Soldano Surf Box

[Jim S]

I'm crazy. Got one coming in a week.

Anybody got one?

 

[gururyan]

You're going to make clips for us right?

 

[Jim S]

That can be done albeit I don't think they'll do it justice.


Surf Box mini thread I found: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?posts/5790946#post5790946

Bill Sundt of Sodano told me the Space Box uses a 12AX7 while the Surf uses an EL84, I think. He told me the Surf reverb sounds much better than the Space Box reverb.

 

[BobboVisMe]

I had a huge case of GAS for one of those ... Pics when you get it PLZ !!!

 

[longgonedaddy]

If I ever have the funds and the opportunity, I will have one.

 

[fattone]

I don't mean to let the wind out of you sails but a friend of mine has two of them and they are noisy most of the time. He told me recently that he's finally got one of them quiet in an effects loop with a dumblator type of thing.

Good luck.

 

[Jim S]

Two of them????

I've got the Space Box and I don't find it noisy. It sounds pretty good to me so I'll find out. Worse comes to worse I'll cry.

 

[Jim S]

"Your Surf Box case matches your boots."

Reverb is unreal. Smokes my Space Box and 1966 Fender BF Super Reverb.

I'm having some issues which are not 'normal' per Soldano so I'm shipping the unit to them today.
Possibly something got jarred loose on this pre-owned unit.

 

[gururyan]

Don't forget clips!

 

[Jim S]

Don't forget clips!

I know but not for at least 1-1/2 weeks: it's en route to Soldano as I type this.

 

[longgonedaddy]

I am envious.

 

[Jim S]

When I got the unit it sounded weird. I replace tubes per Soldano's Bull Sundt's suggestion but still...so off it went to Seattle. Soldano reported a resistor had broken. Bill replaced that and some capacitors that he said could be problematic in the future. After some discussion I asked if he could slow down the speed of the tremelo; he installed a 1/2 speed switch on the front panel so now it can go realllllllly slow which I sometimes enjoy.

It's taken me a while to come to grips with the unit only because I can't believe how much I spent on a reverb tremelo box. You can get a boutique amp head with reverb and tremelo for what this costs. However, they rarely come along (only 80 made for the US) so I jumped at the opporunity when it knocked.

The tone is truly rich and musical and is as good and arguably better than any reverb or tremelo I've heard in an amp and my beloved Demeter Tremulator. Truly a remarkable piece of ear candy.

 

[whoatherechunk]

that looks hot!!!!!

 

[Shark Diver]

I don't mean to let the wind out of you sails but a friend of mine has two of them and they are noisy most of the time. He told me recently that he's finally got one of them quiet in an effects loop with a dumblator type of thing.

Good luck.

I've got one, and it is completely quiet. Maybe he had a bad tube?

Jim your rig rocks!

 

[Jim S]

Thanks, guys.

The unit is extremely quiet. Noise has never been an issue.

 

[nicholaslerek]

just for the record, I've owned two of these and never had so much as a single burp from either one of them. very quiet and 100% reliable, what you would expect from Soldano. ridiculously expensive but there really is nothing else that compares to the sound. if you can afford one, buy one, you will not regret it.

 

[Jim S]

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/716387


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[diagrammatiks]

holy crap I was searching and I found this thread and I hate you Jim.

 

[Jim S]

Where were you ? I hade mine for sale here about 3 months ago. Sorry.

There is one on Ebay now or there was one for stupid cheap, relatively speaking.
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