First Look: Blackstar AMPED 2 Floorboard Amp - 3 Voices + Ample Effects!

[@sweetwater]

For silent stages, fly rigs, and no-fuss gigging, the Blackstar Dept. 10 AMPED 2 floorboard amp delivers real-deal tube tone in an ultra-convenient package. Shop it today at Sweetwater 👉 imp.i114863.net/4ezW7G

[@bryanrasmussen]

Crazy!! This is a long way from my first Floor Pod, there's so much cool gear being made now!

[@gregmize01]

TOO MUCH COOL GEAR, LOL!

[@etpslick100]

Tell me about it! Can’t even keep up!🤨🎶👍🏾

[@BrenQ99]

Don Carr, you are just phenomenal at gear demos. Consistently! Your playing is tasteful and beautiful, of course. Beyond that, you somehow always manage to find the perfect balance between highlighting features while remaining brief - and interesting. Thank you for this video. The Amped 2 will now be added to my Must Have list.

[@dennisdewinter1997]

This is a great video. I always enjoy your guitar playing, Don Carr. And your videos are always so thorough, intelligent, and concise. Thanks so much.

[@allenwebster6329]

How we have improved through the yrs , that device is small and produces so much ,I love it ,now I have try one

[@hybridjohn1]

whew. I have a typical nauseous response to Blackstar but this pedal is super versatile and sounds pretty good. Thanks Don.

[@tramer76]

Hopefully the noise floor is a bit lower in these compared to the Dept 10 pedals. I really liked the sound of those but had to return them because they were too noisy for recording

[@kevinperry3639]

Blackstar, hmmm, sounds like I like it! Play some more please. Great vid, thanks for sharing 🤘

[@Goldsilver]

Looks great, but looks to have minimal options for clean amp to very dirty as two channels. instead you're selecting a gain structure and adding to it with boost pedals. AMP1 by BluGuitars doesn't have the FX, but it does do amps/channels.

[@davidmerlin3344]

I have a couple of questions. (1) Is there a noise gate on this unit? (2) How do you compare this on clean to the Quilter Superblock? I have been highly considering the Quilter as a pedal platform. I do like the idea of having my own separate pedals. BUT, I am open to something like this. I have heard that Blackstar has something else coming out in April or May that even ups their game on this unit. Just hearsay.

[@ronpatterson5483]

Great pedal, amazing all they’ve put into this. Great review🤘🤘

[@alexdenton6586]

Honestly, it sounds great and, if I understood correctly, it basically serves as an amp head, so I don't need to buy an active cabinet?

[@sweetwater]

Morning Alex, great question! This product can be used with a passive cabinet via the power amp out or direct into a PA or a powered cab via the line out. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 2371, [e-mail]

[@BAND-MAID-USA]

Is there a way to have separate banks? Like a clean channel, a dirty and a lead, all separate? Looks like you can only add or subtract effects to the same (1) channel?

[@bengirard1984]

I'm guessing it will work with MIDI but that's a big flaw in my opinion. I have a Bluguitar Iridium and apart from only having a reverb for the fx side, it's really well thought out overall and convenient. I thought you could choose between 3 types of clean and the drive section was the distortion(and same thing, 3 different types of distortion) with this Blackstar, but it's only a boost/overdrive. Not being able to switch from a clean to a higher gain channel on the pedal itself is a design flaw imho. Oh well...I'll wait for the Bluguitar Amp X ;)

[@midniterunband]

Gets some good sounds but why no channel switching or presets ? I wouldn’t buy unless it had these features? JMO

[@charleswind8298]

How do you change patches with knobs while it’s on the floor ?

[@nigelsmith721]

You don't. It's effectively an amp with a drive footswitch. Remember when that was enough?

[@joemiller9856]

Looks pretty cool. Switching between amps live might require bending down and flipping a toggle switch if I understand correctly. Not thrilled by that otherwise might just do the trick for me.

[@JamesVanD]

It has MIDI controls, so you could have a simple (or complex) midi switcher for that.

[@geetargeek79]

Does it have preset capability? Not the cab rig, but stored sounds.

[@sweetwater]

Hi, and thanks for your question. Via the CABRig switch you have access to three presets on the device. You can store infinite presets on your computer and upload them into AMPED2 as needed. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 2371, [e-mail]

[@ritzenhauf]

More interested for rough recording. Need to know more about cab sim sounds

[@peterschaefer1665]

Great job Don sounds great!

[@JohnWDGTandTele]

With its computer connectivity and 3 to 4 effects in each category, it makes me think of it like a Katana in floor form.

[@Wolfe_guitar]

What if I want to switch from clean sound to distortion in the middle of the song?

[@AutismRocksOfficial]

Now that’s pretty darn cool ✌️

[@musicandthewalk]

What was that red strat?

[@SunnyBeeRandomTuber]

Waiting to see a comparison between this and the IK toneX pedal

[@chatter7653]

Sounds great!

[@blakjack3053]

My only complaint is 1, it is only single channel and 2, the 2 buttons that turn on the tuner are too far a part for a single stomp. Other than that I do like mine a whole lot and use it live often.

[@Kapricorn]

If your running this straight yo front of house do you still need a DI

[@sweetwater]

Hi, Kapricorn Music. The Amped 2 has a balanced XLR output with cab simulation. If you use that output you would not a need a DI box. If you decide to use any of the other outputs, a DI box would be necessary. Thanks for your interest! Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 1320, [e-mail]

[@brothertoughlove]

Sounds really nice 👍🏿

[@steveg219]

Great drive sounds

[@fireworx_925]

blackstar amped with stereo amps running in parallel pleaseee

[@Zildjian_DW]

Wow! That is very cool.

[@romeou4965]

They missed big time not having channel switch feature. They should have done same as NUX Cerberus. Amped2 Manual says:”Local Patches cannot be saved to your amp. They can only be recalled and loaded to your amp when connected to Blackstar’s Architect [software]“.

[@jobaci]

Would be great if it had four buttons under the effect buttons for Presets.

[@trance9158]

Now how about one for bass players

[@robertlathan4639]

Can it do stereo to 2 cabinets

[@sweetwater]

Hi, Robert! Thanks for your question. The AMPED2 is a mono only unit. Single send and return for the FX Loop and either 8 or 16 ohm out to a speaker cab. Please contact us direct with other questions as you have them! Robert Williams, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] ext. 2371, [e-mail]

[@greenwave792]

I looked for this last night on sweetwater, now its ready to ship, correct?

[@BkBk-gy6vr]

Not ready to ship. Save your money.

[@nathanmarona8017]

looks like it's ready to ship to me!

[@Allguitarinfo]

If only they had put 2 drive channels it would be perfect for a 3 channel fly rig

[@TravisMus]

this thing is seriously cool. But what if you have a drive you really like, then you can't even truly utilize it, right?

[@jbf16falcon]

$650 no cab, think I’d just pony up and buy a good combo tube amp or Fender GTX or from their ToneMaster line.

[@gregmize01]

WELP THIS IS BADASS! DAMN YOU BLACKSTAR/SWEETWATER/DON !!!!!!!😜😜😜😜

[@etpslick100]

Ok Blackstar! Make one for us Low enders!🤨🎶👍🏾

[@jessetate9701]

The did lol the first model lol 😂 or the silverline series

[@etpslick100]

@@jessetate9701 Thanks. Definitely look it up.👍🏾

[@JSSTUDIO-wr2jq]

👍

[@TheChristafershawn]

Giving the Bluguitar Amp 1 pedals some competition it seems.

[@oldguy5381]

Hey nice amp. Let’s throw it on the floor and stomp on it. What, isn’t that what you do with a peddle.

[@che2335]

I liked HT Metal amps but the others wont get dirty enough into 6505 land for my filthy riffing

[@shuster1921]

Sadly, all this goodness and you can only use one speaker?!?

[@brandt69420]

Poorly thought out pedal. No way to switch clean/dirty/more dirty. Unusable for live playing unless you use pedals with it. 😂. Or bring a MIDI board …might as well just stick to pedals and an amp. Less hassle.

[@hansmeissner734]

My complaints: Soloing sounds harsh and artificial in every video I've seen so far. Plus: No second gain/overdrive stage. Therefore pretty unusuable live. Maybe better for clean playing - but then you'd miss to dial in intelligent compression. IMO an entirely unbalenced product.

[@WallofSounds5317]

No thanks I'll stick with my Marshall

[@Stereostupid]

Sounds pretty darn good!

[@devlinedwards7543]

Can you switch channels is my only thing and is it programmable? Other wise no way