The Steel Guitar Forum

Haven't seen too much chatter about these. I'm intrigued, and am thinking about pulling the trigger on one since my current amplifier is limping along on 5 cylinders. If I get it thru Amazon, I can always send it back if I don't like it. Does it have that Peavey "squawk"? Thoughts?

-CE

There has been a lot of chatter about them- do a search- great amps. You won't find them on Amazon. I give a money back guarantee on all Quilter products including the Steelaire- 7 days- you are only out the shipping if you don't like it.

Steelaire Pro review:

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Quilter%20St ... 20Pro.html

These are great amps,you will not be sending it back.Jim is a great guy to deal with and it wont take 7 days for you to decide.I have not had any comeback yet and I doubt Jim has.I love having the low and high mid control as you can dial in most any sound with them.Just my two cents worth.Jerry

I just bought one. It won't be going back...that's for sure. It's a very impressive amp. Do a search on the forum and you will find some posts. Doug Beaumier posted a great sound clip as did Greg Cutshaw.

I have two and won't be sending them back either. I love them... Also have Aviator 12. Can't go wrong getting it from Jim

I love my Quilter. It's lightweight, loud, has a warm tone and great reverb.

Just received a "rack mount" Quilter Steelaire yesterday. Very good so far. Great super detailed tone, which is very even sounding both up and down the fretboard and across all 10 strings. Easily the most articulate amp I've ever played steel through.

The reverb is very customizable, (but not quite as "lush" as an old Fender verb).
Best-of-all, the amp weighs only 7 lbs (the cab weighs 20 lbs).

So, in essence, this is an excellent amp in a "lumbar friendly", sub-30 lb rig.

More as this story develops

Tony explains it very well. I just got the Steelaire Combo Pro and I can assure you it's not going back. The quality of the amp is a good as it gets, the ability to separate the head from the cab was a clincher for me and the 15" speaker is what I would call "full body sound" just to put it another way from what Tony explained so well.I also like the ease with which I could dial in my sound. In some amps I've had trouble doing this. The option to have an external speaker is nice to get the stereo effect........you won't be sorry.........clark

I love mine after using it on many gigs so far.

Here's a link to a Youtube posting where I used it on a local Opry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq1tP185D0w

pull the trigger !

You won't regret it. Great tone, clear and clean. beautiful reverb. Light weight . lots of really smart , useful features.
I'm loving mine.
Pull the trigger.

Bought mine from Jim Palenscar. Great guy and he is steel savvy. Same price as anywhere else. I like to support our steel community, of which he is a major part.

I also bought one from Jim, and am very happy with it.

Shoot that"money gun" I think you'll love it. I love mine.

The more I play it, the more I'm loving this amp.

I figured out the reverb. It is actually quite lush when adjusted right. The secret for me was to cut down on dwell time and back off on the reverb tone a bit. Now it sounds very "Fender-ish".

These amps are intriguing. I like the tones I've heard so far as well as the reviews, and I REALLY like the lower weight factor.

I play Tele and a T8 Stringmaster in my band, often switching back and forth in the same song. This sounds like it could be a good way to go to use both instruments.

TJW

If you buy from Jim Palenscar you will get great customer service.

This amp works great for double duty. Guitar sounds great. I can't imagine it not sounding good for your stringmaster. With the tremolo, which I would rarely use, it's a killer for the Baritone guitar, classic Spaghetti Western.. When it comes down to hauling less gear, this amp does so many things well . The powered effects jack out, along with the ability to pass cables thought the back pass through slot, make it the ultimate throw and go. No effects boxes on the ground or on top of the amp, which I can now avoid.
I keep a delay hooked in and stored inside the bac of the amp. Just a hair of single repeat delay allows you to back off the dwell knob of the reverb. You get the lush , deep reverb, without the washed out , too long decay tail. I could just as easily go without the delay, and raise the the dwell a hair. The reverb is excellent, with the ability to dial it in. The three knob setup is key.
So many amps useful features, for the,price, it's a deal!!

Steve/Tony
I've had the rack mount Quilter for about a year now I guess. I use it in the Gator soft side case. About as easy and light set up as you can get. Excellent amp, has a different tone than my tube stuff(not in a bad way either) but hard to beat for grab and go. I use the onboard reverb which is excellent and the M-one for the delay. I could blend in a bit of chorus with the M-One but have never traditionally used chorus. Very handy.

I bought my Steelaire rackmount from Jim Palenscar and have nothing but great things to say about it. Recently, I installed a Lexicon MX200 delay/reverb unit, and the noise levels were exceedingly high. Cable problems compounded the issue, and I found myself at Quilter Labs in Costa Mesa to see if they could help me sort out the problem. Chris used a controller to disable the effects loop which was the culprit of the excess noise. The Lexicon unit will have to go back. Chris was extremely helpful and sought to help me fix the problem despite the fact that it was not related to a Quilter product. He then gave me a tour of the lab and shared a lot of neat info about the company, its processes, and the players who play the equipment. I was very impressed and will always refer friends to this great local company.

Very happy with mine! Here it is on it's "1st gig" @ the Ventura County Fair.
JE:-)>

That Steelaire looks like it means business back there, Jim!

I thought Quilter was a relatively new company but today I saw a very early picture of ZZ Top before they went big time. Right there sitting just in front of the stage was what looked light some PA gear with the Quilter logo on it.

I have never seen Quilter on any equipment before last year. Is this not a new line or what?

I suppose I can answer this by pointing you at this link...
http://www.quilterlabs.com/index.php/aboutus/history
It started in 68 and became QSC Audio. (One of the world's foremost pro audio companies.)
Pat re-founded Quilter Labs to complete the work he began all those years ago.