Blackstar HT Dist Valve Distortion Pedal

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Main Description

Blackstar HT DISTX Valve Ultra High Gain Distortion Pedal

A much raved about pedal made by UK company Blackstar Amplification. It is made to very high standards with second-to-none build quality.

Read the reviews below to see just how good the Blackstar range and the HTDist guitar effects pedal are. Poorly performing products do not get rated 5 out of 5 stars by Guitar Buyer magazine!

Check out the very bottom of this page for some handy tone tips.

What Blackstar say about the HT Drive Guitar FX Pedal

By allowing infinite adjustment over the characteristics of the HT-DIST's tone control network, the patent applied for ISF circuit allows you to effectively design your own tone and find the sound in your head. Add to this the dynamics of the high voltage valve design and a no compromise speaker emulated output and this pedal is a classic amongst modern distortions.

Features

Genuine valve design
Operates at 300V HT
Cascaded valve gain stages
Responds like a valve amp
Unique enhanced tone controls
Exclusive Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
Fully equipped for stage or studio
Speaker emulated output
High integrity buffered bypass
Power supply included
Silent switching

Read the Blackstar HT Dist Pedal Owner's Manual

The Blackstar Range is used by...

Razorlight
Whitesnake
Manic Street Preachers
Groove Armada
Johnny Truant
The Kooks
Ocean Colour Scene
Kasabian
New York Dolls
Happy Mondays

...and many others!

Industry Magazine Reviews

There are loads of excellent reviews for Blackstar Guitar Pedals, read them below...

Read the Guitar Buyer Review (November 2007)

Read the Guitarist Magazine Review (August 2007)

Read the Performing Musician Review (March 2008)

Tips for using this pedal

Start with ISF set to half way.

Adjust Bass, Middle and Treble to suit your taste.

Gradually adjust ISF until your find your sound.

Reviews

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Solid metal high quality construction.You cant broke it.The sound is amazing - if you play classic rock and metal/Megadeth,ACDC/. The gain is not enough if you wanna play Pantera /have to change the valve/. Not so dynamic like valve amp, but very harmonic. Try it with Marshall Valvestate and Peavey Rage/cheap solid state amp/ - fantastic sound with both of them.Very good speaker simulation - emulated output.Superb sound and superb price / see Messa, Hughes and Ketner/.

Dimitar > read review

Solid metal high quality construction.You cant broke it.The sound is amazing - if you play classic rock and metal/Megadeth,ACDC/. The gain is not enough if you wanna play Pantera /have to change the valve/. Not so dynamic like valve amp, but very harmonic. Try it with Marshall Valvestate and Peavey Rage/cheap solid state amp/ - fantastic sound with both of them.Very good speaker simulation - emulated output.Superb sound and superb price / see Messa, Hughes and Ketner/.
Rating

Right, the DISTX is a real distortion box. With the gain right down you can you can squeeze out some dirty blues, but this pedal's designed to be seriously cranked , and no surprise that's what it does best. When you push this pedal you can go all the way to death metal, but still retain note clarity. The three band EQ lets you shape your sound like a lot of amps, and then the ISF dial gives you the sound of every other amp, you've pretty much got every heavy sound you can imagine. It's got an emulated output which is pretty good for recording, and it's built solid to last. The only bad points are that it takes about 10/15 mins to warm up to it's best sound, but really it's worth the wait. Finally the 16v power supply is pretty awkward for pedal boards, there's only one that I've found that can provide this power, so most likely you'll need an extra plug socket for the power supply. However for the sound produced by the extra power, it's a worthwhile compromise, I most strongly recommend, well worth the money.

Hilary Whitley > read review

Right, the DISTX is a real distortion box. With the gain right down you can you can squeeze out some dirty blues, but this pedal's designed to be seriously cranked , and no surprise that's what it does best. When you push this pedal you can go all the way to death metal, but still retain note clarity. The three band EQ lets you shape your sound like a lot of amps, and then the ISF dial gives you the sound of every other amp, you've pretty much got every heavy sound you can imagine. It's got an emulated output which is pretty good for recording, and it's built solid to last. The only bad points are that it takes about 10/15 mins to warm up to it's best sound, but really it's worth the wait. Finally the 16v power supply is pretty awkward for pedal boards, there's only one that I've found that can provide this power, so most likely you'll need an extra plug socket for the power supply. However for the sound produced by the extra power, it's a worthwhile compromise, I most strongly recommend, well worth the money.