Quilter Bass Block

[Jeff Bonny]

I just wanna change the damned feet. Not being able to that without risking damaging the amp case is an over-thought design.

 

[Bass Boy]

I'm not looking for grit and I doubt you'd find hardly any EA cab users looking for grit.

I use two whizzy cabs paired with an original iAMP800. Depending on the type of music I am playing I love adding a bit of grit (via pedals). The thing I love most about my EA gear is it lets me decide what sound I want. I play a ton of different types of music so the versatility is perfect. EA does do a wonderful clean sound though!

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

The BB800 is very light. In most ways that’s a good thing right? Except that at moderately high volumes it tends to move around on top of a tolex covered cab. Hey, no big deal just change out the regular feet for some audiophile geek sticky sorbothane feet. Right? Wrong. The stock feet are screwed into hex head t-nuts that are pressed into the chassis so they have to be pounded out. ****.

Now the standard way of removing this kind of t-nut would be to screw in the screw holding the foot on and bury it to the head so you’re not damaging the top or threads of the t-nut. Maybe you’ll want to use them again and they’re nice ones you aren’t likely to find anywhere but a specialty fasteners place. No problem....except that the screws are actually captured in the feet so you don’t loose them and can’t use them for this. ****.

This is one of the best built best sounding bass amps I’ve ever owned. But for **** sakes guys did you have to so thoroughly over engineer the damned rubber feet? The same kind of self tapping screws you used to secure the cover to the chassis would have worked fine.
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I use a black hand towel on top of my amp.
No issues with the amp moving.
Overly complicated and unnecessary solution is overly complicated and unnecessary.

 

[redstrand]

I just wanna change the damned feet. Not being able to that without risking damaging the amp case is an over-thought design.

See my last post

 

[hennessybass]

The rubber mat or hand towel are good solutions, but for me personally, I don't want to have one more thing to have in my utility box, one more thing to set-up, one more thing to keep track of, one more thing that I might loose, etc... Just me (and maybe @Jeff Bonny and some other dudes too). I just want an amp on top of my cab that doesn't move around.

I also thought I would change the feet, but couldn't, so here's what I used...

I accidentally got the 1.5" instead of the 1", but I trimmed them. No big deal.
I like this solution, because once I installed them, I haven't had to think about the issue once, including an extra piece of kit to manage the problem.

The movement wasn't so bad on my 212, but very bad on my 210 cab. With the new rubber feet, absolutely no issue, either cab - even at max volume. No sticky stuff and no other problems over the last 7 months.

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

The rubber mat or hand towel are good solutions, but for me personally, I don't want to have one more thing to have in my utility box, one more thing to set-up, one more thing to keep track of, one more thing that I might loose, etc... Just me (and maybe @Jeff Bonny and some other dudes too). I just want an amp on top of my cab that doesn't move around.

I also thought I would change the feet, but couldn't, so here's what I used...
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I accidentally got the 1.5" instead of the 1", but I trimmed them. No big deal.
I like this solution, because once I installed them, I haven't had to think about the issue once, including an extra piece of kit to manage the problem.

The movement wasn't so bad on my 212, but very bad on my 210 cab. With the new rubber feet, absolutely no issue, either cab - even at max volume. No sticky stuff and no other problems over the last 7 months.

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That’s ingenius!!

Btw, i use the towel because i wipe my sweaty hands on it before playing, and i put my beers on it while playing.
It was already in my bag, so i just put it to use.

 

[Jeff Bonny]

The rubber mat or hand towel are good solutions, but for me personally, I don't want to have one more thing to have in my utility box, one more thing to set-up, one more thing to keep track of, one more thing that I might loose, etc... Just me (and maybe @Jeff Bonny and some other dudes too). I just want an amp on top of my cab that doesn't move around.

I also thought I would change the feet, but couldn't, so here's what I used...
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I accidentally got the 1.5" instead of the 1", but I trimmed them. No big deal.
I like this solution, because once I installed them, I haven't had to think about the issue once, including an extra piece of kit to manage the problem.

The movement wasn't so bad on my 212, but very bad on my 210 cab. With the new rubber feet, absolutely no issue, either cab - even at max volume. No sticky stuff and no other problems over the last 7 months.

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That’s a good solution. I looked for something like that at several places but didn’t find anything. So I bought a set of the Isolate-It Sorbothane feet that have worked incredibly well on my Alessandro head but can’t be efficiently installed on the Quilter without removing those stupid protruding t-nut barrels. Since I won’t ever sell this amp I’m just going to pound them out.

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

That’s a good solution. I looked for something like that at several places but didn’t find anything. So I bought a set of the Isolate-It Sorbothane feet that have worked incredibly well on my Alessandro head but can’t be efficiently installed on the Quilter without removing those stupid protruding t-nut barrels. Since I won’t ever sell this amp I’m just going to pound them out.

I wonder if Quilter might sell you a bottom tray without the nuts? @peteratquilter ?

 

[bassvet]

I wonder if Quilter might sell you a bottom tray without the nuts? @peteratquilter ?

I used a yoga mat, and cut it into the exact sizes I needed for my T.E. ELF 2X8" cabs. Works great for me.

 

[John D Harris]

I used a yoga mat, and cut it into the exact sizes I needed for my T.E. ELF 2X8" cabs. Works great for me.

Goth yoga?

 

[Agosix]

I got it ..a Quilter swag item...yoga mat!

 

[Hypercaffium]

I often connect my Olympic MKIIIS preamp into the line in of my BB800, which is balanced. The regular "out" on the Olympic is unbalanced, I guess?
Up to now, I've always put the Olympic on top of my BB800 and used a very short 1/4'' to XLR unbalanced cable. Everything worked fine, no problems at all.
I'm about to put the Olympic in my pedalboard and I need to find another longer cable to do the same thing. Should I look to a balanced cable this time?
Should I also replace the short cable with a balanced one?

 

[Andyman001]

I dont think it matters unless both are balanced.

 

[Hypercaffium]

I like this one:
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Description doesn't even say if it's balanced or not, I guess it doesn't matter.

 

[Col Pruse]

When I used the Genz Benz Streamliner, there was a sweet thread here with everyone's favorite settings. I switched to the Quilter because I realized I'm not a knob twiddler. The less options the better. Quilter and P bass.

So how does everyone set the BB800 knobs? Most places I've been playing lately we bring our own PA so I play thru my two LDS 210 cabs. BB800 is set:
GAIN: 6.5
DEPTH: Two notches to the right
CONTOUR: Three notches to the left
VOLUME: Usually up past the 40 watt line

Playing my P Bass with GZR pickups, the tone is nice and thick. Maybe adjust the bass a click left or right depending on the place, but I use the Diamond Bass Compressor for more subtle adjustments.

So what's everyone doing? I want to try em out!

 

[Andyman001]

A balanced plug will be TRS (stereo) on the phone plug side:
balanced 1/4" to xlr cord - Google Search

 

[Hypercaffium]

When using it alone, I leave everything at noon and start from there. Usually a couple of clicks on one knob or both are more than enough. Gain is always around 6/7 all the time, I play a passive P. Master depending on the place, other people's volume etc.

 

[Hypercaffium]

A balanced plug will be TRS (stereo) on the phone plug side:
balanced 1/4" to xlr cord - Google Search

Thanks.
Well, I guess I don't need it since the "out" on my preamp is mono. I'll order the one I posted before, thanks again.

 

[Jeff Bonny]

I wonder if Quilter might sell you a bottom tray without the nuts? @peteratquilter ?

Just sent the email. If I’d had my wits about me I would have asked them for a sans t-nut replacement before all the public whining.

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

When I used the Genz Benz Streamliner, there was a sweet thread here with everyone's favorite settings. I switched to the Quilter because I realized I'm not a knob twiddler. The less options the better. Quilter and P bass.

So how does everyone set the BB800 knobs? Most places I've been playing lately we bring our own PA so I play thru my two LDS 210 cabs. BB800 is set:
GAIN: 6.5
DEPTH: Two notches to the right
CONTOUR: Three notches to the left
VOLUME: Usually up past the 40 watt line

Playing my P Bass with GZR pickups, the tone is nice and thick. Maybe adjust the bass a click left or right depending on the place, but I use the Diamond Bass Compressor for more subtle adjustments.

So what's everyone doing? I want to try em out!

Gain at noon, Depth at noon, Contour at 1 o'clock, Master is adjusted to the room.
I have a H/LPF on my board set to 60Hz and 4kHz, respectively. Always on.
Passive Pbass.