Blackstar HT-5 Metal demo 2

[GuitarmanIeuan]

Wow I really need to get rid of these Blackstar 1x10 cabs that came with the head!! Definately an amazing amp with the right speakers!

[FE1261]

@Milo9 What settings have you got on in this vid and your other??

[omsata]

damn, 5w and can play slayer, what more can you ask?

great for home use

buttttttttttt are you using a pedal? it seems as the guitar is plugged straight to the amp, if so I will probably buy this amp (after hearing it live)

[givemeajackson]

@omsata it has more than enough gain for slayer, i promise. just dont buy it with the stock blackstar cabs, they kinda suck ass. the head and a decent 2*12 will kick ass, i'm getting it tomorrow.

[apessk8s88]

Do you think you could get a real deep Black Stone Cherry like sound out of this amp?

[vainparasite]

I wish my sloppy playing was as good as yours dude. I tried one of these amps through a 1x10 cab it comes with last week and I thought it was fantastic for the money (£300 half stack) We're using a line 6 spider 75 at the moment and its been ok, in fact its a good practice amp with a range of sounds at the press of a button, but all the guitars sound the same from a strat to an EMG equipped tele.

I get the HT5 next week.

[bobygap]

Are you using a distortion pedal ?

Nice tone !

[Urnimin]

Is that just being played through the amp, with no pedals?

[BretCoalition]

Hey man, you have some pretty cool riffs. Are any of them original?

[BretCoalition]

Hey man, you actually have some cool riffs. Are any of them original?

[TheMetalGuy01]

can this play Pantera? or would you use a boost?

[nunofrg]

do you use any pedal or is just the distortion from the amp?

[RyuBlade1980]

Great tone!

[hiitsmcjosh]

Nice playing, I love the tone too.

[AHMADF93]

fukin Slayer!!!

[HeatMaster22]

What song?

[CaseyCor]

And this is 100% the amp, with NO boost in front at ALL?

Incredible. This is my next buy.

[IronGuitarist]

This sounds so fucking good I want to fucking die it sounds so FUCKING good.

[qwertyofasdf]

Mind sharing your settings? I just got this amp and your tone sounds awesome.

[PatrikForLife]

I have this amp, and it's awesome, so worth the price it's crazy. What settings did you have? do you remember? :P

[surfacexmusic]

dude it feels so good to hear slayers old stuff, those riffs are classic.

[00Orbit00]

What settings did you use for this tone?

[scaryfried]

what's the song at the start, the very first riff?

[sebkunfree]

Slayer, Seasons in the abyss

[riflesndaisies]

is this the natural distortion of the amp or did you use any tubescreamers, ODs etc???

[tomrollo06]

Thats natural, sounds even better through a '76 LP with DiMarzio super distortion pickups ;)

[guitarnuttty]

do they actuly have alot of volume ?

[tomrollo06]

More than enough :)

Will handle most gigs providing it's mic'd

[burliufo]

any amp will handle most gigs doing that :S

[arrrival]

is this the amp sound, or pedals?

[Doddus]

The amp looks as mean as the tone with a touch of british class.

[J3sst44]

Man, this demo made me want it so bad

Bloody cheap over here too. Might get one when I get some more money, just as a bit of a change from my 100watt JCM 900.

[HRcircut85]

Haha, I bet you play in front of that mirror everyday don't you? VERY strategic positioning my friend.

[JYZProductions]

Seasons of the abyss by Slayer, I love the solo in this song.. great tone

[chrisdkdk]

Omg jonathan davis look' a like xD Nice tone!! :D

[kornelious1]

slayer!!!!!!!

[themaninblac]

can you hear the amp over your strings?

[thecurse172]

is that an epiphone goth explorer?.. sweet

[FloroSapien]

It's a Gibson.

[jonowev]

Nice choice of song to play!

[Dismas007]

Nice heavy tone !

[Pianoblacks]

Hey dude, I've been wondering... for a 5w amp head. Can this really compete in gigs? Cause right now I'm running a ad120vth at about 30w (master on full), and i could barely hear myself cause the other guys are quite loud as well.

My blunt thinking is just... it couldn't, but since I don't have this unit, I'm always just wondering haha.

Nice tone btw, Love the demo!

[notuern]

With a really tight 4*12 you start to move allot of air, which means higher volumes, so yes, you can get it pretty loud.. but enough for a gig? Not without putting a microphone in front of it.. but it will probably due for rehearsals(IF you use a really sealed 4*12.).

[silentrageze]

You're comparing 30 solid state watts to 5 tube watts, which is not a fair comparison. My mesa tube amp running in 15w mode is loud as fuck, it can keep up with a drummer with master on 2.

[brainsleeper]

I,ve got the randall 2x12 with a randall 100 watt solid state ,,,,but dam love the blackstar through it,,,freaking waiting time to get one is nuts,,, worth the wait?

[Milo9]

I'd say so :)

[dell4bq]

Just curious, was this plugged into that Randall 2x12 or the top 1x12 cab? I did sound a little thin, but that may be due to the camera microphone, or the youtube compression.

[Milo9]

The 2x12.

The 1x12 is a Mesa Boogie Mark IV.

[NosEaterZATHARSHA]

which one sounds better, the blackstar or the mesa?

[Sempa99]

Mine has finally arrived and i pick it up tomorrow!! Can't Wait and this video makes me want it even more!!

Great Tone!!

[folken161]

What's the name of the first song you play with the chugging riff? Sounds so familiar. I'm thinking Metallica? Megadeth? Possibly Pantera? Lol my music library is so large I can't tell.

[dell4bq]

It is Seasons of the Abyss by Slayer.

[folken161]

I wasn't even close haha, thanks

[miller434]

Man im so ready to order one of these guys, how would you rate the clean channel? I love the Fender blues Jr, but wanted the dirty of a marshall. Is the clean a pretty good tone for slow blues or should I look elsewhere?

[Milo9]

I did a demo of the clean channel, it can sound nice and clean, or if you turn it up, a bit dirty ;)

[entva3]

What an awesome little amp! Tempted to buy one for home useage but my wallet won't let me.

[karlurban23]

Woww bro, awesome tone!

By the way, I just want to use this little giant with a Marshall 4x12 CAbinet, is it possible?

[Milo9]

Yup,

I've done it myself.

[8ulls3y3]

Your videos made me decide to buy this head. Now I'm waiting for a 2x12 with v30, then I'll "friendly" post a video response to show the whole world what insane piece of kit you can buy for 500€ these days. Cheers!

[airforcemetalhead]

Seasons :) I'm so getting this amp. Bet it will make for a nice liquid distortion with active pickups.

[theDogger35]

Are you playing via the TS-8 or is that direct into the HT-5?

thanks

[Milo9]

Direct.

[Digideus]

Loud enough to gig with?

Whats the emulated output like for recording?

Anyone?

[Milo9]

Loud enough, yes, Not used the recording yet.

[AsesinoZ]

holy **** this amp sounds awesome, I'm getting one for sure!

[twistedsalute]

what kinda of celestions are in that randall cab, v'30's by any chance

[eahilder]

nice tone i want this amp....are you boosting it any?

[Milo9]

No boost :)

[8ulls3y3]

yay

\m/

By the way, judging by the hearable sound of your pick hitting the strings the volume must have been very neighbour-friendly! What cab are you using it with, the randall 2x12?

[Milo9]

Yeah, it's very neighbour friendly.

The cab is loaded with Celestions, and volume was on about 2 if that.

[fredericiscool]

woh volume on ten? Can you gig with this amp?