All user reviews for the Soldano SP-77 Series II (Made in USA)

2-channel preamp good rather clean & lead voice.

Based on a 12AX7 vacuum tube, a little stiff and dry anyway.

UTILIZATION

Step setup with passive tone control s, gain & master volume have a good interaction of clean Blackface Super Lead Overdrive.

SOUNDS

Perfect for rack mount, quiet and precise, but still lacks a bit of personality compared to the Matchless Hot Box or Marshall JMP-1.

OVERALL OPINION

Good qualté / price ratio for the Made In USA.
Designed with quality components, this preamp is largely the case with respect to all current chinoiserie ...

everything has been said

UTILIZATION

very easy to use
mine had pots of "chicken head" like Vox that I recommend to everyone because the originals are unreadable: they are round, and there is no scale on the carcass / knob

SOUNDS

Lag Beast and used Gibson Les Paul Studio 89, Marshall EL34 Amp and 2x12 cab with V30 harley benton
Whether bright or saturated (my preference was the saturated, I never saw) are very warm and round.
In saturated, a great soft and silky, never aggressive, impressive. The headroom is not necessarily huge, but well enough to play a little bit of everything, and even Bourin. This softness is very friendly to me and guarantee of quality.
The bright light is the subtle but does the job on a Les Paul for example.

I regrète for not having used the cab mentioned above, which is an excellent rappport money, but ultimately did nothing to do with the mea-sided in my V30 today ... too bad , may be I find her a present for my config .. who knows

OVERALL OPINION

It gives me a very good preamp that I had for 2 years
if I listen to recordings made with (I'm an amateur), I always want to buy a ...

As against this, does not have access to thousands of sounds with ... but if you like, it's very good bour price.

Note that I've never played on a Soldano head or combo to compare.

In the days when I had the config preamp-amp-cab, I've owned mesa studio preamp also, carvin quad x and JMP1

The Soldano is unlike any other real

Klawn said it all!

I put like 10 rating because that's exactly what I wanted, it said it might be a little lightweight for other ...

UTILIZATION

If you speak a little English, you know what it means to "bass", "output", etc..
if you can turn buttons, you're really strong!
if you can press a footswitch, you're a true football player, man!

The simplest use of the Fast Fashion pramplis, need I say more?

SOUNDS

ROCK'N'ROLL RULZZZZZZ

pramp this is clearly more rock than metal. the clean is clean and trs trs lens with the "bright". pushing the gain, we get a nice big crunch trs bassy (yeahhhh!).
in distortion, as stated klawny, is not a standard gain (DSOL for trash / death / mtalleux grrrr), but against the grain is particularly frank and fantastic. this stuff sounds really for anyone who stays in mind big rock!

OVERALL OPINION

APRS a Triax, then a ada mp1, I quip Soldano (by accident, actually) and frankly sounds good. I use a power amp Soldano SM-100 and the combination of the two is really deadly.

I really wanted a pramp simple and hard at the sound, I had a small budget, and I believe the road to the SP-77. we have husbands and I am not prs divorce. I sell my prfrerais mre plutt my Soldano rack ...

says it all, right?

4 12AX7 tubes Ruby
Mono Preamp
No effects loop.
Between 1
1 output
Between a footswitch

UTILIZATION

Attention this preamp is quite difficult, it is not advisable to add an transisitors power amp, plug in something like facade in Valvestate etc.
He must at all lamp. In the same way it is necessary to be careful with the effects that we will connect behind ...

SOUNDS

My config is as follows: SP77, Gmajor TC electronics, 20/20 and Marshall 1922 cabinet of the same brand. I use either a 2 or a Musicman LUKE Peavey Wolfgang.
The clean sound is pretty thin and critallin, trs good like that. the switch is brigth trs effective damage that the channel is not only saturated long ... The crunch channel lgrement from the middle of its travel.
The Distortion channel sounds natural trs, trs "lamp". Nothing do with preamps that derive their saturation diodes or other signal-warming and with two tubes. Here the dynamics are standard and the grain very very precise. The slightest mistake is transcribed. The SP77 works very well with the 20/20. I plugged in a Mesa Boogie 50/50 and your exact n'tait no better, even worse. The sound is very equilibrated. The rglage of mdiums is very effective, you can easily dig the sound (unlike boogies). As a result, all styles are available: the Blues to metal. The mine saturates quite as much as the ADA MP2 I owned before the blast in less grain and more natural to feel the high end. The fact that the sound is slightly hyper precise believe a lack of gain but it's not my opinion ... well for a little trash to him connect a guitar made for a. .. Van halen an example ...
As against the treble is quite fickle, they can be very desageables and make the sound very aggressive, has depended on the day. So do not hesitate readjusted the treble and presence on the power amp to find the sound.
on the other hand I think this preamp lacks a bit thick when playing in the treble.
Musicman has the same one she's fairly accurate I personally prefer to play with my Van Halen seemed to compensate for the lack of thickness in the acute and allowing an easier game.
The sound is better when the rack is plugged into a Marshall 4 * 12 or in my Trace Elliot 4 * 12 for example. I do not even speak the Soldano and other Boogies ... we should try.

OVERALL OPINION

I possess over the past ten years, perhaps longer. I alternate between different moods depending on the amp (Mesa Boogie, Trace Elliot Speed ​​Twin). It is a low-end preamp that has great value qualitprix. The type of preamp you buy while waiting to pay the gene must X88R or CAE 3 + Se ...
In this price range, it does not conccurents.

2 channel guitar preamp: clear (ch1) and rhythm / lead (ch2)
Channel setting clear bright switch, gain, bass, mid, treble and volume.
Adjusting channel rhythm / lead: Gain, bass, mid, treble and volume.
4 lamps: <ul> X1: CH1 and CH2
X2: ch2
X3: CH1 and CH2
X4: CH1 and CH2 </ul> 1 instrument input on the front, a footswitch input, 1 output preamp.
2U, Depth: 5 inches! (12.7cm), 4kg
No effects loop, no instrument input on the back, no second exit.

UTILIZATION

Quite simple to solve.

SOUNDS

Lamps used (x1.. X4): GE-JG5751, TAD-12Ax7RT01, GE, and GE-JG5751 JG5751.
I use 5751 for not cruncher too clear channel, but especially for the famous grain lamps JG and January and harmonics that go with it.

Linking: SP77-> VHT2/90/2-> Speakers NOS.

You realize pretty quickly that the sound reproduction of SP77 is amazing!
Clear channel quality is "almost" as big as the CAA 3 + SE!
Boosted channel does not seem very suitable for fine crunch (channel 2 of the 3 + SE is much better).
In saturated rhythm or lead with a gain> 6, the SP77 has a specific grain and clarity well appreciated with beautiful harmonics. Very attractive! A beautiful complement to the 3 + SE! (Which has a grain a little darker)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since November 2006.
I mainly use a CAA 3 + SE. I was looking for a supplement to have more channels "raw", without using special effects to get my sound bases (Rhythm clear, clear Lead, Crunch, and Lead rythmSat sat). After the Marshall jmp-1, Mesa Studio preamp, and other pedals TriAxis tube, the SP77 is currently the best answer I found!

This preamp is a real surprise! The samples that I had not listened very encouraged. I took one for me and my idea on it ... I did well: 0)

A report sound quality / price!

Hi, here is the Soldano sp 77, fitted with 4 12AX7 in my case.
it has two channels:
- Clean with a bright switch and a gain control, bass, mid, high and output level.
- A saturated with an adjustment of gain, bass, mid, high and output level.

Behind we find a simple example with an input jack for the footswitch and an output jack for the power amp.

Very simple, it is impossible not to understand or connect the cable, even for a beginner.

UTILIZATION

Then I would say good and bad. Although for ease of use and not well for the lack of configuration possibilities as stereo effects loop, but ... it's old and it sounds.
Oh it sounds! three settings per channel, it's super simple. found quickly even if its sound like any amp you still have to spend a little time to paufiner.
If we leave too low do not worry! the bright switch that will open the sound without the EQ button too.

For my part I had in hand so I have no manual and I do not really see its usefulness except to change the lamps.

SOUNDS

While the level I was on the cl! So I would first like to say that this preamp with plenty of gain for a lot of style, I play something that looks like a mixture of punk, neo-metal and rock and it goes great ... with the gain just over half. I think you have a guitar that sends most if we want to gain with the preamp (I have a Stratocaster with a Seymour Duncan SH-8 invador). I confess that I also played with a mesa 50/50 Poweramp and 4 * 12 cabinet mesa which helps correct for this style.
For the clean sound I use less, I find it very warm and round but then again my guitar a lot of bass so it should not hurt to change the basic sound.

I am very happy and more than enough to gain level for saturated and clean me going more than well for my use.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a few weeks and I am very happy. It is of course not my first amp so I have some lights down. I played on Laney VC 50 (mine), Rivera Knucklehead 50R (a friend who lent me three weeks), Laney TT50H (former guitarist) and Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (new guitarist).
All that to say that this amp seems very versatile than some want to say it and manufacturing simplicity is a sign of reliability. In all cases it is a good deal (except perhaps for the Korn or shred).
Finally, as it is not equipped to gain the most, he requested a guitar sound that goes with that search, no metal with a layer of jazz ...

Tube preamp (4 lamps) has two channels
his clear and full.
a guitar input and output is very simple.
In an equalizer setting is basic preamp, bass, middle, treble, ouput.

UTILIZATION

Very simple configuration, no need the manual.
I got the sound I want right away.

SOUNDS

This is really excellent preamps sound is very clear limpid, crystalline, warm, very typical fender, I play Pink Floyd with a feast! Switch brings a lot of bright light! Great.
However, the equalizer lack a little accuracy in settings but hey I forgive him see the sound!
With distortion! Beautiful! Really impressive dynamics can be screaming guitar, the channel has a gain saturated angry, he sounds very light, it is perfect for playing rock, blues, country, even hard rock .
I also have an Egnater m4 latest version I enjoy with both the Soldano preamps gain gives me a very good quality of this preamp is very versatile to play any style of music.

OVERALL OPINION

I bought it on ebay 600 euros, and then revised Retube, I do not regret my purchase because the more it becomes very difficult to get one.
It is a very simple level preamps connections and settings, but that sounds when plugged with a good power amps.
It has less flexibility than the Egnater m4 but it gives me a sound of very good quality extra in my rig.