Quilter Amps From Early 70's

Fendbassfan · #1 04-26-2011, 03:18 AM

Anyone remember that tiny company that made Quilter amps in I think Huntington Beach, Calif. I had a Quilter 'Duck' head and a 15" Sunda Fold horn Bass Cab (speaker pointer backwards and the thing weighed a ton). It was a really bassey sounding amp. Here's a picture from the 70's of my buddy playing my Ricky thru it.

Alex1984 · #2 04-26-2011, 03:22 AM

Hmm. IIRC, that "tiny" company was later called Quilter Sound Company, better known as QSC. Pretty sure anyone who knows a thing or two about pro audio would've heard of them.

Hardly tiny anymore.

BurningSkies · #3 04-26-2011, 06:28 AM

Huh.

QSC Audio Products

They apparently make more than a couple of heads these days.

Fendbassfan · #4 04-26-2011, 08:20 AM

I found this link about their early days.

QSC Company History

It didn't hurt to have bands like Led Zeppelin, Cream, and The Doors endorsing their amps.

RPB_McG · #5 07-12-2011, 10:28 AM

Pat Quilter started in a small shop in Costa Mesa, CA. In 1970 he had a promotion for a free bass or guitar with the purchase of an amp. I bought the "Big Bertha" bass amp and got a free Gibson EB-0. The Big Bertha head was a 400 watt powerhouse. The cab had FOUR 15's with incredibly well tuned ports. The box was damn near as deep as it was wide. I'm 6' tall and I was eye level with the controls. It was huge, heavy and a pain to drag around but it was one loud, low end monster of a rig. Perfect for max-volume early 70s rock.