The HT Studio 20 combo from the Venue series is the big brother of Blackstar's critically acclaimed HT-5, and offers huge versatility for home, rehearsal or studio use. We love amplification. The Blackstar range start at under £200 in the UK - that is under $300 even with our 20% sales tax. However, that was one with the bad EFX loop so got a mother Blackstar but this time an HT Club 40. The reason why it was hard is because in Melbourne there is no single store that stocked both the Blackstar and the Marshall.
Guitar, bass; tube, solid state. 20 years ago, three Mancunians coming down from a stalled dance-music career crafted a downbeat album in a windowless room that sparked a vital new direction for … We recommend you replace the valves on Blackstar amplifiers on a regular basis.
Valves for Blackstar Amplifiers. Now they do make amps that run a lot more money than that, but believe me you get your money's worth. I also have a Blackstar HT20 studio. No matter how careful you are, the valves will only last around 1,000 hours playing … Amplifier type overview.. Solid-state: These amps are called solid-state because they use transistors for their preamp and power sections They are very reliable and seldom need repairs.They often have a very clean tone, although many come with a “distortion” also. Welcome to /r/GuitarAmps!!.
I ended up trading that back in on a Bassbreaker 15.
Then, after you dial in the Blues Jr. to sound great (leaving the Blackstar aside), decide if you want a new speaker. This was something I had not done in the past. And Blackstar now has those anniversary models that look interesting. I looked at, tried a SC2 but while it wasn't bad I ended up with a different Blackstar, the ID Core 40. BLACKSTAR HT-40 vs MARSHALL DSL 40c: This was going to be hard.
Whatever.
Be careful comparing apples to oranges and deciding the apples aren't very good because they don't taste like the oranges.
Richmond Hill and Online Musical Instrument store with thousands of products, exclusive brands, print materials and interactive shopping experiences. If you have a Blackstar valve amp it’s worth looking after. I was determined to choose properly this time, audition it using my own guitar, and then think long and hard. Now that I have learned that the Origin has a 10 inch speaker I have lost some interest in that amp. Cosmo Music Superstore. And a lot of that money's worth comes in the form of design expertise. The Blackstar is a vastly different architecture, and it is going to sound different.
Not really interested in the HT's outside of maybe the little 5 watter. I am going to take a trip to Sweetwater and play a few, but I expect I will be picking up a used Artist 15.