Bag yourself an OD pedal to beat the blues!             We all love an overdrive pedal – that rich, creamy, gain makes the ribs tickle and the heart warm – but with just about every pedal company, of which there are hundreds, making at least one overdrive,...

Blackstar continue to make great valve amps        From Blackstar comes a lightweight 50 Watt combo from their St James range. 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...

Fantastic overdrive pedal from Blackstar.                  Part of the LT range the Drive is an overdrive pedal and features Gain, Level and Tone controls with a Patent-Applied-For clipping circuit that matches the tone and response of their valve pedals. Features: Rugged metal construction for durability.Powered by...

Blackstar are not a company to stand still and here we have their new advanced valve pedals - Boost, Drive and Distortion. Here's what Blackstar say about them: "Brought to you by Blackstar’s R&D division responsible for blue-sky innovation and design, Dept. 10 are the most advanced valve pedals in the...

Never one to stand still Blackstar have updated their ID: Core range of practice amps with the release of V3, equipped with new features, upgraded effects and software downloads. Still utilising their incredible Super Wide Stereo the new ID:Core V3 features 6 enhanced voices from clean to high gain, together with...

Looking for a beginner friendly guitar amp to start your journey with? Then look no further than the new Blackstar Debut. How they manage to fit in all the tone and features for the price is a mystery to us! Great styling, ISF tone control, stereo MP3/Line in, stereo linear speakers,...

Jared James Nichols already has a JJN20 Blackstar head - released last year - which is now joined by a 20W Combo. This features, like the head, enhanced cleans and enhanced overdrive sounds. You can hear them here on the Blackstar You Tube channel  Specs:20 Watt valve comboECC83 preamp valve2x EL84 power...

In just over ten years, Blackstar Amplification, based in Northampton, have become a major designer of quality and innovative amps and effects pedals, with products manufactured in Korea. They have two ranges of pedals - the award-winning, valve-driven HT pedals, comprising boost, distortion, extreme distortion and overdrive - and the compact...

With acoustic amps being all the rage and every manufacturer offering one, Blackstar have finally launched an acoustic version of their tiny, but popular, Fly series. The battery powered amp (lasting up to 55 hours) pumps out 3W, which can be increased to 6W with the addition of a matching...

These programmable combo amps feature the core attributes of Blackstar's original award-winning ID:Series. The range features 10W, 20W and 40W combos, all with super wide stereo, being small in size but huge in tone. Versatile We picked the 10 watter to test, which is small – about the size of a shoebox...