BluGuitar Amp X

[JiveTurkey]

Yeah that's my experience with Blackstar. Even the St. James, while a bit unique on the market, seems like it's "there's nothing wrong with this, but it's also not exciting". Do they somehow manage to voice their amps for "everyone" to the point that they lose any character? I feel like Revv has a bit of a similar issue.

I wanted to like the St. James so bad. I tried a used one out at GC and I was about as underwhelmed as you could get. The specs for me were there. EL34s, lightweight. But the tones were boring with a capital B really in every way

 

[norminal]

 

[EOengineer]

Blug should rename this thing the Chinese Democracy.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Blug should rename this thing the Chinese Democracy.

Dont be a Buckethead

 

[norminal]

Dont be a Buckethead

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

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[GTR37]

Latest announcement on his Academy of tone
Hopefully out in Germany by end of year
The rest of the world expecting mid / summer of 2025
He is doing his due diligence
Is on Rev 7 of the board and there is a delay due to back order
So probably 2027

 

[Whizzinby]

JFC

 

[norminal]

Latest announcement on his Academy of tone
Hopefully out in Germany by end of year
The rest of the world expecting mid / summer of 2025
He is doing his due diligence
Is on Rev 7 of the board and there is a delay due to back order
So probably 2027

IMO, Thomas would’ve been better off keeping this whole project under wraps until he was close to releasing it.

 

[Sascha Franck]

IMO, Thomas would’ve been better off keeping this whole project under wraps until he was close to releasing it.

Most defenitely. Just imagine something was buggy when the thing is finally released. People would perhaps expect to see a fix in another 5 years.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Man, again: one of the nicest dudes in the industry, and very creative. But JFC, Thomas.

 

[GTR37]

Man, again: one of the nicest dudes in the industry, and very creative. But JFC, Thomas.

the good news is TB3 won't have to commit to anything for another year

 

[mbenigni]

 

[GTR37]

Man, again: one of the nicest dudes in the industry, and very creative. But JFC, Thomas.

he needs too be honest though , this I will have it out by Christmas , not a chance

With NAMM less than a month after that , I guarantee he is back at NAMM with the final ( or what should be the final ) saying this will go into production later this year

 

[Whizzinby]

I really hope this comes out fully featured and awesome, because I get the sense that if there are early issues or bad reviews out of the gate this could potentially crater him and the company given the protracted development time.

 

[jellodog]

IMO, Thomas would’ve been better off keeping this whole project under wraps until he was close to releasing it.

Indeed. This must be hurting a percentage of his sales for the current Amp1 line in the meantime, because people are holding off.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I really hope this comes out fully featured and awesome, because I get the sense that if there are early issues or bad reviews out of the gate this could potentially crater him and the company given the protracted development time.

Fwiw, in one of his interviews, it seemed pretty much as if there'd be additional content planned that you'll have to purchase.
And to quote you from the Genome thread:

Paid DLC after purchasing hardware sucks.

So much about "fully featured and awesome".

 

[Jarick]

Sounds like there's the world's slowest race between when QC will have all the promised functionality vs when the AmpX is going to get released!

 

[holoholo]

 

[Whizzinby]

Fwiw, in one of his interviews, it seemed pretty much as if there'd be additional content planned that you'll have to purchase.
And to quote you from the Genome thread:



So much about "fully featured and awesome".

I’m not even worried about his DLC plans now, I’m more concerned that the company could find itself busted after a protracted development period if this thing stumbles out of the gate. Dude seems like a genuinely good guy. I hope he pulls this off.