Blackstar Blackfire 200 Gus G Signature Guitar Amplifier Head (200 Watts)

Product Description

Blackstar Amplification is proud to announce their first signature amplifier -- the Blackfire 200. Blackstar have been working closely with guitar hero Gus G.(Ozzy Osbourne, Firewind) to create the ultimate heavy metal amp. Based on Blackstar's award winning Series One 200 amp design, this 200W, limited edition amplifier has been voiced in partnership with Gus G.

Four switchable channels are offered: a clean channel with warm and bright modes, a crunch channel with crunch and super crunch modes, plus fire and fury overdrive channels specially voiced in partnership with Gus G. for a devastating full metal assault.

The BLACKFIRE 200 features a custom brushed aluminum front panel complete with an 'Evil G' logo and a cast metal Blackstar logo.

Each model comes with exclusive Gus G. accessories including a signed certificate, an 'Evil G' key ring, trading card, pick, dust cover and a Firewind CD 'Few Against Many'.

200-watt, 4x ECC83, 1xECC82, 4xKT88

Four selected KT88 power valves form the backbone of this 200W high gain power house and provide unbelievable dynamics and head-room. The Blackfire 200 also has 4 foot-switchable channels including Clean, Crunch, Fire and Fury. Each progressively getting higher in gain and looser power amp damping.

Fire and Fury Channels - High-Gain Classic Distortion

The overdrive channels are named after the Firewind fan-favorite track 'The Fire And The Fury'. The Fire channel delivers a high gain classic distortion, while the Fury channel takes you to screaming lead and beyond. The overdrive channels are characterized by a tone which is high in gain, but lacks any of the detached top-end often found in many similar designs. This is a result of unique preamplifier and power amplifier shaping techniques, which also benefit the player in the way the overdrives clean up beautifully as the guitar volume is reduced. Even at the most extreme settings, the overdrive channels remain natural sounding.

ISF Control - Everything from USA to UK

The patented ISF control works with the Bass, Middle and Treble controls to give you access to infinite new sound possibilities from the USA to the UK and everywhere in-between. 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.

DPR Control - Reduce the power, not the damping

The DPR system allows you to vary the amplifier output down to 10% of its rated power without any loss in tone or valve reliability. Pure valve output distortion and compression at any volume - a dream come true.

MIDI Switching

The Blackfire 200 offers the ability to control channel selection via MIDI Program Change messages and interfacing with most MIDI controllers is a straight forward process. The amp can be placed in a MIDI chain allowing you to simultaneously select a channel on the amplifier and change the patch on a MIDI effects processor connected to the effects loop. There are 128 available Program Changes, giving you the possibility to access a vast number of tonal combinations.

State-of-the-art speaker emulator

The Blackfire 200 amplifier has a state-of-the-art speaker emulator with balanced and unbalanced outputs via XLR and standard jack connectors respectively. The Blackstar speaker emulator is a complex multi-stage filter which takes the preamplifier signal and then introduces the important characteristics of a valve power amp, guitar loudspeaker and cabinet.

High quality PCB, Cabinet and Chassis

This amplifier has plated through double sided PCBs for the increased mechanical integrity this construction affords. Designed to last a lifetime, Series One cabinets have a 18 mm finger-jointed birch ply cabinet and heavy gauge wiring. The chassis, for mechanical integrity, are seam welded 1.6 mm steel.

Connect effects pedals

The amp features an effects loop to allow you to connect effects pedals or other professional equipment using the return and send connections. The Effects Loop Level switch sets the effects loop to either +4dBV/-10dBV, which enables you to use it with either professional equipment (+4dBV setting), or with guitar level effects such as effects pedals (-10dBV setting).

Features:

- 200W
- Four Channels
- Six modes (footswitchable)
- Gus G.'s Fire and Fury overdrive channels
- Series effects loop with effects level switch
- MIDI switching
- Advanced speaker emulated output
- Four-way footcontroller supplied
- Limited Edition of 225
- Exclusive Gus G. accessories zZounds is an authorized dealer of Blackstar Amplification products.

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging

Shipping Weight: 71 lbs

Shipping Dimensions: 33 x 16 x 16 in