Blackstar HT Studio 20Item ID: HTSTUD20C20-watt All-tube 1 x 12" Combo Guitar Amplifier 
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24 Months Interest Free Financing!On purchase of Blackstar products made with your Sweetwater Card now through December 31, 2013. From Our Research Team:Two Continents of Tone in One Studio-ready Amp!Looking for an astonishingly affordable amp to give your studio a boutique vibe? Here you go - the Blackstar HT Studio 20 Combo all-tube guitar amplifier is perfect for anyone who wants more than a single tone from their axe. Sporting a pair of ECC83s and a pair of EL34s to push 20 watts through a single Celestion, the HT Studio 20 Combo boasts an impressive range of character. First, there's the HT Studio 20 Combo's boutique style clean channel, which give you sparkling highs and lucid lows. Then there's the overdrive channel, which features Blackstar's Infinite Shape Feature (ISF) circuit. This cool technology allows you to dial the overdrive tone from extremely American-sounding to extremely British-sounding and anywhere in the middle, making the HT Studio 20 Combo a seriously cool studio amp!Blackstar HT Studio 20 Combo Guitar Amplifier Features at a Glance:
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Jordan, Marquette, MI Reviewsbased on 6 reviewsamazing tone
by Todd T. from cleveland, Oh.
don't wait to pull the trigger on this amp... its more than worth it. the tone on this amp is sweet, fat, warm searing.and all points in between. you're not gonna find a better amp in this price range... read more [+]. it is a huge step up for me... been playing fender 65r solid state... now i wonder what i was thinking... even if you play for fun, you have to treat yourself to the luxurious tone that the blackstar produces...you'll never regret it. close [-]
June 19, 2012 Music Background: hobbyist Blackstar HT Studio 20
by Rob Wagman from Pennsylvania, USA
I am so impressed by the tones I get from this amp, very clean or great overdrive tones. Nothing compares with this amp when you consider the sound quality and the price is very low compared to other ... read more [+]vintage, boutique amps that usually cost thousand of dollars that are not any better then the Blackstar Amps. close [-]
August 14, 2012 Music Background: 43 years as a pro musician. Also recording. Sweet Sounding Amp!
by Rob from Pittsburgh, Pa
This amp lives up to the hype. For the last couple of days I have been putting this amp through it's paces in my studio. I LOVE the clean sounds this amp produces. The reverb is great up to about 1... read more [+]2/1 o'clock after that it becomes more of an effect. On the gain setting it delivers as well. Very nice focused chunky distortion when the ISF is dialed more towards the American side. Dialed more towards the British side the sounds takes on a really dark and muddy tone but still very usable in the right type of song. My best sounding results were found with the ISF set at about 10 o'clock. I didnt give this amp a 5 due to the stock Rocket 50 speaker. I swapped it out for a G12T-75 that I had lying around and it certainly kicked it up a couple of notches. The stock Rocket 50 sounded good and it would make most folks very happy but a better speaker will certainly bring out more of the dynamics this amp produces. The other reason for the 4 rating is that you cant achieve early breakup from the gain side when rolling back your guitar volume. However if you throw an OD pedal in front of the clean channel its sounds beautiful. From beautiful clean bell tones to bluesy grit to full on modern hard rock this is a great amp. When an amp makes me want to keep playing it's a keeper! close [-]
June 20, 2011 Music Background: Musician 20+years, Recording Studio Owner Almost great
by MQ from New York, NY & New Haven, CT
I wanted a tube amp with glistening, bell-like cleans and tight, heavy distortion, with a budget of $600. On paper, this amp seemed to be absolutely perfect. In reality, this has turned out to be half... read more [+] true. The clean channel is absolutely gorgeous - crystal clear and smooth like butter. Honestly, I preferred the clean channel to even the Fenders in this price range. One of the few amps with which my guitar actually sounded great using the neck pickups (for some reason in most amps, my neck humbucker ends up sounding too muddy to be useable). That said, it can be difficult to get a crunch out of the clean channel at all but the higher volume settings - something to keep in mind if you were going for touch sensitive breakup. The overdrive channel on the other hand, has ultimately disappointed me. From the demo videos it seemed that the HT Studio 20 had a searing, cutting distortion that projected well and handled gain without becoming loose and undefined. No matter how much I fiddled with the EQ and ISF tone-shaping feature, the overdrive sounded like it was coming from under a blanket. The EQ and ISF changed the shape of the tone *under* the blanket, but for the life of me I couldn't get rid of the **** blanket. To my knowledge (and from my research) this unit was not defective and exhibited none of the signs of defect noted by other users. With my Schecter Omen-6, this amp sounds squashed and compressed and muffled. It sounds like there's a great tone hiding under the blanket, but it simply has no presence. The overdrive has been heartbreaking, because the build quality on this amp is absolutely superb, up there with some boutique manufacturers. It's a very manageable weight, and boy does it get LOUD if you need it to, though it can also back down to a bedroom level and still have workable tone. Additionally, the digital reverb on this baby is pretty sweet sounding, ranging from a subtle spring to some Edge-like, cavernous echo. Honestly, I couldn't tell it was digital. My suggestion would be to try it out for yourself, and compare it to other amps in the price range, and even high-end models to get your bearings. The problem with the overdrive could potentially be the speaker - I tried an HT 20 head with a Traynor cab at a local music store, and it had the exact opposite problem - the cleans sounded muddy, and the overdrive sounded much clearer (but still squashed relative to other amps...). Hard to say really. Give it a try though - maybe you'll have better luck. close [-]
July 8, 2011 Music Background: Gigging Hobbyist Not Quite There
by CP from CA, USA
I believe another reviewer mentioned that it often sounds as if this thing is under a blanket and I concur. Some of the clean tones can be nice, but to me, this amp sounds solid state about 75% of the... read more [+] time. Not always a bad thing, I've used solid state amps and have a '79 MusicMan that's hybrid tube/ss. Good tone can be gotten from them.December 6, 2012 Music Background: Hobbyist to the point of professional? The problem with this amp is presence and character. It's lacking in both. I do a stereo amp setup (this amp and a Vox AC15) and the difference couldn't be too much more glaring. The Vox shimmers and rings whereas this one plays sounds like I'm playing pre-recorded music through it. Yes, I'm aware they're two very different amps, but I just can't anything to bite through the Blackstar. I even replaced some of the tubes with newer, crunchier ones and still couldn't get what I wanted. However, it's not a poorly made amp. Although I don't care for the sound, it's still a high quality sound that you can shape quite a bit. If you're looking for a very middle of the road, non-polarizing amp, this would work for you. For me it seemed to be a basic workhorse amp for those that don't get too finicky. Guess I'm a diva. close [-] Also popular
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