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I can say one thing, this 5 watt head eats my old HT Venue Studio 20 head for breakfast.
The clean channel sparkles and shimmers just like the Studio 20 but the Dist. channel is where the difference is. I can't believe how heavy this thing is and I haven't even modded my StratPlus yet! I'm still using the Fender Lace Sensor single coils and the feedback, sustain, crunch and lead is crazy!
I can't imagine what my sound is gonna be like when I've got the high output humbuckers installed in the axe
Well I'm gonna have to turn the gain down, it's as simple as that. I have the gain knob on 11 because I've always suffered a metal deficiency when playing the Fender because of the single coils and therefore right before I roll the volume knob up on the strat it's instinctual to twist the amp's gain clockwise until it stops, then I can play.
Blackstar's ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) is actually pretty cool, I didn't get as much out of it in my HT20h as I am now. I have it at 2 O'clock (more toward the British end) and I like the tonal characteristic there. It's not "scooped" but it's not "woody" either, kinda like well, MY sound.lol
The digital reverb is a nice bonus on a metal amp too. The reverb in this amp didn't disappoint, it was pretty BIG sounding.
I was going to swap out the tubes but upon checking the two tubes it comes loaded with I discovered that they are Electro-Harmonix Made in Russia. Wow, not cheap Chinese tubes that need changed out immediately, shocked!
It uses one ECC83 preamp tube and one 12BH7 power tube.
In conclusion I would like to say that my old Venue Series HT20 was "Designed and Engineered in the U.K." and Made in Korea .....and when I opened up my new baby the other day I was hurt to discover that it was "Designed and Engineered in the U.K." and Made in China!
Blackstar's Artisan Series (you know the heads that are like $3,000) are "hand-wired in Korea" so I was hoping that this new series would be "made in Korea" like the HT Venue's but I digress........
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