 This is like exactly what I would want out of a distortion tone, and a queen tone. Fuck. That sounds just like Captain Sensible. Big sound, lightweight package. That's killer. I get like four or five more because they weigh about as much as a shoebox. I really am liking the actual dirty channel, the gain channel on this. It sounds really cool. My name is Nick DePiro, and I play guitar in the band Night Vs. and Head Cave. Hi, I'm Tony Ellman from Violasin and Renaissance Rock Orchestra. I'm Charlie Paulson. I play in Goldfinger. How you doing? My name is Taylor Beresoff. I'm from Graves in the Bad Weather. Hi, I'm Hillary from Honey Chain, and I'm here checking out the new Black Star, St. James, amps in all their glory. Hey, I'm Lexi from the Paranoids here at Black Star, Los Angeles, USA. I'm not here checking out the new St. James. And yeah, gonna mess around, play with some Cleans Distortions. I mean, first impressions for me, like the distortion is very clear, which I think is a very cool thing to have the balance between clean and distortion being that consistent. I do a lot of stuff where when I'm playing chords, I like to have as many notes kind of go in them as possible. And I'm always switching between kind of balancing rhythm and lead at the same time. So being able to hear everything as I'm doing that is always very important. I think it sounds red. It's really loud, but it keeps the clarity between both channels really well. Sparkling, and the response is just killer, you know what I mean? And it's nice and warm. I like that reverb. It sounds natural, but it's not obnoxious, you know what I mean? Don't. That sounds just like Captain Sensible. That is killer. Fuck, that sounds killer. Look at this. That's so tight. Like, unlike some other very big amps that are used by a lot of my peers that just have no fucking response that are not tight. Like, I like, I like that immediacy. This is more my speed. This amp is fucking awesome. This is just a little bit more what I'm used to playing for sure. It's just a little uglier and nastier. It's just a really pretty amp. I like this voicing. Good old, like rock and roll. Clean edge of crunch kind of thing. Dig it. It's got a little bit more than the other one, I think. That actually sounds really fucking good, dude. I love the look of the thing. It's got that old school vintage vibe. It's got balls. I really like the gain stage on it. It's got a really nice clean too. I find with a lot of amps, it's either got a good clean or a good gain stage. Very rarely does it have both. Yes, I absolutely love the gain stage on this one. This is the 6L6's on this guy. Really ballsy. Really ballsy. I feel like you don't really even need any pedals to go into that one. You could kind of achieve what you're doing with like a high gain pedal or even like a fuzz. Like a really brutal fuzz. And it's clear too. It doesn't really muddy up. And then the thing that I like most is like you maintain that warmth too. Like on the clean setting, it's super warm. Very warm, very full. Very dirty. Beautiful full sound. I love the clarity. The mid-boost really comes through too and the sag feature is nice too. Nice tonal option. Sustain is pretty cool. And so I'm just going to try a few things with my Fender Tornado that has the stock pickup and then I also have a P90 so you can hear a little bit of a different tone. But I'm going to go ahead and the neck pickup which is just in the humbucker and just on clean and see what it sounds like. So it has a super nice ring to it. But now we're going to hit the P90 and I'm going to get a little bit of crunch and just go through like a little bit of a riff so you can hear that sound. And that's just amp by the way. So you can see it's got a super cool, crunchy sound to it. I really am liking the actual dirty channel, the gain channel on this. It sounds really cool. So you can see it has a lot of cool, actual kind of sustain which is really fun. Now it's cool though. I mean just even the way that you can hear that the actual like overtones is really cool. No, my super overdrive is not. That's just all amp into the P90. Even though it's elevated, you're still getting a lot of bass? No, I know. That's why I stepped back for a minute because I was like I'm not liking the speaker path and I wanted to hear it actually. So yeah, no, the fact that it is elevated that is like a lot of like bottom end that I wasn't expecting. Yeah, it's just very reactive. I think it's a super dynamic amp for what it is. Definitely has a tax, so much headroom in it. Versus a simple soft and subtle. Yeah, I have to say that's my favorite one so far, for sure. The gain, the clean is so clear, but I love this free... so good. I mean normally also when I'm playing I have a bunch of effects, so I have like delays and things like that going. So to emulate that for me, we'll be boosting this reverb a bit, which is still even with the chords. Like if I were to play that with a reverb pedal, it would be a little bit super, like too washed out. I feel like with the amp, if you wanted to have reverb like kind of ready to go like that, it actually doesn't sound that bad with the distortion. Yeah, I feel like these are very diverse amps. Like I'm more of a metal-ish player, I guess, but I feel like anyone... like it's not like a metal head, but it captures the essence of a metal head while also being like just a good... just a good amp, I don't know. This is really sick. It's giving me back everything I'm giving it. You know what I mean? Well, a lot of amps just don't fucking do that. You know what I mean? I mean, I'm being a little bit... I'm being a little savage with this thing and it can take it. You know what I mean? That's nasty. I love that. This is... You bring this amp to a fight. Oh, dude, come on, man. That's just like... This is like a prop. Dude, no way. But overall, I think dynamics, key element of this amp, compression of key element of this amp. I mean, honestly, for me, like the... this sounds like a really ready-to-go, just like badass tone. They all do, for sure. I don't... Like when I say like a compliment to this is not to negate these. It's just that this is like exactly what I would want out of a distortion tone. And a clean tone. Oh, and it's pretty light. Nice. They're so small, too. I didn't even think about that. Yeah, portability-wise. Yeah, they look clean, too. And I didn't even... The illuminated light is sick. Yeah, let's check this thing out. Because it sounds like it's heavy. And it's not, at all. What did you guys do? 23 pounds? Do a guy like me. Yeah. Yeah, that thing is nothing. That's not going to break my back carrying it into venues, at all. Big sound, lightweight package. That's killing. Yeah, that's killer. So light. I don't know what you guys did, but I like it. Yeah, that's going to be easy. Carrying into venues, too. Like, biggest thing. Sometimes you ain't always got someone to help you or a cart. Having something lightweight is awesome. Not going to break your back. Oh, my God. Yeah, it's super light. Yeah, this is super light. Oh, my God. My little lunch pail. So light. This is great for touring. Yeah, great for touring. Because it's still, it's not that big. And then, also, it's not that heavy. It's great that you guys are re... I don't want to say reinventing, but you guys are kind of making some new stuff. And other, like, amps aren't doing that. They're just putting out the same thing, always. Yeah, it's cool. It's light. Sounds freaking good. Yeah. No, thanks for having me. Thank you. Whoa. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. No, that's... For a 50 watt? Wow. No, that's... Yeah, and this is my left hand. Wow. No, that is super cool. That is really cool. Like, this kind of opens up a lot of ideas in terms of, like, you could almost have two and run in stereo. But, yeah, no, that's super cool. That's amazing. A 50 watt one, but... I mean, I have heads that weigh way more than that. Wow. And this is how many watts? 50. Wow. That's crazy. No, that is super light. That's way light. You can hear that they're distinctly voiced differently. I mean, that's... You can, without a doubt... I gotta get one. I gotta get one. It's a killer deal, especially for, like, a gigging musician who is playing a lot, carrying a lot of their stuff in a venue's nonstop. I mean, between the sound, the versatility of it, and the weight of it, it's killer amp. Absolutely. Knocked it out of the park, Blackstar. Knocked it out of the park.