Labs Guitar Amplifier Head, Black (TB201-HEAD)

I like this amp a lot, and am using it on stage instead of toting my Dual Rectifier out. I run through software on my laptop and into this head, into a 4x12 cab.The controls are simple and responsive, and it's very clean. The construction is top-notch, it feels like a tank but is so light (especially compared to a "normal" head). Plenty of power, and the pre-set EQ curves and useful both for finding a tone and for feeling out the range of the amp.I was a bit leerly of cutting over to a laptop + class D head after years of a much more traditional setup; but I figured -- "Why be limited to the tones I can AFFORD?" With a laptop (Macbook) and good software (Amplitube) + this amp, I have an amazing range of sounds to play with!

This product is a complete joke. Took it back immediately. Do yourself a favor & don’t buy it, but do get some form of a tube amp! In my opinion, nothing else compares.Thanks-

What a wonderfully useful piece of gear...it can be used to drive guitar or bass cabinets. The Toneblock 201 is light weight, well made and very flexible. I use it myriad ways including driving my Axe FX II through two guitar cabinets and straight through a tube preamp with effects...it's wonderful in both setups. The addition of both the Tri-Q and Hi-Cut circuits, along with the voicing control enables me to dial in the sound I'm looking for with surprising ease. Also, the addition of an effects loop is very useful. About the only thing I could find to quibble about is that the analog distortion tone doesn't overwhelm but this is very much to be expected. Hence, I rely on outboard gear for those sounds. For the money, it's hard to find something more convenient, powerful and flexible...I don't have any 4x12" cabinets on which to test but I'm sure the Toneblock 201 would handle them with ease. I'm considering buying a second Toneblock 201, to run my Axe FX II in a stereo setup.

Background: I play steel guitar (straight steel, not pedal) and I wanted a solid state amp because 1) I sometimes need much more volume than I get from my 35-watt Supro-Thunderbolt clone (a Harmony H420) and 2) light weight is essential. About 30 pounds is my top carrying weight for an amp I would use routinely.I used to use a Polytone MiniBrute, and it had good volume but a deadish tone. I like a bright, vibrant, sparkling tone like the Harmony's. And I would say the Quilter is a good facsimile. Maybe not quite the natural, sparkling tone I like but still a very reasonable sound, something that would not embarrass me to play onstage. Maybe 90% of the tone and 15% of the weight (including the speaker cab). In other words, I would hear the difference, but the audience won't hear any shortcoming or problem with my sound.The Quilter has two different jacks, enabling you to use either a 4-ohm speaker or an 8-ohm speaker, and I like that choice. And the price was much less than an Evans AH200, which is what I was originally looking at.So, what's not to like? I've got good tone, plenty of volume, and easily-carried weight. Am I bovvered?

Small, light, compact, and powerful; everything one needs in an amp and it fits on the pedal board. Great product!

I run this through a MarkBass NYC 12 400w cabinet. This set up works really well for anyone wanting very clean yet warm tone. Great as a pedalboard platform with enough volume to play everywhere from large venues to coffee shops while getting consistent tone. More than enough volume to be heard over a heavy-hitter drummer but subtle enough for a quite jazz gig. Quilter is a genius, look him up.

Great little power amp. Used it with my marshall 2 x12 cab.lots of power

I've grown tired of using tube amps, so decided to try the Quilter. Glad I did. It takes some time to dial in your tone. And I found a EQ pedal, compresser, and modeling pedal helps. I can now get tone out of this head that would be hard to differentiate from a tube amp. And loud? Man, if you don't have a 200 watt speaker, you'd better be careful...