Amazing work Justin! I actually use the little HT1 for my guitar recording!! It has a cab sim on the headphone out and has been my go to for silent tracking! Blackstar are really making some killer killer stuff
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
I had been thinking about buying a Mesa or Diezel just for that high gain 100w sound. It is all over lots of Nashville records you hear these days. I’m glad they reached out because this fills that void for me and it’s a great option for home players with volume constraints. They make smaller versions, too.
@chrisrussoroos6091 Жыл бұрын
You are a natural teacher Justin- as well as an amazing musician. Thank you!
@DamianS18938 ай бұрын
Well Justin, When I heard You and Pete Thorn playing through this MKIII Amp... I had to have one.... So, I ordered the HT 100 MKiii today. Greatly appreciate Your Channel because it's more down to earth... And Not Just Chugging High Gain... You and Pete Thorn know how to deploy the diversity of this Amp... God bless ✝️🙏 Merry Christmas ✝️👍🤙✌️
@BlugubriousMusic Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine the creators of the Jazzmaster could have ever forseen (forheard?) those gainy sounds with that guitar. Good stuff, JO - Hey Blackstar... I would not have seen this amp if it were not for this demo
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
Right? The JM can rock when called upon 🤠
@OTCRock4one9 ай бұрын
@JustinOstrander, Great video! Most videos I see on amps, they use load boxes and all kinda stuff...so we the viewers really don't know what the amp will sound like. In contrast, your video is straight-up sound, love it! I'm currently purchasing the: Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII 1x12 inch 40-watt Tube Combo Amp from Sweetwater!
@petemontemorra46053 ай бұрын
Sounds great. Nice to see someone who can actually get great sounds out of an amp thats not being compared to an engl or evh. Just bought one and its my choice over my high gain heads. Love the demo and the great tones youve shown. Thanx
@timrieben8930 Жыл бұрын
Bought my son a Blackstar head and 4x12 cab YEARS ago...I don't think he has figured out all the knobs on it yet....he just cranks and goes...great demo!
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
It’s super easy to dial in great sounds.
@TomCPlus1 Жыл бұрын
For my uses, I found the Blackstar St James 50W/2W combo with EL34 tubes and a 12" Celestion speaker. It sounds great. I'm glad that Blackstar found you to demo some of their products -- I'm watching. :)
@brutallyremastered4255 Жыл бұрын
Omeguurd-that '69 Custom is beautiful I think the ISF was meant to be more tight MESA (scooped Mids) to the left and loose Marshally to the right. Least it was with the first HT5's which were really good for recording to DAW.
@TexasJackdaw Жыл бұрын
Really nice sounding amp. It’s great that you demonstrate it inside a mix.
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I am ok with demoing a few things here and there, as long as it’s something I use at work
@UnitedEffect Жыл бұрын
Great tones! Extremely versatile amp. After this video, Blackstar will remain on my radar of amps worth purchasing. So glad the company got in touch with you ....congrats!
@LenLynch Жыл бұрын
Clean channel, no boost With a compressor in the effects loop, and then play with the on-amp reverb... Oh is the reverb pre-effects loop? The algorithm brought me here. I really love your channel, Justin!
@rokrowl_diy_dad9543 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed watching you play with the inspiration you were getting from the different tones, especially when you let the tone lead the way. Your a great guitarist. Thank you for sharing.
@BoyceWorship Жыл бұрын
Such a good sounding amp! Thanks for sharing!
@seanzinger Жыл бұрын
Man that Jazzmaster is so open and articulate. I love it so much! Fantastic sounding amp too, and of course your playing is stellar as always.
@christopherguzzi13168 ай бұрын
Loved the first tone you got when plugging in th Tele. Reminded me of the song "Rock On" by David Essex.
@73prd11 ай бұрын
Bought this amp and love it, excellent work blackstar....important note tho, if u buy the fs14, 5 button footswitch it will sometimes mute the amp and lights will flash on the amp, this is normal as it actually formats itself to the amp, takes between 2 to 5 mins then your sweet to rock
@tristanavakian Жыл бұрын
Sweet. I have a Suhr PT15 IR, I take it direct. 16 built in cab models, assignable to each channel. Very versatile. But this is a good deal more affordable… and of course a 100 watt head is a different animal from a 15 watter. Kinda wish I had seen this first.
@abstractvisions Жыл бұрын
This sounds like and has features like the Blackstar Amped 3. Their pedal amp thing that they make. Also surprisingly useful sounds. Really enjoy your content. Thanks for the review.
@davidmajor44847 ай бұрын
Finally a demo in context of backing Does sound great
@gnormmusic3172 Жыл бұрын
Damn! I was thinking that last clip sounded like Chris Isaak, and then you went there... 😃
@DamianS18938 ай бұрын
Most Excellent Presentation I've seen for this amp
@jameshocking1188 Жыл бұрын
As an artist its nice if not essential to have as many tools at your disposal. Each one brings out a different creative turn that the muse may not direct you towards. It helps open up yourself to different styles and explore different passions. Nice show.
@timkempisty258 Жыл бұрын
At the same time, being spoiled for choice can cause crippling indecision. It’s so easy to go down a rabbit hole chasing the most perfect tone, especially with today’s amp and cabinet modelers (which I loooooooove! So many toys!!!!) I think it’s really important to have a small handful of signature sounds dialed in. You can just pick the one that’s good enough for government work, and get down to the business of playing the music. Don’t let “perfect” be the enemy of “good”. It’s not unlike looking at a beer menu. 10 bottles to choose from? I’ll find the right one in seconds. 150 bottles to choose from? I’ll spend 20 minutes agonizing over which is the exact ideal choice.
@Mark-fs5fq3 ай бұрын
Bought one of the ht stage 60s several years ago looking for more of a Marshall sound but these amps are very versatile they do many things well. Mine has built in light and dark reverb. You do wind up playing with the eq quite a bit while you’re playing it is very touch sensitive
@PhilipReevesMusic Жыл бұрын
Amp sounds fantastic. I have used a smaller model Blackstar for recording. Just a note regarding the emulated speaker output according to the Blackstar website: This model can be operated in standby mode without a speaker connected. Some other Blackstar models and other brands with emulated output require that a speaker cabinet or load box always be connected when operating the amp ... even in silent / emulated speaker output mode. Best to check to avoid damaging the amp.
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
Yep, I discuss this in the video. The modeling output works in standby.
@SeanKerns11 ай бұрын
I loveLoveLOVE Blackstar for higher gain stuff. I've owned an HT-100 and a 50, as well as some of the smaller combos, and I've got a couple 5-watters. The voicing and ISF make them super tweakable, and even the clean tones are super nice, even though that isn't why I buy them.
@JustinOstrander11 ай бұрын
Very cool. I was impressed with the cleans as well. Lotta firepower here
@BillDutton Жыл бұрын
Man that sounds good!
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
I was pleasantly surprised myself
@TonyThomas10000 Жыл бұрын
Looks like a nice value-priced head. Great demo!
@chrisdaviesguitar4 ай бұрын
I have a mark one and it's the best sound I've ever had.
@jessetate97012 ай бұрын
We call him Jared the giant but he plays guitars with one p90 in it or just guitars with p90s in general! And Blackstar makes them sing! Now Doug of dead daisies/whitesnake/dio uses blackstars and les pauls
@bobdimartino67388 ай бұрын
you have to plug it into a computer to adjust the reverb decay plus there's an effect on that guitar like an echo
@tedc6694 Жыл бұрын
I liked the demo. Love hearing you play
@acbenitez3614 Жыл бұрын
I enjoy your vids, dude. Reverb that I prefer is an amp in a bathroom with tile flooring.
@johnpannella Жыл бұрын
I've been thinking about a high gain amp for the studio. This was a very timely video.
@DominicHudson79 Жыл бұрын
Taste the biscuit, taste the goodness of the biscuit
@garygreening2799 Жыл бұрын
Sounds great. Price is very reasonable on Sweetwater. Of course I’ll wait for MBritt to profile it for me. 😉
@nohillforahighstepper Жыл бұрын
Sweeeeeet. I have a recommendation for an inexpensive vintage 20ish watt tube amp. I got a Bugera V22 a few years ago. I had to replace all the tubes and rebias the amp because the stock tubes sucked. I put JJ's in the power stage and Golden Lions in the preamp stage. Plus a balanced output tube in the gain stage (T2). It uses 12ax7's for the preamp. After re-tubing, I had about $500 invested. It has an excellent tone now. I have guitar pickers ask me what my amp is at almost every show... A definite "sleeper". 😊😊😊
@2dazetake11 ай бұрын
You could spend an hour, just dialing in all the voicing that amp has,sounds amazing and makes a great practice amp, I'm sure the 100 watt mode would kick even more butt, every time I see someone playing a black beauty, I want one,think I'm going to get a chinese knock off,I want a custom,not an investment, thanks for the cool review. 🤣👍
@JustinOstrander11 ай бұрын
For cheap and good, check out the old Greco LP Custom copies 👍🏼👍🏼
@garygreening2799 Жыл бұрын
I haven’t read the literature yet but I bet you can add your own IRs as well. Celestion has created some great ones on their web site. I love that several of the amp manufacturers are adding this direct out feature to their amps. Rhonda won’t let me dedicate the garage as a speaker room. Too close to the kitchen.
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
Agreed on the direct sounds. The cab modeling, just like with the Ox and the Revv D20, is great. I find that if there’s still a real tube amp cooking, I don’t mind the modeling happening after the fact.
@GuyNarnarian Жыл бұрын
Glad you got the 100 watter - sounds fantastic. I got myself a Mark V:25 combo to cover my high gain (rather than a Princeton with pedals) recently. Loving it so far, Haven't tried the DI Cab Clone yet but it has a similar feature, but you can turn the speaker off rather than going into standby mode. I guess that way you don't need a load box?
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
Yeah no load box needed here. Full 100w into my 212 in cartage. If I want to run it through my 112 cab at home, it goes into 10w mode. Still has that tight punch of a 100watter in 10w mode. If it’s after 9pm (my self-imposed noise curfew), then I plug an XLR in the back and run direct. Ultra versatile.
@GuyNarnarian11 ай бұрын
@@JustinOstrander Sounds great too! Wish I had the setup to put my cabs/combos in the garage or cellar. The cellar takes a little water sometimes so that's not gonna work and the garage is actually closer to the neighbors with less sound protection.
@Stratcat1967 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love that "Gain-Grin".... 😊
@Matthew_Scan6 ай бұрын
You can edit the reverb via the cabinet software I believe and store it to them amp the
@dusty_dustbin_basementjamh4827 Жыл бұрын
Well done Justin, thanks!
@patrickwarnshuis8344 Жыл бұрын
Very cool stuff as usual 🤘🏼👍😎
@steves258 Жыл бұрын
Justin, fabulous work and thank you. For home players like myself, is there a method (i.e. tabs) available to learn some of the great licks that you roll off so effortlessly. Thoughts? Thanks Steve
@ArticLight1411 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure you could take any high gain amp and make it sound excellent.
@vizun Жыл бұрын
Sounds pretty good. Love how the different cabs inspire different playing. Does the direct mode model just the cab, or amp and cab?
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
Just the cab and microphone. You’re still playing through a tube amp.
@rhymeswfamous Жыл бұрын
Hey! Can you do an episode about closed back vs open back amps in general? There are a few videos up but I don't think they are good as the videos you do.
@graemero5532 Жыл бұрын
Killer amp Justin
@robertmellang6998 Жыл бұрын
Lots of options.
@kevinmusso2397 Жыл бұрын
Hot diggity … that sounds great
@mikemalone9404 Жыл бұрын
Justin, I just bought a 59 Gibson ga20t. Have you used one of these, and what's your take on the old Gibson amps, esp compared to a tweed Deluxe?
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
I have a 53. I love it. Original speaker and transformer. It’s a great amp. I don’t have any experience with the later 50s models
@PhoShzel75 Жыл бұрын
Sounding killer Justin! When you use slap back, do you have reverb on at the same time? Or, is it one or the other?
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
I was dialing the verb in and out while the slap was on
@PhoShzel75 Жыл бұрын
@@JustinOstrander By the way, since I got the Ox, I'm hearing my tweed deluxe and deluxe reverb like never before. Thanks for all your help!
@DieselWeazel Жыл бұрын
Can’t say I need one but I wouldn’t mind one. Imagine if people had a Brit/American knob? Lol
@brutallyremastered4255 Жыл бұрын
Ha ha.
@GreggRoberts4 ай бұрын
I had an HT 100 but I don't like hybrid. Plus no midi.
@robertmellang6998 Жыл бұрын
Yer in the market for a 4x12 cab😁
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
My 212 should handle it (65w speakers), but yeah a good 412 is tough to beat.
@robertmellang6998 Жыл бұрын
@@JustinOstrander Make an iso box like Tim Pierce, sick a 4x12 in it. That’s a cool Les Paul custom. I like it through the black star.
@devilslide0110 ай бұрын
Uhhh, that’s an ISF knob (infinite shape feature ) pretty much standard on most Blackstar amps
@JustinOstrander10 ай бұрын
Yep 9:38
@devilslide0110 ай бұрын
Yeah , you called it ISP
@JustinOstrander10 ай бұрын
@@devilslide01 Yes I already corrected myself in the chapters
@douglascrawford4791Ай бұрын
Takes up a lot of real estate
@JustinOstranderАй бұрын
Yeah 100 watters are big amps
@markolivares69439 ай бұрын
Having issues with the wattage switch. Only works when the first gain stage is engaged however if you have the second gain stage engage it does nothing. Cannot find a solution for this
@JustinOstrander9 ай бұрын
Sorry to hear it. Mine does not have this issue.
@martinlahaie60123 ай бұрын
Great guitar axe man... Just ok amp
@JustinOstrander3 ай бұрын
It certainly doesn’t have the boutique or vintage pedigree we are used to here in town, but I used it all day in frontstage on a record a couple weeks ago, and it was awesome.
@martinlahaie60123 ай бұрын
@@JustinOstrander always the dilemma...what sounds good on a stage and sound good in your room...two different thing i suggest... Kinda go back to the discussion about the Celestion 70-80's speakers...at home i love them...even after a bought 2 Vintage 30 i've return to my my old 70-80'
@steveh1273 Жыл бұрын
Yes, sounds good and low price, but reliability, and service outside Nashville?
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
There are great amp techs outside of Nashville. I took stuff to KC and Wichita when I lived in Kansas.
@chosenone29649 ай бұрын
What speaker u using in your 1x12 ?
@JustinOstrander9 ай бұрын
ET65
@darrylweller6143 Жыл бұрын
Cool channel
@mikeanthony558111 ай бұрын
Wen you record a track, do you record in a mono or stereo track?
@JustinOstrander11 ай бұрын
Almost always mono
@mikeanthony558111 ай бұрын
Thank You @@JustinOstrander
@alexandremanaia8642 Жыл бұрын
Hi, are you using the delay in front of the amp? You Rock!!!🤟
@BlugubriousMusic Жыл бұрын
He said he had a short slapback
@alexandremanaia8642 Жыл бұрын
@@BlugubriousMusic yes I ear it. The question is if he is using it in the FX/loop or, in front of the amp? ✌️
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
The Timeline and Mercury7 are in front of the amp. Thanks!!
@alexandremanaia8642 Жыл бұрын
@@JustinOstrander Thank you so muxh for your answer! Big Fan here!
@alafenetre81 Жыл бұрын
Who needs 100W nowadays?
@JustinOstrander Жыл бұрын
That has always been my perspective but it really does hit different.