Quilter Aviator Cub 112 Combo

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

Before finding this amp, I had been trying out and researching different amps for a while. I kept gravitating towards some Fender tube amps based on sound alone, but then I found this amp and immediately knew that my search was over.

The fact that this has no tubes doesn't have any negative effect on the sound for me (I'm fairly certain that if I blind tested this against some Fender tube amps, I would not be able to tell the difference). On the other hand, the lack of tubes certainly does have a lot of very positive aspects. First of all, you get to skip all the hassle of replacing tubes. Secondly, the amp sounds great at all volume levels, unlike many tube amps which don't sound that great at low volumes. Finally, unlike most tube amps, this amp has a headphone output - it's a really nice feature to have if you live with other people.

Overall, the sound is great and the usability is even better. I can't fault this amp in any way.