Tim Lerch - Quilter Tone Block 202 Demo

Great new compact amp from Quilter. Feature Packed, Lightweight, Great sounding.
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[@marclove1159]

I usually get bored half way thru these demos and change the channel, but your playing is just so hypnotic that I have to listen to it over and over. Thanks for posting.

[@nigelh2]

It is indeed such a pleasure to listen and watch you play this exquisite sounding instrument.

[@guitfiddleblue]

I love the sound of that Tele! Actually ALL the guitars sound great... the amp sounds great... and Tim always sounds great!!!

[@steveincollins]

Oh man! I was looking at the 101 reverb but really wanted something with a line out. Thanks for doing this demo! Great playing. I love the sound of that nylon string played with a pick, it warms my soul

[@rmcfee]

Incredible tone but mostly - incredible playing. Such a fantastic choice of notes!

[@binkydognose]

Really appreciate the way you describe what controls you change in advance of the actual playing, and the variety of pickups/guitars used. This is a useful demo.

[@MrRonnmaui]

Great demo, great playing with a nice variety of guitars. I have to take a deeper dive into this amp for sure. Thanks for helping us all.

[@sweetmelonsfarm]

I am so thankful that I stumbled across your playing a year or so ago. Tim, you are easily one of my all-time fav guitar players. I will try to emulate your playing as much as I can. Endless thanks!

[@mlcdchicago4885]

That Tele sounds f’n incredible. Well done Tim & Pat.

[@danm777]

Thanks Tim, beautiful playing. Those p90’s in the middle position.... wow!

[@flemjitsu81]

Absolutely killer tones and playing my friend. Yes!!!

[@lonniezamarripa959]

Very nice demo , Tim. I heard of you for the first time today on TrueFire so I went looking and here you are!

[@Markstun]

Thanks Tim, used your settings on my 202 sounds amazing!

[@jansteinbach2598]

Beautiful sound and playing ! Thank you very much for this, very inspiring. Think I'm going to get a Quilter amp for my archtop, as well.

[@shallyshal1]

love every one of the sounds, from every one of the guitars..It does right by all of them..Such a flexible amp..But, Lordy, do those Tele sounds speak to me...The bridge pickup is an un-solved mystery for me, but I could could sure move right in and feel "home" with those sounds.. you simply cannot ignore what it being said.. it grabs and holds...Great work, thanks for sharing..Will have to check one of them out..another set of sounds that wont leave my head any time soon.. all the best, Shal..

[@JimPoston1]

Tim.. I not a gear head, but I'm a picker and so are you my Brother!! Great Playing!! Totally impressed, as I always am!!

[@taeheeyoon6020]

With different kinds of guitars, this is a great review, Tim! I'm using 101 reverb and this would be a definite upgrade for it!!

[@Casey_J96]

Thanks for sharing Tim! Feels like it’s been too long since I’ve seen one of your videos! Fantastic playing as always!

[@jamesbarros950]

Came for the amp settings, soon realized I didn't care about the amp at all (I mean, I do, I've got an interblock 45 and love it) but just wanted to listen to you play. This is the second best way to wake up I can possibly think of ;-p

[@skipb119]

It was Tim's demo (along with Chris Whiteman's demo) of the 101 Mini Reverb that made me go out and get one. I have gigged non-stop with it for over year. It might be time to look at a trade up to the 202!

[@stringdevil]

Thank you Tim! This was helpful. 👍🙏😊🎸💪

[@TimLerchGuitar]

Whit Smith hey Whit, love your playing. Thanks for stopping by. I use the Quilter all the time now live. Just finally switched to the 202 after using the 101 for a few years. I like the eq flexibility and the slightly extra output of the 202.

[@shallowfakes593]

not being funny but this guy would make any shitty old amp sound amazing

[@18echosf]

The amp seems very responsive even at a very low volume. Nice demo, Tim.

[@Scooby743]

Beautiful Playing

[@chefsize]

If I close my eyes, I could swear I was listening to Jeff Bridges talk about gear.

[@WhatAFluke]

Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man

[@maxwesmont]

@@WhatAFluke 8 year olds Dude.

[@simonsmith2642]

Ok im sold. Love 10’s too… A lot of guitarists poo poo 10’s for 12’s but 0’s have a punch, and plenty of low end. As you proved here. Thank you for just showing us what it sounds like. Plug and play. Oh I dig the charlie christians in the tele. So sweet.

[@tonyfaelens3626]

THNX, for the clean tones !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! peace !!!!

[@frankpratte8358]

ending, lol. Thanks Tim great demo.

[@sharkair2839]

that sounds great...

[@FLdb-wj4wc]

Great player!

[@travelingman9763]

No wasted notes..no BS! You are a bad cat!

[@Mikkokosmos]

Cool I'm gonna get myself one of those 🙂

[@SuchaDoofus]

Awesome Gibby.

[@bills48321]

I like the tone of the first guitar the best.

[@ralex3697]

Great player

[@danielolson8412]

nice playing

[@PhilipPoland1987]

Jazz boxes are cool and everything but the sound you get from that tele is just outstanding!

[@stevefiorito5379]

It's a shame they didn't have this technology back in the 60s and 70s when you had to lug around at least 2 heavy amp rigs to get all the tones you needed ... and then there were the guitars. Nice tone on your Quilter.

[@HomoChomsky]

I think I still prefer my Roland Blues Cube (though I'd kill for a cleaner, blackface-ish edition of the Hot model), but as far as "traditional" solid state amps go, Quilter knocked it out of the park with this one. Your CC-equipped Tele sounded great with it. Thanks for showcasing clean sounds, btw.

[@jazz_addict7079]

I have a Blues Cube Stage and as I don't care for the sound of Tweed amps, I use a Tech 21 Blonde pedal as an EQ. You might like it. I wish Roland had based the B. Cube on a Black Face rather than a Tweed circuit, but I find the Tech 21 changes the character in a very pleasing way. You could also try the Classic Blues tone capsule.

[@HomoChomsky]

@@jazz_addict7079 yes, I had the Ultimate Blues capsule installed until the Sparkle Clean one came out. I don't know much about the technicalities behind it, but the Sparkle Clean turned this amp into the most intricate clean platform I ever played. The crunch channel became an extension of the clean with a little dirt on top if necessary, and the reverb is also more usable at higher settings (which is great for contemporary jazz), which all means I can finally use the amp to its fullest capacity. It's a little more unforgiving sound, like how a good acoustic will expose the limitations of the individual playing it, but that's my kind of challenge too. (And for rock, a good fuzz or similarly-voiced overdrive will sound monstrously huge but still articulate through it, actually reminded me of how the Ampeg VT-40 I seldom use these days reacts to being pushed.)

[@mainsblanches8793]

$979.00 CAD!!...sure hope it sounds good!!...amazing that it can accomodate all of those guitars!!...

[@maz109]

Any thoughts on this compared to the 101 Reverb? Is the "Vintage" setting similar to the tone of the 101?

[@pyschointellectual]

SMOOOOOOOOOTH

[@danhope77]

Lovely! How does it sound with a bit of crunch for a blues?

[@ChadWesley]

Quilter is the only way I fly!! Albums and live.

[@janettrup]

Nice guitar solo

[@landon.cunningham]

How close is the sound to the 101 Reverb? If you don't have a quilter yet - would you get this over the 101 Reverb?

[@karlhouseknecht]

The gear dude abides

[@jensenbell]

Looking and sounding great, Tim! Always good to see a fellow alum playing better than ever. I love the GRANT GREEN tone at about 4:10... was that a happy accident? I was genuinely surprised and delighted by the rich tone at 8:00. Thanks for this video. There's another graduate of our old Vocational School (and also of Ted Greene) who I am going to recommend this to. He hasn't bought an amp in millennia!

[@oldgrannywheels]

Grant Green is known for using single coils and he was using a minihumbucker at 4:10. Single coils have a more bell like tone and the minihumbucker had all sorts of dynamics and harmonics going on, which I love, but didn't sound like Grant to me at least. So he basically sounded like most other jazz players beside Grant Green, to me at least ahah!

[@jshelton5504]

What backtrack are you using for this? Sounds amazing?

[@deuteronimus750]

The goldtop jazzbox and the classical guitar sounded best through the amp. The amp sounds pretty good too.

[@jackgriffith9229]

I happen to be skilled and talented at choosing the wrong notes most of the time I am playing!! Master of CLAMS!!😎🤣🎸

[@michaelleescott5360]

How would you compare this to the Henriksen Forte?

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Dats my rig right dere

[@jackk9366]

Never realized how awesome the Charlie Christian type pickups could sound in a tele! How loud is that thing compared to a twin reverb?

[@Millo1868]

Great playing as always, thanks so much for the demo. What guitar is that at 6:43 ? What pickup?

[@TimLerchGuitar]

Millo1868 Andersen Little Archie Kent Armstrong humbucker

[@Millo1868]

@@TimLerchGuitar Thanks so much for taking the time to reply! You're an inspiration as a player.

[@KipCount]

Great playing. Does this do lower bedroom volumes as well as the 101R?

[@TimLerchGuitar]

Kip Count all of the demos of this amp are recorded at very low volumes, so I would say yes the lower end of the volume spectrum on this amp is very usable and great sounding.

[@ransombaggins9301]

😮❤️🙌🏻

[@joelevine4635]

aside from the different voicing switch how is the EQ different from a 101r?

[@TimLerchGuitar]

the three EQ controls have more range.

[@nachorompantodo8650]

Great video! any chance to get the chords that you´re playing?

[@TimLerchGuitar]

Cmin Cmin7/Bb Ab7 G7

[@zydecobill]

Consummate musician meets optimum Guitar/Amp combination.

[@CAGED1702]

👌 Brilliant demo! Q: when does Quilter come up with a Tim Lerch Signature amp with built-in TL phrasing and articulation? 😉

[@pyrolovesmoney]

That psychedelic outro had me trippin tim. Wonderful playing and demo. what looper do you use?

[@TimLerchGuitar]

Boss RC30

[@snakeplissken44]

Damn I wish I didn't have 5 amps already!!

[@picker63028]

So you only have 5? I got 30+ amps in all sizes and configuration. None are a do all perfect all applications amp. 2 quilters in my stable and that's enough. Looking for a better jazz tone and this isn't it. Great playing by Tim but not my desired tone. Early George Benson, Kenny Burrell type is more my taste.

[@jordanfinn1123]

Wonderful playing as always! How do you feel the Quilter 202 with the 10” speaker compare to the Bud TEN in terms of sound and feel? Also, how much low end do both tend to produce? I play a 7 string Dale Unger archtop so I’d be looking for some good low end. Thanks!

[@MusicisPartofMe5]

ive played most of the quilter line and only the henriksen jazzamp 10. Quilter's are much more versatile, henriksen has a slighlty better polytone tone/nasally (in a good way)/high fidelity jazz tone. I would imagine that for seven strings the quilters will be much better due to the intentional "smoothness"/muddiness of the henriksens

[@mrblank-zh1xy]

@@MusicisPartofMe5 I love the Quilter sonicality but am really looking for something with a tube-like response, does Quilter gear have that, or can I plug a tube preamp into it if not?

[@MusicisPartofMe5]

@@mrblank-zh1xy not sure, i just got a 78 deluxe reverb for that reason, quilter is fine for everything but jazz, i need tubes for jazz. (i play kind of a sco sound ish)

[@mrblank-zh1xy]

@@MusicisPartofMe5 :( the answer I was hoping not to get - I'm pretty Frank Vignola myself, meaning prob I need tubes too.

[@MusicisPartofMe5]

@@mrblank-zh1xy from what i've heard his sound is pretty acoustic, probably could get away with one of his models and an AER amp, or amp and mic-ed guitar

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

Is the midrange knob active like on the 101 Reverb? I love that about the 101.

[@TimLerchGuitar]

Doctor McFarland Studios not sure check with Quilter. It sure works well.

[@ArdiMulderphotography]

Hi Tim How does this sound on low volume?

[@TimLerchGuitar]

sounds great at low volume Thats mostly how i use it

[@PhilSmy]

Sadly, even if I buy one of these I still won't be able to play like that.

[@paulcaton7093]

Ohhhhhhhhh that Tele with the CC pickups >sigh

[@Tiler-ju9zl]

Don't want to sound rude. But what was the video about

[@bawseeeee602]

Wow ... does anyone know where that chord progression is from ?

[@TimLerchGuitar]

its a common minor progression , in this case in the key of Cmin. It goes Cmin Cmin/Bb Ab7 G7 2 beats each with a Cmin G7 at the end of each 8 bar section. hope that helps

[@bawseeeee602]

@@TimLerchGuitar Ah ! Thank you very much, its such a nice progression

[@bdcornblower2570]

Tim, You make such sweet tones on that Quilter ! Would love to know the beautiful guitars you played in this video .. especially the small archtop with sound hole on top bout ?

[@TimLerchGuitar]

BD Cornblower gUitars in order: 1951 Gibson ES 350 1959 Gibson L7C. Fender CS Nocaster Andersen Little Archie. Takamine classical. Fender CS Nocaster.

[@bdcornblower2570]

@@TimLerchGuitar That is a sumptuous smorgasbord of fine fretted friends you have and you know how to bring out the best in each of them - but I'm really taken by that Little Archie gem !

[@daniwest1370]

Cant you blow up the speaker on that 1x10 cab? The amp head is rated at 200w and the speaker on 100w. I know that on tube amps that can be pretty harmful on your speaker, but not sure if this translates into solid-state amps.

[@TimLerchGuitar]

Dani West yes you can but I don’t play too loud.

[@Samana009]

That is the problem with Quilter. I have the 200w head and 2x10 Aviator cabinet... I blew the speakers. They don't have a cabinet the matches the output of the amps. I had to change the speakers. Because, some times, I want it loud and most of the time, even if I'm not playing loud, I want the full headroom. Buy the head and find a cabinet that can handle 200w. Then you are set...

[@voxpathfinder15r]

This sounds great in terms of Jazz guitar playing, but I don’t like how it sounds for rock

[@ransombaggins9301]

VoxPathfinder15R Have you heard Shawn Tubbs, Jay Leonard J, and RJ Ronquilo demo it?

[@SSVplus]

Sounds very boomy.