Soldano SLO Mini Head | The Tiny Amp With a PUNCH 

For the price, and the general vicinity of tone, it rips. 16 year old me would have died for this 😄

With Soldano, H&K, Bogner, Diezel, Friedman, etc all making these cool tiny heads, I'm kinda getting an itch to start a micro head collection😂

An SLO for $250?!?! This is definitely “shut up and take my money” worthy.

A great comparison would be to see how this fairs against the Neural DSP slo

Out of all the mini SLO Soldano vids that dropped, this is the only one I seen that boosted the front of it. Thanks Rabea, brilliant video.

Good comparison. The real tube head has a more "air". It just sounds more open. But the Mini has an incredibly good sound considering what it is.

Love these mini amp heads. IMO this is the way to go for home/hobbyist players, but it'd also make a killer small-gig/rehearsal/back-up amp head for gigging players.

Best video demo yet on the SLO mini. The boost totally opens the mini up. Sounds great! 👍

For the price to be had, one could buy 2, set one for clean, one for mean and use an A/B switcher!

I don't understand why they don't make those mini amps (bogner, diezel, soldano etc.) With 2 channels? Joyo does it for just 150 euros. Common guys😏

I have never been more certain with a impulse buy. I've also wanted an SLO and just can't justify the cost and don't need a 100W head from my basement dad rocking.. Alas, this fits the bill. Thank you for the comparison. It helped me make a decision.

Good video. The others I saw on this didnt bother to A/B the amps even though they have the original (Fricker/Fluff).

I can't lie, this is a great demo of this head. Like George Lynch said in the Soldano launch video, "It gets you 75% of the tube SLO at 1/20th the cost." I'm also liking the idea of using two different mini heads (SLO and Friedman?) for an inexpensive stereo rig. Thanks for putting this vid together!

10:17 to 10:21 ... is one banger of a riff brother

Have always wanted a Soldano amp so will definitely buying the mini. Absolutely rocks!

Amazing engineering. In a full band mix it would be VERY hard to tell any difference. Considering making a super rig of all these mini heads hooked up to a power amp and into a 4x12.

I'd love to hear the SLO Mini blended with the Friedman BR-Mini in a doubletrack setup I think it will sound MONSTEROUS!

Who needs these? I think the answer is no one.....Who would want these? A whole hell of a lot of people! My opinion only....I've ordered one....why? Just because I think it will be cool to have one to play around with. As a child of the 80's.....the SLO is a grail amp...and this is cool way to get some of that....

I just don't understand where the market is for this in a world of very affordable Amp sims and IRs. Go buy a POD or Axe Effects or Mooer's version for about the same price.

I was watching this while doing other things, and constantly found myself digging tones, and not knowing which amp it was, and paying attention to find out, and being surprised how often it was the mini head. They really do both sound equally great.

You went the extra step to set the EQ to sound as similarly as possible! GREAT WORK MAN!!!

Both sound great, but there's something a little bit more silky about the SLO100. For the money though, the SLO Mini seems a fantastic choice for us common folk.

This little guy inspired me to build a 2W Push-Pull version of the SLO circuit in a custom chassis designed from scratch 😎🤘 I need to make some videos!

Great tones. The 100 tones were insanely good, haven't heard anyone get tones that good from it. And the mini tones were great too, especially for the price

Finally something affordable by Soldano

Both sounded awesome! the mini really sounds great. but the SLO 100..Wow!

I recently picked up an orange micro dark and just love the small form factor and the options I have for amps now. This one will definitely be added to the collection.

Fuck. I think I prefer the mini over the full sized

I’ve wanted the SLO ever since I saw it on your channel, now I might actually be able to get one!

I'm not interested in the amp but I come for your playing, amazing as always! the A/B comparison is very helpful and that little $250 amp sounds fantastic.

I appreciate comparing this to the real head. I would say it sounds muddy when compared in high gain. It lacks the tightness and clarity. I tested this and the Diezel mini on a 1X12 V30 cab.....ultimately the Diezel went home with me. I found the SLO to come up short on the lowend where the Diezel is FAT in the dept. Not to say the SLO mini is garbage, just wasn't what I was looking for in a live practice rig. I do spend most of my time on Amplitube 5 so both are there and do sound better cuz there are endless cabs, effects and mics to use to dial in that perfect tone.

Honestly for the price of the mini, to be so close to the full size tube version is just amazing.

As someone who wants to get into using real amps but doesn't have the budget to get the ones of my dreams, this seems PERFECT.

Cool demo! Sounds pretty frickin close! Put an EQ pedal in the loop and you should be able to get it dead on!

Can't go wrong with a Rabea review - top notch stuff man. This is the mini head I've been waiting for. Worth the price for the aesthetics alone.

And you don't have to worry about changing tubes.

Amazing amp and very affordable too. Gotta get me one. Don’t tell my wife.

Tonally I think the Mini is spot on, it just lacks a bit of depth and girth which is understandable. I wonder if taking the fx send from the Mini and sending it to the fx return of a tube amp would give it that extra depth and warmth? Would be interesting to do that into the SLO-100. Great demo Bea!

In the high gain comparison around 15:00, when switching from SLO 100 to mini head, it sounds like you're switching from bridge to neck pickup type signal. What I guess this means, is that the mini head has a tendency to more muddyness. All over sounds pretty nice though!

I guess the question is... SLO Mini or Neural DSP plugin?

Would that be good for a small gig?

Which of the four (Bogner, Friedmen, Soldano, and Diezel), sounds the best with a Strat? Has the cleanest clean, works with the low end and high end of a Strat, get a bluesy sound, and a heavy OD blues tone, (with noiseless singles)? Thanks

30w pedal that's not a pedal. sounds good

The Mini sounds gooood, but it does NOT sound like the full size. Two different amps. You can "make it" sound in the ballpark, but definitely NOT equal.

What are the Pick ups of your Strat?

Excellent comparison. Thank you. Just bought one as a backup.

Hey Bea! Strat tuned down a full step...just for fun/variety? Great demo!

Me: *pointing at the pickguard like when your mate at school has a new haircut* ‘difffrunt’

The first few minutes you were playing sounded like GNR's version of knocking on heaven's door sound type of vibe + some nice blues tones.

I bought this!! Freaking awesome!!! Thanks for the Awesome demo!! 🤙

These mini heads really look great and sound pretty decent too. And a very smart marketing idea too. Take a 50 euro barebone 1 channel 30 watt transistor amp. Buy a license for about 100 euro per item, so you can make it look like a brand name amp. Trust that most guitarist listen with their eyes, and sell them for 250. Genius ! (and its working, i do feel tempted to buy one, i guess i really am a guitarist ;))

Man, that makes perfect sense. I'm working on a pedal with 3 gain stages and I believe I can hear what you are saying.

Okay so once again the worthless youtube reviews where everything is great are just not true. Imagine that. I saw the reviews, and bought one. Sadly, where I live it is not possible to try one out first and had to buy online. I have a Marshall sc20 I use when playing with people and a DSL1 for practice. I wanted something portable for practice and thought I would try this.I hooked it to an Orange PP12 cabinet with its Clestion V30 speaker. In my honest opinion...horrid. Sounds as bad as you expect a soild state amp to sound. The distortion sounds NOTHING even close to the sound of a tube amp. It sounds like a bad dashboard radio in a 50 Pontiac being played through its 1950 3 inch dash speaker..yeah scratchy, nasty not nice at all. Putting a Boss equalizer in front helps a bit but it is in no means anything I would say sounds good. When you watch a review video remember...you have no idea what you are really hearing or what its really being played through. What enhancements may be used and then through your device speaker which isnt going to give a really accurate replay. It's hard nowadays because fewer and fewer music stores still exist and fewer and fewer have a bunch of sample amps to try out. That's why youtube reveiws COULD be useful..if they were honest and accurate. But that doesn't bring freebies and lots of views does it?

Does anyone know what replaced the valves? FET's.....or something else?

Tone matching the Mini with the full size *on clean/crunch settings* is worth its weight in gold. Cleaner SLO sounds are SO under-represented on demos.

OK, no tubes, no clean channel...no point. Come on, Soldano, just make this into a pedal and charge $69. This thing is pointless IMHO.

Would've been a better comparison without the reverb and effects dry amp to Dry amp Also, just switching from app to app without stopping or speaking . Write it on the screen.. but otherwise great video. Thanks.

I think the biggest tonal difference between the two is that the mini is fed by the preamp only, while the SLO 100 has the power section (as mentioned) with the depth, harmonics, and response characteristics imparted on the overall sound. Great comparison, BTW! Kudos for demonstrating the range of gains and for boosting the front end.

Well im sorry but for a solid state (not even hybrid) is to expensive !!! You can buy micro dark for 200 and a full tube head like the laney cub10 combo with 10 inch speaker for 300 !!! And we all know that 5 watt all tube is more powerfull than a 20w solid !!

Add an EP Boost for touch of 3D bright & push or a Sonic Maximizer for some low-end grunt (or add both!!).

@rabea great playing as always dude. This might be my fav sounding in the mini series. What pickups do you have in your strat? Cheers brother 🤘🏽

Dang even higher gain it lacks the sparkle and the bottom end of the big daddy. Maybe a bbe aonic maximizer would handle that? But dang im really blut ready to sell all my tube amps but one. Buy a car. And get a mini head. Ive got 212 and 112 cabs of various flavors coming out my ears and a few killer 412 cabs.

Strats sound absolutely fantastic with these gained out amps.

Informative demo. I do like the scooped midrange and clearer top end response better with the SLO-100. With that being said, the SLO Mini head is really well done though. Considering SLO Mini costs about 151-20 times less than an SLO 100, the Mini is pretty bada$$. A comparison between a SLO Mini vs a Marshall Lead 12 would be intriguing.

WOW . . . if i had a amp (mini) that sounded like this in 1980 . . .I'd still be a half assed guitar player , but i'd sound damn good being awful . . lol

ok...you can´t switch between teh channels live...but hey...for this price...just use 2 ;-)

The big boy sounds a little better - like, about $500 better. The Mini is a no-brainer, just for the hell of it, if nothing else. Both of them sound better without the boost in front, IMO.

Little guy sounds great! Hey does it need to be connected to a cab for the load or can you just use the send to an interface? Can't find the manual online. Thanks!

The SLO 100 sounds less compressed compared to the SLO Mini.

Sounds incredible with humbuckers, but terrible with single coils.

Why, why would they make a cheap solid state copy of a tube amp that sounds great, but make it 30w and two channel but without a footswitch, so its useless with a band.. maybe coz nobody would then have to throw giant ammount of money for the real deal..so this one is probably good for home recording, or amateur studio, and thats it.

Very close to the SLO! Not as clear sounding, as you say, darker. But I would use one of those mini heads for practice at reherasal for sure!

Most in-depth video I have seen regarding the Mini SLO, great job and tones Rebea.

Hi Rebea, Do you just turn off the Amps in the Neural DSP plugin to use the Cabsims? Thanks

I am amazed at the MINI, these amplifiers are cool for a 5 trick pony. It seems most of the Amp makers are shooting for an all in one guitar amplifier.

Great video as always Bea, Both amps sound great in my opinion love how companies are now making products a more compact size and more affordable! Keep up the good work!!

So it being a solid state amp, you can plug it straight into an FX loop of another amp / into an audio interface from the amp's fx section without plugging in the speaker part? Will that hurt the amp?

Hi Rabea. Does the amp head need to be connected to a speaker cabinet when using the Send from the Effects loop into your audio interface?

Dude has some mitts on him. Making that strat look like a toy. Great playing and review as usual.

If you have a 16ohm speaker cabinet does it matter which output you use (the left or the right)?

It sounds so weird the words "Soldano" and "solid state" on the same sentence. A tubeless Soldano?🤔🤔🤔

Phony paid reviews, very sad , any more honest gear reviews left on YT??

it has a very good tone, but I think that changing instantly from clean to crunch or overdrive is a bit messy! Isn't it?

The Mini sound is a bit more 1 dimensional. But it does sound good.

brilliant demo keep the videos coming

They can’t make them perfect. It hurts the big boy amps, lol

So I can connect this to my audio interface through the fx loop and use it with cab IR and don’t have to connect it to a real cab?

@rabea great playing as always dude. This might be my fav sounding in the mini series. What pickups do you have in your strat? Cheers brother 🤘🏽

Was just wondering how to hook it up to an interface 😅 thank you!

I’m surprised to say that I actually prefer the crunch tone on the mini.

What gauge strings are those? Look like cables to me lol 12's or something

you wrong some BIG SOUNDS out of a mini slo

Soldano or Diezel Mini? What do you prefer?

I don't play enough super high gain to justify spending the £££ on the bigboi but at around €260 I'd love to get one for fun!

I love the darkness of the mini

Which do you prefer, the Solano or Bognar?

feels like mp3 vs wav, for the price id say thats awesome tho

Rab, that is awesome of you to do a side by side comparison - 2:03

stick a 2 notes or blackstar clean tube pedal in front and an alnico speaker and it will be good

Bea makes any amp sound awesome. Top work, bro.