Blackstar HT-5R MkII 1x12 Combo Valve Guitar Amplifier
Excellent amp, perfect for home practice. A huge range of clean and overdriven tones. Both the clean and overdriven channels can switch between UK and brighter US tone voices which all sound great. It does get fairly loud when cranked, maybe loud enough to jam - though you may want to consider the 20W version if playing along with a drummer.
The only negative is that there's not a lot of headroom on the clean channels which start to distort when you turn the volume up; to keep a clean sound you need to back off the volume on the guitar which is a little annoying but the tone is pleasing nonetheless.
In addition there's a bundle of features that you don't always find on valve amps of this size: Headphone socket, emulated out, USB out, 12" speaker, effects loop, and a good quality reverb.
Overall, an excellent purchase for some home rocking!
The only negative is that there's not a lot of headroom on the clean channels which start to distort when you turn the volume up; to keep a clean sound you need to back off the volume on the guitar which is a little annoying but the tone is pleasing nonetheless.
In addition there's a bundle of features that you don't always find on valve amps of this size: Headphone socket, emulated out, USB out, 12" speaker, effects loop, and a good quality reverb.
Overall, an excellent purchase for some home rocking!
January 30, 2021
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Adam H.
