Vintage Soldano Decatone Demo

Early Soldano Decatone 100 demonstration-snake skin.

[kellywendlandt]

Thanks Dennis for the note. I really like the combo. The Friedman breaks up without crazy high volume (and I have the OX Box too, but don't really need it) and the Soldano has a very thick, heavy rock distortion. The coolest part to me about the combo is it sounds great for blues (in my humble opinion) and clean too. It's really a great rig-but it's a young man's rig, or a rig for someone with help carrying! I have kept it in my living room so that has never been a problem for me: )

[kellywendlandt]

I've owned the 100w Hot Rod and that is a great sounding distortion channel! But again, unless you have cartage or roadies to help carry your equipment, It's a young man's game. I'm down to a 1972 Fender Champ with pedals and a Kemper. You can't go wrong with the Soldano's though IMO.

[hotroderdk]

Sounds good from this side of YouTube! How do you like that Friedman 412 with a Soldano circuit design??

[kellywendlandt]

Ya. It was a great amp. The Soldanos are everything a person would want in a 80's style hard rock amp. But I'm old enough now where I mostly play less distorted and I'm not interested in carrying the seperate head and cabinet. I have a 1972 Fender Champ and Marshall JCM 800 50 watt combo that I kept, plus a Kemper. You can't replace that big sound of the head and cabinet, but for my current needs the smaller, lighter setups work fine.