Blackstar St. James 50-Watt Amplifier Head
Features
- 50W power handling
- Tube compliment of 2 ECC83 and 2 EL34
- Two footswitchable channels
- Four footswitchable voices
- Boutique clean channel with expanded tone controls over original model
- High-gain overdrive channel
- Patented Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
- Power reduction down to 10% of full wattage
- Master volume
- Digital reverb with Dark/Light switch
- Speaker-emulated output with 1 x 12" or 4 x 12" voicing
- Effects loop with effects level switch
- USB for recording
- 2-way footswitch included
Let There Be Light
When it comes to tone and that all-important ‘feel’ factor, great valve amps rightfully remain the ‘gold standard’. The trouble is that great ones capable of delivering 50 Watts or more are all back-breakingly heavy. Until now… enter St. James Series – the lightest 50 Watt valve guitar amps on earth.
Uncompromising Sound
Hundreds of hours of critical listening against the most revered amplifier references mean St. James raises the sonic benchmark again. In addition to the obvious tonal differences between EL34 and 6L6 power valves, both of the St. James designs are honed to their own particular use case. The St. James EL34 is the amp for Classic tones combining world-class British Crunch and jaw-dropping, very US-sounding Cleans. The 6L6 version has the same clean headroom, but this is coupled with Blackstar’s highest gain Overdrive circuit to date.
Studio Ready
St. James amps are packed with cutting-edge features to deliver class-leading recording performance. From 50W, 2W and SAG switchable power modes, to an inbuilt reactive load that routes the post-power valve output signal to the amp’s three direct recording outputs (XLR, Stereo Line-Out and USB) for truly authentic ‘amp-in-a-room’ feel. This is then passed through our state-of-the-art and fully customisable Cab Rig™️ DSP speaker simulator.
