Quilter SuperBlock US Cab Sims & Amp Voicings

[Fear the Reaper]

I just picked up a Quilter Superblock US from another forum member. I have it paired with a Raezer's Edge 6" mini cab.

This minimalist setup has been along time coming. Many tube amps including Fender Twin and JC 120 in my past. Now this.

Read a little about the various setting on both the cab simulations and classic Fender Amplifiers, Blonde, Tweed and Blackface.

I have had it several weeks now it's early days. However, intitally the differences in the various settings for both mini toggle switches are difficult for me to decern. BTW I no longer hear certain frequencies and have a whooshing noise in both ears.

I am just curious what others have experienced with this device. Or is it the equivalent of a dog whistle such that only certain guitarists can hear it?

[marcwhy]

Great rig!
The middle setting ('57) sounded the best with my guitars; I heard differences between the settings, although not "huge" diffs.

Enjoy!

[Gitterbug]

I agree with Marcwhy. The differences between voicings are narrow. My go-to voicing is the 57 Tweed, simply because the pronounced midrange makes it the loudest. I'm freshly back from a jazz camp where the Saturday night jam session relied on a SuperBlock US paired with a TOOB 10S for guitar. In the cavernous club setting, this rig was more than enough and really shone.

The cab sims don't apply to speakers directly hooked up to the amp.

[Little Jay]

As it just so happens I did my first amp-less recording session with it this weekend (thru the XLR- line out) and I was very happy with the result. I used the 57 amp setting and the NORMAL cab sim. With my pedal board in front of it and with my Gibson ES-333 it sounded very natural thru my Shure inears.

the resulst were better and more natural sounding than with my Joyo American Sound I used before.

I have also played it thru several of my amp’s speakers and I like it as a 25 watt amp as well: sounds and responds great, very tube-amp like (played clean at least).

[Fear the Reaper]

I am hearing something. But the changes seems very slight. I will have to listen more carefully. My preference is the Blaclkface 65 and the normal.

Great rig!
The middle setting ('57) sounded the best with my guitars; I heard differences between the settings, although not "huge" diffs.

Enjoy!

[Fear the Reaper]

Interesting. I didn't realize this or expect this to be the case. So essentially your cab speaker directly to the amp and it's "natural" sound is what is heard regardless of the cab sim selection.

As per Quilter's user manual.
"Cab Sim: Operates on the signal going to the H-phones and Line-out jack."

The cab sims don't apply to speakers directly hooked up to the amp.

[ccroft]

Think of cabinet simulation like this: the output going to the speaker doesn't need it since going to a speaker in a cab. Quilter uses some sort of magic sauce between speaker and power amp that mimics how it works in a tube amp.

The signal from XLR or phones doesn't have it since there isn't a speaker cabinet. Quilter uses cab sim to, well, simulate it. Mesa Boogie does the same for their direct outs.

[Fear the Reaper]

After playing around with the 3 amps, much as with others, the 57' sound the best to my ears.

Gitterbug: Spot on and well said about the pronounced mids making it sound louder.

My current setup. Mechanical pencils and ink pen for scale. They are approximately 5-5.5" in length.

[Fear the Reaper]

Just turned 65 years old. Never thought the day would come when I would embrace or have lived long enough that this type of technology was available. So cool!!

After playing around with the 3 amps, much as with others, the 57' sound the best to my ears.

Gitterbug: Spot on and well said about the pronounced mids make it sound louder.

My current setup. Mechanical pencils and ink pen for scale. They are approximately 5-5.5" in length.

[Gitterbug]

Just turned 65 years old. Never thought the day would come when I would embrace or have lived long enough that this type of technology was available. So cool!!

Young man, rejoice! I'm 76. Got my crazy Toob speaker cab idea in 2007, newly retired, but had to wait another ten years for decent, size and weight compatible Class D guitar amps to emerge. Small bass amps were a decade ahead, showing the shape of things to come. My one-man enterprise started trading in 2017 when I was 70. The SuperBlocks really changed the horizon. Soon 600 cabs made, of which well over 200 are 6.5" Metros launched in early 2020, a few months ahead of Quilter's little wonders. Why oh why did all this happen so late in life?

[itsmyname]

After playing around with the 3 amps, much as with others, the 57' sound the best to my ears.

Gitterbug: Spot on and well said about the pronounced mids making it sound louder.

My current setup. Mechanical pencils and ink pen for scale. They are approximately 5-5.5" in length.

use the same '57 on mine, to my ears it's what I prefer with the archtop.

[docsteve]

I find myself coming back to the 57 setting, too. However, differences are small indeed - to my ears, the 61 is the most linear, the 57 has a mid hump and the 65 a mid scoop. Nothing that a good eq can’t cure.

[Fear the Reaper]

Total agreement with your ears!

I find myself coming back to the 57 setting, too. However, differences are small indeed - to my ears, the 61 is the most linear, the 57 has a mid hump and the 65 a mid scoop. Nothing that a good eq can’t cure.