Blackstar Amps Make a Big Bang at Sweetwater!
March 22, 2011 in Gear, Updates, Video
Loren Molinare and Dan Hansen came by Sweetwater last week to show and play the newest addition to the Sweetwater excellent guitar amp offerings – Blackstar!
OK, WOW! First thing that was apparent is that these amps are For Real. From the ‘Four Bald Guys’ that escaped from the Marshall camps to the really cool speaker emulation that makes a great recording on direct input, these amps are fast turning into THE amps to rock on. OH yeah, the Four Bald Guys – click here to read about the founders of Blackstar, they rock hard daily and wanted to build amps that earn respect in the hard rock world too! Gus G, Paul Allender, The Church, and lots of really heavy guitarists are using Blackstar, including long-time friend of TheK2BShow Neil Zaza. Click here to read all about the Blackstar Artists.
CHECK THIS OUT!! These amps have a proprietary and patented control circuit called “ISF”, which stands for Infinite Shape Feature, and is way too cool to explain with mere words so watch this video that explains the flexibility and the power of the ISF, pretty amazing -
Also these amps are, of course, real tube (‘valve’ in UK-speak) amplifiers and Blackstar makes three lines – The Artisian Series, The Series One, and the HT Venue Series which all rock, Rawk and ROKK! OK, and NOW for the actual killer sound of these things! Check out this demo by Blackstar Artist Gus G from the band FIREWIND -
Check out all the Blackstar videos on their site here.
Blackstar Amps are widely distributed (through Korg in the US) so check them out, but be careful – you’ll want one immediately! They rock so hard, you’ve been warned! 
