Members elsupermanny14 Posted February 25, 2012 Members Share Posted February 25, 2012 I just bought this today at few hours ago. Blackstar HT1 head. It's a 1 watt amp head. Played at B-Street music for a while and walked out of the store with it. It was sort of purchased on a whim even though I was "looking into" getting one of this amps for a while now. Obligatory pics! Setting the unopened box on my bed. Breaking the seal! The amp! The new mini-stack/home rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 25, 2012 By the way, it has nice cleans and goes as close to hi-gain as you're going to get out of a little amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted February 25, 2012 Members Share Posted February 25, 2012 Have fun with it. I have the HT5h and have been very pleased with it. I love all these new low wattage amps that are available now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted February 25, 2012 Members Share Posted February 25, 2012 Looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted February 25, 2012 Members Share Posted February 25, 2012 Awesome! HNAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted February 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 Have fun with it. I have the HT5h and have been very pleased with it. I love all these new low wattage amps that are available now. Yeah man I'm really excited that amp makers are moving into the really low watt range. I own a 5 watt Blackheart and it's still too loud to play without pissing off my neighbors. I bought an attenuator and even at 5 watts I have to "attenuate" the output so much that it sucks all of the highs out of the amp. I went out and bought this little 1 watt head, and to be honest, even at 1 watt, it is still too loud to play at full tube saturation levels. The difference however, is that when I use the attenuator on the 1 watt, I don't have to "attenuate" the output level too much and so it allows me to preserver the amps natural tone while playing at apartment acceptable levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 congrats... i have the combo, which i run it through a 1x12 cab... they're great little amps... the line out for recording is pretty good too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 Cool looking little rig. HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrfan Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 Congrats, I also have the 5 watt head and love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 Congrats, I have been taking a long look at these little guys. The combo will probably be my next purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 Cool amp. Good luck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twotimingpete Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 considering the ht5 can shake the walls, I'm going to imagine the 1 watt is still pretty dang loud in the bedroom. I guess it makes sense. If you sorta need something in the 15 watt range or higher to play with a band, it's not clear what the point of something with 5 watts is. 1 watt seems like a great bedroom/recording amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members genesis3 Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 Best sounding amp for the money I've ever had easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dunning-kruger Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 Get a line 6 M5 pedal and youll have the coolest most hip rig on the block son. No for reals get one, i could imagine it with that there working great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArmyGuitar Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 I have been wanting to give a Blackstar a try for sure, HNAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ExiledCrow Posted February 26, 2012 Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 I have the 5 watt, and can't even open that one up without pissing people off. But I love the way it sounds.Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted February 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2012 I have been wanting to give a Blackstar a try for sure, HNAD! The Blackstar amps are really, really well built. When you pick up the head and move it around it feels solid. No rattling, no loose feeling, no fragile feeling. As far as overall looks, the amp looks a lot more expensive than it really is. It looks like it was put together with quality looking materials and parts. Regular price of $249 and I paid $211 (15% off). At that price range, a 1 watt amp is a no brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 Nice. I've been eyeing one of those. Maybe later on... been buying too much stuff lately haha. HNAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dunning-kruger Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 as for the 5 watt comments on why have one? ive always felt from personal experience that a 5 watt tube amp going trough a 12" can be heard and cut trough just about any band situation its always worked for me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ExiledCrow Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 Is it TLBonehead that sometimes gigs with the Ht-5? It's one of the forum members ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 67mike Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 HNAD!Loves my Blackstar. Great little amps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 It has reverb??! That's cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arclite Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I've had the HT1R combo almost a year now and have no volume issues. I can get as much gain as I want with the volume never exceeding that of a living room TV. Of course the 8", extremely inefficient speaker helps with that. My trade-off is it will never sound as big as a 1-12 cab, but I'm expecting that from a 1 watt amp the size of a lunchbox. For a guy who likes old Fender's and Marshall's I'll unashamedly admit these are really cool sounding amps with their own thing going on, especially the crunch to saturated tones with a Les Paul. Not my favorite clean, but useable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted February 27, 2012 Members Share Posted February 27, 2012 I'm one of the many who also own an HT-5 head, and I think you made an excellent choice. HNAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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