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Quilter Bass Block v803

#801
kesslari said:
For those of you who replaced a BB800 with a V803 - outrageously happy? Meh? Somewhere in between?
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Happy.

The 803 extends the tonal palette (modern+flat being the equivalent of the 800 so no regret selling the 800).

i use all the options (warm, qtube, scoop) depending on the context, so it's really a good upgrade.

The only drawback: the legibility of the labels on the 800 is better - white text on black background placed above the knobs is better than black labels bellow the knobs. But that's not a deal breaker.
 
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Tony G said:
Sorry, maybe I didn't describe correctly my preferences so far. I actually like the warm setting with the scooped input when using my Bartolini equipped MIJ '75 reissue jazz bass. It seems to really fit the tonal profile of that bass in the music I play. However, when using the warm setting and scooped input while playing my American Professional II P Bass or my Stingray Special 5H, I don't like the tone at the high end of the eq. It sounds too clanky and ganky and I can't seem to eq it out. However, I am starting to find some progress with the P Bass and the Stingray using the modern setting and flat input. The eq controls using these settings seem more intuitive for these basses and I get better control over the high end clack I dislike.
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I absolutely love what the 803 can do.
All the settings work great for me, just takes me a little fine tuning for each bass.
I've got a modded 70's Jbass with Dimarzio Relentless J's, a '71 Precision with a Delano P pick up and a Seymour Duncan HawkBucker in the bridge position, and an modded Epiphone TBird with 3 pick ups.
And each bass at each amp setting sound great.
At first I was partial to the warm setting, but as I dove further into everything else.
It opened up a whole world of tonal opportunities.
But I'm also using an Empress para eq for bass, and man!
I can get what ever tones I've always chased after, with all 3 basses.
Of course ymmv, and my basses are all passive.
It's all subjective when it comes to what tones we wanna hear.
 
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I'm on a qtube streak. I started out using it pretty selectively but it's just right for the collection of tunes I've been polishing. My gig this week is with the full band and we'll be using IEM's with low stage volume. Guitar player picked up an old hollow body electric with a single pu right at the end of the fretboard. Warm and middy sound. I'm loving how the qtube voice softens my attack but keeps the lows focused. Blends really well in the mix. The IEM mix with the new guitar and mic'd up drums sounds great in rehearsal. I'm hoping we can replicate easily at the venue but we'll see come Thursday.
 
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Solid night at the pub. Even had a couple friends up to join us on tunes they knew. TH pedal feeding the Quilter, qtube and scoop input. Groovy!
 
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#810
Zooberwerx said:
That's my favorite config (Qtube / Scoop) so far. Add your favorite character pedal on the front-end and we're good-to-go!

Riis
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Yes, and there's a lot of variety if you're into that. After 8 months or so and enough gigs to see what is what, I've landed on qtube/scoop for my three piece rock band and modern/flat for acoustic gigs. I think of the voices as modern = neutral
warm = clean, mildly voiced
and qtube = clean to very dirty and significantly voiced

The scoop input enhances the voices and the TH brings punch and fatness to the low mids and some extra overdrive to the upper mids and highs.
 
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pisces_bass said:
Yes, and there's a lot of variety if you're into that. After 8 months or so and enough gigs to see what is what, I've landed on qtube/scoop for my three piece rock band and modern/flat for acoustic gigs. I think of the voices as modern = neutral
warm = clean, mildly voiced
and qtube = clean to very dirty and significantly voiced

The scoop input enhances the voices and the TH brings punch and fatness to the low mids and some extra overdrive to the upper mids and highs.
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Do you make any EQ changes or just run it pretty flat when you're in the scoop input?
 
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pisces_bass said:
Yes, and there's a lot of variety if you're into that. After 8 months or so and enough gigs to see what is what, I've landed on qtube/scoop for my three piece rock band and modern/flat for acoustic gigs. I think of the voices as modern = neutral
warm = clean, mildly voiced
and qtube = clean to very dirty and significantly voiced

The scoop input enhances the voices and the TH brings punch and fatness to the low mids and some extra overdrive to the upper mids and highs.
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Per the manual and to my ears, the "Modern" imparts significant damping of the speaker response.

Riis
 
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