Blackstar Studio HT-20

[Bob Zaod]

Found a pretty killer deal on one. Really liked the HT5 I had but ended up going in an amp purge. I also had a 50w head at one point. This is in between. I did buy one from Sweetwater back before the MKII and it arrived DOA so I ended up just getting a refund. It's at a local MGR so gotta put it through some paces first as I don't trust their equipment testing. Hard to pass up at 229 when I dont really have a working 15-20w amp right now. I remember on the 50w I liked the ISF pretty much dead center and keeping the gain knob pretty low and the clean channel was pleasant.

 

[-BOOGIEMAN-]

I dig Blackstar…

 

[Bob Zaod]

Well my work made sure I wasn't going anywhere so I impulse bought a VKII 100 from GC online.

 

[la szum]

Well, at least they are pretty similar and the logic of wanting the one applies to the other.

 

[Bob Zaod]

Well, at least they are pretty similar and the logic of wanting the one applies to the other.

Oh total mercy gas grab. Same price. Wifey has me on a spending freeze. I can sneak in stuff under 300

 

[paisleywookiee]

Oh total mercy gas grab. Same price. Wifey has me on a spending freeze. I can sneak in stuff under 300

Logical solution would be finding a dealer willing to take apart a Badlander, and sell it in $300 chunks.

 

[la szum]

By VK do you mean a Peavey Valveking?

 

[AFKAEjay]

By VK do you mean a Peavey Valveking?

I plugged a modeler into the return of one at a venue I played quite a few times…pretty good actually.

Then the amp literally caught fire…these days it’s demoted to a 2x12 cab…and I actually like the speakers. I bring a 15w head when I play there…and it sounds very good. If I could sign at the dot to get that sound always/everywhere…I’d do it. (Offcourse the acoustics of the place play a role also…so I’m not about to buy a broken valveking )

 

[Bob Zaod]

Then the amp literally caught fire

That happened to me with a new Dual Rec. people thought it was part of the show. I was in a Death Metal band at the time.

 

[AFKAEjay]

That happened to me with a new Dual Rec. people thought it was part of the show. I was in a Death Metal band at the time.

That’s an appropriate setting!

This one went up in smoke ..probably during a jazz concert (wasn’t me giving it its final push to walhalla)

 

[paisleywookiee]

By VK do you mean a Peavey Valveking?

Yeah I had a VK100. It's clean channel was fine, but the gain channel was what I can only assume filled to the very brim with poop.

 

[Bob Zaod]

Yeah I had a VK100. It's clean channel was fine, but the gain channel was what I can only assume filled to the very brim with poop.

For me it's getting the Helix treatment. Most likely direct to return

 

[Bob Zaod]

Soooo I decided because the Blackstar was still in stock I bought that too. I figure I will return whichever one I like the least. Really wanted to try it out first but gonna try to get to the store tonight and do just that. Hopefully my job lets me have a couple hours to myself tonight. it's been hell week.