Blackstar HT Stage 60 MkII Tube Combo Amplifier Review
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- The HT Stage 60 MK II all-tube combo guitar amplifier sports a pair of EL34s, delivering 60 watts of balanced power to a Celestion 12" speaker. The HT Stage 60 also sports a pair of ECC83s and an ECC82 in the front end, which allow each of the three carefully revoiced channels to boast impressive character, ranging from boutique clean to intensely overdriven.
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If this is indeed an improvement over the previous HT 60, then this is stellar. Don brings out some awesome sounds. I'm pretty well sold.
This is way better than the previous offerings ! The older stuff sounds like bees buzzing 😉
That's not true, I have the HT20 and it sounds far from bees buzzing and sounds as good as any amp out there. I have a V30 and JJ's in it and it great tone.
This amp sounds a lot better in person..No offense here, just that we are hearing it close mic'd...In person (in the room per say) this amp is glorious.. Clean and chimey/glassy, beautiful organic low/vintage-old school rock tones on ch2, ch 3 is a great blend of plenty of gain, yet clear without being harsh. I have Mesa MK IV, Helix, Triaxis, and Bogner amps...The Blackstar is not THE best amp I've ever heard, but exceeded all expectations...I even thought the same thing about the speakers when I first saw what they were, but I played and listened with my ears, and have to say, that amp kills it!! You can find them used for around $650... Very organic, musical, inspiring...ok..I ran out of adjectives LOL.. Long story long, I didn't think I was going to like it...LOVED it.
I had looking for a new amp and i started coming across blackstar and was impressed what i wss hearing, I tried the HT 40 at Sam Ash and was set on Blackstar and I came across a HT 60 2x12 on Craigslist for $450 and the guy ended up dropping it to $375 (favor of God ☝️). I am excited to start messing with it as soon as i fix the 3 way switch on my Tele with its new GFS Little Puncher (hot rail).
1thess523 how have you found it so far?
Agree that it sounds better in person. I’ve got one.
@@1thess523Wow Is it true？ Is it Mk2 60？ is it second hand or brand new Please help my brother❤
I don't know people hate these amp...I think these are great...think I'll buy one!
cause they buy brand not quality
Being basically unrepairable if anything goes wrong may have something to do with it.
For studio recording, and for modern metal and death metal style music, how would you compare this amp to the EVH 5150 III?
You're better off getting the EVH for death metal. There's even a 50 watt combo amp version, and it's only $500 more than the Blackstar Stage 60. Plus, the Blackstar will require a tube screamer or some similar pedal in order to be effective in a modern death metal setting. EVH doesn't need one at all. If anything, putting a tube screamer on an EVH hinders the tone. I know all this from my experience with both amps.
@@IllusionaryFuneral i was thinking of getting the EVH 50W because I play punk music but i came across the Blackstar HT 60 and got it for $375 and i couldn't pass it up. I still get the tone I want and now i have extra money to buy something else 💵👍
Blackstar amps sound soooooo good with PRS guitars. I tested one of these amps out and had nothing at all bad to say about it
The amp I ordered didn't come with the 5 button footswitch. Only 2 button. I ordered it from zZsounds. Maybe Sweetwater included the 5 button with these amps I don't know. Just a heads up you might want to call and confirm before you order it
Best AMP i ever had..Its a KEEPER.. Very happy !!
"Had"? You dont have it anymore?
@@crad5476 i ever had means he still has it
Going to contact my sells guy David after selling my jubilee mini for this combo does that fender clean well then does that British blues chime. Then give me that American crunch channel then gives me 800 crunch to Mesa high gain to jvm gain amazing
Ok, they finally got it right!!!
Really?? u think so ???
great demo
Thanks for checking it out! 👍😎
Is the only difference between the MK11 and the regular HT the usb?
The USB is a cool new feature on the MKII amps, but Blackstar also revoiced these quite a bit. The drive on them is much warmer and flexible. The clean channel is also quite a bit better, and much more comparable to what you'd hear out of a Fender style amp.
Thanks for your interest!
Charlie Davis, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1320
How do you rate the new Blackstar HT Mark 2 5 watt that just came out a few months ago?
What’s your opinion of this compared to the Marshall DSL line?
Which has less hiss/ noise?
Thanks Sweetwater!
Hello, David. Thanks for reaching out. In terms of low noise/noise floor on the amps, they are similarly low. Of course this all depends on other conditions like pedal chain, local power source, pickups. In terms of a comparison between the manufacturers 5-watt models... The Blackstar offers a 12-inch speaker. This will give you a bit more of a push on the lower frequencies where as the Marshall comes stock with a 10". The Blackstar HT-5 offers quite a bit more tonal flexibility with the ISF (infinite shape Feat.) and separate OD EQ. Overall, they are both wonderful amps with a nice thick sound, perfect for recording. Thanks again.
Michael Morgan, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1607, Michael_Morgan@Sweetwater.com
What's the real difference between this and the venue ?
This amp should come with VINTAGE 30's instead if the 70/80yucko speakers 😋 The vintage 30's would fill out and take away the buzzing harshness surely. I'm sure BlackStar colud afford to at least use the 50 watt Eminence legend speakers that sounds way way better than these 70/80 speaker, pass that on to em if you would.
wow, does it really come with the 70-80? What a horrid speaker. I had a combo that came with one and I just hated it, threw in a Jensen Jet and holly cow it was 10 times better
I’m gonna throw in creambacks
Mesa C90
5:16 Don mentions "all wood" cabinet... thought these were MDF?
Well, technically MDF IS made out of wood. Lol
Im on my second ht60. First one had no sound. Sweetwater couldn’t get the correct parts from blackstar (I did have to pay around 250 to send it back to them under warranty) sweetwater was great. They got frustrated and sent me a new amp. Oct 2023. Hey guess what? This one’s doing the same thing. At least this one works out of the rear xlr input.
How are the cleans? I am very curious
voodoochilezee, the section of the video from about :34 - 1:41 is pretty representative of the clean sounds. Good chime, clarity, and thump, plus it will go to the edge of breaking-up. A good articulate, flexible clean channel. Thanks for your question!
Don Carr
Black star is made in where ??
oscar29151 England.
China
Ha ha England ya say mate chingland
On the verge of liking it and hating it at the same time.
Haha...im also sitting on the fence with this one too...the gain channel has always sounded too compressed and muddy sounding, even at lower gain levels...just take away the blanket in front of the speaker ! oh i'm sorry sir , there isn't one there ;-) lol
ADDICTED TO GEAR That kind of makes a lot of sense but really doesn't at all.
40 watt vs 60 ?
This or the Orange c120 head into MARSHALL 212 MC cabinet ?
Both are really awesome amps. It's all personal preference. The CR120 is a bit more affordable, but the Blackstar is tube and lots of people prefer to just have tubes. Both can tackle pretty much anything though. It's all up to the player to decide which one they prefer.
Any information on its reliability?
I've dropped mine kinda bad on its back off a hand truck. The master volume now only works when it's pushed in and some the knobs make a scratchy sound when turned. But other than that it still sounds the same
I have had one for 6 years and have gigged with it a bunch and still works great!
wow cool you even play a bit like david brent ..almost !
You get on camera and do it then smart arse
You'd think "metal" was the only music to demonstrate with these amps on You Tube
No one, and I mean NO ONE in our "neck of the woods" is dancing or tipping bands for metal music.
I tried one of these amps out at guitar center I was not impressed .i thought it was a week amp for my taste. I ended up with a Mesa boogie Mark 2 B I couldn't have made a better choice.
@Luke Robinett I agree but ... I own this amp and nailed overdriven tones need, in my opinion, to be dialed in. Not any random eq/preamp combination will work. At first I was a bit frustrated and I though the amp had an overall muffled fuzzy quality. After some time working out tones it has worked out perfectly and I dont see myself getting other amps.
Sounds like a Marshall !
Some engineers left Marshall and started blackstar thats why MK means Marshall killer
Have good new year
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