DUAL TUBE DRIVE... AND its a USB INTERFACE!!! Blackstar DEPT. 10

The Blackstar Dept. 10 is a dual overdrive that also doubles as a recording interface/preamp! Use it with your amp, or your computer.. or both! For info: blackstaramps.com/dept10/
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[@chrisdaviesguitar]

I have a Blackstar HT Stage 100 and it's the best sounding amp I've owned since I started playing in 1975.

[@jatin7361]

This really is one hell of a package for 3 Benjamins. Well done, Blackstar. Guitarists are spoiled these days and I'm loving every minute of it. Great demo as always, Pete!

[@arkistriph1]

This track is SMOKIN"!! I think I need a cigarette and a nap, I don't even smoke cigarettes. This is intriguing, I love watching this industry evolve. Pete have you ever thought about dipping your toe in the soundtrack pool, video game, T.V. movies? You have obvious compositional chops, it could prove to be quite lucrative.

[@PeteThorn]

Thank you! Yes I have. It’s just never come to fruition really

[@daveturner4560]

That is exactly what I was thinking. I've managed to sell a few tunes to TV/cable shows, but Pete's guitar stylings have me wishing I'd picked up the tuba.

[@kenphillips3282]

Excellent review and amazing piece of music.. as always. I already have this pedal and have been really enjoying it. Thanks again for a great deep dive.

[@pwman]

Great demo Pete and what an interesting and very versatile pedal! Love the last part where you did the ad-hoc playing with the pedal and software, gave great insight into the multitude of capabilities!

[@ryanteacher8134]

These pedals are genius. Finally a tube pre amp that has a configurable digital cab sim feature built in. These will be amazing for recording.

[@Charles75N]

First thing first. I was blown away by your playing on this video. I love that your joy came through in the music. I have been looking for an interface and now have a really cool option to consider. Thx Pete.

[@peerkuusch]

Wow, very much a must have. Thanx for explaining this device. Makes much more sense then most reviews!

[@brettvincient]

Had this for an alert this morning but was on the way to work! Just watched it now, amazing stuff! Loved the LP bits Thanks for sharing, Pete!

[@scottmcdade4007]

Wow, great pedal and playing (of course). Thanks for the demo!!

[@nickfit3]

Truly inspired work my man!! I have never had a USB interface before, I've always just miked things up. This thing with my Delay Llama will sound EPIC!! Thanks so much for what you do, and yes, one is on the way... I can't wait!!

[@larryb3946]

Thank you Pete, I've been looking at this as a pedalboard platform. Been using Strymon Iridium, but never been happy with the sound or feel. Great video sir as always!

[@Ryan-Hall]

It sounds really good clean, brightens up the sound so much and it has a dirty sound that still has good sound not muddy, great job as usual A+5*,, thanks brother 🤓

[@demongeminix]

That opening demo track was awesome. My head was bobbing and it made me smile. Rock on, Pete!

[@CarlosMontanez]

Pete you always amaze with your profound understanding of the guitar. You’re an amazing musician. Thank you for the channel.

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks Carlos!

[@hubertkolbeck4954]

Thx Pete, i am always been enthused about your demonstrations

[@michaelcottle6270]

Playing with fire at 10:15. Hope you didn't get demonetised. You've got the best ear of all of the KZbinrs I've heard. You've dialled up some fantastic tones.

[@onehotrocker99]

Pete, I tune in NOT for the product demos but to get inspired by your mad skills on the fretboard. You never cease to amaze me. Tasty licks, creative use of contrasting phrasing, and highly-imaginative tones and sounds you coax out of your pick-ups, pedal-tweaking, and choice of different guitars. You are a SUPERB musician!

[@peterbrusch1493]

Even if I might not be interested in what You are testing, to hear Your opening track is always a great pleasure. Always beautiful composing and excellent playing.

[@Bob_at_OZDiggzguitars]

suuuhweeeet! I've been trying these "preamp" pedals and rackmounts for decades...it's about time we see some that actually do what they say they do and then some...and run on high plate voltage (well, enough to be in the zone). Of coarse, Pete, in your hands, you make anything sounds it's very best! Thanks. I bet it's still fun to have all the original beasts to compare these things to, though :)

[@ThisMichaelBrown]

Again, fantastic chord progression, playing etc....thanks Pete!

[@geetarbube]

Damn, Pete, that sounded great!

[@joshz8140]

Oh man, starts off strong and then boom, 42 seconds in and I'm taken to another dimension! So cool sounding man, I'm totally going to learn this!

[@doctiberius2717]

Fantastic track Pete, I really enjoy watching you going through the recording process and Rocking out! Cheers.! 🎸🎶🤘

[@PeteThorn]

Thank you!

[@hughellisATL]

one of my favorite channels - great review Pete!

[@Hasselblad9999]

Pete, your gear reviews are the best on the net. Please know we appreciate you and everything you do for us.

[@Nightwinflyer]

Man, you opened a bucket of inspiration sauce for this one! Hope it gets fleshed out and put on the next album!

[@kylehowdy]

that solo in the intro was freaking awesome!

[@deadtothewxrld]

1:24 Eddie would be proud of that one 😂

[@vincetessier4634]

Very good review Pete! Very good pedal!

[@jt5326]

Wow Pete, sick song!!!! Loved the composition and parts! Very inspiring!

[@mrtruefifth]

Super Cool Intro Song!

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!

[@rcjward]

Seems like a cool pedal. Nice job on the demo!

[@reubenkincaidband9781]

Great video Pete, as always. So far, 3 people have a thumbs down on this video which is insane. Do some people just click a video to then 'dislike' it??!!? WTF. At any rate, this pedal truly looks innovative and it sounds great.

[@SS-gx7tg]

Love the red tele looking guitar w/ single F hole up top, looks incredible

[@VictorEMusique]

That is an amazing tune. If I were in a band and the guitar player walked in with something like that .... just wow...

[@PeteThorn]

Hey thanks!

[@WDeeGee1]

Great demo track once again, Pete!

[@demymortelliti]

I use the old ht-dual with an hxstomp for fxs. Great little universal tube powered combo. The response of these pedals is so awesome. Great demo Pete 🤙

[@charlesb7831]

Great , just great.... another pedal I need lol. Great review!

[@ericvinson4628]

Amazing demo - and no big deal but whenever you’re ready to part with that strat, just lmk - I’ll be there on the double!!!

[@kevinmorris7722]

Great pedal or pre amp or ... But I always watch you play a couple of times first, just to hear you go. Great playing. Go Pete.

[@Akasha92]

I got the HT-Dual Drive, the older Version of this pedal. Basicly the same... Love it so much, sounds so great.

[@robertvels680]

That piece you played was totally awesome. It blew me into oblivion!

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!

[@verruckterwissenschaftler]

Looks to me like some of that live gig attitude and groove is coming out in the Ytube video Pete, awesome playing.

[@usagi2988]

@9:26 was expecting you to drop a "Voxy Lady!" line or something! Also, and I don't comment on your KZbin videos enough with this: always love what you have to show us, my friend. Keep on rockin' in the free world!

[@PeteThorn]

Thank you so much!

[@SS-gx7tg]

Agree with all of this!

[@ericwarrington6650]

Wow Pete that pedal can totally get the pt100 gain tones and I'll bet u can fine tune to near perfect match...there's so much versatility to this unit and it's really in the vein of what I'm after right now...the Boss ir200 has my attention as well...

[@Nitro4x4]

Nice job as always...and with all the jammin', that hair didn't move! LoL

[@mikeseager2399]

Bought one based on PT. It is superb genuinely excellent.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Very cool. Thanks sir. 🤘♥️🤘

[@MrMctuck]

I'm here after seeing this guy on a Facebook ad for this pedal, that solo at 1:10 is so sweet 👌

[@FukEmUp145]

Cool video, as always. And an exceptional Intro-track, actually listened to it twice :D The pedal seems to do a good job, just the cab sims sounded a bit... well, lets say they are certainly usable but they kinda dont appeal to me. But im sure you can turn them off and then use an IR-Loader in the DAW

[@Barry101er]

Go Pete go! Love it at 1:38 :)

[@TheBedroomRocker1]

Thanks for the awesome video! Can you load your own IRs into the pedal?

[@andrewmarsh3094]

Just got one. Tube screamer is gone. Tried it with a Vox 30 watt vtx hybrid and holy crap. Big tube amp loves it too lol. Its control knobs are quite responsive and a little goes a long way.

[@MikeColeVocals]

Killer playing as usual Pete! This particular pedal has peaked my interest for an amp less rig solution. You always make these sound amazing though. Now my question is whether this or the cab m functions/sounds better as a cab sim

[@Jaredt771]

That was sick!

[@Nightwinflyer]

The whole progression has such a haunted vibe! In fact, I'm going to have to transcribe those arpeggios, very cool voicings!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Did you get the transcript done? I'd like to be able to play some of it but i can't transcribe.

[@Nightwinflyer]

@@mattgilbert7347 Sorry, I was just thinking about this yesterday! I haven't done it yet. I'll try to wrap it up and let you know when I do.

[@Nightwinflyer]

@@mattgilbert7347 I'm doing the whole song...halfway done. I will see if Pete is up to double checking it when I finish. A couple of tricky parts in there! Do you have PowerTab?

[@Nightwinflyer]

@@mattgilbert7347 I've got the song done, trying to reach Pete for his review.

[@Nightwinflyer]

@@mattgilbert7347 Do you still want the transcription? I have in in PDF and PowerTab.

[@donciseau]

Great video!

[@joserdiazalmodovar1898]

pete i just received a New One a couple of days ago im very Happy sounds great sadly ive been without Electric Energy over 24 Hours here in Puerto Rico full blackout yesterday so im crazy to cranck it again.

[@ajstudiobgd]

Amazing playing and composing.

[@PeteThorn]

Thank you A.J.!

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Excellent demo, I would like to see this song on Pete Thorn 3!

[@garywalker8067]

Top draw demo again pete, great track! The pedal sounds cool too… very “amp” like

[@kylejones4338]

Time for a new album Pete!

[@TheGuitarNerdShow]

Jeez Pete - you get better and better. Damn!!!!!

[@Bikewithlove]

1:31 a choir of guitar greatness.

[@joeswilkins1]

GD dude--just ridiculously amazing playing!

[@cvidal2702]

Awesome song.!!!

[@SteveMavronis]

That’s really cool. 🤘

[@friedmojo]

An american take on spanish music clothed in british Plexivox. Sounds amazing. Love that clean part. Running it up and down the neck here again and again and again ...

[@fadermaster5221]

The intro track is 🔥

[@jalapainyo]

Hey Pete! I love the harmonic progression in the breakdown section really haunting dissonances, cool stuff! Can you make a recommendation on the task chair you like? It's so difficult to record guitar on your lap while engineering the session etc. Cheers!

[@PeteThorn]

This chair is from IKEA, it’s really nice! And a fraction of the price of comparable chairs I was seeing at stores like relax the back

[@jalapainyo]

@@PeteThorn dude, that’s awesome cause I can’t afford the high end Herman Miller jams! Thanks!

[@michaeljohnson7892]

Very Cool,

[@ericwarrington6650]

Hi Pete.. been waiting for your take on the Dept 10 pedals...been eying these pedals...seems worth the extra money with the di and interface capabilities as well as killer sounding drives... which is your favorite?

[@grahammcguitar2715]

Great demo as usual. We really are being spoiled silly with gear choices (and capability) these days.

[@PeteThorn]

Agreed!

[@Ryan-Hall]

Well it's the right color 4 Christmas and 4 that Red Rocker!!!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Amazing playing, Pete. Cool device. The clean tone was the best imo :) Can you switch the cab sim off so i could run it into my own IRs, going directly to mixer/FOH for live, or computer for recording?

[@joemanez5290]

That intro song needs to be the soundtrack for a Rad Racer reboot! Very cool!

[@gingerleyham]

Pete! Thanks for the video, the pedal sounds great. I have a long contract coming up overseas where it’s likely they’ll expect me to run into a clean amp or even direct to the PA. Thinking one of these as my main naughty sounds with a couple of bits in the loop and whatever else I need rather than going digital. Do you think they’re good enough as a main sound for regular work or would you recommend something else?

[@eyesintheskies]

Was just about to say I wish it was stereo then you said it was. I’m in!!!

[@jonmatthews4254]

Great playing, great demo. Is the music used available?

[@PeteThorn]

Thank you Jon, I came up with it just for this video, I’m glad you like it though!

[@donpassaro9143]

What are you using on the desktop that clamps and holds the unit in place? Where can I get one?

[@aleksmayer5907]

Have you ever tested the Origin Revival Drive Hot Rod? Would love to know what you think about it compared to the Blackstar pedals :)

[@rom661]

I thought the crunch sound was spectacular. Sort of wish they made a version that didn't contain the DI, cab sims, etc. and a slightly lower cost. Obviously I've no idea what part of the cost that represents so perhaps a silly thought. Was really pleasantly surprised. Thinking about an Origin Effect RD Compact. Hmmm.... Thanks, Pete.

[@eyesintheskies]

Please can you tell me how do you plug in stereo equipment with only one input?

[@islamsuperchannel]

I have a problem with this product, where should I put the output to the return amplifier, to the OUTPUT SECTION or to the CAB RIG? I want to use it instead of the preamp in my tube amplifier if I enter it in the OUTPUT section, the 3 channel CAB RIG switch feature doesn't work on my amplifier

[@viewoftheaskew]

Great demo, whatever they pay you for these it's not enough!

[@eduardopellejero2290]

does the interface is in and out or just out. can you hear the tracks throgh the phones out?

[@antoniogd21]

How do you manage the latency? I haven't been able to record without it. I'm using a dual dist and ableton live

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

Cool unit, didn't hear you mention if you could load your own spkr IR's

[@PeteThorn]

No I do not believe you can. It’s the internal cabsim’s only

[@coreycefail6704]

That was ppprrreeetttyyy cooool

[@henkehakansson2004]

If it only had at least one "favorite" preset to set. I generally do not use the same EQ on clean sound as on the crunch or overdrive. I want more mids when distorted, and more scooped Twin Reverb sound whenever clean. Apart from the USB thing, I think most dual overdrive pedals out there with tubes in it has the same EQ for crunch and clean channels. But hands to your hearts not that many irl tube amps. If this pedal had at least one "favorite" setting just like you can do on Strymons, I would be all game. But nice playing as always, and the only one worth watching still when it comes to demoes.

[@PastorMcfly66]

Pete- unrelated question if you have time. I ran mine straight out of USB to Mac. Had a lot of latency. How did you eliminate that in this demo?

[@MikhailKoslowski]

Reminds me of Laney IRT-Pulse but which the actual knobs for preamp settings instead of fixed values on the EQ. Amazing demo as always Pete! I'm still waiting for your "demo songs" album! Would buy it!!

[@nt-hd5fo]

Hmmmm demo gave me major sails of chiron vibes in the dirty parts during the beginning... like this if you agree pete! Awesome pedal, awesome demo!

[@kippsguitar6539]

Lovely player

[@PeteThorn]

Thanks!

[@kippsguitar6539]

@@PeteThorn thanks for your generosity with sharing knowledge, respect

[@chrisradzion2148]

How does this compare, strictly as a stomp box going into an amp, to the Tube Driver? If it’s comparable… we’ll, 2 Tube Drivers for just under $300 is a deal, and the other interface stuff is just icing on the cake!

[@Triumphinchrist1]

Is this different from the black unit?

[@loopaxerecordsmusic]

Mind blown.

[@raindogred]

that track was smokin'..shut up and take my money Blackstar.

[@marvinkansiime]

Looks familiar 😉.

[@Ridgeback65]

Would this also work for bass di /usb computer interface?

[@PeteThorn]

You could use for bass, sure, although I’m sure the EQ is tailored for guitar but may still work just fine. For bass guitar I really like the dark glass bass pedal stuff but I know that’s not a USB interface