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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this Dept. 10 AMPED guitar amplifier pedal. Like all our
products, this floorboard rig is the result of countless hours of painstaking Research
and Development by our world-class design team. Based in Northampton (UK),
the Blackstar team are all experienced musicians themselves and the sole aim of
the development process is to provide guitarists with the ultimate tools for self-
expression. All Blackstar products are subjected to extensive laboratory and road
testing to ensure that they are truly uncompromising in terms of reliability, quality
and above all TONE.
The Dept. 10 AMPED series is packed with innovative, ground-breaking technology
allowing the sound in your head to be more portable than ever before.
Please read through this handbook carefully to ensure you get the maximum benefit
from your new Blackstar product.
To find out more about the Blackstar range of products please visit our website at
www.blackstaramps.com.
Thanks!
The Blackstar Team
Features
Since our launch in 2007, Blackstar has led the way in the innovation of guitar
amplification. The Dept.10 AMPED 1 represents the culmination of years of technical
research and development. Amped 1 has an intuitive control set like a traditional
amp, but the versatility of programmability and Pro Digital Technology.
Amped 1 is a 100W, no compromise, pedal platform floorboard amp capable of
delivering the tone and feel of traditional valve amps. Therefore, the USA and UK
voices offer two of the most revered and popular platforms for pedals and effects.
In addition to these traditional guitar amp voices, the Flat voice provides the ability
to plug your favourite amp modeller or preamp pedal directly into your Amped 1
without colouring your tone.
Via the Response control, Amped 1 offers 5 distinctly different power valve
responses and a Linear response for transparent power amplification. The power
valve responses (EL84, 6V6, EL34, 6L6, and KT88) deliver the response, dynamics,
sag and break up characteristics of their analogue counterparts. The 6 responses
are delivered with 100W of power at 8 or 16 ohms in a compact package that fits
in your gig bag. Use the Flat voice with the standard power valve responses or in
combination with the Linear response for totally transparent power amplification.
AMPED 1 provides the opportunity to experience any modeller, profiler, preamp
pedal at its absolute best.
CabRig is Blackstar’s next-generation DSP speaker simulator and begets a
fundamental shift in the accessibility of professional recording and performing.
CabRig awards budding musicians the ability to access previously unattainable
technology, that has long been reserved for professional sound engineers and
producers. The CabRig outputs enable you to get the sound in your head from any
speaker including headphones, studio monitors and front of house. AMPED 1 can
also be used as an audio interface, recording the same tones you use live straight
into your computer via USB-C.
