Blackstar HT Club 40 MKII Combo

Full Description

Re-Engineered For The Modern Guitarist Who Wants It All

After years of research and development, Blackstar have re-imagined the award-winning Venue series of amplifiers to provide increased functionality and deliver outstanding tones to the musician who demands versatility alongside professional features. The HT Club 40 combo delivers this in a compact and great looking cabinet with enough power to cover different sized venues and musical scenarios, including recording, low-volume or silent practice, and gigging on stage.

4 Modes, Endless Tones

The HT Club 40 includes two channels for clean and lead sounds, with each channel consisting of two modes to choose between. The clean channel offers pristine American style cleans, and then at the push of a switch, is completely re-configured to provide British style chime which breaks up when driven harder. The lead channel goes from crunch sounds through to super saturated lead tones, and can be further shaped by the unique ISF tone control, giving the option of American/British type responses with an infinite blend inbetween the two states.

Balanced Overdrive Tones

The overdrives of the HT Club 40 are wonderfully nuanced, cleaning up when you roll back your guitar's volume, and lacking any of the 'fizz' sometimes associated with high-gain tone. All of the amplifier modes are footswitchable, meaning you have 4 modes to utilise on stage and should be able to re-create any level of overdriven tone that you may require.

From The Studio To The Stage

The HT Club 40 includes a power reduction, enabling you to dial down the volume to 10 percent of the max and get those saturated tube tones at a much quieter level; ideal for home practice or sensible-volume studio tones. Cabinet Emulation allows you to achieve a direct signal to mixing desk or recording device, with 4x12 or 1x12 cab simulation available. Both the XLR and Stereo Emulated outputs remain active even when in standby mode. This allows for silent recording or practice when the amplifier is in standby, regardless of any connected speaker.

A built-in digital reverb provides two switchable tones, from light to dark giving 'room' or 'plate' style sounds. If that wasn't enough, an FX loop and USB out allow you to connect your own pedals, and record directly to computer with 4 separate channels giving cabinet emulation alongside direct output; useful if you wish to re-amp after recording. The HT series has a wealth of connectivity and you should find a use for it in almost any application you can imagine.

Compact And Good Looking

The HT Venue MKII Series have been re-designed to make them even more portable and manageable for transportation. With vintage-inspired grill cloth and solid construction, they not only look good but are built to withstand the rigours of gigging, rehearsing, touring, and the general lifestyle that a busy musician can throw at it.

Features

• 2 channels and 4 footswitchable voices
• 40 watts of EL34 driven power
• 'Infinite Shape Function' allows American and British styled voicings
• Two lead channel modes: 'classic crunch' and 'super saturated lead'
• Power reduction for 10 percent power mode
• Digital reverb with dark/light mode
• Speaker emulated output
• USB record out

Specification

• Controls:
  • Clean channel: Vol, Bass, Treble, Voice Switch
  • Overdrive channel: Gain, Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble, ISF, OD Mode
  • Master: Reverb, Volume, Power Reduce
• Output Power: 40 watts RMS
• Type: Valve
• Valves: 2x ECC83, 2x EL34
• Speakers: 1x12'' Celestion speaker
• Connections:
  • Speaker Outs: 1 x 16 ohm, 1 x 8 ohm or 2 x 16 ohm (1/4'' speaker jack)
  • DI Out: XLR
  • Line Out/Phones: 1/4'' jack
  • Effects Loops: Send / Return 1/4'' jack
  • Footswitch: 5 way, 2 way
• Footswitch: FS-15 included, optional FS-14 for control of channels, voices, boost and reverb
• Dimensions (mm): 588 x 480 x 260
• Weight: 24