Blackstar St. James 50-watt Tube Head with St. James 2 x 12-inch Cabinet Bundle - Black Reviews
Earn $109 back in Bonus Bucks† OR pay $91/month with 24 month financing*
$109 Earn $109.00 back in Bonus Bucks† on this purchase when you use your Sweetwater Credit Card without financing. Select your offer in checkout. Terms
As low as $91/month
with 24 month financing*
See all payment options
(Hurry, limited quantity available)
Highest Rated Reviews
Blackstar St James amplifier head and 2x12 vertical cabinet black
Super nice amplifier, great quality and sounds great. If you want a great amplifier, buy this one, I recommend it.
Great Amp But I Returned It.
I don't play in studios, I gig every week with my band covering from pop to classic rock and some hard rock. I was hoping to cover all those bases with one amp and this amp failed.
The clean is scooped with too much bass and too much treble. The OD voice 1 is perfect I loved it, It was like a marshall but not too bit. My real problem was the voice 2, which is just unusable, in one song you can't use the 3 channels (2 with voice) they are just too different, so I was using this amp like a single-channel amp which to me beat the purpose. You can't use the voice 2 as a solo boost, it's just high-gain, scooped, and tight. Maybe in a studio situation, you can record each part individually but not live.
I give it 4 stars because, in every individual aspect of this amp, it is amazing it sounds wonderful, just take into consideration this amp is more likely to be perfect for a hard rock + (metal) player. For example, the clean channel is like Petrucci's clean tone, most people like that but I like a honky mid-clean not scooped. The OD1 is a perfect mid-range overdrive channel. The OD2 is just metal all the way.
All the features are amazing, the amp is extremely loud at 50w and home usable at 2w.
I returned it to get the EL34 combo version and I will write a review there.
It was my fault for ordering the wrong amp, nevertheless, the customer service was amazing and they helped me to return and get the El34 combo version. This amp is so loud that I don't think I need 2 x 12s.