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Before you flame me.... I have an excuse. I had a darn heart attack so I have only been playing at home. No band for me for a while. Anyway...
I was at the music store and heard somebody jamming on an HT-5. This is the 5 watt all tube Blackstar head. Its high gain. It sounded fantastic so I bought one along with 2 closed back Blackstar cabs with 10" speakers in them. I wanted closed back rather than the semi-open 12" speakers. It was a cheap rig used and in mint condition.
I gotta say... if you are looking for CRANKED high gain tube tone but you don't want the cops to come this is the answer. It has a knob called ISF which basically allows you to adjust the frequency anywhere from British high gain Marshall to American high gain Mesa and anything in between. Its got a loop so I was able to put my delay in there. Its great fun to jam to a full cranked tube tone at such low volume levels. This is a fantastic practice at home rig or recording in the studio rig. Its probably loud enough for a small band but you would need to turn it all the way up.
Even at almost whisper volume levels the cranked all tube tone shines through. Its not fizzy or buzzy and it has a very open and organic tone to it. Even the clean channel is good and yes.. its only 5 watts.
Check one out if you haven't already. You will be very surprised.
I was at the music store and heard somebody jamming on an HT-5. This is the 5 watt all tube Blackstar head. Its high gain. It sounded fantastic so I bought one along with 2 closed back Blackstar cabs with 10" speakers in them. I wanted closed back rather than the semi-open 12" speakers. It was a cheap rig used and in mint condition.
I gotta say... if you are looking for CRANKED high gain tube tone but you don't want the cops to come this is the answer. It has a knob called ISF which basically allows you to adjust the frequency anywhere from British high gain Marshall to American high gain Mesa and anything in between. Its got a loop so I was able to put my delay in there. Its great fun to jam to a full cranked tube tone at such low volume levels. This is a fantastic practice at home rig or recording in the studio rig. Its probably loud enough for a small band but you would need to turn it all the way up.
Even at almost whisper volume levels the cranked all tube tone shines through. Its not fizzy or buzzy and it has a very open and organic tone to it. Even the clean channel is good and yes.. its only 5 watts.
Check one out if you haven't already. You will be very surprised.
Seriously? 
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