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Where innovation meets tone

At Blackstar we believe that guitar amplier design is not voodoo or a black art – it is the application

of engineering discipline in a musical setting. The real magic happens when we are able to provide you,

the musician, with products that inspire you in your art. This philosophy drives us to truly understand the

science of great guitar tone and deliver products that really deliver ‘the sound in your head’.

We create every product at Blackstar ‘from the ground up’ as opposed to simply tweaking the old

classic designs. Each Blackstar circuit contains numerous incremental innovations, in addition to

unique breakthrough technologies such as ISF and DPR. It is often these small, yet important

enhancements that give Blackstar products their characteristic sound clarity and exibility.

These sonic innovations are only available on Blackstar products.

Put simply – ‘Blackstar amps sound different because they are different!’

Dual Patent Design

At our HQ in Northampton, England we have an ongoing

program of research and development which seeks to

constantly challenge the state-of-the-art in guitar amplier

technology. We believe it is our dedication to research

and innovation that sets us, and our products, apart.

Patent-applied-for innovations like ISF and DPR are

the foundations of the Blackstar product catalogue

and our commitment to helping guitarists achieve

the sound in their heads.

Dynamic Power Reduction (DPR)

Everyone knows that valve ampliers sound best when they

are turned up loud. This is because at higher volume levels

the output valves introduce musical distortion and

compression which are a vital part of the valve

amplier experience.

Blackstar’s patent-applied-for DPR feature controls the

output power level by dynamically adjusting the output

stage voltages, allowing power valve distortion and

compression at any volume level.

Benets of the DPR control:

1. DPR allows continuously variable power reduction, down to

10%, so you can use your valve amp in any playing situation.

2. DPR is a ‘dynamic’ circuit, delivering the exact compression

(a.k.a. sag) of a small overdriven valve amp, at any volume level.

3. Unlike power attenuators, DPR places nothing between the

output of the amplier and the loudspeaker and hence as the

power is reduced the feel, tone and reliability of the amplier

is maintained.

4. DPR’s dynamic power reduction is only available on

Blackstar products.

Innite Shape Feature (ISF)

The conventional three way guitar EQ network, or tone stack

(a.k.a. Bass, Middle and Treble), is a key to the characteristic

‘voice’ of traditional guitar ampliers. Classic amplier designs

have their own versions of this network which leads to their

own tonal voicings.

The ISF control allows you to innitely adjust the response

of the tone control network between any of the traditional

voicings in a way that has never before been possible. In

this way you can design your own sound and truly nd

‘the sound in your head’.

Benets of the ISF control:

1. ISF is a passive circuit giving a musical response that is not

found in active parametric or ‘contour’ controls.

2. The whole tone stack response (i.e. Bass, Middle and Treble)

is moved.

3. The tone controls remain fully interactive, just like in a regular

tone stack.

4. The ISF control is continuously variable between all the traditional

responses allowing you to effectively design your own sound.

5. ISF and ‘the sound in your head’ are only available on

Blackstar products.

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