I’m currently testing the Seymour Duncan Synyster Gates Invader bridge pickup for a review I’ll be writing for the Seymour Duncan blog. I thought I might shoot a quick metal rhythm demo for YouTube, again playing around with the fretboard cam view of things. I loaded the Synyster Gates Invader …
Anyone who has reads my blog has probably realised how much of a Blackstar HT-5 fanboy I am. I have one and I’ve found it to be the perfect my my style, and it covers everything I want from quiet practice at home in my studio, to playing in my …
Following on from my Ibanez RG465M mini-review, here is my Blackstar HT-1R combo review. The Blackstar HT-1R is the newest edition to the HT line of Blackstar amplifiers. This tiny little brother to the Blackstar HT-5 is a 1watt 2 channel valve amplifier, sporting 1xECC83 and 1xECC82 valves, digital reverb, …
Small valve amps are becoming more and more popular, and there are quite a few models available for reasonable money too. The problem I’ve found with many of them is the lack of effects loops. I settled on my Blackstar HT-5 because of it’s fantastic dirty channel, and it’s effects …
I love low wattage valve amplifiers, and my Blackstar HT-5 head has been kicking my ass for a bit over a year now. When I saw the announcement of the Blackstar HT-1 1watt heads and combos I got very excited. Like the HT-5 series the HT-1 is a two channel …