Blackstar HT Studio 20 Guitar Combo Amplifier (20 Watts, 1x12")

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The Blackstar HT Studio 20 Combo is a great, highly portable amp. With 20 watts of tube tone, the Blackstar HT Studio 20 Combo is great live or in studio.

Big brother to the acclaimed HT-5, the HT Studio 20 combo a versatile amplifier for home, rehearsal or studio use. The carefully voiced preamp coupled with a cathode-biased EL34 power amp, provides the user with the ability to create wonderfully lush valve tones through the 12 inch Celestion speaker.

Features

- 20 Watt valve combo
- 2xECC83 preamp and 2xEL34 power tubes
- Two footswitchable channels
- 12 inch Celestion speaker
- Enhanced tone controls with Patent-Applied for Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)- Master volume and Digital reverb
- Speaker emulated output and Effects loop
- 1-way footswitch included

ISF (Infinite Shape Feature)

This fully interactive control allows you to infinitely adjust the response of the tone control network between any of the traditional voicings. In this way you can design your own sound and truly find the sound in your head. ISF works in conjunction with the Bass, Middle and Treble controls to give you access to infinite sound possibilities.

Getting the Tone You Want

1. Start with ISF set to half way
2. Adjust Bass, Middle and Treble to taste
3. Adjust ISF to find your sound (the lower the Mid the greater the effect)

HT Venue Series

A design to inspire working musicians, HT Venue Series provides valve amplification to support every performance situation. Authentic boutique cleans and super high gain overdrives are combined, in this innovative, hightly portable amp line.

- Power (RMS): 20 Watts
- Valves: 2 x ECC83, 2 x EL34
- Weight (kg): 19.2
- Dimensions (mm): 573 x 522 x 292
- Footswitch: FS-4 supplied

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 631-390-8737
Email: enquiries@blackstaramps.com
Web: https://blackstaramps.com/support/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. (9 ratings)
Submitted February 17, 2014 by a customer from gmail.com in andover, MN

"Extremely Surprised"

Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
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I knew that when a couple of guys from marshall decided that it was time to do something worth buying I had to check it and I'm glad I did!!! I've owned my HT20 for about 36 hours now and for 30 of them I was extremely on the fence. I gig 2-3 times a week and and I got it to the club tonite I was so worried it almost made me sick...I'm a fender guy, (65 bandmaster, 68 bassman, 67 super reverb, peavey delta blues) those are my usual amps. When I got this amp setup and hit the first chord clean i was dumbfounded, It was crisp and not farty like my fenders, I could actually here the articulation in the cords aside from the rhythm section and in a small club thats not easy. People have reviewed that this amp can get a decent blues tone, IT CAN! and then some... I ran a tele strat with duncan humbuckers(three strat size) an SG Classic with p-90 in the neck and super distortion in the bridge and a les paul, and strat through it tonite. They all ripped in their own way...with just a boost to hit the frontend i was able to have cleans gritty texas( johnny winter) all the way to hard rock tones. I couldnt be happier...and the best part is the amp snobs that always show at the gigs really dug it too.

Sound
With a little tweaking its a wide range of solid british tones from crisp and stingy to warm and milky to rip your head off gains. Make sure you bring it into club if possible and tweak it there, this amp is alot different with space, dont be afraid read more to try different speakers, the stock one is more than good but i made that change and its smokin now. Oh did I say touch sensitive yet...man! It would be good if the eq was a little more effective on the treble side, im gonna put an eq in the loop..problem solved!

Features
It is what it is, the controls are basic...the isf is cool in how it handles the midrange. Can't wait to try the direct out into the daw, and board.

Ease of Use
Plug in,fiddle around a bit and your set...its that easy...

Quality
For an amp in this price range I'm more than happy with the quality, It was a bit disappointing to see sub-micro components in there and hopefully that will not lead to issues with repairing the unit when time but this is a below 1000.00 range amp, a turret board model would be 4 times the price.

Value
For the class that this amp is in, if your looking for a tight british flavor...this is the best choice in my opinion, its not a marshall, its not a vox, they have created their own thing i believe and made it affordable.

Manufacturer Support
Havent had to use it yet...hopefully it will be a long time before i do. I have seen them post on boards around the net though so I believe that if you need help they would actually answer you...unlike some others out there.

The Wow Factor
Once again coming from a fender guy, live this thing smokes my vintage gear...and it doesn't take 7 pedals to do it. This is a volume knob amp that actually works, you can make good music with anything but these guys are giving you a tool you can create with instead of doing the same thing again.

Musical Background:
Professional working musician...

Musical Style:
Blues, Blues rock, whatever you wanna call it
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