 Hey everybody, my name is Jared James Nichols and I have the pleasure of showing you these brand new amps Which I've been a black star user for Over five years and I've played every model and I've always needed something That was heavy enough that I could do a lot of the you know the rock metal style But also it had enough warmth and class where I was able to get the blues break up in tones That I needed when I wasn't completely rocking out so I've been able to put the 15 and the 30 through their paces and The first thing I want to say is that these amps are totally killer Don't judge the package of how small they are with the way that they're gonna sound because if you're anything like me Looks are looks are everything, but at the same time you just need it to work Anytime so we're gonna start with the 15 I'm just gonna take you through the basics of the tones and both amps are two-channel amps with six L sixes and We're gonna start with the clean channel on the 15 So it's a real real good because usually a different kind of clean You know you're kind of stuck but with this one you can go anywhere from the soft You get a very nice breakup easy breakup at at a volume that's workable So, you know if I'm playing in a bar or a small club This is a perfect sound in a perfect style just to break through without you know getting yelled at by the sound guy So once again very simple setup. I'm just gonna turn some knobs on it. It's such an easy channel too it's literally a volume and a tone and you can get away with so much with just that and Once again, don't let don't let it fool you as basic as that channel is There's so many different tones for a studio setting that that are that would just be incredible we're gonna move on to channel two which is more of like a Standard, you know, you have your bass middle treble just a standard guitar channel and But it also cascades into into a higher gain setting So here's channel two and the cool thing about this channel that I love is that It's so expressive in dynamics where you can literally you can just pick out notes And it's it's musical and it's in it. There's no tin to the sound And once again, I'm plugged straight into the amp that's no pedals that's just straight up and A cool thing also the reverb that's built in check this out So there's a lot of reverb a lot of stuff to work with that's just simple features on the amp that actually work And they actually do something and now what I'm gonna do is I'm just gonna go through the amp a little bit I'm gonna play one of my original tunes called gone And I'm just gonna show you some of the features going channel by channel getting the most out of each one So here we go. This is channel one. It cleans up very nicely, which you can hear But it still has the flexibility that you can play some lead With the break up and a little reverb to this channel We're gonna channel to which is more of the overdrive channel But I love about this amp those that even though you're on the overdrive channel It's all in your tone in your volume knobs in order to really make it sing Start nice and easy from a whisper to a scream, which is great Hear me kick it in with the simple roll of the volume. It's so touch-responsive with pedals For a 15 watt amp it's pretty cool, but now I really want to move on to The 30 watt which which for me is really the deal-sealer because we just got off tour We were out with Glen Hughes and Doug Aldrich all over Europe, and I was using a 50 watt black star and in some of the clubs You know I was really able to crank that thing up and and you know get the tone But I feel like the 30 is really the ultimate package Because it retains the clarity, but it also you know you can turn that thing up and you can get somewhere So I'm gonna plug into that. Let's do this So we're gonna start Just like we did with the other one we're gonna start with the clean channel and you can hear where we're at See it retains all that quality too that I love which is clean, but it's got a little edge on it and What I want to show you now is the same difference with the punch now this amp. We're running at about we're running at about 12 o'clock all the knobs Everything is just straight center. So, you know, there's no this is just straight in This is nice just for a little color What's cool about this first channel too is that? You're skipping the preamp in in general. You're just going straight to the power tube. So it's 6L6 straight Straight to the sights, which I love which you can just turn up and get that natural tone out of it. So With a vinyl So what we're gonna do now, we're gonna move to channel 2 show you a little bit So it still has all that bluesy flavor that you love, but you can even go into more overdrive Which is which is great One one side note about these amps if anyone's like me and they're always carrying around combos and they're so heavy Right these these weigh in at about They're under 50 pounds for sure. So if you feel this thing, you're like whoa, so it's it's gig ready There's nothing about this that's that's weighing you down in any way So right now what I want to talk about is the effects loop that's built in I've never really used an effects loop in general because I never thought they sounded that good and It's really important when when Lauren told me you got to try the effects loop, you know, it worked. It was amazing and So right now all that I have in the loop is a distortion plus and just a boost in an overdrive But I just want to show you the different tones that you know That the the transparentness of that loop and what you really get so we'll start out here's just channel two straight in And no shortage of tone That I know of so now I'm gonna play a little bit more like guitar stuff like you'd hear at NAM and then And we're just gonna you know show that off a little bit Then we're gonna start up with channel one and we're gonna go through a little bit of reverb to the cry Now we're gonna start. This is just a distortion plus channel one We're gonna move on to channel to get into the overdrive territory. We're gonna cook on that boost one see what that does solo just full on Does anyone have any questions they want to hear something Anyone anyone? Oh, yeah, use a capo. Okay, so the main thing I want to get across about these amps is if you're like me and you're looking for something that's Amazingly old-school, but that's so modern and refreshed that you can just plug in and play That's where this is at. This isn't you know, this isn't really trying to be another amp. This isn't this is its own Own tone that you know, you're not gonna get by just getting any tube amp 6L6 It's a really special design that you know, and I'm proud to be to be showing it off And yeah, that's it. I'll play a few more legs closing legs. How much are they Lauren? They're both under this is is this 11 1099 for the 30 watt and this is 7 799 so they're not gonna break the bank. This is a It's tube tone at a real price for a real musician, you know for someone that actually plays and Yeah, this one. Yep, they both got the game and this one's perfect Like I was saying before for like the smaller clubs and in the studio setting. Let me plug into this I'll show you something cool. You can actually crank it up a little bit. This is halfway up on this amp You know, there's it's not that loud but it has that tone that I always have to crank my other amps up to get That's just straight channel one There's a volume and a tone and really you play with those Any questions, yeah, of course, yeah Mm-hmm. I really do because at the end of the day Yeah, at the end of the day, it's it's not necessarily relying on the equipment But the fact is I plugged in like multiple guitars with this a telly Strat and not not high-end stuff and in the amount of shine it What I love about it is it's transparent in between it like retains a quality of the guitars that you use Whereas a lot of amps you get the same same tone all the time no matter what it is that's that's different with this every every guitar sounds as it should a strat is a strat and You know, I wouldn't say that I'm relying on the amp for that But the fact is you can't be good time and all I'm using is one pickup here. So it's It's yeah, thank the amp is But but I'm a big sucker for the volume knob. So literally getting all the tones that you need straight up