Members xedgep90x Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 Just walked into GC in Phoenix. First thing when you walk in was a nice burgundy tolex "blackstar" full stack. I haven't heard of them. It had 4 inputs and 2 volumes like an old marshall 1959. I asked some usual moron gc employee about it and the only useful information I got out of it was that they are exclusive to gc. This makes me assume that they are a joke? Anyone tried one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PurityS.L.G. Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 You gotta love those Guitar Center n0000bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newholland Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 line i got was a couple of old timers over at marshall got sick of the 10 channel amps, solid state marketing, and all the corner cutting, so they split and started making their versions of the old marshalls they dig.. one i heard sounded alright-- it was an 18 watter combo.. looked kinda cool and vintagey. sounded like a marshall.. nothing magic, though. more than that.. i dunno.. google! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrispsullivan Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 too expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Satyrist Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 Not a joke at all. I work at GC corporate (just in marketing, so none of the awful stuff any of you have experienced at your local GC is my fault ) and got to watch the guys from Blackstar demo a few amps and pedals. They sound awesome. Definitely Marshall-like, but a little more old-school sounding with more chime on the top end. They're very worth checking out.Ps - I don't do any of the GC radio ads either, and yeah ... I know they're lame as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tmdguitar Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 pics or it didn't happen bitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Herald of Light Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 The one I tried didn't strike me as terribly Marshall. Maybe like the old 18 watt ones, but more like something between that and a Fender, I dunno. It was actually kind of its own thing, as much as something that simple could be. It seemed nice and I liked how responsive and "elastic" the cleans were, but durn was it expensive, and I didn't particularly care for the distortion, at least at low to moderate volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theAntihero Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 if its these ones the 200 watt one looks interestinghttp://www.blackstaramps.co.uk/products/seriesone/seriesone200.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theAntihero Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 So is it the ones i posted? They dont mention Guitar Center in their Us Dealers nor are they on the GC site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TL4558P Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Satyrist Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 Their pedals sounded pretty cool too. Apparently they have good speaker-emulated line outs for recording straight to the board. I'm eager to check them out at NAMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kneel Diamynd Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 I can verify that they had a 1/2 stack and a pretty good sized Blackstar combo at the North Dallas Guitar Center around lunch today. I know this somewhat spurious reasoning but they had the combo in the fancy-pants amp/guitar room next to some used Matchlesses/Matchlii? and a custom Recto of some sort so I figured they must be somewhat decent. Didn't play either but the visual build quality looked decent. The price tag suggested that someone thinks highly of them. Incidently, lunch on Tuesday is evidently a great time to go to GC. It was quiet except for the soothing drifts of "Halls of Shambala". Also, YMMV but they had the Epi ValveJR head on clearance for $105 new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brick Posted January 15, 2008 Members Share Posted January 15, 2008 theres 3 or 4 of them in the GC in arlington heights, they look nifty, ill have to try one, anyone know what pricing looks like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jumbo-uk Posted January 29, 2008 Members Share Posted January 29, 2008 I currently run the artisan 100 through my 4x12cab with celes heritage vintage 30s (the handwired ones ) If your after a classic rock tone then this amp is simply stunning.(and very loud ).The comment about it being expensive is relative this is a boutique amp and is totally handwired and all valve. Simalair to an old style plexi it has the ability to jump wire the inputs and then blend the sound so your two volumes act almost like two tone controls.You can select from from 4 different amp styles which are very crystal clear ,warm clear ,brit crunch ,american crunch.this is done by altering the valve characteristics themselves giving you tremendous scope on tones. You do need to consider that this amp needs to be driven so you will need to have an attenuator for smaller venues (I use a thd hotplate ) putting a prs custom 24 through it i can switch from a lovely rock crunch to a fender like clean just by switching pups on the guitar itself and the dynamics are stunning.Our other guitarist runs a jcm 800 and was stunned by the tone.The designers are all ex marshall and have serious pedigree.Guitarist mag just tested the 30 watt combo and it achieved a gold award im my opinion it wont be long and blackstar will be a name that every rock guitarist will know.i do know that pat travers is using the stack with a blackstar ht duel pedal to play at the prs birthday party .To sum up I wont be changing this amp in a long time it really is that good for classic to hard rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WakeTheDead Posted January 29, 2008 Members Share Posted January 29, 2008 if its these ones the 200 watt one looks interestinghttp://www.blackstaramps.co.uk/products/seriesone/seriesone200.html Damn I'd like to give it a go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neilrocks25 Posted January 29, 2008 Members Share Posted January 29, 2008 I currently run the artisan 100 through my 4x12cab with celes heritage vintage 30s (the handwired ones ) If your after a classic rock tone then this amp is simply stunning.(and very loud ).The comment about it being expensive is relative this is a boutique amp and is totally handwired and all valve. Simalair to an old style plexi it has the ability to jump wire the inputs and then blend the sound so your two volumes act almost like two tone controls.You can select from from 4 different amp styles which are very crystal clear ,warm clear ,brit crunch ,american crunch.this is done by altering the valve characteristics themselves giving you tremendous scope on tones. You do need to consider that this amp needs to be driven so you will need to have an attenuator for smaller venues (I use a thd hotplate ) putting a prs custom 24 through it i can switch from a lovely rock crunch to a fender like clean just by switching pups on the guitar itself and the dynamics are stunning.Our other guitarist runs a jcm 800 and was stunned by the tone.The designers are all ex marshall and have serious pedigree.Guitarist mag just tested the 30 watt combo and it achieved a gold award im my opinion it wont be long and blackstar will be a name that every rock guitarist will know.i do know that pat travers is using the stack with a blackstar ht duel pedal to play at the prs birthday party .To sum up I wont be changing this amp in a long time it really is that good for classic to hard rock.Great info, but please use paragraphs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drago Posted January 29, 2008 Members Share Posted January 29, 2008 They are amazing, and they aren't all that expensive in the uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yourguitarhero Posted January 29, 2008 Members Share Posted January 29, 2008 I saw Viking Skull the other week and they were using Blackstar amps and cabs (and a DSL). Very Marshally and sounded good (although not noticabely better than the DSL). However the venue sound/mix was terrible. I was speaking to them after the gig and they said they always used Marshall amps and had the same techs fix them. However, those techs left to form Blackstar so now they use Blackstar amps. They said they were very happy with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jumbo-uk Posted January 30, 2008 Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 I do still have a dsl myself and a rocker 30 and jvm and have to say that once you dial the blackstar in its in another league. The main difference to me is the clarity of the sound even pushed hard every note stands out I play mainly rythym in our band and the bass player commented at our last practice that he was hearing little frills coming through that he didnt know I did . I have used a jump lead between the two channels and blended them which I think made the big difference ( imagine using marshall crunch with fender twin clarity ) and ended up with a huge sound. It also makes you play better as you cant hide the mistakes lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frontierfran Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 The comment about it being expensive is relative this is a boutique amp and is totally handwired and all valve. handwired in Korea? hmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casa-of-Pain Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 handwired in Korea? hmmm.... I thought it was China...not sure though, but those amps look really cool!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brick Posted May 14, 2008 Members Share Posted May 14, 2008 if it's made in china and still that expensive, it better be damn good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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