Quilter Amps

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 24 Oct 2014 3:54 pm

Combo here.

Regarding the volume, I haven't played it on a gig yet, but at home it's seems plenty loud with the both the Gain & the Master at only about "11:00 o'clock". I'll know more when I take it out on a gig, but that won't be for a couple of weeks. On my Steel King I usually set the Gain at 12:00 and the Master at 1:00 on gigs. I'm gonna try that on the bandstand and see how it goes. There is also a setting on this amp to run channels 1 & 2 together, which is louder.

Stephen Abruzzo · Post by **Stephen Abruzzo** » 24 Oct 2014 6:52 pm

Doug.....just curious as to how the Quilter would sound IF you used the Black Box with it.

Was wondering if you could just try the BB with it and report back?

Dick Wood · Post by **Dick Wood** » 25 Oct 2014 8:47 am

Doug,great to hear you got it and are liking it so far.Use both channels and you will see a nice boost over the single channel.

Jim,thank you for the kind words. All I can say is that after looking at Milkman and the Vintage Vibe 100 I decided on the Quilter. I thought all sounded great but money was a deciding factor and Quilter just had the features along with a more reasonable price. I also wanted an amp with more headroom and Quilter won out there also.

Tore Blestrud · Post by **Tore Blestrud** » 29 Oct 2014 2:24 am

Best amp I have ever had. Even the guys in different bands I play in comments on the new nice sound (sold my Nashville 112). Extremely loud amp, clean sparkling sound.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 29 Oct 2014 9:25 pm

DEMO - Emmons push pull through a Quilter combo

I recorded some audio samples tonight, random licks, parts of songs, different styles, playing through the Quilter. No effects other than the reverb in the amp. RODE NT-USB mic placed directly in front of the amp.

---click it---> https://soundcloud.com/doug-beaumier/de ... uilter-amp

Dave Bertoncini · Post by **Dave Bertoncini** » 29 Oct 2014 9:38 pm

Sounds great Doug. About how mine sounds to me in my practice room with my Infinity...except I like your playing much better

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 30 Oct 2014 11:30 pm

what a great touch you have, Doug. The Quilter sounds great there. Those mids are especially sweet. And thanks for turning me onto "Nightime" by Delta Moon.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 31 Oct 2014 8:10 am

Thanks guys, I'm very happy with the amp so far. The real test will come in a couple of weeks when I take it out on a gig. "Nightime" was recommended by Soundcloud, I had nothing to do with it. It's a nice tune though.

Kenny Radas · Post by **Kenny Radas** » 31 Oct 2014 2:01 pm

Doug what sort of setting were you using on the Quilter when you recorded?

Anyone else have any setting they would care to share?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 31 Oct 2014 2:33 pm

I've tweaked the settings a dozen times since making the recording... but I do know that I had both the Gain and the Master at only 3, which is way lower than the volume would be on the bandstand.

These are the settings I'm currently using (subject to change):

Bass 7
Lo-Mid 6
Hi-Mid 5
Treble 6

Limiter 5
Tremolo 0
Rate 0

Reverb fairly high: about 6, dwell about 6, tone 6.

I expect that I'll make changes when I get on a bandstand, with bass and drums, etc. That won't be for about two weeks though. One difference I notice with this amp... the mids are very pleasing and I don't have to cut them way back like I did on all the old Peavey amps.

I'm playing an Emmons push/pull which has a bright sound to begin with. The pedal steel is direct into the amp, and the volume pedal (Sho-Bud with a new pot) is patched into the Send/Return jacks on the amp. If you're using the volume pedal Send/Return you have to use Channel 2 on the amp. The volume pedal send/return does not work with channel 1, just channel 2. That's how it's supposed to work. I called Quilter to check on that. I even got to talk to the Man himself!

Dave Bertoncini · Post by **Dave Bertoncini** » 31 Oct 2014 2:58 pm

My current settings for my Infinity with Telonics 409 pickups are Gain 3, Bass 5, Low Mid 0 High Mid 4, Treble 5, Limiter 5, Reverb 4, Dwell 5, Tone 3, Master 5

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 25 Nov 2014 12:39 pm

I've done four gigs with the Quilter Combo so far, and I couldn't be happier. On all of these gigs I just used my Emmons, the amp, and a volume pedal. No effects. One AC to plug in... the amp. 5 minutes to set up, lightweight, and killer sound. I'm sold on this.

I might use my Boss delay on certain gigs, but it's not really necessary because the amp sounds so good on it's own.

I tried using my Black Box with this rig, but for some reason it kills most of the sweet highs coming from the amp. I used the BB for several years with my Steel King, every gig, and it worked perfectly, and did what a BB should do... smooth, even sound from every string, every fret, great separation of sound in the wound strings, etc. But with the Quilter it's unusable, for me anyway. I think it's because with the Quilter I patch the guitar directly into the amp, and use the send/return loop for the volume pedal. A very clean sound. So if I use the BB, the chain would be steel guitar - BB - amp. Doing that severely changes the tone of the amp... muffles a lot of the clean, crisp tones IMO. With the Steel King the chain was steel guitar - BB - volume pedal - delay - reverb box - amp. There was more stuff between the BB and the amp. As you probably know, the BB should be the first unit after the pickup.

George Macdonald · Post by **George Macdonald** » 25 Nov 2014 5:00 pm

Doug, As this amp doesn't have an aux. input, how do you think it would work out to play tracks through the second input?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 25 Nov 2014 8:48 pm

You could probably play tracks through channel 2 with the Gain set very low, like less than 1. I don't think it's a good idea though. That input is not designed to accept a signal like that. And if you accidentally turn that knob up... your tracks will be heard on the other end of town!

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 26 Nov 2014 4:44 am

Just add a cheap mixer or a 20db attenuator from a place like Radio Shack to reduce the line level CD player signal to a lower level. With a radio shack attenuator cable you can get all sorts of adapters to go from 1/8" to 1/4" to phone or phono.

Micheal Harvey · Post by **Micheal Harvey** » 26 Nov 2014 7:13 am

Hello Doug, thanks for all the info. I have a Quilter Steelaire as well and I never paid much attention to the use of the BB since I kept it in my chain until reading your post as it does change the tone and not in a good way. I checked it with my MM HD 150 RP as well. Amazing

Len Amaral · Post by **Len Amaral** » 26 Nov 2014 7:42 am

Hey Doug, great tone and always enjoy your playing. Happy Thanksgiving and hopefully the weather man is wrong about the snow heading our way.

Lenny

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 26 Nov 2014 8:04 am

I just ordered the Avaitor 8 but do not have it yet. If it works out I plan to replace my Deluxe Reverb reissue with it for playing electric guitar and lap steel (i don't play PSG). Half the weight!

Jim Palenscar · Post by **Jim Palenscar** » 26 Nov 2014 12:37 pm

I currently have a great deal on a rackmount Steelaire (head only) if anyone is interested)~

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