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Topic: Oh Noooo! Yet ANOTHER small light 200 watt amp!!! |
Jay Ganz
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Out Behind The Barn
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 15 Mar 2012 9:57 am |
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Not for me either. Maybe for guitar, but I don't think I would like the sound of the 8" speaker, but who knows.
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2012 12:45 pm
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 15 Mar 2012 1:36 pm
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All the sounds, including the chord Gretsch and clean Strat sounds, have way too much distortion for me. The practicality of having 200 watts going into an 8" speaker kinda befuddles me. Even the best 12" speakers don't do well when the power goes up that high. 
Very obviously, it's designed for straight guitar, but it might be okay for edgy lap steel stuff. 
It takes more than watts to make a good pedal steel amp. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 15 Mar 2012 1:50 pm
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I can't listen to the sound samples on the website right now, but here's the link to an article from his site on why he chose an 8-inch speaker:
http://www.quilterlabs.com/2012/02/why-do-we-use-an-8-inch-speaker.htm
Apparently Pat Quilter has been in the business for over 40 years, and he plays steel guitar. Is he a member here? He makes it pretty clear that this isn't your grandmother's 8-inch speaker.
He's down in Orange County and a fairly easy drive (during non-rush hour!) to Steel Guitars of North County. That would be the thing to do - have Jim Palenscar and other SoCal players check it out with pedal steel guitars.
I wouldn't dismiss anything out of hand at this point.
They're about $900, and if it were the real deal for steel, with the light weight and compact size, that would be pretty sweet.
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Jay Ganz
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Out Behind The Barn
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Posted 15 Mar 2012 3:36 pm
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| Mark Eaton wrote: |
Apparently Pat Quilter has been in the business for over 40 years, and he plays steel guitar. Is he a member here?
He makes it pretty clear that this isn't your grandmother's 8-inch speaker.
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....yeah, and I guess there is an ext. speaker output that will handle a 4 or 8 ohm speaker if you want. |
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2012 3:44 pm
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I played through this amp in the Quilter Trailer in the parking lot at Deke's Guitar Geek Fest During NAMM Week. The amp was very nice -- even with the 8 inch speaker. Freddy Roulette was playing through it using more distorted settings. I wanted clean clean.
They said that they will make just a head if that is what you want.
It is not a "normal" 8 inch speaker. I was mystified at what the speaker did. That being said, I would still use a Black Widow or D130 because I cannot believe in an 8 inch speaker despite actually hearing it.
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Chris Lucker
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 16 Mar 2012 6:51 am
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It is not a "normal" 8 inch speaker. I was mystified at what the speaker did. That being said, I would still use a Black Widow or D130 because I cannot believe in an 8 inch speaker despite actually hearing it. |
That reminds me a little bit of when one of the earlier generations of iPod came out, some people just couldn't believe that the device could contain 3000 songs.
I know - apples to oranges comparison - but you get my drift. Look at home audio systems. Some of the equipment people have in their living rooms now that produce great sound doesn't look anything like my mid 70's era JBL Studio Monitors that I'm still using - the modern stuff is often a fraction of the size, and amazingly high fidelity.
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Georg Sørtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 16 Mar 2012 8:05 am
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Small and light, and on paper it looks like the "real deal for steel", at a nice price.
I'm in no doubt that a pro 8 inch speaker in a tone-designed cabinet can deliver what '15 inch speaker lovers' want in the lower register, and more. I used single-pr-channel 7 inch (!) long-throw speakers for mid/lows in tone-designed PA and instrument set-ups for years, and the only "complaints" I ever received was that they were clearer all the way down and delivered more audible punch and power in the ultra-low register, than musicians were used to. |
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Vincent Lenci
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Sussex, New Jersey
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Posted 16 Mar 2012 12:01 pm
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| my buddy plays bass with a small amp w/ 2-10's about this size, one speaker faces down cost $1500 and it'll knock plaster off the walls |
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Rich Hlaves
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Wildomar, California, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2012 2:26 pm
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It's a very cool small and light amp that sounds good. Nice effects too.
Bob Spickard (Chantays) came by the shop the other day with his Quilter in hand. I liked it.
Pat Quilter is the "Q" in QSC power amps and speakers.
The $895 price includes a free $100 footswitch/controler right now.
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