Incoming amp goodness!

Fortheloveofguitar

Bagged a mint condition Blackstar HT-40 combo for only £210. Think that's a bargain. Collecting the bad boy in the morning. Chuffed

57Deluxe

...how do you know 'He' is not a 'She'??

Fortheloveofguitar

57Deluxe;217532" said:

...how do you know 'He' is not a 'She'??

I've just bought it home. It appears that the amp is in fact transgender. Who'd have thought.

Fortheloveofguitar

Oh well. Amps gonna be no good to me. OD channel sounds like a bloody wasp nest. Shite.

thecolourbox

Put an eq in the loop! gives you much better control than the onboard eq

ThePrettyDamned

Wasp nest? That's odd. Blackstar amps are not fizzy, middy and compressed perhaps, but definitely not fizzy or buzzy...

Fortheloveofguitar

ThePrettyDamned;217688" said:

Wasp nest? That's odd. Blackstar amps are not fizzy, middy and compressed perhaps, but definitely not fizzy or buzzy...

Probably compressed more than fizzy but I'm not used to that and sounds crap to my ears.

Loobs

In the skip it goes. 

Fortheloveofguitar

Loobs;217764" said:

In the skip it goes. 

Not quite but certainly I can't work with tone that bad. The clean was fine but the od just way to coarse.

Loobs

An insult to good tone

Fortheloveofguitar

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Loobs;217766" said:

An insult to good tone

Definitely. I paid naff all for it and is mint, not a mark on it so should be able to move it on quickly.

Loobs

Just hope they don't read this damning thread

Fortheloveofguitar

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Loobs;217770" said:

Just hope they don't read this damning thread

wont be on sale through here anyway. Besides some people may think its a nice tone. I'm to used to my Cornfords etc. had it too good.

Loobs

from the sublime to the ridiculous 

jonnyburgo

May be worth changing the preamp valves to something less gainy, I've had a few blackstars and found they are much too heavy too quickly on the OD side. 

ICBM told me to do that but I never did, i think he recommended 12at7's? could be wrong though, check first.

Cacofonix

Is it a digital OD?  If not, try lower (or higher) output pre tubes.

Fortheloveofguitar

Cacofonix;217793" said:

Is it a digital OD?  If not, try lower (or higher) output pre tubes.

Really not sure if it's digital or not.

Fortheloveofguitar

jonnyburgo;217783" said:

May be worth changing the preamp valves to something less gainy, I've had a few blackstars and found they are much too heavy too quickly on the OD side. 

ICBM told me to do that but I never did, i think he recommended 12at7's? could be wrong though, check first.

@ICBM can you shed any light on this at all?

Any help much appreciated before I move it on.

Cacofonix

It's the reverb that's digital, so changing the preamp valves should give you some variations.  They are ECC83s so you can use them in most amps if you don't like them.

The od sounds pretty good in the mix in the attached.  The second video seems to showcase the od better than the first one.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=vb.101737197382&type=2

57Deluxe

...thought as much - is deffo a 'She'...

Cacofonix

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