founded 2007 ; 9 years ago 2007 headquarters united kingdom area served united kingdom united states products amplifiers website blackstar amplification blackstar amplification is a uk based manufacturer of guitar amplifiers and effects unit largely made up of ex marshall employees . 1 in 2009 they began operations in the united states . 2 contents 1 amplifiers 1.1 artisan series 1.2 series one 1.3 ht venue series 1.4 ht metal series 1.5 id series 1.6 ht 5 1.7 ht 1 2 effect pedals 3 endorsements 4 references 5 external links amplifiers edit artisan series edit the artisan series designed in the uk is hand wired in korea with point to point tagboard construction . the dual channel amplifier is designed for boutique tone 3 utilizing pre amp valves most specifically the ef86 pentode associated with smaller vox amps . 4 the range includes 15 30 and 100 watt models in both head and combo form ; the 15 and 30 watt combos were called substantial amps that provide substantial tones in vintage guitar . 1 series one edit the blackstar series one range offers more features than the artisan range including on some models four different channels . it offers blackstar s patented isf infinite shape feature which allows the saturation to be altered to sound either american or british or anywhere in between . the range includes 45 50 100 and 200 watt models . ht venue series edit launched in 2010 at the winter namm blackstar introduced a new line of ht amplifiers . this line is essentially the same as the ht 5 series but with more power . the models contain a 20 40 50 60 and 100 watt amplifiers . all models except the 50w and 100w are available in combo form . the 50w and 100w is head only and the 20w comes in either head or combo . the ht venue series also contains three different cabinet sizes 1 12 2 12 and 4 12 . all speakers in the ht venue are celestion . ht metal series edit blackstar s newest model clearly designed for metal music and play styles . heads come in 1 5 and 100 watt formats and 1 5 and 60 watt in combo format . these amps carry the signature isf and emulated output of blackstar amps . the 1 and 5 watt formats have 2 channels while the 60 and 100 watt formats have 3 channels . these amps boast extreme gain and tone and are voiced for metal hundreds of hours of technical development and focussed listening tests have resulted in the ultimate gigging metal head . this line of amplifiers was released at musicmesse 2013 but are not yet available for purchase as of april 2013 . id series edit blackstar s line of digital programmable amplifiers available in 60 and 100 watt head format and 15 30 60 and 120 watt combo format . along with the isf and emulated output they also possess powerful digital preamps with 128 unique storage banks to store your settings . ht 5 edit one of blackstar s smaller amplifiers at 5 watts it is effectively an ht pedal packaged as an amplifier . having isf and eq features in common with some of the pedals the ht 5 also includes an emulated output which can allow the valve sound to be captured for recording without the need for microphones . ht 1 edit this is essentially the ht 5 in 1 watt format . it is also available in head cab format with a matching 60 watt cabinet . effect pedals edit blackstar produces guitar pedals in the categories boost overdrive distortion distx modulation reverb delay dual and metal . some of the pedals incorporate valves tubes in the electronics the drive pedals incorporate blackstars isf feature . like the ht 5 some of the pedals have an emulated speaker output allowing for direct recording . 5 endorsements edit blackstar has several artists using their products including baz warne of the stranglers kurt viehdorfer opeth razorlight the donots rose tattoo pat travers and silenoz of dimmu borgir as well as recently including gus g of firewind the cure and ozzy and richie sambora of bon jovi to their lineup . 6 references edit a b dragich bob october 2008 . boutique tone bargain pricing . vintage guitar magazine . 22 12 158 60 . barrett andy 2009 09 17 . blackstar sets sights on us . mipro . retrieved 2009 09 28 . nick guppy . blackstar artisan a30 combo review . musicradar . http www.voxamps.com heritagecollection ac15h1tv lawson stephen 2008 05 20 . road test blackstar ht dual . total guitar . retrieved 2009 09 28 . blackstar amplification artist news . retrieved 2009 11 21 . external links edit blackstar amplification retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blackstar amplification & oldid 736638960 categories electronics companies of the united kingdomguitar amplifier manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links 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