Author Topic: Which is the best out of the new blackstar ht series pedals? (Read 4080 times)

ish · « **on:** March 07, 2008, 05:55:08 PM »

Which is the best?

Does anyone know of any sound samples on the net so i can listen to em? as i am intested in gettin one but wanna hear it and poss play one before i buy.

If you've played one wat do u think?

indysmith · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2008, 05:57:03 PM »

Well it really depends what you want to play...
I'd guess that the overdrive pedal sounds best for overdrive, boost for boost, distortion for distortion... :roll:

Welcome to the forum

ish · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2008, 06:02:07 PM »

cheers, well im a lead guitarist in a metal band, but i play a wide range, i like playin everything i guess, i play alot of stuff like dragon force, steve vai,marty friedman, real fast solo with shed elements so i wanna real hot tone that'll will sing when im playin soloing as well as a awsome metal sound for wen im doin riffs etc i've been lookin at the dist x that sounds pretty ace

ish · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2008, 06:11:21 PM »

any suggestions??

hhcave · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2008, 06:15:42 PM »

Yeah the Distortion X is really good - really genuine distortion sound because of the valve in it...

But if you want a distortion pedal for all out medal i would definately go for the Krank Distortus Maximus

ish · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2008, 06:21:57 PM »

how bad is the gain shortage that they say on sites?

ish · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2008, 06:56:32 PM »

thing is i got a engl powerball and its awsome, so i wanna get the best out of it and with a great distortion pedal it would be a match made in heaven.

Twinfan · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2008, 09:22:05 PM »

HT-Dual does everything the other pedals does for £139.

Complete no brainer - the Dual rules. Fantastic pedal.

opprobrium_9 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2008, 09:38:27 PM »

Quote from: Twinfan

HT-Dual does everything the other pedals does for £139.

Complete no brainer - the Dual rules. Fantastic pedal.

I can't wait to get one of these, i have been drooling over one for ages!

Twinfan · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2008, 10:02:41 PM »

They're a valve pre-amp in a box for £139. Unbelieveable pedal.

_tom_ · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2008, 11:29:29 PM »

I'm really interested in the HT Dual now, I didnt realise it has a speaker emulated output. Any idea how thatd sound going into a pair of half decent headphones, or will it not have enough power to drive them? Seems like it might be a good practise "amp" and also something to use to boost my real amp at home, or does it not do a tubescreamer style overdrive effect so well?

edit - found some clips of it direct in, sounds good on lower gain but when the gain goes up it sounds much more artificial :( The Award Session JD-10 sounds good and more "real" from the clips on their site but I they're not exactly the kinda style I'd play..

Twinfan · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2008, 11:43:03 PM »

It's not a tubescreamer. It works best when your amp is set for clean/light crunch then you have a rock rhythm and a solo setting on the Blackstar.

Basically, it turns a single channel amp into a three channel one.

MrBump · « **Reply #12 on:** March 08, 2008, 08:32:35 AM »

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It's not a tubescreamer. It works best when your amp is set for clean/light crunch then you have a rock rhythm and a solo setting on the Blackstar.

+1. I push my Orange in this way, cooler than cool!

Mark.

indysmith · « **Reply #13 on:** March 08, 2008, 10:21:15 AM »

Reckon it'd work with a JCM800? I'm dubious because the Mesa V-Twin sounded TERRIBLE in front of the '800.

Twinfan · « **Reply #14 on:** March 08, 2008, 07:05:40 PM »

Set the 800 clean-ish, and yes.

Tom - clips on the web aren't the be-all and end-all. You should try one out in person :)