Blackstar Series One 104EL34 demo of suggested settings with Andy James

[Sirpwnalot4321]

Can anyone tell me the song that the riff from 0:49 to 1:29 is from? Thanks

[TheSonsofHorusx]

ESP guitars and Blackstar amplifiers go together like me and hentai. one cant live without the other.

[dreamwever87]

God I hate emgs. Would love to hear Andy on some passives! Just a preferance

[AwesomeFunnyFilms]

is that actually a song at 2:50 , if so what's it called????

[morjy360]

Does anybody think that this amp could do parkway drive and killswitch engage. because i love both of those bands tones but i dont wanna buy a peavey 6505 because apparently the clean channel isnt that great.

[givemeajackson]

@morjy360 the series one is the better amp.

[ChrisFewNFarBetween]

@morjy360 I'd agree with givemeajackson. i've got the series one 104el34 head and a marshall 1960A cabinet. its brilliant for parkway drive and killswitch, and it works really well with active pickups and EMGs. once you've played with the settings for a bit and crank it, it sounds fab. there is SHITLOADS of gain on tap too.

[dimarzioooo]

great demo but i hate EMG's they sounded too artificial

[minazmorgul]

So this proves that LTD and Blackstar are not only good for Metal, right? :)

[MrCocuphy]

this guy looks like Paul in the comedy 'Him & Her' on BBC

[rudicci]

0:50 reminded me to Alter Bridge's "In Loving Memory" Intro

[MrGonzr]

Whats the name of the song at 3:06 ?

[redhard16]

@MrGonzr improvise dude!

[MrNayyboys]

he likes Dream Theater ?

[MrRandomshite]

@MrNayyboys yes, checkout licklibrarycom - Andy does tutorials on how to play dream theatre and petrucci!!

[Blargaha]

@MrNayyboys Well, who doesn't?:)

[choucri19]

It is an LTD MH series. Cool guitar.

[choucri19]

Cool

[EdoardoRavani]

what model is this guitar.??



[Majigitajog]

@EdoardoRavani ESP MH-1000

[VintageburstStandard]

@Majigitajog It's an LTD. Technically a subdivision of ESP, but made under slightly different standards.

[Dimitribujiashvili]

OMG... the cleans shocked me... so beautiful melodies...

[DarkFottloch]

you think youre a good guitar player? try out his "metal rhythm guitar in 6 weeks"

youll fail incredibly...and we havent even talked about soloing yet :D

[Dimitribujiashvili]

Andy is a Shred MACHINE!!!

[taxo]

still can't find a video of this guy i like...Dunno why,he's a fantastic player,but in these videos blackstar do always sound lifeless to me...maybe it's a matter of guitars (the only video i quite liked was the ht100 one in which he was using an eclipse,the only esp that doesn't sound harsh and sterile to me),but when i saw rob chappers vid of this head i was astonished...now it's so meh

[alterbridge111]

oh man, second song is so alter bridge its not even funny.. andy i know you got some alter bridge influence - and that completely amazes me lol.. cause i had loved alter bridge before i found out about you and you are the best damn player out there imo!

[sl4y3r19772006]

Awesome, I got the Series ONE 200 and it replaced my Diezel, Engl and 5150s as my main studio and live amp! Now I just have to get as good as James... Blackstar all the way!!!

[taxo]

@sl4y3r19772006 A blackstar to replace a Diezel head? Sounds weird

[sl4y3r19772006]

@taxo well, I just love the sound of the Series One in combination with a fat Les Paul

[taxo]

@sl4y3r19772006 Is it enough gainy? I tried a 100watter S-1 and i found it lacked gain,fatness,low end...sounded a bit sterile to me...is the 200w that different?

[djhawkster]

@taxo the s1-100 only has the 2 lower gain channels. the 104's have another 2 overdrive channels with loads more gain on tap

[taxo]

@djhawkster sure,but I always heard about people criticizin the 200w BS for being weak anyway...with a totally not saturated kind of distortion...dunno,maybe it's a blackstar charateristic? More dynamic response and less compression n saturation?

[sl4y3r19772006]

Awesome, I got the Series ONE 200 and it replaced my Diezel, Engl and 5150s as my main studio and live amp! Now I just have to get as good as James... Blackstar all the way!!!

[Zhorellski]

So when are they gonna be avail in the states? and how much?

[rambache]

0:48 Mark Tremonti Style Arppeggio!!!!

[TheBlackJacksItalia]

and the price of this beauty being?

[markymarc180579]

@TheBlackJacksItalia £1099 here in the UK, I have bitten the bullet and pre-ordered one.

[taxo]

british lead...scooped ?:/

[markymarc180579]

This sounds awesome, I have been saving for the HT-100 but think i'd wait a couple more moths for this beast, it;s worth it just for OD 1. Just one thing I wish some of the dirty tones were recored with more mids.

[taxo]

Dunno how,but this sounds a little fatter than the previous standard s-1 model,which indeed was too thin,harsh and sterile for my taste.Now,the problem is the price.This probably will cost a lot more than the s-1,so i guess the people would decide to get an engl instead of this.

[fraser149]

@taxo this costs £1,100 but is not pitched against engl! this is a british voiced amp going against the orange rockerverb and so on. the 1046L6 is the metal amp of line, and i think its tone is far superior to any engl

[taxo]

@fraser149 mmmm it depends...i mean,when i hear a metalhead who says "i want a fucking head witch fucking balls",he always thinks of a casual head with just tons of gain and distortion...and this 104el34 sounds to me like a "full of balls amp",so maybe a rival for engl too....about the 6l6 version,i dunno,gonna give him a try before deciding..Engl is a supreme brand in matter of metal tones (though I like invader and savage,the others are a way too sterile for me),dunno how the match would end..

[fraser149]

@taxo mostly i dislike Engl because whenever i hear them the have the mids scooped and have i really hollow sound which i hate, but some people may love. depends what type of metal though... i like my metal tone fairly scooped with a heavy low end and and not too much fizzy gain, which is why i prefer the 6L6, although its really a matter of opinion

[taxo]

@fraser149 Sure man,that's the reason why i usually dislike Mesa rectos...i love the fat tone you can get from the right amounth of mids...mids and fatness are some characters that imho are not part of the S-one Blackstar....or at least,for what I've heard,not so much indeed(you know,in shops the playing volume is just ridiculous,and the time you can spend with an amp or a guitar is ridiculous too)

[hellview666]

I really like the tone of this amp. Lots of "guts" in that super crunch.

[AndreaPaiusco]

the sound is awesome!

[Wrangler4Life]

6L6 please :)

[christopho95]

man this guy is a sick guitar player.

[srrycharlie]

Damn... stellar player and stellar amp

[MrGamingGuitarist]

The tone and riffs starting at 2:07 to 2:48 remind of the song Bad Motor Scooter by Montrose.

[DavidSilverlid94]

Do a suggested settings video on the blackstar HT-Stage 100 top and cabinet please!