Page 1 of 2
Blackstar Artisan 100
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:18 am
by Mike
There's been a lot of buzz about these ex Marshall cats who are building pedals and amps. Anyway, I'm nicking these pictures from HCAmpForum. Check out the build quality. Lush.
He made some clips too
http://www.petermiles.com/ampclips/
At £1000 they're not cheap, but it's handmade and looks fit as fuck.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:34 am
by euan
I'm surprised there wasn't outrage on HCamps because they are handmaded in China.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:36 am
by Mike
I think there might have been but I don't read comments, just look at the pictures.
Who cares where it's made when it looks like that?
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:36 am
by Doog
Looks purdy sweet, apart from the price and that font.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:40 am
by tribi9
Hand wired amps rule the world.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:42 am
by Mike
tribi9 wrote:Hand wired amps rule the world.
not the be all and end all, but I admit I do find it attractive to look at.
Doubt I would ever spend that much on an amplifier though.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:02 am
by Ninja Mike 808
I like that it's PTP, cause you don't really get that anymore... The sounds, though, don't impress me.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:03 am
by Mike
It sounds exactly like a Plexi, if you don't like that sound, then you don't like the way a Plexi sounds.
Because that's what a Plexi sounds like.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:06 am
by Ninja Mike 808
I'm not sayin' I don't like it. Im sayin' it doesn't soudn any better than a number of recordings I've heard. But, I will be honest, I have heard better.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:42 am
by kim
not a fan of the soundclips either, or the look, the sound is very lined/defined almost sterile but as you said yeah, some people are after that in an amp, i figure it's a good amp for power rock and softer metal stuff maybe
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:55 am
by Will
My old PTP Bassman wasn't that clean on the inside - that's really lovely. Not my sound at all, though (and his playing kinda sucks a little bit).
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:51 pm
by TheodorJ
Looks nice. Master or non-master?
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:16 pm
by Sloan
Would be great for those open mic blues jams.
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:15 pm
by James
The outside looks alright, the inside looks amazing.
The sounds clips didn't really impress me much either, but I asuppose they're very target market orientated rather than showing the versatility of it.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:11 am
by aen
Sloan wrote:Would be great for those open mic blues jams.
Well, so would a nailbomb.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:17 pm
by Sloan
aen wrote:Sloan wrote:Would be great for those open mic blues jams.
Well, so would a nailbomb.
I was laying down a smooth joek.
Everyone knows that open mic blues jams are THE PLACE TO BE when you want to see the most expensive b00teeuqe shit ever.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:23 pm
by Mike
Mesa Mark IV head - £1,899
Bogner Ecstacy Head - £2,699
This amp is not Boutique Price
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:09 pm
by Doog
Spotted that in the local shop, no idea on the model though. May have to give it a whirl at some point.
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:09 pm
by Mike
I think that's the 30 or the 50. Two channels, one very simple. The other with either trem or some EQ.
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:54 pm
by Justin J
i actually played one of these once. i was at the guitar center in sherman oaks, messing around in one of their special rooms and some pony-tailed employee came in all excited and asked if i wanted to play through it. he let me crank it up to ridiculously high volumes. it was fun and sounded pretty good.