 Hello, welcome to this video. I'm Steve Marks at Blackstar UK calling all bass players Hey there, welcome to this very exciting presentation video for the new Blackstar Unity Pro bass system amplifier range The new face of bass ever since I can remember People have been asking us for bass amps. Here we go This range of bass amplifiers has models that will suit everyone From the home player to the professional players hitting stages weak in and weak out. They're straightforward and powerful Unity's deceptively simple controls allow you to quickly and easily create the tone that works for you and your bass style From the organic response of classic valve amps to the transparent clean platform Unity brings you the ultimate in bass tone flexibility. Let's take a look at this range in detail So we have a 30 watt combo using an 8 inch Blackstar voice speaker We've got a 60 watt combo with a 10 inch Blackstar voice speaker here We've got 120 watt combo with a 12 inch eminent speaker in this baby The one I'm specifically using at the moment for the demonstration is a 250 watt combo with a 15 inch eminent speaker Just over here. I've got a 500 watt 2 by 10 combo again using eminence drivers And finally just below you can extend your setup with a 1 by 15 active eminence driven cab Which will add 250 watts of extra stage power to any amp in this range This cab can also be used as a passive cab if you want so everyone's a winner Eminence are the professional choice for a lot of bass players around the world and our speakers are designed in partnership with eminence Kentucky specifically for the unity range Firstly, let's imagine the three smaller amps in the range being under one umbrella So we're talking here here and here the 30 the 60 and 120 watt combos Their feature set includes an all analog circuit three choices of voices a three band EQ with semi parametric mid control a Built-in chorus and a compressor. I'm currently using the unity 250 watt 1 by 15 combo for this demo The more professional feature set if you like is shared between this model and the two 10 500 watt that we have here The larger unity pro bass system amps are designed to have a high headroom for a range of different bases The first thing we see on here is an analog pad switch with a choice of zero DB and minus 10 DB options Let's take a closer look at everything else We have three choices of voicing for our tone. Let's take a look at classic, which is a valve inspired growl Modern which has high headroom and really nice dynamics and then finally flat, which is a really clean Transparent tone We then have a choice of three drive tones if we so wish to add them to our original clean tone with a blend Which is on the top here of your amplifier The choices are a smooth open harmonically rich overdrive and in this demonstration. I'm going to start clean and I'll add the drive in afterwards Let's add a little more with the blend. We've got a balanced pedal like distortion next Again, I'll start with clean and engage it next up We've got a balanced pedal like distortion again. I'll start clean and then I'll engage the distortion undercurrent Finally, we've got an in-your-face full-on fuzz again. I'll play clean and add the fuzz Again, there's a three band EQ with a semi parametric mid control to shape your bass tone And what's exciting about these combos is that we have a choice of power response The first option is linear which is powerful and articulate. Let me give you an example Next up is 6L6 and this has the natural compression and punch of the classic 6L6 tubes Our final choice is the 6550 option and this has the dynamics and headroom of very high-powered bass rigs Again, what I'll do for you is just run through all three a bit quicker without the verbal so you can hear the audio difference starting again with linear This of course gives you a ton more options because when you're selecting a drive that you prefer out of the three choices Obviously they work differently with every response Now if you think about it, if you're using a different response, a different voicing The drives are going to sound different for every setting if you like so the options are So various so you can really tailor this amp to be your specific tone Super important. The drive will sound different on the 6L6. It will sound different on the 6550 for example tons of versatility Blackstar have also included an inbuilt chorus a compressor and an octaver To further enhance your sound giving you the ultimate inflexibility. Let's take a listen Firstly, let's engage the chorus so you can hear that. Let's take a listen to the octaver The cool thing about the octaver is there's a choice between a low octave a High octave and a mixture of the two so you can really get some wonderful expressive effects on top of your original signal Firstly, let's try the low octave and here's an example of the high octave Here's a mixture of a modern voicing with a fuzz undercurrent and The octave mix of both low and high all together sounds killer Let's take a look at the compressor now, which I've got overall control on my top loader panel on the amp It gives me an overall level of the compression added to my original signal I can switch it in with the foot switch. So again, I'll start the lick without it on for a couple of bars And then I'll add it in becomes more dynamic more squishy great for slap style for the live control of your black star Unicy combo, we've included a two-way foot switch with each model letting you toggle between your drive and selection of effects There's an optional FS 12 foot switch, which gives you the ultimate control over your amp. Let's take a look We can select our voice here We can add our drive to the mix if we choose which is dependent on the blend levels on the amplifier We can even select which choice of drive we want by using a or b or b or c simultaneously to scroll through C stands for chorus D lets you engage the octaver And e is our chromatic tuner With the additional two-way connected, we've got a switchable compressor And also an effects loop defeat So let's take a look at the rear panels of the amplifiers now Okay, so looking at the rear panel Here's our mains, of course There's our foot switch input for either the optional five-way or the two-way supplied We've got a stereo jack input for our mp3 player USB for recording direct as Headphone stereo jack output And over here We've got an XLR output which we can choose as either an emulated line out or a standard di The emulated giving you sort of a cab sim There's an overall trim pot level as well if it's too hot for on stage or if it's too little You can really push it quite loud there To your engineer There's a ground lift also just in case we're getting any home from the venue We've got our effects loops and the return of course if you're using any external effects Here we have our inbuilt effects We've got a separate chorus level trim pot and an octave blend if you want a minimal chorus You can bring that all the way back. It's just a very slight chorus Whereas all the way up gives you a really creamy Nice chorus effect Here we've got the octave blend between a low octave and the high octave choice and You can have a mixture of the two together which creates some wonderful very modern sounds, especially when mixed with drive This is super important the cab link. This is really cool What we can do here is connect an XLR cable and Connect it to our extension cab which is available at 250 watts in a 1x15 Eminence configuration. Let's take a look at that Again because this is a powered cab. We've got our mains there And we've got the cab link here. So we have the other end of our XLR cable And that's giving us an extra 250 watts of power What's also super exciting is that we've got a through so we can connect a number of these cabs As many as we want to add an extra or a further 250 watts So these babies will link to any amplifier any unity amplifier in the range Awesome, so you can buy a small 60 watt connect it here and increase your power infinitely to just over 300 watts We've got a ground lift again and an overall volume of this cab little trim part here Also, we've got speaker input so you can use this as a passive cab as well as being active Really exciting Like I said earlier in this video, this is a really monumental moment for us the unity range is something we've never done before for bass players and We feel as black star ten years into our history Last year we'd really hit the market in lots of Choices of amplifiers for guitar players We feel this is the right time to bring to fruition a bass range Around the world people have been asking us for bass since we started so it's a really monumental moment I think you'll agree with me that they look absolutely stunning really stylish Loads packed full of features. So this is for Nam winter Nam 2018 It's been a pleasure to show you the bass amps. I play bass in a pro band every week Although I love playing guitar, of course That's my main instrument bass is my secondary instrument and I do a lot of work and me personally I'm so looking forward to getting these out with me because they sound killer As well at Nam 2018. We're showing our 10th anniversary combos. This is the art is Xan Single-ended class a combo, which is absolutely wonderful We've got the artist and the series one versions as well all with different valve options giving you a different flavor We've got the classic HT one and HT five in limited edition cream Which I'm sure you can agree looks absolutely lovely as well And we've got the HT venue mark to which is stunning and it's getting really rave reviews So listen, thanks for watching. I've been Steve here at Blackstar UK And we'll see you soon and make sure you check all of these products out in your local retailer Go into your stores speak to the guys and I'll see you out on the road. Take care