+ head, and an EVH 5150 III stealth 100w head. Clean channel on both aren’t half bad. The EVH definitely has a more fenderish clean tone. But the 6505+/5150II has a better mid gain sound for lighter genres than the 5150 III stealth. Whenever I try to play the lighter stuff on the 5150 it always has a gained out type of tone. You know what I mean? Like the actual gain isn’t that high at all. It just has that very distinctive 5150 sound to it that the 6505+ doesn’t when the gain is turned down. Hard to describe.
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Vh4 , jcm800, quickrod next 😁💣
I owed an ‘83 JCM800 for years. Been meaning to get one again. VH4 is definitely on my list of amps to get as well.
you mean Peavey VTM, JCM 800 And Quick rod. The VH4 is entirely different amplifier platform in the style it's based around. Like a VH4 would better be compared to a Engl Savage 120 SE head.
Your tone on all amps sounds like you have some kind of a weird filter on all the time. Like there is some phasing issue or something.
Cool! At least I don’t sound like everyone else? Lol - but I think the issue others pointed out is I had some digital pedals in the loop of my rectifier which gave it a funny tone.
@@ScottBynoe probably it’s on mixing part of things
@@ScottBynoe ah, ok I watched till the end and found out it’s the boost that has a weird eq curve to it. By multiplying guitar tracks as it was at the beginning of the video you’ve got that no mids high presence tone. Video is great btw, but they all sound better without that pink boost
Yeah, man. My Recto and my 5150 sounds nothing like these. Strange how these amps sounds harsh and boomy, even boosted. There's something wrong here.
To my ears, the harmonics sounded best on SLO, the 5150 had the growl and throat of a dragon. I'd hate to spend $3000 more for a SLO over the 5150 which is really close. Soldano is untouchable if you have the coin, but then again Eddie spent a lot of tries before James Brown made what he was asking for. The ne EVH 5150 Iconic, also by James Brown may be the craziest high gain amp I've ever heard. May not be the best for recording or live, but the most fun amp I've ever played.
The Soldano sounded amazing... boosted, un-boosted, eq.. doesn't matter...
It’s one of the best amps ever
I know a guy with a heavily modified slo amp and he said “you can literally do the dumbest EQ settings on it and it sounds amazing no matter what”. Crazy.
It’s true. It just sounds great no matter what.
This comment helps makes me think I made the right choice going with my Soldano SLO 30 over a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier?
My goal is pop punk, metal, hard rock, blues, pop country
5150 for me, but in the context of a mix you can sometimes barely hear any difference
The dual recto has the preamp of the slo.. The 5150 has been said is a slo inspired.. So take the original..
The early Dual Rectifier revisions, yes!. The later Rev G 2 ch or 3ch sound entirely different then a SLO or HotRod 100+ head. Also 5150 Block letter used ideas from Soldano, but more gain stages and no choke, bias adjustment pot, etc so they're still variable difference's between the two amps. The Block letter is darker in tone and the SLO are a lot brighter sounding in tone.
@@untoldguitarist i didn t say they sound the same.. For me there is no comparison between slo and the other two but is just my opinion
IF INSPIRED MEAN RIPP OFF FROM SLO 💯
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Dual Rectifier always the better choice in a metal mix for rythmic part due to it's grit in middle/high frequencies thant allow you to make the sound darker (alias bigger and more space for other intruments) without sacrifing that grit 😉 The others are more refined choice but less effective.
I disagree. Everytime I record with a rectifier I have to boost the shit out of the front end and cut the low end in post as well as boosting the low mids because it sounds too loose and "boomy". It's a great sounding amp for sure but does require the proper attention to get it to sit properly in a mix. The Soldano and 5150 (and whatever other variants) are much easier to fit inside a mix. The biggest challenge however isn't during recording, it's live sessions where you'd have to run an EQ to cut the excessive bottom end and making sure you don't ruin your tone in the process.
the SLO and 5150 sound really close, the recto low end is nice, but I dont like the mids
SLO>5150>Recto for me
That's how I would list out my preference as well.
Of course Mesa stole the rectifier from Soldano, well known bit of amp trivia
5150 for me
1:34 Soldano
2:13 Mesa Boogie
2:51 Peavey 5150
Soldano and Peavey is very similar.
Queen is only one 😮
I like soldano
in a mix, can't beat the 5150. just sits perfectly in there. all amazing amps though!
For sure!
SLO FTW
Mark iv lol
That's first demo riff was bad ass.
Thanks man
5150 the best
Queen is only one.
Somethings wrong with the signal chain on the Mesa Boggie. I hear some phase issuses!!! Any digital pedal in the loop?
Hey there, the signal chain for all three amps was identical. I may have had a couple strymon pedals running in the loop but not turned on.
@@ScottBynoe the rectifier loop is parallel, so if pedals have latency (usually digital pedals have) it may introduce that phase issue! I'm pretty sureI hear it.
@@pedrolourenco2707 Ya, I think you're probably right
@@pedrolourenco2707 good point, some pedals are buffered in “bypass”
Wow soldano was my least fave and that was what I came to hear... fave was recto, 5150 the slo
You just need a MESA Mk IIC+ to complete your amp collection. Impressive none-the-less.
Even if I found one I’m not sure I could justify the money for one of those!
5150 all the way
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mesa sounds like 2 mics are out of phase though. thats why it doesnt sound very good
As said in other comments it was an issue with the effects loop and some digital pedals running through it. Even with then off they mess with the amp.
slo any day
1) Soldano
2) Mesa
3) 5150
5150 and soldano are almost the same
OK, I can make my Orange Crush 15W solid state exactly like that as long as I tune down to D or C# or whatever. My little Orange can not reproduce lead tones like my Marshall DSL 100W. So my question is, why this video? Where's the substance? How about a lead guitar thing like a Warren Haynes or Gary Moore type lead tones for comparison? I hate demos that do one and only one sound for 10:00. Two thumbs down.
Right? This video totally sucks. Let me know when you make a video to show me how to do it right.
Djenty rhythm is not a great way to really show off everything these amps can do
Soldano 100 think of Steve vai “for the love of god” that’s what he tracked it with singing leads tones and rich harmonics, 5150! Van Halen baby gots to gets those fingers up the fretboard and get all virtuoso, don’t misunderstand me I’m a chunker down low testicle rumbler 1/2 of the time and love it but you can’t always growl sometimes ya gotta sing
Mesa dual recto is a better overall choice than the triple, I do own both but that’s just my opinion
Oh I didn’t see in the user manual about the rules in which you need to play these amps. Got it. Thanks for the info….
@@ScottBynoe glad I could help
@@ScottBynoe Constructive criticism bro, subscribers keep a channel going, wouldn't kill you to have some respect for them
The manual on how to respond to comments must have been right next to the one on how to use these amps. Damn, must have been why I missed that one too.
Side note. Me continuing to make videos keeps this channel going.
Worst demo ever. You using pedals is coloring the same.
Totally. This demo sucks. I bet if I wore sunglasses in a dark room playing an acoustic looking like the coolest guy in the world it would be better. Alas we all can’t be as cool as you. What will I do with myself, random cool sunglasses guy doesn’t like my video. ;(