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Quilter Labs' SuperBlock series aims to pack big amp power and versatility into pedal formats

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SuperBlock US and UK designs offer a range of American and British-style tones at 25- and one-watt options

Quilter SuperBlock US
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Quilter Labs has made a habit of packing lots of power into small enclosures – see the OverDrive 202, a 200W, two-channel guitar amp that can fit in the pocket of a gig bag – and now the company has gone small once again with the SuperBlock US and SuperBlock UK pedal-format amplifiers.

The SuperBlock US features the same three voices – Tweed, Blonde and Blackface era American – as the company’s Aviator Cub amp.

The SuperBlock UK, meanwhile, boasts three entirely new voices – 1979 JMP, AC Norm and AC Top, with the latter two being Quilter’s first amps to feature AC voicings.

Quilter SuperBlock UK

(Image credit: Quilter Labs)

Both SuperBlocks function as 25-watt tube amps when powered by the included PS-24 power supply, and can also be transformed into one-watt amps via a conventional 9V power supply.

Other features include XLR and headphone outputs with two switchable cab sims and FRFR mode, an onboard limiter, digital reverb and three-band EQ.

The SuperBlock Us and SuperBlock UK are available for $249 each. For more information, head to Quilter Labs.

Richard Bienstock
Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.