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Quilter Labs InterBass!

#81
kasbrey said:
I suppose it's easy to think this but if I recall, Quilter have implied that this is the adapted pre section from the BB802 with one less band of EQ but the all important vintage switch/cab sim added. After all the BB800 was the (adapted and uprated) power section of the QSC K series powered cab in an adapted guitar Block chassis.
I don't think Quilter are the kind of company to just superficially tweak a guitar product to meet a market.
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I suppose, but I think most companies tweak products to open up new markets. Nothing wrong with that.

When you think about amps back in the day, you often see the term "AP" - meaning All Purpose. If you take the The difference between a guitar amp and a bass amp is often just a few resistors values to change eq points and frequency response thats suited to that particular instrument.

The Fender Studio bass and the Super Twin (guitar amp) are nearly identical amps - except some eq points and an added gain stage in the guitar amp. These two amps were not developed totally separately and independently from each other. A few different resistor values, a different speaker enclosure, and some marketing in the name of the product, and you are selling to two different markets.

You can take a tube screamer (guitar pedal), literally change one resistor value that allows more bass signal to pass thru and you have a "Bass Tube Screamer."

take a look at the 45 Series product line.
Fist came the micro block 45 - there is the development of the 45w power section in a pedal form.
Second came the Interblock 45 - there is the development of the guitar product with the already existing 45 power section, but now with a 4 band eq, cab sim, the switches in the same places, the line out, etc...
Third came the Interbass 45 - same 45w power section, same lay out as the already existing product.


I was in no way trying put down Quilter, any of their products, or the way they do business. Or I was not trying to say that the Interbass is just a guitar product that they slapped the word bass on.

I think the InterBass is a useful and well thought out product, specifically designed to meet the needs of a certain segment of the bass playing market - but that doesn't mean that it wasn't adapted from a guitar product that he company already had. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
 
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#82
Well, last weekend I gigged with the Interbass again. Here was the room:

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. . . and here was my rig:

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Again, the amp got plenty loud. I asked whether the sound man had been running me through the PA, and here's the response:

"I really didn't need a whole lot of him in the mains! He was a little loud but it wasn't a problem."

A little loud. In that big room. With that itty bitty amp.
 
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#83
I like the idea of grabbing my 1-10" cab and throwing this in the gig bag to make a rehearsal/small gig.
Ultimate quiet practice amp, too. Keep the bigger stuff packed up for shows.
 
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#84
I've been following this thread for a while and after thinking on it, found some good use cases and picked it up. I already have a BB800 that I play through a 4 ohm 212 but living in a city apartment, even on the lowest settings it's way too loud to play at home. The only other amp I had at home was a Yamaha THR10X (I got it originally for guitar) that I was using on the bass channel to practice and make changes to my pedals, but things would always sound different when I played out the BB either at practice or at a show. Now with the Interbass, I can get similar tones with fewer surprises at apartment-friendly volumes.
I'm also using it as a tube-y preamp for the BB (plugged into the front of the amp). It sounds really good when you push the Interbass on the vintage setting with a loud drive pedal (I'm using an Electrofoods Germ Warfare) - gnarly but super touch-sensitive. Also I feel like I have a bit more control over the overall volume of the setup as I feel the step size for the detents is a little coarse.
 
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#85
pfschim said:
I totally get that not everything works for every player ... no problems.
but I'm having a hard time understanding how a 45w amp works for very many players at all.
IEM guys don't need any power, just a pre they like the sound of ... so the power amp on this box is overkill for them.
For players with good FOH support that need monitoring only ... 45w again seems kinda lightweight for stage monitoring.
The power amp in this unit likely drives the need for the largish 24v power supply ... which makes it less appealing as a pedal board device I would think.

As I said, I'm sure the preamp functions of this box sound just fine, but there are tons of preamps out there already so, again, I'm not quite getting what problem this box solves.

not trying to diss anything here either ... just trying to figure it out. If it works for you then great :thumbsup:
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I think it solves a lot for me: I play jazz and avant improv with amongst others classical musicians (think a duo of bass guitar and unamplified bassoon), usually in small listening spaces (chamber music rooms or house concerts), where I often need to bring my own gear, using public transport . I think this thing is godsend for me and I'm ordering one, like now.
 
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Mine arrived today. Totally unreal. I usually play out with my BB800 and rarely go above 40 watts, for all of our gigs.
Currently I'm practicing with it into my 8 ohm F112. Wow! is all I can say. Very interested how this is going to fare this weekend on an outside patio gig into my F212. I will report.

Man, this is very kool. Edit: The vintage setting is "totally" kool. :woot:

Did I mention it weighs .65 lbs. :thumbsup:;):)
 
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#94
kasbrey said:
I haven't tried my Interbass with my 3012LF based cab (like the F112) but i'd be interested to hear what it was like with a band. They are generally spoken of as requiring a lot of watts to get the most out of them.

Anyway here is 8 bars of recorded Interbass (vintage setting).
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Very nice. I am loving that Vintage setting.

I'm definitely not going to try the F112 in the band setting. Our guitar player plays with a 12" all tube Fender. I always play live with my F212. But while practicing at home (with the F112) it got too loud for my house. I was afraid I was gonna start knocking stuff off the walls.
 
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#95
"It's so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."
-Ferris :smug:

Edit: Did I mention the manual says this, "A full featured FX LOOP includes a secret "audio input" feature, allowing an auxiliary music source to be "injected" into the FX RETURN, which further expands the capabilities of the Interbass."
 
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#99
Got mine in yesterday and put it through its paces through a set of gk 112 neos last night, while trying out synth tones as I was reconfiguring my pedals.

In short: this thing totally works. It handled all that fuzzed and filtered sub octave content like a champ. Had the master never more open than half, or I'd be shaking the house in its foundations. Puts out more than enough for my live needs. The presection is very practical too. I have a AI double shot on order and from then on I look forward to always bring my own gear to almost any gig in town. No more dependencies on whatever surprises the well intended line 'we'll find you an amp, don't worry' will bring me. :)
 
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Will have to check one out.

Just proves how little wattage is really needed for most situations. I suspect many of us don’t realize that we typically only use around 50 watts of our 800 watt amps.

And that’s a good illustration of how misleading the entire “watts” concept can be.
 
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