I've had my eye on Quilter amps for a while, mostly considering their pedalboard amps, but I was impressed with these Aviator Cub amps after hearing one at an outdoor venue this past summer. At 50 watts, it definitely cranks out the volume with excellent tone, either clean or with gain turned up. The first night I had this I took it to a bar jam and it easily held its own on stage with drums and other guitars. Thanks to being solid state, it weighs in at only 21 lbs. yet punches far above amps weighing more than half as much again. It's simple and uncomplicated, making it a good choice for gigging. After all, how many different settings will most of us really use with modeling amps, especially live? The three different inputs emulate each classic British sounds to create the starting point for dialing in tone, then three-band eq, gain and a pretty good reverb allows the guitar to shine, and of course pedals can always help shape the sound further. It also has an effects loop for clean time-based effects like delay. The only downside for some may be that it doesn't have an attenuator switch for cutting the volume in half for bedroom or apartment practice as have become popular with some other amps, yet I've been pleased with the tone I get even with everything turned down to a level that won't upset the wife or dogs.

All I was hoping for. Great sound. Love that I can sculpt the sound/tone I'm wanting and then play it at whatever volume I choose. And at 21.5lbs is icing on the cake.

I wanted a solid state amp for backup and practice. I've tried them all. The is the closest to a tube amp of them all. What others would not do is take gain well. It was either fizzy or muddy. This takes pedals FANTASIC. The negatives are the treble on the high e is a little ice picky when playing clean on solos. Using just the gain knob isn't enough for good distortion. A pedal is needed but when used great. Much better than Tone Master or others. Why they couldn't goose the gain on the amp more is beyond me. Considering its almost half the price than some it's a still. The cleans are very crips and pristine too. PLENTY of volume. The only other gripe is not having a 'Line out' for an additional speaker cabinet. Its plenty loud enough but having the option of another cabinet or making a 2x12 would have been MUCH better. There is a line out but not for a speaker cabinet. I emailed Quilter and they said to buy another one of their amps. Didn't like that answer. Long story short its a great amp for the right application and better than the others I've tried.