Wow, Brad Paisley's tone which is modeled after the AC 30/ Dr. Z. After watching this, I ordered one. You also caused me to buy that incredible F-hole Tele, three, actually. Thanks!!
Hey J, came here to see some quilter content, you play very well congratz, I wonder there is no much content about quilter, its seems a realliable amp in a box for me, but now that the amped1 by blackstar has released, I'll might consider and play to see which fits more to my needs, keep it up!
Hey Armando, Thanks for commenting! I don't know about the amped1 so I can't comment. The quilter amps have been around for years and are very solid and reliable. The SuperBlock amps are relatively new, but again very well built, solid electronics inside a metal housing. Also, they sound great with whatever guitar or effect you choose to put in front of them. I do know this... Pat Quilter, was the founder of QSC amplification. QSC is very high end sound gear. The design and technology of the QSC products allow for light weight yet very powerful sound gear. Pat left QSC years ago to focus on his passion which was guitar and base amps. The thought process and tecnology of QSC which is basically: simple, light weight, powerful and reliable, goes into every quilter amp. I've only had my SuperBlocks for a few months now but they have proven to be very capable in any situation. Home use, Live gigging, with a cab or with out, these SB amps can do it all well. I have a 200W Quilter Tone Block 202 which I have had for years and it still works and preforms just like the day I received it. Hope that helps. The Amp1 sounds interesting. Let me know what you decide to go with and how you like it!😀 Cheers J
@@j-man9457 I think quilter should invest more in social media, thats where you wanna be these days to promote your product, I've heard about Pat, I appreciate guys like him that work hard to get where his stands now with his expertise, I'll might try the USA superblock, any tips about which cabinets to choose? what do you have here? Cheers!
@@mandin182 Hey Armando, So I looked up the amp1 and it's a cool pedal amp for sure. I think the difference is this: the quilter is a no frills guitar head with reverb and simple voicings. That's it. It sounds great and 25 watts is lots of power for live club gigging. I use only use a 10 inch speaker cab with mine and it's all kinds of stage volume for the stage. The amp1 is similar to a point but it looks like it has a whole other tube simulation circuit built in. Cool concept, but any amp that I've played in the past that had tube switching or tube simulation was just ok... at the end of the day, you can get any amp to sound how you want it to sound with the correct pedal board. Here in Canada the Amp1 is double the price of the superblock. For me the added features of tube switching, and the ability to connect to software to simulate cab size or mic placement or reverb type, is not something I personally look for in an amp. I just want an amp that responds to my playing style, and any extras I can achieve ith simple pedals... I'm old school though so donxt let me influence your decision. I think whichever amp you decide on, you'll be happy.... I do think that as far as media goes, if an amp is good, you don't have to push advertising to sell it. 😁 Cheers!
@@j-man9457 Thats true, for sure the amp1 has more features but for double the price (I'm in Canada too :) ) is not worth for my needs. its just a product that was released now and I noticed that has some similarities with quilter, I've been playing with my fender hotrod for 10y now, But now I need something simple, quiet and reliable that I can take on my pedalboard and have controll of my sound, I'm tired of going to rehearsals and having to use bunch of different amps and tweak them to get a decent sound that my hotrod has (too heavy to transport and rehearse with) and I know that these solid stats are going to be diffenrent sound that my tube, but I'll try anyway, That's true, if the amp is good, is good, let's see, I'll try it and I'll let you know my impressions, thanks again! and happy thanksgiving
@@mandin182 I like the idea of the extra features, but for me it's not something I use, so I rather not pay for something Ixm not gonna use. The hortod amps are a beast! I used to have one. They're awesome but also big and heavy... There is a hot rod that I use where we practice and when I got my Super Block US I took it to practice and unplugged the speaker from the hotrod amp and used the quilter through the hotrod cab other than the volume (hotrod is rediculously loud haha) on the 57 voicing, the quilter was very close in sound to the hotrod. The boys in the band and myself couldn't believe it haha. I don't think you can go wrong with one of the SuperBlock. If you by through Amazon or Cosmo musique, you have 30 days to return if you don't like it so no risk really😁 Anyway, my fellow canadian, take care and happy thanks giving! J
Found it! "I am only using a 10 inch speaker cab with a Jensen P10R alnico speaker. Sounds great!" I will have one here this week! I have looked at that speaker for a while. I have the C12Q, N and C10Q in other amps. I love those Jensens for the Blackface tone.
@@HugoDeFainia hey I'm using a Hughs & Kettner 112 cab but I have a speaker adapter ring that I made myself and I'm running a 10 inch Jensen P10R alnico speaker. The original speaker in this can was a 12 inch Celestion Vintage 30 and I hated the tone from it... Cheers!
Hey Tom C, The 1 watt mode is awesome. Works extremely well. It's very quiet but no tone loss whatsoever! Here's a link to a video I did on the 1 Watt mode when I first got my SB-UK: th-cam.com/video/-tnjP1EbaxI/w-d-xo.html
Hey Micky! They are both very good. The US version needs more gain to overdrive the amp so I guess if one wants a super clean amp as a pedal platform, the US would be the better choice. But both the UK and US handle pedals extremely well. No issues at all. I'm just a fair guitar player and I'm not super anal about my sound lol so either amp is great for me. I think for transparency the US may be the better choice. The UK seems to always add little hair to the notes in my opinion... not a bad thing, it just is what it is😀 J
@@2bikemikesguitartopics145 thanks for checking in. If you devide the island in to 4 quaters from tip to tip, I'd be in the 3/4 section heading north. Wellington, where I live is in a valley. The wind here was still strong, but we got away with very little dammage! Blessed!
In these examples and the way you set it, it really reacts very much like a tube amp would when you boost the front end little by little with different gain stages combined, like you do. It is not maybe exactly the same, it is its own thing really, but I feel it is very dynamic and pleasing. Where is the limiter knob set here, 9 o'clock, right?
Yes Vladimir, I agree with you. Very responsive amp, and it does react like a tube amp would with gain. Yes the limiter is at 9 on the dial here. Less limiter = more gain. Very cool little amps! J
@@vladimirpavlovic9488 Hey Vladimir! My Highs are at 11 o'clock, I typically have my mids and base set at around 2'oclock. That depends on the guitar I'm using. Gain, I always set between 12 and 1 o'clock (verge of break up) and limiter at 9 o'clock!
@@j-man9457 Thanks. We set the UK pretty much the same. Only thing that vastly differs is that you set your mids higher. I find that they can be a little bit too much when anywhere more than 11 o'clock. It is especially true when setting it for MIAB type of pedals. What speaker do you use with it? Cheers
@@vladimirpavlovic9488 hey Vladimir, I get what your saying about the mids... my mids will be set anywhere between 10 to 3. Depending on the guitar I'm using, and the room we play in... I am only using a 10 inch speaker cab with a Jensen P10R alnico speaker. Sounds great!
AC Norm is the voicing I always use. Top boost is too bright with my teles, and the JMP is awesome but too gainy for the country stuff I play. Norm with pedals is perfect... to my ears anyway lol!
Hey Mr.D! It's an SP comoressor, by Xotic They are great. Here is a link to what I have: Xotic SP Compressor Pedal reverb.com/item/44807300-xotic-sp-compressor-pedal?
Hey Russell, thanks! I was a little worried for my solar panels but so far so good all good here! House is wired to generator so I can still play my guitars lol! Did you guys get hit as well? J
@@j-man9457 Hey dude also happy to hear you're okay. Just watching so much destruction on TV right now. I I know you're on kind of like the Northwest part of the island
@@2bikemikesguitartopics145 hey bud, yeah we're ok. We got away with very little dammage. Super fortunate. Some weren't as lucky. Still no power, but I have a generator wired to my panel so we are all good here!😀
Whoah! That's lower than e-flat tuning for sure lol What does that translate to on guitar, B or A# as opposed to open E? My guitar could never handle that. Action is too low lol!
Hahaha thanks Richard! Yeah the socks! I ruptured my achillies tendon a few months back and I still need to wear this compression sock to help control the swelling. Not a fan lol! Yeah these small quilter amps pack a heck of a punch. I have both the UK and the US versions and both are impressive. Cheers! J
@@j-man9457 I have the Cub US and love it although I didn't until the speaker broke in. It's a great amp for those elusive edge of break-up sounds. I can fine tune it way more than I've been able to do with any of my tube amps.
@@richardparker6279 hey That's awesome Richard! I've heard good things about the cub and I may pick up a used one some day. Love how maintenance free and consistent sounding the quilter stuff is! J
Hey David, I don't find that the cleans are "better" as the UK cleans up nicely. However I do find the US has "more" cleans if that makes any sense... example, with the volume at 10 o'clock and the limiter at 3 o'clock, which is usually where I have them, the UK starts breaking up when the gain reaches 12 o'clock whereas the the US only starts breaking up at around 2 o'clock. That's with Telecaster pickups, which is pretty much all I use 😉 Hope that helps J
Another thorough walk thru of the Superblock UK pedals/sims, really great content!
Thanks JJ!
Much appreciated!
Like you I prefer the UK as well, but the US is no slouch for sure haha!
Wow, this really showcases the differences between the UK and US versions. I think I will need both!
I'm glad I got both lol!
Wow, Brad Paisley's tone which is modeled after the AC 30/ Dr. Z. After watching this, I ordered one. You also caused me to buy that incredible F-hole Tele, three, actually. Thanks!!
@@HugoDeFainia ohhh hahaha! Thanks! I hope you like it as much as I do! 😊
Sounds great. Stellar playing too!!
Thanks man! Great little amps. 😀
Hey J, came here to see some quilter content, you play very well congratz, I wonder there is no much content about quilter, its seems a realliable amp in a box for me, but now that the amped1 by blackstar has released, I'll might consider and play to see which fits more to my needs, keep it up!
Hey Armando,
Thanks for commenting! I don't know about the amped1 so I can't comment. The quilter amps have been around for years and are very solid and reliable. The SuperBlock amps are relatively new, but again very well built, solid electronics inside a metal housing. Also, they sound great with whatever guitar or effect you choose to put in front of them.
I do know this... Pat Quilter, was the founder of QSC amplification. QSC is very high end sound gear. The design and technology of the QSC products allow for light weight yet very powerful sound gear. Pat left QSC years ago to focus on his passion which was guitar and base amps. The thought process and tecnology of QSC which is basically: simple, light weight, powerful and reliable, goes into every quilter amp. I've only had my SuperBlocks for a few months now but they have proven to be very capable in any situation. Home use, Live gigging, with a cab or with out, these SB amps can do it all well. I have a 200W Quilter Tone Block 202 which I have had for years and it still works and preforms just like the day I received it.
Hope that helps.
The Amp1 sounds interesting. Let me know what you decide to go with and how you like it!😀
Cheers
J
@@j-man9457 I think quilter should invest more in social media, thats where you wanna be these days to promote your product, I've heard about Pat, I appreciate guys like him that work hard to get where his stands now with his expertise, I'll might try the USA superblock, any tips about which cabinets to choose? what do you have here? Cheers!
@@mandin182 Hey Armando,
So I looked up the amp1 and it's a cool pedal amp for sure. I think the difference is this: the quilter is a no frills guitar head with reverb and simple voicings. That's it. It sounds great and 25 watts is lots of power for live club gigging. I use only use a 10 inch speaker cab with mine and it's all kinds of stage volume for the stage.
The amp1 is similar to a point but it looks like it has a whole other tube simulation circuit built in. Cool concept, but any amp that I've played in the past that had tube switching or tube simulation was just ok... at the end of the day, you can get any amp to sound how you want it to sound with the correct pedal board. Here in Canada the Amp1 is double the price of the superblock. For me the added features of tube switching, and the ability to connect to software to simulate cab size or mic placement or reverb type, is not something I personally look for in an amp. I just want an amp that responds to my playing style, and any extras I can achieve ith simple pedals... I'm old school though so donxt let me influence your decision. I think whichever amp you decide on, you'll be happy.... I do think that as far as media goes, if an amp is good, you don't have to push advertising to sell it. 😁
Cheers!
@@j-man9457 Thats true, for sure the amp1 has more features but for double the price (I'm in Canada too :) ) is not worth for my needs. its just a product that was released now and I noticed that has some similarities with quilter, I've been playing with my fender hotrod for 10y now, But now I need something simple, quiet and reliable that I can take on my pedalboard and have controll of my sound, I'm tired of going to rehearsals and having to use bunch of different amps and tweak them to get a decent sound that my hotrod has (too heavy to transport and rehearse with) and I know that these solid stats are going to be diffenrent sound that my tube, but I'll try anyway, That's true, if the amp is good, is good, let's see, I'll try it and I'll let you know my impressions, thanks again! and happy thanksgiving
@@mandin182 I like the idea of the extra features, but for me it's not something I use, so I rather not pay for something Ixm not gonna use. The hortod amps are a beast! I used to have one. They're awesome but also big and heavy... There is a hot rod that I use where we practice and when I got my Super Block US I took it to practice and unplugged the speaker from the hotrod amp and used the quilter through the hotrod cab other than the volume (hotrod is rediculously loud haha) on the 57 voicing, the quilter was very close in sound to the hotrod. The boys in the band and myself couldn't believe it haha. I don't think you can go wrong with one of the SuperBlock. If you by through Amazon or Cosmo musique, you have 30 days to return if you don't like it so no risk really😁
Anyway, my fellow canadian, take care and happy thanks giving!
J
Sorry if I missed it, but what speaker/ cabinet are you using. Sounds perfect!
Found it! "I am only using a 10 inch speaker cab with a Jensen P10R alnico speaker. Sounds great!" I will have one here this week! I have looked at that speaker for a while. I have the C12Q, N and C10Q in other amps. I love those Jensens for the Blackface tone.
@@HugoDeFainia hey I'm using a Hughs & Kettner 112 cab but I have a speaker adapter ring that I made myself and I'm running a 10 inch Jensen P10R alnico speaker. The original speaker in this can was a 12 inch Celestion Vintage 30 and I hated the tone from it...
Cheers!
I’m interested in the 1 watt setting for home use. How do you like it at lower volumes?
Hey Tom C,
The 1 watt mode is awesome. Works extremely well. It's very quiet but no tone loss whatsoever! Here's a link to a video I did on the 1 Watt mode when I first got my SB-UK:
th-cam.com/video/-tnjP1EbaxI/w-d-xo.html
Which do you think works best as a pedal platform? In your particular setup and opinion :)
Hey Micky! They are both very good. The US version needs more gain to overdrive the amp so I guess if one wants a super clean amp as a pedal platform, the US would be the better choice. But both the UK and US handle pedals extremely well. No issues at all. I'm just a fair guitar player and I'm not super anal about my sound lol so either amp is great for me. I think for transparency the US may be the better choice. The UK seems to always add little hair to the notes in my opinion... not a bad thing, it just is what it is😀
J
@@j-man9457
J I was worried about you. I know you're on the North west side of the island and it's not very wide
@@2bikemikesguitartopics145 thanks for checking in. If you devide the island in to 4 quaters from tip to tip, I'd be in the 3/4 section heading north. Wellington, where I live is in a valley. The wind here was still strong, but we got away with very little dammage! Blessed!
In these examples and the way you set it, it really reacts very much like a tube amp would when you boost the front end little by little with different gain stages combined, like you do. It is not maybe exactly the same, it is its own thing really, but I feel it is very dynamic and pleasing.
Where is the limiter knob set here, 9 o'clock, right?
Yes Vladimir, I agree with you. Very responsive amp, and it does react like a tube amp would with gain. Yes the limiter is at 9 on the dial here. Less limiter = more gain. Very cool little amps!
J
@@j-man9457 Sorry, me again. Where do you set your mids and bass on the UK for this kind of a sound?
@@vladimirpavlovic9488
Hey Vladimir!
My Highs are at 11 o'clock, I typically have my mids and base set at around 2'oclock. That depends on the guitar I'm using. Gain, I always set between 12 and 1 o'clock (verge of break up) and limiter at 9 o'clock!
@@j-man9457 Thanks.
We set the UK pretty much the same. Only thing that vastly differs is that you set your mids higher. I find that they can be a little bit too much when anywhere more than 11 o'clock. It is especially true when setting it for MIAB type of pedals.
What speaker do you use with it?
Cheers
@@vladimirpavlovic9488 hey Vladimir, I get what your saying about the mids... my mids will be set anywhere between 10 to 3. Depending on the guitar I'm using, and the room we play in...
I am only using a 10 inch speaker cab with a Jensen P10R alnico speaker. Sounds great!
What voicing on the Super Block please. Sorry if I missed it
AC Norm is the voicing I always use. Top boost is too bright with my teles, and the JMP is awesome but too gainy for the country stuff I play. Norm with pedals is perfect... to my ears anyway lol!
What actual brand is your "sb compressor"? I'm not sure what the sb stands for. Thanks.
Hey Mr.D!
It's an SP comoressor, by Xotic
They are great.
Here is a link to what I have:
Xotic SP Compressor Pedal reverb.com/item/44807300-xotic-sp-compressor-pedal?
@@j-man9457
Oh, okay, great! Yes I've heard of Xotic. I didn't know the name of their compressor. Thanks.
@@mr.d.572 Great pedals. Super solid construction in a nice small foot print!
The "SP" also pokes a bit of fun at Scientology, which is an added bonus! 😯
Which preamp are you using on the quilter?
Hi Lilian,
I always use AC Norm and cab sim norm. I use pedals for gain😀
Hope you made it through the storm ok
Hey Russell, thanks!
I was a little worried for my solar panels but so far so good all good here! House is wired to generator so I can still play my guitars lol!
Did you guys get hit as well?
J
@@j-man9457
Hey dude also happy to hear you're okay. Just watching so much destruction on TV right now. I I know you're on kind of like the Northwest part of the island
@@2bikemikesguitartopics145 hey bud, yeah we're ok. We got away with very little dammage. Super fortunate. Some weren't as lucky.
Still no power, but I have a generator wired to my panel so we are all good here!😀
try tuning to 417hz you will sound better and make people feel better.... Great videos!!!!!!!!
Whoah! That's lower than e-flat tuning for sure lol
What does that translate to on guitar, B or A# as opposed to open E? My guitar could never handle that. Action is too low lol!
J-MAN u be silly... u r there now th-cam.com/video/7cvQHrd9wgI/w-d-xo.html
watch this
@@theguitarprofessionals8584 i think you forgot the link... there's nothing after watch this...
th-cam.com/video/7cvQHrd9wgI/w-d-xo.html
Great playing, great tone, questionable socks.
Hahaha thanks Richard! Yeah the socks! I ruptured my achillies tendon a few months back and I still need to wear this compression sock to help control the swelling. Not a fan lol!
Yeah these small quilter amps pack a heck of a punch. I have both the UK and the US versions and both are impressive.
Cheers!
J
@@j-man9457 I have the Cub US and love it although I didn't until the speaker broke in. It's a great amp for those elusive edge of break-up sounds. I can fine tune it way more than I've been able to do with any of my tube amps.
@@richardparker6279 hey That's awesome Richard! I've heard good things about the cub and I may pick up a used one some day. Love how maintenance free and consistent sounding the quilter stuff is!
J
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Don't know what this means Philip, sorry!
J
Do you feel the cleans are better on the US version?
Hey David,
I don't find that the cleans are "better" as the UK cleans up nicely. However I do find the US has "more" cleans if that makes any sense... example, with the volume at 10 o'clock and the limiter at 3 o'clock, which is usually where I have them, the UK starts breaking up when the gain reaches 12 o'clock whereas the the US only starts breaking up at around 2 o'clock. That's with Telecaster pickups, which is pretty much all I use 😉
Hope that helps
J