THE BEST BLACKSTAR EVER ? - NEW BLACKSTAR SERIES ONE MKII - UNBOXING & PLAYTHROUGH

[@StormtrooperCylon]

Really nice growly mids!!! WOW!

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@StormtrooperCylon if you love mids this amp is for you it’s very raw

[@Waycooljr5]

Sounds like a beast

[@Dan_Ranger]

In a world of endless modeller releases, it’s nice to see a proper amp release! When’s the firmware update ? Asking for a modeller friend. Great playing mate, and the amp sound ace! 🤘🏼

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@Dan_Ranger cheers buddy hope you are well

[@claytonicForce]

Sounds awesome. Nice playing as usual too!

[@NoahLife97]

🤩🤩🤩

[@CarlosSanchez-cq1lf]

damn, i just got myself a used PRS Archon 50.... but this sounds amazing.. wondering how it does with low tuned baritones ( Drop F and Drop E)

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@CarlosSanchez-cq1lf would be great there’s plenty of mods on tap

[@mikeseadorf4952]

It sounded good a bit to much mids but overall sounds good!! . Love my Blackstars, never played a series 1. As usual Blackstars are really ballsy!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@mikeseadorf4952 the ISF is on around 6 and so are the mids so that’s probably why also a v30 and sm57 are quite mid heavy too But yeah great head can hit every Tone you need I think

[@mikeseadorf4952]

@@NinecoreNeil that's awesome, could be the v30's . I use (Warehouse Guitar Speakers) WSG made in Kentucky USA. I USE ET-65 and the Retro 30 speakers , the Tone , Shape, Punch, Clarity, ETC.. is outstanding 🤘😁

[@tylerdanforth8461]

How does it sound compared to the st james ?

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@tylerdanforth8461 I like both tbh quite different both work well boosted you have more options on the Series one

[@patriknessboLemoran]

Want one so bad but cant justify it when is already have a rectifier roadster

[@neighbourhoodmusician]

Thank you for the video. I'm glad you like it but I really need to vent my opinion here. I love a Series One... but £2k for a barely revoiced amp with virtually no new features? That emulated output has always been crap anyway. Only good just good enough to get you to the PA in a pinch at a gig. Compared to what it's competing against at that price point, I would need some seriously useful new tech or features. Otherwise, I'll just buy something cheaper, something with more pedigree or just get an original again for a tenth of the price. I'm disappointed. I've been waiting years for a Series Two or a seriously updated Series One. This isn't it, and probably ensures it'll be years until Blackstar does it again.

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@neighbourhoodmusician it’s been dramatically re voiced I wasn’t a fan of the original so either my tastes changed or it’s been re voiced BLACKSTAR said they’ve been tweaking it for 5 yrs with better components and tone tweaks too

[@jroobz]

it sounds pretty good but doesn't really have it's own voice. interesting in the marketing they mentioned the construction being traditional

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@jroobz I think it’s got a really unique voice it’s got very raw mids but maybe that doesn’t come across in the video I think this is why I used cam mics in some of the clips so everyone could get a better idea of what it’s like but maybe it didn’t work More to come in this amp

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

Sounds CHUNKY

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@TheOtherJohnBrowne cheers buddy yeah it’s great I used cam mics for some of the footage some people have been asking for that but I think others don’t understand the difference All the Jackson footage is sm57

[@wglennhowells]

That has the weakest tone I’ve heard, or maybe the reviewer doesn’t know there is a bass knob on it. Thing is pure treble

[@Matthew_Scan]

Have you heard a Marshall DSL ? They strip paint they are so bright and trebly

[@wglennhowells]

@@Matthew_Scanyes but this demo is not of an Marshall DSL so what’s your point?

[@Matthew_Scan]

@@wglennhowells It’s sounds better than a DSL which is a very popular and bright treble fizzy amp

[@gkswift1999]

I hear you... That's the same thing I thought until I listened through the entire video. He's got it set on the 10 watt setting and the master volume is down at 1, So the amp is not pushing the power tubes much. also, there are far too many reviewers these days that don't understand tone well enough, they push everything and scoop the mids and next thing you know they're putting boost pedals in front and dialing in the boost pedal pretty hard, etc. When you're doing an amp review you want to show the amp as close to flat as possible and then tweak the EQ to where you like the way it sounds just to show a bit more of what it can do. I think this amp deserves a reviewer like Kyle Bull or Pete Thorn, as well. This guy does a pretty good job but it would be great to hear the amp mic'd up with a stage volume so we can get a better impression of it.

[@gkswift1999]

​@@Matthew_ScanYes, true, but they can be tamed pretty easily. I used a DSL 100, a 2010 model, for about 10 years, and it's a typical Marshall. You have to turn the trouble down to two or three, use the presence for your high end, And because they don't have enough low-end, bring the mids up to about 8, and run it at 16 ohm. Even then, it was enough to push me back to using 5150s all the time. that circuit just does it right, all day long. Thank God for Eddie Van Halen and James Brown

[@michaelmarchei8539]

Bro needs to mic up and use a proper mic not the camera 🙏🙏

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@michaelmarchei8539 bro uses both in this demo 😂

[@mikerichardson2177]

Terrible advert for this....awfull sound wouldn't buy of this video

[@NinecoreNeil]

@@mikerichardson2177 you do realise that there are lots of different things you are hearing in this video Cam mic - Emulated out - Sm57 All in the time stamps 👍🏻