#Blackstar Amps

[hjtheroofer]

The Voice control has six different settings – Clean Warm, Clean Bright, Crunch, Super Crunch, OD 1, OD 2. When used together with Blackstar’s patented ISF control you can get the exact tone you’re thinking of. The effects section delivers studio quality Super Wide Stereo modulation, delay and reverb effects simultaneously that you can store with your sound. Deep editing and storing of patches is simple using the Blackstar ARCHITECT software. Patches can be shared, uploaded and downloaded via the online community. By connecting a USB cable, you can simultaneously send both direct and processed audio to a computer for recording purposes.

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[rawrampmag]

DEAD DAISIES Partner With Blackstar

The Dead Daisies partner with Blackstar

The internationally acclaimed 70’s/80’s infused rock band THE DEAD DAISIES and Blackstar Amplification, the leading manufacturer of guitar amplifiers, have announced an exciting new partnership. Band members Doug Aldrich, Michael Devin and David Lowy look forward to being powered by Blackstar Amps for all their upcoming live shows. This exciting venture coincides with the recent announcement of…

[pedaloftheday]

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[geekanoids]

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[rockposerdotcom]

The Dead Daisies Rock With Blackstar Amplification

Renowned rock band The Dead Daisies and Blackstar Amplification, leading manufacturer of guitar amplifiers, proudly announce their new partnership. Band members Doug Aldrich, Michael Devin and David Lowy look forward to being powered by Blackstar Amps for all their live shows. This exciting venture coincides with the recent announcement of their highly anticipated upcoming 2023 world tour…

[thekidsfromyestergay]

hello i have a question that i am asking you bc you are The Guitar Guy to me. i want to start learning guitar but i have no idea where to begin in terms of even choosing a guitar to start with. i want to do a lot of rock/metal songs so i was thinking of getting electric but alot of articles are saying that i would need additional equipment?? so would i be better off getting an acoustic, learning from there, and then eventually switching over to electric? sorry if this is a lot, its just a very intimidating field to get into :( thank you in advance!!!

Get an electric! Trust me when I say it's waaay easier to learn. You will need extra stuff, but really only a cable and an amp. If being loud worries you most amps have a headphone jack! I highly recommend picking stuff up secondhand from good brands, and not trusting anything labelled as a "starter pack". Ibanez gio and Yamaha Pacifica are great starter guitars you can pick up for fairly inexpensive secondhand, and any Marshall, orange, fender, blackstar, or yamaha amp will be fine for a beginner. Then all you need is a standard jack cable and you're set! If you want advice about specific brands and things shoot me a DM! Facebook marketplace and eBay will be your best friends here

[rockergiirl]

I discovered that my boss ds-2 pedal into my blackstar amp crunch channel fucks so hard

also from what I realised listening back to my guitar cover last week, I need to focus on the lower end =w=

[thekingofgear]

Jonny Greenwood’s Pedalboards for The Smile’s Nov-Dec 2022 Tour

A photo from Tom Skinner’s Instagram, showing Jonny during soundcheck for the first show of The Smile’s USA tour, at the 14th Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island.

Another photo of Jonny during soundcheck in Providence, this one from The Smile’s official instagram.

Jonny’s Guitar Pedalboard

Like Thom’s pedalboards, Jonny’s guitar board seems to be made from black-painted plywood. On the May-July tour, Jonny was still using one of his flightcase pedalboards that was originally made for Radiohead touring. But it seems he needed a larger board for this tour. As has been the case since the early days of the band, the wooden pedalboards are most likely hand-built by the band’s guitar techs.

Jonny’s pedals are mostly identical to the ones he was using by the end of the last tour in July 2022 (you can read about his board at the start of that tour in this post). The big difference is that Jonny switched out his Boss RE-20 Space Echo pedal for the new Boss RE-202 Space Echo pedal! That means this will be the first time Jonny has toured without a RE-20 pedal since 2008 (he’s used one constantly with Radiohead, and even brought two on the  2016 Junun tour). If you’re curious about some minutia of these pedals, check out our recent post about Space Echo preamps and bypass.

Jonny started using the Tortenmann/Telenorida TK-23 Kompressor around the start of the summer tour. The tape on the pedal shows that it’s the same one time removed from his board at the same time, showing Jonny’s fondness for gear left behind by his bandmates.

If you’ve checked this page before, you know Jonny is a big fan of Boss and Electro-Harmonix pedals. But before playing with The Smile last year, Jonny had never performed with any pedals from Earthquaker Devices. I suspect Jonny was inspired to use those pedals by Stephen Malkmus, as discussed in this post.

It looks like there’s a Radial J48 Active DI Box near the expression pedals. Jonny always has a direct box to send his pre-amplifier guitar signal to the PA, so most likely this is used in the same way.

Boss TU-3 Tuner

Tortenmann/Telenordia TK-23 Kompressor

Earthquaker Devices Hizumitas fuzz

ToadWorks True-Bypass Loop

Electro-Harmonix Pitchfork pitch shifter

Earthquaker Devices Pyramids flanger

Electro-Harmonix Freeze

Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive

Boss DD-200 delay

Akai Headrush E2 delay/looper

Boss RE-202 Space Echo

Radial J48 Active DI Box

Electro-Harmonix single-output expression (for Pitchfork)

Electro-Harmonix single-output expression (for RE-202)

A closeup of the guitar board.

Jonny’s Bass Guitar Pedalboard

On The Smile’s May-July tour, Jonny’s only bass pedal was his Boss TU-3, so he kept it on his guitar pedalboard. For this tour, it seems he wanted more flexibility for bass. He now has a small pedalboard in front of his Ampeg SVT Classic bass amp and cabinet.

Boss TU-3 Tuner

Akai Headrush E2 delay/looper

Two Notes Le Bass preamp

A closeup of the bass board.

Jonny’s MIDI Pedals

Since The Smile’s first performance at Glastonbury in 2021 (full gear list here), Jonny has used a Studiologic MP-117 to play synth lines with his feet. The Studiologic is connected to a couple of synth modules. For synth bass, he uses am Oberheim SEM Pro module (Jonny actually has two SEM Pro modules on this tour, with on serving as a backup). On the May-July tour, he also had a Moog Mother-32 on a shelf in his rack case, but the Moog was removed or moved elsewhere on this tour.

Jonny has one Blackstar Live Logic foot controller resting by his laptop interface rack. That foot controller is used to record and trigger loops of Thom’s voice with a Max/MSP patch. Jonny uses the patch during A Hairdryer.

Jonny has a second Blackstar foot controller velcro’d to his Studiologic controller. This one could be used to control the Max/MSP looper, it could be used to choose which synth the Studiologic controls, or it could be used for both depending on the mode Jonny selects.

Studiologic MP-117 MIDI pedalboard

Blackstar Live Logic 6-button MIDI foot controller #1

Blackstar Live Logic 6-button MIDI foot controller #2

A closeup of Jonny’s Studiologic MP-117 and Blackstar Live Logic MIDI pedals.

[bitethebullets]

OK I JUST LISTENED TO THE SUBMISSION U SENT ME AND OHHMY HOD HAILS IT SOUNDS SO GOOD. the distortion on yr guitar is gorgeous + your tone is really good for just 4 chords!!! u are gonna be so good at guitar someday:)

OMG STOPPPP IT IM GONNA GET AN EGO. but yea i got the blackstar amp its so good for a tiny one but omg literally ily we should always talk more abt guitars

[daemonhxckergrrl]

ran my keys through an HT Club 40 for funsies and discovered a few things:

2x12"* speaker cab + Blackstar tone = enough lowend to be usable for keys

transient response of a Rhodes is just right for high gain guitar tone

keys signal hot enough to drive the clean channel way past basically to crunch

the multiple overly complex gain staging (volume pedal -> keys patch -> keys amp sim [treat as preamp/overdrive pedal] -> patch level -> master keys level -> clean channel input gain -> amp master level) offers a lot of tonal options but that kind of setup NEEDS a compressor pedal for sanity

hammond organ + rotary amp sim + a little drive + set the clean channel to have a bit point = fucking killer organ tone babeyyyyy

now I just need to figure out a sensible way of having access to this or similar live

[guitarbomb]

The new Blackstar Debut 30E offers a more compact 30-watt option without compromising tone.

[jasonstallworth]

Blackstar HT-5RH MK III: How I Use it for Home Studio Recording (and for Metal)

The Blackstar HT-5RH MK III amp gives you the best of both worlds with hardware (aka a real amp) and software. And it’s great for small home recording studios as it fits perfectly on your desktop. You don’t need a speaker cab (I’ll show what you’ll use instead, which comes with the amp). You don’t even need an interface as the HT-5 MK III can be used as an audio interface (I’ll show you this, as…

[jjmusicsales]

Explore The Blackstar Amps Comparison

Explore the diverse range of Blackstar Amps Comparison amplifiers to find the perfect match for your sound. Compare features, tones, and power across models to make an informed decision.

[metalshockfinland]

THE DEAD DAISIES Rock with Blackstar Amplification

Photo credit: David Pear Renowned rock band THE DEAD DAISIES and Blackstar Amplification, leading manufacturer of guitar amplifiers, proudly announce their new partnership. Band members Doug Aldrich, Michael Devin and David Lowy look forward to being powered by Blackstar Amps for all their live shows. This exciting venture coincides with the recent announcement of their highly anticipated…

[geekanoids]

Blackstar ID CORE 40 V4 Combo Modelling Amp Review