Quilter vs Roland Blues Cube vs Mambo

[Fidelcaster]

I asked this in another thread but maybe you know: the tone stack on the BlueBaby (22 or 45) is it more of a scooped mids Blackface or more of a flat Baxandall?

Award Sessions are still as rare as hen's teeth in North America.

They have a "Blackface/Plexi" tone switch. See Award-Session's site for details.

[Little Jay]

I asked this in another thread but maybe you know: the tone stack on the BlueBaby (22 or 45) is it more of a scooped mids Blackface or more of a flat Baxandall?

Award Sessions are still as rare as hen's teeth in North America.

Schematically the tonestack follows the classic Fender layout (member of a Dutch forum reversed engineerd a schematic), which - depending on the values of the resistors, pots and caps - can be either identical to Bassman 5F6x/early Marshalls or Blackface/Sliverface. I haven't checked the component values of the Bluesbaby yet, but all those circuits are a bit mid-scooped, the BF circuit being most mid scooped. I am guessing the Bluesbaby has Bassman-values, allowing the BF-switch to scoop the mids even more. But basically a Fender-tonestack.

It's most certainly not a Baxandall.

[Fidelcaster]

I asked this in another thread but maybe you know: the tone stack on the BlueBaby (22 or 45) is it more of a scooped mids Blackface or more of a flat Baxandall?

Little Jay just wrote me on YouTube that, regarding the tracks on his quartet's EP (see his signature):

I remember that 'French Fries' was recorded on the BluesBaby and I am pretty sure also 'Bee Tee', 'Zig Zag' and 'Cruise and Dance'. 'Samba Aioli' was recorded on a AER Alpha and 'Skattered' on a Session Rockette:30

[Eric Rowland]

Hey Little Jay, I dig your new EP. Good grooves, good playin'. Hip Jazz A Go Go...for real!

[Aant]

I find my BluesBaby 22 overdrives - especiallty the 'on the edge-break up' - very sweet on every volume, inspite of what the Award Session site says about fattening up the tone as volume increases.

The BB45 may sound thinner on low volume because of it's more powerful power amp? Although I doubt if it's very noticeable.

Award-session pointed me to this document that explains why amps sound fatter at high volume levels, interesting read. As far as I understand the BB45 wouldn't necessarily sounds thinner on low volume compared to the BB22, but I may very well be wrong.

[sgcim]

I spent a few hours playing Teles and a Quilter Micro Pro today, and I never had to raise the volume past two.
You can get a decent jazz sound, but you can get any type of rock sound you'd need.
Expensive though, they wanted $1,119 for it.

[Aant]

Indeed, these amps have cool features, sound great but are not cheap. In EUR they quickly get above 1,110. I've therefore opted for another model, the Award-Session BluesBaby(45). Great tone too, simpler but also half the price - and you get choose the speaker, they have four available (V-type, A-type, Classic Lead 80 and Century Vintage).

[drbhrb]

I've had a Micropro 8" Mach 2 for about 8 months or so. I love it. So many tones, so much volume, so little weight. Haven't had a gig where it came anywhere near to maxing out. Eventually I'd like to get the 12" extension cab for it not because the volume it lacking but for outdoor gigs or loud non-PA gigs it would be nice to have the sound spread out a bit. Plus it looks cool.

[sgcim]

Even my AI Coda and RS10 can't make it on outside gigs with a big band when I have a solo feature. They finally miked the RS, and I got comments from the band to the effect that, ' You can actually play that thing; I just thought you just sat there and strummed'.

[BFrench]

I don't know much of anything about these except I have a new BCH that is ok as long as the volume is 4 or below. The boost and tone switch are absolutely horrible for my likes. After 4 it starts distorting and breaking up into a tone I absolutely hate. A 16 year old rocker may love it. I expect going on up to a 60w Artist or whatever you'd be looking at the same sounds....I have a Katana 100 that sounds pretty dang good and has plenty clean headroom for me, I just use the acoustic and clean channels.

I pre-ordered the Quilter SB US, I'll see whenever it gets here, but it's for home use only.