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Blackstar Series One 104EL34 100W Tube Guitar Amp Head 

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Setting new standards for tube tone and flexibility!

The S1-104EL34 guitar amp head offers Clean and Crunch channels, plus two high-gain overdrive channels (with high and low output damping) plus a second Overdrive Channel EQ (complete with independent Infinite Shape Feature). The three-band EQ works with the Infinite Shape Feature (ISF) to provide infinite new tone-shaping control. The Master section provides Master Volume, Resonance, and Presence controls. Four EL34 power tubes deliver the best of British hi-gain tone. Dynamic Power Reduction (DPR) reduces the power up to 90% with no loss of tone, ideal for studios and smaller venue gigs. Professional touches include a series effects loop, emulated speaker output, and MIDI switching.

Features

  • 100 Watt head with built-in DPR power reduction
  • 4 x ECC83, 1 x ECC82, 4 x EL34 valves
  • 4 footswitchable channels
  • Clean channel with Warm (Plexi) and Bright (Class A) type modes
  • Crunch channel with Crunch and Super Crunch modes
  • Two overdrive channels with high and low output damping
  • Two ISF equipped tone control sections
  • Presence and Resonance controls
  • Master Volume
  • Series effects loop
  • MIDI switching

Its vast palette and advanced features will have you designing your own signature sound. Order now!

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BlackstarSeries One 104EL34 100W Tube Guitar Amp Head
 
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4.0

Great tone here!

Comments about Blackstar Series One 104EL34 100W Tube Guitar Amp Head:

I gave it 8's across the board. The Clean is one if the better on hi gain amps. It sounds great with single coils and humbuckers both. You can get some slight break up with the gain cranked too.

The Crunch channel is probably my favorite on the amp. It stays focused and is great for classic rock and blues. It gets much more aggressive with the Super Crunch engaged but still stays focused and has tight bottom end. It's very Marshall-ish sounding but I'm talking older Marshall. Not the crap they put out today. It's sounds way better than the 410H.

The OD1 seems to add a gain stage and is capable of sounding like the Super Crunch channel or more modern if desired. It doesnt stay quite as focused sounding as the Super Crunch though.

The OD2 is pretty much the same thing with even more gain though if desired.

Over all it's one of the best and most versatile high gain amps out there. I've owned Bogner, Splawn, Mesa, Marshall, VHT, Egnater, ect. and I'd definitely recommend it if you're looking for classic and modded Marshall tones with a great clean channel.
Great features in this amp. It could be even better if the EQ section was independent for each channel. The ISF really helps to shape the tone.
It seems like a pretty solid amp. I'm not too fond of buying amps made over seas but so far so good. It comes with TAD power tubes and a mixture of TAD and Sovtek preamp tubes. They need to go to a different style cable for the footswitch though. Maybe a midi cable or something easier to find. The one supplied would be a hard replacement in a pinch. The transformers are both mounted to one end of the chassis too making it lop-sided when carrying it.
I'd say it's a pretty good bang for the buck. I've tried pretty much everything out there and it's comparable in price but it wins in the tone department.

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