Amplifier service

Yep. Solid state can fail too.
The best sounding solid state amp I’ve owned was a Gibson Lab Series L5. A “BB King”amp.(also that guitar player from Kings X -Tye Tabor*spelling?) I sold it back to the guy a bought it from. I would still own it if he didn’t ask to buy it back. He deserved it.
That said;

Tube amps have been pretty good to me over the years. I have lost, at least, as many solid state amps as tube amps to failures over the years. But....I’ve owned more tube amps by far.
It’s a bummer when either type fails catastrophically.

Taking in to consideration the styles that you play, and the sheer number of pedals you own, your Quilter choice is one that I could imagine myself making. (The fact that it can pull double duty as a bass amp is a bonus)

I hope you keep something with tubes in it(that little Peavey head for example, would be a shame to see you let go of-you’ve mentioned that you were fond of what you get from it)

Good luck Ray!:fingersx:
 
RVA said:
Thanks!

I actually ha a Fender Princeton 112, which it an SS, and a hybid, my Kustom 20w
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Get rid of that solid state rubbish, RVA; your ears deserve better than that.

Been playing my Yamaha THR10 valve amp a lot recently (being the only amp I have), and it sounds very nice.
 
I had the Fender Princeton 65 for a bit--- still wish I had not gotten rid of it--was a great amp -
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Although there are good things about tube amps. The new Solid State amps are very reliable, sound very good, generally speaking, lighter in weight, and they are making them better all the time. I believe they are the future, that's where the technology is going.
 
Interesting info from Quilter

RVA Question:

Hello,

I am searching for the right quilter for me. Do the Mini and Mini Reverb models have your low damping factor and voltage feedback circuit? How does it vary from the Interblock for tube feel since that does not have that technology?

Also, any suggestions for a DI if I get the Mini?
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Quilter Response:

Hi Ray,

They sure do! The InterBlock and Micro Block are missing those two parts but have some tricks of their own up their sleeves to get you there. Most people think the InterBlock is pretty tube-like, especially when going direct.

As for Dis with the Minis, you can use the headphone out. It won't have cabinet simulation on it though so you might want to pick up something like a Mooer Radar. The InterBlock was our first amp with cabinet simulation on it. That feature will be rolling out to all new amps going forward.

Hope that helps!

Peter Melton
Quilter Labs
Sales Manager
 
My 1st amp ever was a solid state SUNN combo bass amp from the 70's. It acted up. Like a dummy I trusted my older guitar player friend who said he knew someone who could look at it back when I was really green to guitars and amps. Sounded like a plan. Well, my buddy said his friend basically said it wasn't worth repairing. I never saw the amp again. I guess for what little money I paid for the amp, I just figured it was trash. I sure know better today.

Now, like when I sold my first LESTER too cheaply, I regret not hangin on to that amp because I could likely fix myself it for a few cents or bucks for some diodes or resistors or other simple remedy. I had a similar thing happen to me with a SS Fender Princeton Chorus or small SS Bass head I had. An old school repairman fixed it for me for pretty cheap.
 
Session 5 said:
Although there are good things about tube amps. The new Solid State amps are very reliable, sound very good, generally speaking, lighter in weight, and they are making them better all the time. I believe they are the future, that's where the technology is going.
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It is. The ONLY reason tubes are around today is because of guitar amps, and to some degree the vintage radio buffs.

But the mojo / the special thing - the mainly even order harmonics and analog nature of tube operation is what is so hard to recreate digitally.
The clipping of OD / distortion is easy, but we have all heard bad examples of it.

If I was a gigging musician I would likely be using a 50 or 100w SS, maybe with a pedal or two and wah, like the Katana or one of those Peaveys.
I had use of a Line 6 150w head that I repaired for a friend, it is to be his backup gigging amp after it died and he bought another #1.
It was at least ok, would have been fine for stage work I guess - works for him.
 
I know I posted in previous threads somewhere about an SS amp I heard good things about.
Curious to give one a try to see. Pretty sure I would win a bet that someone in here has had experience with these.

Roland JC-120
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RVA said:
Most people think the InterBlock is pretty tube-like, especially when going direct.
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This statement by Quilter has a lot of merit. When I read recent interviews about guitarists that use modern solid state amps for recording direct or having a direct line into the house PA for a live performing situation, that these SS amps excel in these scenarios. Usually the SS amps these guitar players are into are the Axe FX and the Kempers. I'm pretty confident the Quilters should do the job, too.
 
I reclaimed my amp today. Davidson was unable to re-create the issue after hours of trying. They did not even charge me a checkout fee.

He suggested that I try to put a cable in the send return of the FX loops if it happens again. He thinks that in general, jacks on FX loops are problematic because they can lose continuity and cause issues like this. The chance of this happening on the is exacerbated because it has partly plastic jacks.
 
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