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Hello! Does anyone have experience with Quilter amps? Currently, I am thinkig about replaceing my Henriksen jazzamp 112 head and cabinet, with a nice combo of theirs. I like the clean sound of the Henriksen, but in my opinion, they are not the greatest platform for pedals. Can the Quilter Aviator Cub take pedals (especially overdrive) well?
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12-01-2021 11:37 AM
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Quilter Aviator 1x8” Combo used. Guaranteed you’ll never need another amp. Just add another light weight cab if you play in a Loud Rock band. Direct out is great, no problems for pedals, or even acoustic, synths, etc!
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Three weeks with a Quilter Tone Block 202 in. 12” dock block. Weights very little but e have ti measure
Awesome, as good as my Walter Woods. Worth checking out. Chuck Levins in DC and online has good pricing
Jk
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Originally Posted by BenVir97
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You might want to visit the Quilter Guitar Amp Owners' FB pages. This is almost like a religious sect. Yet, they all can't be wrong. In fact, the Quilter SuperBlock US has become my go-to amp, combined with one of my 6.5" Metros (smaller gigs) or 10"-12" TOOBs (larger venues), with a total rig weight of 5-11 lbs. A 202 will probably be my next and quite possibly last amp purchase.
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I have limited experience with quliter, and it was awhile back.
For me, with pedals, the high eq range of the amp has to be a little sparkely, and a bit juicey.. sparkely: extended highs that are not harsh... juicey: a little breakup that adds harmonic richness.
A flat amp, does not work as well for me. (However, I use a number of flat amps with fx all the time. Is it perfect? ... no. It does work for me).
IMHO, amps that make excellent pedal platforms: twin, hiwatt, and JC... there are others. (FYI the Tonemaster Twin (modeling amp) is a beautiful amp but gets fizzy with dirt and even more so with fuzz).
People think I am crazy, but for fx, I highly prefer my JC amps over my Henriksen.
In this case, I am talking about all types of pedals (or racks), ie: time based and wave clippers. Eq, depends on what type and what use.
My limited experience with quilter is that it is not a great platform for pedals but those were older amps. Quilter stuff is awesome.
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From my experience I found the 101 and lower powered Quilters lacking in headroom for louder gigs as well as just bass for my needs. Go with at least the Aviator or TB202 which is double the power. Or if you need all the bells and whistles, the new Mach 4 and small cab Neo Celestion 250
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I am about to do an entire disney musical with just my Quilter MP 8. (And a few pedals.) It sounds fabulous for both electric and acoustic tones. Almost like a 3-channel amp. I'll be using a PRS with piezo, and a Carvin nylon. But get one of the switch-selectable pedals, much more flexible. Of course if you don't need too much flexibility or channel switching, I agree that a used Aviator 8 is a great way to go.
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Originally Posted by BenVir97
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The Superblock plays very well with pedals.
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Originally Posted by Gitterbug
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I can speak very highly of the older Quilter Aviator line - I have the Twin Ten - for an amp with comparable headroom/volume to a Fender Twin Reverb, it's very light. Mine is going to be even lighter soon, I'm swapping out the Celestion G10 Vintages for Jensen Tornado Neos. It has sounded nice with pedals.
You might like the Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb too- very light - not as much headroom as the Quilter though. If you do the firmware update that removes the 'bright cap' it's terrific. It can be a bit too bright for some overdrives initially, but after the update it's great.
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Originally Posted by st.bede
I have read that the digital amps (as TM series) would be lousy platforms for pedals. I have not personal ecperience on them but that’s one explanation for fizzines with fuzz.
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Originally Posted by Herbie
When it comes to time based fx, I think the TM should work well to super... When it comes to fuzz or dirt, there is a high end harshness.
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@Jehu: Who makes that beautiful speaker cabinet?
Last edited by ab4zt; 12-04-2021 at 10:27 AM. Reason: more info
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Originally Posted by ab4zt
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Originally Posted by marcwhy
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[QUOTE=ab4zt;1162658]Indeed it is. Nice work![/QUOTE
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