Blackstar ARTISAN 10 AE, Owner'S Manual

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Features
In celebration of 10 years of glorious Blackstar tone, our design team have created
three new 10 Watt single-ended valve amplifiers, each drawing on the sound and
innovation of iconic Blackstar lines: Artisan, Artist and Series One. Each model
captures the essence and, crucially, the player feel of the original flagship amplifier,
and manages to do so with an elegantly simple arrangement of four controls, plus a
switch to introduce an additional gain stage for ultimate flexibility.
This Artisan 10 Anniversary Edition is a low gain, classic crunch amplifier with an
ECC83 valve in the preamp stage. A hot preamp Boost can be engaged – either via
the front panel or the included footswitch – for authentic classic rock / indie rhythm
playing and vocal leads.
Much of the distinctive character of a single-ended valve amp comes from the way
its power stage clips, bringing out the nuances of the chosen power amp valve. This
Artisan 10 Anniversary Edition amplifier features an EL34 power valve – in keeping
with the original Artisan 100 – which produces a superlative, warm British crunch
when pushed hard using the Master Volume. The 10 Watts of output power driving
a Celestion speaker makes this Artisan 10 Anniversary Edition the perfect amp for
practicing and recording at home or in the studio, and for smaller live performances.
Professional features such as a specially-voiced reverb, footswitching and an effects
loop augment the sonic experience, making this amplifier fully equipped for today’s
exacting performance requirements.
Completing the versatile feature set, a cabinet emulated line output is included for
silent practice, recording or for supporting your live sound into a PA. The signal for
the emulated output is taken directly after the power amp to ensure that you can
capture and record the tonal characteristics of the Class A configured EL34 power
valve and output transformer being pushed into saturation.