Met Some Of The Guys From Blackstar Amps!

[STRATDELUXER97]

They were demoing the new Series One 50 watt head at Sam Ash in Tampa..They had that head cranked up into a Blackstar 4x12 and that amp rocks! They also had the new Blackstar pedal for you metal guys and it sounded killer also...They said this head sells for around $1400...Had alot of features,along with some very nice clean tones..The guys were ex-Marshall people and were all very nice to talk to...This Blackstar stuff is really great for the money!

 

[stevie_bees]

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I'd really love one of their 30w Artisan heads. I use a Blackstar HT-Dual pedal as my main drive these days and it's fab.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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I'd really love one of their 30w Artisan heads. I use a Blackstar HT-Dual pedal as my main drive these days and it's fab.

Their amps are really great and within most musician's reach...They have done alot in 5 years already! They told me that Neil Schon is using their amps now...He switches it up alot anyway,but still....Awesome player,awesome amps!

 

[stevie_bees]

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Where I am living at the moment, I have the Marshall factory about 40 mins away and the Blackstar guys about 90 mins away!

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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Where I am living at the moment, I have the Marshall factory about 40 mins away and the Blackstar guys about 90 mins away!

Very cool....I'm a diehard Marshall guy...Lol.....Early Marshall though and before all the switches and the rest of the crap they stick in their circuits after the 800 series!

 

[misterwhizzy]

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Their amps are really great and within most musician's reach...They have done alot in 5 years already! They told me that Neil Schon is using their amps now...He switches it up alot anyway,but still....Awesome player,awesome amps!

Gus G. is a Blackstar guy too. I think he uses about a dozen Series One 200's. I'm sure ten or more are props, but I thought he got some pretty good tones on the latest Ozzy record. I think the HT-5 is probably the best option out there for home recording. And the ISF thing is far from a gimmick. It's a really useful tone-shaping option, much more so than any sort of sweep control I've ever used. It's cool to see innovation in the amp world.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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Gus G. is a Blackstar guy too. I think he uses about a dozen Series One 200's. I'm sure ten or more are props, but I thought he got some pretty good tones on the latest Ozzy record. I think the HT-5 is probably the best option out there for home recording. And the ISF thing is far from a gimmick. It's a really useful tone-shaping option, much more so than any sort of sweep control I've ever used. It's cool to see innovation in the amp world.

Yes they mentioned Gus G in conversation...The 200 watt heads must be just brutal!

 

[PRSfan nym 1985]

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I've played the Artisan 30 if you are thinking about it DO IT! it's one of my favorite amps to date....give me the artisan 30 combo and a roland jazz chorus (and a good aby switcher) and I'd die a happy man.