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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this 10th Anniversary Blackstar Artist 10 AE amplifier.
Like all our products, this amp 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 products which are 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.
Based on the award-winning Artist range, this 10 Watt single-ended, Class A valve
combo gives you all the tone and feel of the original Artist in a compact format,
perfect for the home, studio or smaller live performances.
If you like what you hear and want to find out more about the Blackstar range of
products please visit our website at www.blackstaramps.com.
Thanks!
The Blackstar Team
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 Artist 10 Anniversary Edition is a dynamic, amplifier with extended highs and
lows, which uses an ECC83 valve in the preamp stage. A harmonically rich overdrive
can be engaged – either via the front panel or the included footswitch – which can
take you from a dynamic crunch to singing, smooth legato.
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
Artist 10 Anniversary Edition amplifier features a 6L6 power valve – in keeping with
the original Artist Series – which produces a characteristically bright clean sound
and a hot lead tone with natural compression when pushed hard using the Master
Volume. The 10 Watts of output power driving a Celestion speaker makes this Artist
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 6L6 power
valve and output transformer being pushed into saturation.
