Blackstar Amplification | 7 years ago
Blackstar’s HT Venue valve line redefined Blackstar’s HT Venue line has become synonymous with class-leading tone and flexibility. After more than 3 years of intensive R&D and market research, Blackstar are proud to release the stunning next generation of HT Venue valve amplifiers.
HT Venue MkII takes this award-winning line and elevates it to a new level of sonic performance, whilst adding every major enhancement that guitarists have requested; resulting in a massively flexible feature set that is still intuitive and musician-friendly.
The mission was “simple”: improve on the sonic references of the best vintage and new valve amps on the planet, in the way Blackstar is renowned for and combine the sounds into a cohesive, creative product. Here’s what you can expect from the new HT Venue MkII: Groundbreaking new clean channel offering the ultimate in clean tone quality and flexibility. All Clean Channels now have Bass, Treble and a Voice switch Richer, responsive Overdrives: Now richer, fuller and even more responsive, each with its own Voice switch. The high gain Voices are tight and focused, drawing on the original award-winning HT Venue Series. All modes are footswitchable: Resulting in the widest possible selection of stage accessible valve tones. Power Reduction: A switchable power reduction circuit is included giving reliable, transparent attenuation down to 10% of the amp’s rated power. Professional USB recording output: The simplest way to get valve tone into your recordings. More compact and lightweight: All the products have been reengineered to make them more practical and portable. Other pro features on all models: A footswitchable boost on all channels, XLR recording DI output and a newly designed in-house studio quality reverb.
