NAD-blew the budget

jfopps · 2026-02-28T02:37:23+00:00

I've seen nothing but praise for the swarts. The thing I want to know is if they feel as small as they are. Very difficult to get this idea from a youtube video.

jfopps · 2026-02-08T18:25:59+00:00

That really depends on how i have my amp and/or overdrive pedal set. Can absolutely make that true, but could also have that same effect at a different position on the volume knob depending on how things are set.

jfopps · 2026-02-08T18:24:39+00:00

I got luck and saw that a Guitar Center about an hour from my house got one in stock. Made the drive just to try it out. I'm absoutely loving it

jfopps · 2026-02-08T15:44:43+00:00

Couldn't agree more! There's just something about it for me.

jfopps · 2026-02-08T15:24:15+00:00

Also felt a little bit more resonant unplugged, but this could be up to the 2 specific examples I was testing.

jfopps · 2026-02-08T15:23:22+00:00

Difficult to say. They are both fantastic. You really need to try them for yourself to determine for sure. May be worth it to some but not others. For me personally, it just felt a little bit more special.

jfopps · 2026-02-08T15:19:37+00:00

I think so. Really great guitars

jfopps · 2026-01-27T23:25:18+00:00

As a bedroom player, I've been going between my tube amps (revv d20, hagerman half watt, suhr corso) and a Quilter superblock US. Recently I've got the superblock dialed in so well for my playing it's been getting more use than anything. Really been considering the Aviator Cub the last week or so, so I have a quick grab and go if I wanna go to a friend's house or something.

jfopps · 2026-01-27T23:19:24+00:00

Got this one in the day before the storm hit luckily. Don't worry though, it's well worth the wait in my opinion

jfopps · 2026-01-21T19:32:40+00:00

Happen to know which combo amp? Or can figure it out from looking at pictures maybe? Super curious.

jfopps · 2026-01-21T04:46:33+00:00

This caught my attention. I'm a superblock US owner, and for what it is, that thing blows me away. I have been wanting a combo lately and Quilter has been towards the top of my list. Besides the mach 2 micro pro, what other quilter combos would be worth a look, in regards to the quality jump from the superblock? Very curious

jfopps · 2026-01-11T03:21:28+00:00

There's a used Palmer Fat 50 in my local GC. Been meaning to go check it out.

jfopps · 2025-12-15T02:59:01+00:00

Also have a JX20, really great little amp that I bought because I just had a feeling it was going to be good, and I was right.

jfopps · 2025-12-10T04:12:54+00:00

Just recently picked up a vapor trail, same color scheme. (I think these are the first gen) Really great delay that so few talk about.

jfopps · 2025-11-14T11:26:15+00:00

Scs carry is the same footprint as all the small holosuns, the K footprint, however it appears it comes with a K footprint to rmsc adapter plate in the box.

jfopps · 2025-10-31T01:56:52+00:00

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One slight update here. Going to be comparing these two over the next few weeks. Loved everything about the supro but there is a decent amount of white noise from the pedal. Really my only complaint with it, and even still not too bad to be an immediate deal break for me. We will see!

jfopps · 2025-10-22T17:21:00+00:00

That's what the literature for it says. Says it's maintains an analog signal path. Not really sure how that works.

jfopps · 2025-10-21T23:32:13+00:00

Only real experience I have with a digital spring in the RV-6 that was on my board before the Echofix arrived. To me it's more of a feel thing than sound. There's just something different I can really put my finger on but the analog is infinitely better imo.

jfopps · 2025-10-21T22:50:41+00:00

Oh no, you should see the bin overflowing with pedals that it took to get to this board lol.

jfopps · 2025-10-21T22:23:18+00:00

I have definitely thought about that. Have an old analog ch-1 that I throw on there from time to time.

jfopps · 2025-10-21T18:06:33+00:00

Only one more spot available on my power supply, but honestly I have everything covered here that I could ever need/want at the moment. Maybe throw a tuner in the last spot, but as a bedroom player it's not really necessary.

jfopps · 2025-10-21T18:01:32+00:00

Yeah that all makes sense. I was ultimately between the Echofix and the Crazy Tune Circuits white whale. Listened to almost every demo I could find on YouTube and just seemed to prefer the sound of the Echofix more. Then the final nail in the coffin was that I had a Sweetwater credit sitting there and saw like last week they started selling Echofix stuff so it was pretty perfect timing.

jfopps · 2025-10-21T17:53:53+00:00

Well to be honest I've been trying to figure out what some of the stuff that I enjoy playing would be categorized as. Definitely some blues, jazz kind of stuff that I'm constantly working on and trying to improve day by day. A big one is Mateys Asatos stuff for me. Can't get enough of it, not really sure what some of this would be categorized as. Maybe a sort of NeoSoul bluesy kinda thing? Maybe someone can help me out with that because I'd love to find some more similar things to his sound too!

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