Quilter Aviator Cub 112 Combo

I want the same amp for home practice, for recording and for band situations, I just want one. The Cub handles att that with excellence. It's small light weight and sounds great. It sounds good at low volume and can get more than loud enough for most gigging situations.

If you buy this amp expecting it will sound exactly like one of the original amps you'll probably be disappointed, but it is definitely in the ball park of all of them and sounds great in its own right. The built in cab sim on the line out is among the best I've heard, I don't even load any IR's in the DAW anymore. The separate volume controls for the speaker and line out is also a great feature, especially if you want to double track line and mic. The limiter is a nice touch and gives the amp a sort of spongy, dynamic feel. There is not a single feature I miss on it. The three channels are similarly voiced but there's enough difference between them that they all bring something unique to the table.

It is a rather bright amp, the speaker might be partly to blame but the much of the same brightness can be heard through the line out. I found it diffucult to tame the brightness at first but once I figured out the rather interactive EQ I was fine. A lot of the pick attack also shines through and I find myself rolling back more volume on the guitar than I'm used to. Its weakest point is the reverb, it's serviceable and if you have nothing else it's OK but I use a pedal instead. For these reasons I'd probably have given it 4.5 out of 5 on sound.

For a pretty fair price you get an amp that gives you three calssic F-type tones, is highly portable and works both at home and at a gig. For me at least, the EQ section took some getting used to but now I love it.

+The sounds
+The light weight
+ The features

- The reverb
- Brightness and attack can be difficult to tame

This is the perfect combo for anyone seeking authentic Fender tones. The Quilter Cub has four massive plus points.
1. Wonderful tones
2. Little or no maintenance
3. Lightweight
4. Relative cost.
This amp is packed full of decent Fender type tones that you would expect from some of the most famous Fender amps of the Tweed, Blackface and Blonde eras. It’s a loud 50 watts and extremely gig worthy…… and it will cope with most live situations and any over enthusiastic drummers ! It takes any pedals extremely well too……if that is your thing.
With no valves to worry about, it’s a plug in and play amp. You will never have to worry about blown valves or burnt out capacitors and the like.
It’s as light as a feather…well not quite, but it’s a lot less than half the weight of most average 1x12 valve combs…. Brilliant for carrying to gigs.
At this price, you’re getting really close to boutique valve amp tone for cheap solid state money. ……. But there is nothing cheap about the tones.
A fantastic amp. I’ve owned some of the very best hand wired valve amps, and this little CUB can compare well with any of them.

Highly recommended.

I have been looking for an alternative to valve technology for the past few years.
I'm now a solo performer so a mic'ed amp on stage is not practical.
Having tried IR technology in various forms which I wasn't satisfied with I tried a Koch Studiotone. It has a good cab sim and internal load box. I had very good results but I was still keen to find something that didn't use valves.
I purchased a Quilter Aviator Cub to try, which had a returns option.
It's a keeper, I'm very impressed. It works exceptionally well with Boss Gt100 and the Cab Sim is, to my ears as good through my PA as it is through the amp's speaker.
This is one of the best amp purchases I've made. It ticks every box for me

It sounds good, I have been playing tube amps my whole life and it doesn't feel completely as a tube amp, the clean side of it it's nice but I don't dig the overdriven tones. The output for recording it's not delivering a great Tone, overall it's a nice amp, super light, good tone.
It's not cheap to be a solid state amp made in Asia, for that price I would prefer a bit better quality.