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Topic: Quilter Steelaire another update |
Karen Sarkisian
From:
Boston, MA, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2014 8:18 am |
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I seriously cannot say enough good things about this amp ! I played with a very loud modern country band last night, the lead guitarist was playing thru a showman head and 4x10 speaker cab. my Quilter held up awesomely. I cant get over how much tube warmth this amp has. My other steel amp, a modified fender twin, may soon be seeing craigslist.
I have never been completely happy with my tone on every gig until I got the Quilter. It really sounds incredible. I have not and to use the black box, tho I do continue to use the freeloader, mostly for tone adjustments and overall tone improvement. Wampler Faux analog echo in the effects loop. The amp also takes the sarno earth drive really well. It really sounds like an overdriven tube amp.
Thank you Quilter for making an awesome lightweight pedal steel guitar amp. It was very much needed and you guys really nailed it.
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 21 Dec 2014 2:21 pm
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I love my Quilter! I've played about 8 gigs with it so far, and it's plenty loud, plenty warm, and very lightweight. No effects needed, no black box, no Hilton pedal, no outboard reverb, nothing to plug in but the amp. I can set up in three minutes! I patch my Emmons p/p directly into the amp, and patch the volume pedal (Sho-Bud) into the vol. pedal Send/Return on the amp, and set the input on Channel 2.
Here's an audio clip I made the day I got the amp. Just the pedal steel, the amp, and a volume pedal. Rode USB mic placed directly in front of the amp:
---click it---> https://soundcloud.com/doug-beaumier/demo-emmons-pedal-steel-guitar-quilter-amp
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My Site / My YouTube Channel
25 Songs C6 Lap Steel / 25 MORE Songs C6 Lap Steel / 16 Songs, C6, A6, B11 / 60 Popular Melodies E9 Pedal Steel |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 21 Dec 2014 3:38 pm
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Are you all running the 15" speaker Quilter Steelaire combo model? Or are you using the Quilter Steelaire amp head with your own speaker box?
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 21 Dec 2014 5:51 pm
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| Mike, I tried my Black Box and it seems to cut the highs of the Quilter quite a bit. |
Interesting. I have not had much of a chance to experiment with the amp yet. I'm busy tomorrow and Tuesday, but will spend all day Wednesday playing with my new toy.
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Karen Sarkisian
From:
Boston, MA, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2014 7:46 am
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I also have the combo. been using the freeloader with it.
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Arty Passes
From:
Austin, TX
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Posted 23 Dec 2014 4:04 pm
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| Got my Combo yesterday - sounds great at home, can't wait for the gig this weekend! |
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Arty Passes
From:
Austin, TX
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Posted 23 Dec 2014 4:12 pm
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| Got my Combo yesterday - sounds great at home, can't wait for the gig this weekend! |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2014 4:12 pm
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Hi Arty, I've used mine at several gigs and love it. No distortion at high volumes and a really nice clean sound. I also have noticed I don't jack with the eq from gig to gig like I did with the Nashville 1000
Have fun.
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Dave Zirbel
From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2014 5:09 pm
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I also have noticed I don't jack with the eq from gig to gig like I did with the Nashville 1000
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Dave Zirbel-
Sierra S-10 (Built by Ross Shafer),ZB, Fender 400 guitars, various tube and SS amps |
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jerry harkins
From:
kingsland tx
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Posted 24 Dec 2014 9:45 pm
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| got my combo in May and love this amp! |
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Arty Passes
From:
Austin, TX
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Posted 25 Dec 2014 5:51 am
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| Hey Dick! Saw some of your previous posts on the amp and that definitely played into my decision. And Jerry's got one too! Looks like I'm in good company! |
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2014 8:52 pm
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Still love my Quilter. I have the Steelaire and not the combo. I'm one of these guys that don't like to bother with effects, stomp boxes or anything and the Quilter really fits the bill with its tone and that silky smooth reverb.
I would like to know some of your settings and your guitar. I play push pulls with single coil pickups and here are my settings.
Bass 7
Lo-mid. 0
Hi-mid 5
Treble 2
Reverb 5
Dwell. 7
Tone. 5
Gains are set each at about 7
Thanks
When I go to fiddle, I just switch to channel 2 with gain about 3 and cut the treble to 0 and on my fiddle sounds good
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2014 6:30 am
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I played my Taylor T5 through my steelaire with my steel settings and all I had to do was roll off some bass on the Taylor's tone control. I was told it sounded really good out front.
Im still loving it a lot.
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John Macy
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Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 26 Dec 2014 7:11 pm
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Hey Arty, I'm watching you play it right now in Corpus Christi...sounds great...
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John Macy
Rockport, TX
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 11 Jan 2015 11:46 am
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UPDATE: I've been using my black box with the Quilter on gigs lately, and I like the BB/Quilter combination. Earlier in this thread I complained that the BB seemed to cut a lot of highs with this amp... but that was at low volumes, playing at home. On the bandstand, at normal (higher) volume, the BB does what it always does well... smooths and evens out the sound, all strings, great separation in string sound, etc. So now I'm using the Quilter with BB, a passive volume pedal patched into the VP send/return on the amp, and a Boss delay patched into the effects send/return, Emmons p/p. It's a pretty sweet sound for Classic Country.
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25 Songs C6 Lap Steel / 25 MORE Songs C6 Lap Steel / 16 Songs, C6, A6, B11 / 60 Popular Melodies E9 Pedal Steel |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 12 Jan 2015 2:56 am
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Doug:
Do you connect the BB from the Steel to input of Quilter? If so, does the Vari Z on the BB work? |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 12 Jan 2015 7:31 pm
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| Len Amaral wrote: |
Doug:
Do you connect the BB from the Steel to input of Quilter? If so, does the Vari Z on the BB work? |
I connect the BB to the volume pedal and then to the amp. And yes, the Vari Z control works quite well.
BTW, I found a use for the tremolo. I always throw in a few pop tunes in my classical music performances, one of the being "Unchained Melody." (Thank you, Jody Saunders.) I initially play the melody on the bass strings. Single notes. No Chords. The tremolo sounds good for that one passage. After that I turn it off.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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