Thanks! I put it together: It's a Warmoth neck and body, with Fralin pickups (passive electronics) and Hipshot bridge and tuners. A really nice, solid P-J.
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Quilter Labs InterBass!
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Thanks! I put it together: It's a Warmoth neck and body, with Fralin pickups (passive electronics) and Hipshot bridge and tuners. A really nice, solid P-J.
We played a four hour show for a 50th party. Room was full of about 100 people, indoors this time. See pic for my settings (top pedal feeds F112 @ 8ohms, bottom pedal feeds F212 @ 4ohms) We were loud and pushing pretty good. I was constantly checking for heat and only during 1 set could I say the pedals were slightly warmer than room temp. But definitely not hot like some other Class D amps can get. (Like the Peavey miniMega 1,000 watter)
Biamp is my new "now!"
Interesting discussion, to say the least. I have been using my BB800 for 7-8 months now. It’s my first foray into class D amps and after a little “bonding time” it has been a pleasure to play and great at gigs. Like others, I have never needed to turn it up past ~50watts on the master to get the volume I need.
The preamp options of the InterBass are intriguing. I usually play without a drummer in a band doing a mix of bluegrass, old country, and fiddle tunes. I switch between an acoustic/electric and passive j-bass (avatar pic), as the tunes need. I wanna hear my acoustic/electric in vintage mode with enough gain for a little hair!
We usually run a PA with a pair of mackie SRM450’s so I don’t need to carry the room - and the room generally ain’t that big anyway. I bet the InterBass would power my BagEnd S15 8 ohm cab just fine. I also have a SWR 2x10 8ohm and I am curious if those 45watts would push all those speakers when I get to play outdoors?
If it checks all the boxes, I have a band mate with a 15 year old son who plays a mean bass and might wanna buy my BB800 ...
The preamp options of the InterBass are intriguing. I usually play without a drummer in a band doing a mix of bluegrass, old country, and fiddle tunes. I switch between an acoustic/electric and passive j-bass (avatar pic), as the tunes need. I wanna hear my acoustic/electric in vintage mode with enough gain for a little hair!
We usually run a PA with a pair of mackie SRM450’s so I don’t need to carry the room - and the room generally ain’t that big anyway. I bet the InterBass would power my BagEnd S15 8 ohm cab just fine. I also have a SWR 2x10 8ohm and I am curious if those 45watts would push all those speakers when I get to play outdoors?
If it checks all the boxes, I have a band mate with a 15 year old son who plays a mean bass and might wanna buy my BB800 ...
Im really interested in trying this for my pedal board rig. I would think with a good cab like a F212 it would be plenty loud enough.
Depending on the gig, style and overall loudness, it very well might. It will be interesting to see how it does with the F212, as if memory serves that's not a particularly efficient cab, though it gets super loud with great low end extension. Please report back if you end up doing it.
I just got the Interbass a few weeks ago, and haven't had a chance to gig with it (members of both bands have gone south for the winter, the big sissies), but it certainly rattles the windows of my house with a single Euphonic Audio Wizzy 12 M-line. The M-line is a really efficient cab, at 103 dB /1 watt/ 1 meter. I don't foresee any problems covering my classic honky-tonk group and cocktail jazz trio if I need to. I bought it with the intent to use it as a backup and to power my basement practice rig, but I will definitely give it a workout as a gigging head at least a few times.
I'm in a originals alt-rock/metal band with quite a distorted gritty tone and I've just got a Line 6 helix which is fine going through a PA so I'm looking for an on stage solution at the moment I'm just plugging into whatever bass amp has been provided by someone else but I don't want to rely on that. The Interbass looks great as it can just fit onto my board but I'm worried about volumes, do you guys think it would be up to the task of the more heavier genres.
Link just to show what kind of genre I'm talking about
Link just to show what kind of genre I'm talking about
You'll need a bit more horsepower for that, I love my Interbass but it isn't loud loud (Which is the reason I got it)
I thought as much I'll have to look at the BB800 then, or carry on as is until someone brings out a decent wattage power amp that fits on a board, it can't be that far away.
the 802 is the big brother to this, I sold my 800 because I preferred the EQ points of this
I did see that, don't really need anything major on the EQ as it'll just come off the helix then I can subtle tweak for what ever cab I'm using. Then wasn't sure about not having the option 1/4inch jacks on the output.
I loved the 800, all the heft and punch you'll ever need
The XLR line in and line out on the BB800 work well. I don’t have any need to move on/upgrade to the 802. I run a Aguilar TH pedal for more EQ and some grit.
The BB800/02 is pretty small, and I've seen a couple on boards.
Also look at the Baby Sumo, or the Jay Ganz Straight Ahead Power Amp, or the 1200w amp Michael Arnopol Soundworks is about to put out.
Here's my new BB800 mounted to my board.
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I was about to pull the trigger to InterBass until I've found no Aux in ...that's disappointing cause as a practice amp it should have an Aux. I love my BB800 and wanted smith with similar tone but smaller for quiet practicing.
From the manual: "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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Wow! Thank you! Didn't know it. My goal is a compact home practicing amp which will replace my GK MB200 which does not work for me paired with Barefaced One10 cab. My main amp is Quilter BB800 and it sounds stellar with Barefaced cab, I just wanted something smaller but with the Quilter tone DNA.
I really like the Interbass paired with my One10. It makes me feel somehow as if the bass, amp, and cab are a single instrument. I don’t know how to describe it, but it feels very...alive!
