blackstar HT 5 has landed

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I'll give it a whirl after I drop my car off at the extortionist tonight. I gotta find a longer speaker cable so I can sit it on top of my other amp.. It definetly looks quality though, fit and finish wise! I didn't even know it came with an itty bitty footswitch..lol
 
shreder75":1n70wlyb said:
I'll give it a whirl after I drop my car off at the extortionist tonight. I gotta find a longer speaker cable so I can sit it on top of my other amp.. It definetly looks quality though, fit and finish wise! I didn't even know it came with an itty bitty footswitch..lol


ha yeah, the footswitch is cute, the footswitch cable length is a problem, but I used a headphone extension cable to get it longer. Its really a neat amp. I really think the drive can sound quite warm and ripping, specially when dialed to the british side of the isf, it then can be dialed to more tight, slightly more metal and cold I guess just with the ISP. I prefer the british side for the most part. I am gonna be using this as my main amp for a little bit, its just fun to play, effects loop works really well, didn't notice signal loss or sound loss at all, and the -10, + 4 switch is awesome, really, one of the most well thought out budget amps I have ever seen. It doesn't sound as Big or open as my rack and power amp setup, but dang if it isn't close, and I actually prefer some of the sounds on this tiny amp :rock:

enjoy, and happy b day
 
Audioholic":2xdh2ncc said:
shreder75":2xdh2ncc said:
I'll give it a whirl after I drop my car off at the extortionist tonight. I gotta find a longer speaker cable so I can sit it on top of my other amp.. It definetly looks quality though, fit and finish wise! I didn't even know it came with an itty bitty footswitch..lol


ha yeah, the footswitch is cute, the footswitch cable length is a problem, but I used a headphone extension cable to get it longer. Its really a neat amp. I really think the drive can sound quite warm and ripping, specially when dialed to the british side of the isf, it then can be dialed to more tight, slightly more metal and cold I guess just with the ISP. I prefer the british side for the most part. I am gonna be using this as my main amp for a little bit, its just fun to play, effects loop works really well, didn't notice signal loss or sound loss at all, and the -10, + 4 switch is awesome, really, one of the most well thought out budget amps I have ever seen. It doesn't sound as Big or open as my rack and power amp setup, but dang if it isn't close, and I actually prefer some of the sounds on this tiny amp :rock:

enjoy, and happy b day

from the vids I've seen it seems as if it rips pretty good! should sound good through my greenie loaded cab..once I get more room I'll hook it up to my 2x12 to have a little mini quarter stack of doom

thanks! It's actually not till saturday, but the UPS guy didn't know that ;)
 
Are you going to be ok without those annoying mids. :D
 
danyeo":9959ha6i said:
Are you going to ok without those annoying mids. :D

actually the IFC knob allows me to dial in just enough weirdness to satiate my palette
 
Marshall Law":24ekjzgv said:
great little amp, best bang for the buck IMO :rock:

ditto..honestly don't know what else you could get in the price range that would be 'better spent' money....amp or otherwise
 
holy sh!t this little thing rocks!!!!

five watts of awesome right here, people...this is $299 well friggin' spent I can tell ya that

anybody looking for a portable little tube rig, or backup head or practice amp should definetly look into one of these things...

clean sounds good, gain channel's nice with plenty of tonal options with the IFC switch (which kinda works like a contour knob) and a great effects loop....

for the price of some cork sniffer pedals you can get a kick ass little tube amp!
 
Yeah that thing is a terrific little amp! I need to hear it thru a real cab. I only played my brother's HT-5 combo...
 
Vrad":1q7y0rlx said:
Yeah that thing is a terrific little amp! I need to hear it thru a real cab. I only played my brother's HT-5 combo...

I'll bring it over if conan and I ever get up there..hehe
 
shreder75":usddgv9p said:
Vrad":usddgv9p said:
Yeah that thing is a terrific little amp! I need to hear it thru a real cab. I only played my brother's HT-5 combo...

I'll bring it over if conan and I ever get up there..hehe

Conan the Librarian? I don't think my doorways are big enough for Chuck Billy Mike... LOL! :D
I don't have use for large doors in The Shire.
 
Vrad":q1kvo1y1 said:
shreder75":q1kvo1y1 said:
Vrad":q1kvo1y1 said:
Yeah that thing is a terrific little amp! I need to hear it thru a real cab. I only played my brother's HT-5 combo...

I'll bring it over if conan and I ever get up there..hehe

Conan the Librarian? I don't think my doorways are big enough for Chuck Billy Mike... LOL! :D
I don't have use for large doors in The Shire.

the shire!!! well, he'll just have to hunch like Gandalf
 
shreder75":272m86jn said:
Vrad":272m86jn said:
shreder75":272m86jn said:
Vrad":272m86jn said:
Yeah that thing is a terrific little amp! I need to hear it thru a real cab. I only played my brother's HT-5 combo...

I'll bring it over if conan and I ever get up there..hehe

Conan the Librarian? I don't think my doorways are big enough for Chuck Billy Mike... LOL! :D
I don't have use for large doors in The Shire.

the shire!!! well, he'll just have to hunch like Gandalf

And hunch he shall!
 
psychodave":3e9l522t said:
Nice Glad to hear it.

Happy Birftday. :lol: :LOL:

We need a Splawn/Cameron ampfest. Battle of the weird midz :rock:

thanks! =D

Yeah, I really need to get my arse over to your pad, man...I've become somewhat of a hermit in my old age =D
 

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