see soldano liguria . soldano custom amplification type private industry amplification founded los angeles california united states 1986 ; 30 years ago 1986 founder michael soldano headquarters seattle washington united states key people michael soldano products amplifiers website www.soldano.com soldano full name soldano custom amplification is a guitar amplifier manufacturing company founded in 1986 by michael soldano in los angeles california and later relocated to seattle washington . it is mostly known for its high gain amps such as its flagship model the soldano slo 100 but the product lineup also includes effect units pedals and cabinets . all soldano products are tube based and are class a b. michael soldano originally worked with his head technician bill sundt at stars guitars san francisco ca modifying amps brought to him . he had built his first amp a fender bassman clone with the aid of books being discarded by a library . michael worked on modifying his version of the bassman for years until he bought a mesa boogie mark ii and began modifying this amp . the first three slo amps were based upon this amp and the first one was sold to a female friend . the second one was sold to howard leese from the band heart . within six months he had sold amps to steve lukather michael landau vivian campbell aldo nova john fogerty and lou reed . citation needed eric clapton and mark knopfler purchased the slo 100 when first released in 1987 . guitarist tommy kessler of blondie uses the slo 100 100w amplifier head in snakeskin and a matching 2 12 cabinet as part of his touring rig . 1 2 the experience music project in seattle contains an area where visitors can play instruments such as the electric guitar . these rooms contain soldano amplifiers along with various squier guitars including stratocaster and telecaster guitars . external links edit soldano custom amplification notes edit the official gear page of tommy kessler tommy kessler tour rig video 2010 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title soldano custom amplification & oldid 741102944 categories guitar amplifier manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in seattlehidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 25 september 2016 at 11 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view