Blackstar HT20 Studio 20 1x12 Combo

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Blackstar HT20 Studio 20 1x12 Combo

The "HT Venue" Series of amps is the latest great design in Blackstar's line of amps. These medium-priced, medium-powered amps deliver performance that is every bit as pro as their premium Series One line. If you need a little more power than the award-winning HT5, or you're too worried to take your beloved Artisan on the road, the HT Venue series is for you! The perfect solution for the working musician.

As you probably know, Blackstar are famous for being able to create highly versatile tube amps at incredible prices. Most amps in this price range do one thing well, but the HT Venue amps deliver lush cleans, and great British & American drives effortlessly. Just check out the range of tones the Venue series can achieve in the video demo of the Studio 20 below.

Video Demo

An awesome little amp for the sensible working guitarist. 20w of tube power has you covered for practices, small gigs, and with the help of a P.A. stadiums too! Take it to the studio without raising the roof, or practice at home and get sweet tones without too much grief from next door!

This one's definitely going to be a hit at less than £500 - it's a steal!

Here's what Blackstar say about the HT Studio 20 Combo

Whether you're looking for that classic British 'woody' tone or a tighter, more aggressive American sound, Blackstar's HT Venue Series delivers it all - and more. These tube equipped amps are packed with innovations and tone and versatile enough to deliver pure boutique cleans and ripping overdrives in one portable package - making them perfect for the working musician. Thanks to our unique Infinite Shape Feature (ISF) you can dial in the all tone you want, from British to American and anything in between.

The Studio 20 is everything you need to inspire and create in one versatile unit. A 20W two channel combo with 3-way EQ plus our unique ISF feature on the drive channel. ISF allows you achieve an astonishing depth of sound - from the purist boutique cleans to ripping USA style overdrives. Supplied with a 1-way footswitch and loaded with a celestion speaker, it's everything you need for the studio environment.

Specifications

20 Watt valve combo
2xECC83, 2xEL34
Two footswitchable channels
12" Celestion speaker
Enhanced tone controls
Unique Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
Master volume
Digital reverb
Speaker emulated output
Effects loop
1-way footswitch included
Cool vintage styling

Videos

Blackstar Venue Series combos at Andertons - HT Studio 20 & HT Club 40

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ive own blackstar for a few years starting with there ht5 and now a studio 20 as allways great build and sound faultless great sound and more power you need
keep selling them they are brill

paul > read review

ive own blackstar for a few years starting with there ht5 and now a studio 20 as allways great build and sound faultless great sound and more power you need
keep selling them they are brill
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This amp is REAL value for money!! does everything I expected of it.

Lee > read review

This amp is REAL value for money!! does everything I expected of it.
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Let me start this review by saying that no matter if you play jazz, funk, blues, pop, rock, har rock or any type of metal - this amp can do it and it does it well! It may take some tweaking but eventually you will find a tone that suits your needs. It's also great that you can play it at low volumes without the sound getting fizzy or dull. It feels like a much more expensive amp than it is and the quality is amazing. Not like many other products being assembled in Asia.
The only 2 things i don't like about this amp is it's speaker and the amount of gain you get from turning the "Gain" knob. The speaker in my Blackstar is a "Celestion Rocket 50", which surprised me because I read multiple places that it's a "Celestion Seventy-eighty" that comes included. The Rocket 50 sounds allright though it isn't as tight as I would like it to be.
The gain knob is a bit misleading. Anything above 5 is too much imo. You have to turn it real careful if you want a crunchy sound and when I play blues the gain knob is at 1.
But all in all this amp is the best amp at its price. Beats Marshall, Orange, Fender - you name it.

Mr. Kristian Jensen > read review

Let me start this review by saying that no matter if you play jazz, funk, blues, pop, rock, har rock or any type of metal - this amp can do it and it does it well! It may take some tweaking but eventually you will find a tone that suits your needs. It's also great that you can play it at low volumes without the sound getting fizzy or dull. It feels like a much more expensive amp than it is and the quality is amazing. Not like many other products being assembled in Asia.
The only 2 things i don't like about this amp is it's speaker and the amount of gain you get from turning the "Gain" knob. The speaker in my Blackstar is a "Celestion Rocket 50", which surprised me because I read multiple places that it's a "Celestion Seventy-eighty" that comes included. The Rocket 50 sounds allright though it isn't as tight as I would like it to be.
The gain knob is a bit misleading. Anything above 5 is too much imo. You have to turn it real careful if you want a crunchy sound and when I play blues the gain knob is at 1.
But all in all this amp is the best amp at its price. Beats Marshall, Orange, Fender - you name it.
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Bought this for my son for Xmas and he loves it. The sound quality and build quality are both fantastic. I bought this because the Blackstar amps all seem to get great reviews and I can see why....its a top amp.
I wanted to get him an amp that he could use both as a practice amp at home and also for small gigs that he has started to do at school and other small local venues. I went for the HT20 because it has a bit more headroom in the clean channel than the HT5 but is also small and portable enough to take to events in the boot of my car. Its quite a heavy amp, but manageable.
Overall, a great purchase.

Mr. Trevor Croote > read review

Bought this for my son for Xmas and he loves it. The sound quality and build quality are both fantastic. I bought this because the Blackstar amps all seem to get great reviews and I can see why....its a top amp.
I wanted to get him an amp that he could use both as a practice amp at home and also for small gigs that he has started to do at school and other small local venues. I went for the HT20 because it has a bit more headroom in the clean channel than the HT5 but is also small and portable enough to take to events in the boot of my car. Its quite a heavy amp, but manageable.
Overall, a great purchase.
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Best purchase I've made in a long time. The clean channel is so crisp and clear and when pushed breaks up very nicely for the overdrive sound. The drive channel works how it's suppose to, but I haven't used it much because the music I play, but it doesn't bring down the amp in any way. Rock guitarists will love it. The isf nob is one of the most incredible attributes to the amp, I love being able to go from a really bright tone to a nice warm tone with such ease.
When really driven the tubes sound amazing, highly recommended.

Mr. Matthew Bray > read review

Best purchase I've made in a long time. The clean channel is so crisp and clear and when pushed breaks up very nicely for the overdrive sound. The drive channel works how it's suppose to, but I haven't used it much because the music I play, but it doesn't bring down the amp in any way. Rock guitarists will love it. The isf nob is one of the most incredible attributes to the amp, I love being able to go from a really bright tone to a nice warm tone with such ease.
When really driven the tubes sound amazing, highly recommended.
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Before the HT20 I had a Vox Valvetronix and was never happy with any of the distortion models. I tried to bypass the awful distortion with a Zoom G9 multi fx but, if anything, that sounded even more synthetic
The Blackstar has a nice buttery overdrive sound of its own with really silly amounts of gain on tap, but I am astounded by how good the Zoom amp models sound through it, that piece of kit has really come to life now.
I can't really tell you how this unit compares to other valve amps because its the first one I've had, but I did a fair bit of looking around and there isnt much else (if anything) in this price range with 2 channels and an effects loop.
Finally, I would just like to mention the volume levels because I guess some of you will be torn between the 5w and 20w models like I was. I'm finding the 20w one is fine for practicing in the evenings at home with the master and channel volumes set real low. You really couldn't crank it at home though, it would damage your hearing.
Its overkill for a practice amp but I think its great ;-)

Mr. Wayne Swaby > read review

Before the HT20 I had a Vox Valvetronix and was never happy with any of the distortion models. I tried to bypass the awful distortion with a Zoom G9 multi fx but, if anything, that sounded even more synthetic
The Blackstar has a nice buttery overdrive sound of its own with really silly amounts of gain on tap, but I am astounded by how good the Zoom amp models sound through it, that piece of kit has really come to life now.
I can't really tell you how this unit compares to other valve amps because its the first one I've had, but I did a fair bit of looking around and there isnt much else (if anything) in this price range with 2 channels and an effects loop.
Finally, I would just like to mention the volume levels because I guess some of you will be torn between the 5w and 20w models like I was. I'm finding the 20w one is fine for practicing in the evenings at home with the master and channel volumes set real low. You really couldn't crank it at home though, it would damage your hearing.
Its overkill for a practice amp but I think its great ;-)