lojo Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Did a summer festival the other year where the main guitar player's new BlackStar rig failed mid gig ... Fast forward to a Function last week and I comment to the guitar player about his BlackStar combo "hey, I played a gig a while ago with a guitarist who had one of these, and it packed up ...." Guess what happened during that gig ? If you've got one don't bring it near me, I'll curse it. Edited June 15, 2015 by lojo Quote
yorks5stringer Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Good job I don't live next to you then....! Quote
Roger2611 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 At a recent gig our guitarists Fender amp packed up during the sound check, he was forced to use a Blackstar amp borrowed from the main band fortunately it worked perfectly Quote
Marvin Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) You're probably not cursed Guitarist I was in a band with a few years ago had a Blackstar combo, brand new. It spent several months back and forth getting repaired Edited June 15, 2015 by Marvin Quote
4-string-thing Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 I was in a spoof hair-metal band a few years ago, both guitarists used Blackstar 200w half stacks. Well, they did between trips back to the shop.... One lasted 5 minutes at it's first rehearsal, another about 20! After 5 replacements between them they finally got two that worked. I don't know if they lasted very long as I left the band for the sake of my hearing. Quote
Lozz196 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Not wanting to spoil the party but in my old band the guitarist had one of the Blackstar combos and he never had a moments trouble out of it, and he`d bought it 2nd hand as well. Quote
leschirons Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 A mate is on their artiste list of endorsees and demonstrators. Never seems to have any trouble and he would say if he did. It must be you Quote
Graham Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1434403758' post='2799336'] Not wanting to spoil the party but in my old band the guitarist had one of the Blackstar combos and he never had a moments trouble out of it, and he`d bought it 2nd hand as well. [/quote] Probably because you bought it second had, if it had lasted long enough for the previous owner to get to the point of selling it, it was probably a good one Quote
4-string-thing Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 To be fair, they reckoned it wasn't the design of the amps, just the cheap valves they came fitted with and once they were changed the amps were ok... Quote
discreet Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Never heard of Blackstar... is it one of the Behringer brands..? Quote
Marvin Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434461400' post='2799801'] Never heard of Blackstar... is it one of the Behringer brands..? [/quote] Please keep up. [url="https://www.blackstaramps.com/"]https://www.blackstaramps.com/[/url] Quote
ubit Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434461400' post='2799801'] Never heard of Blackstar... is it one of the Behringer brands..? [/quote] It's a new brand that Scott Gorham off of Thin Lizzy got made by his mums friend. They come highly recommended! Quote
CamdenRob Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) They are pretty cheap and cheerful... I'd expect for what you pay you'd get dodgy QC, cheap components etc. At my local studio I sometimes use one of their 4x12 guitar cabs when I can't be bothered to bring my own cabs, it sounds fine. Edited June 16, 2015 by CamdenRob Quote
Japhet Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Guitarist in my band uses a Blackstar set up. After a whole load of Marshalls Fenders and God knows what else it's the Backstar that delivers the sound. Had one problem that was solved with a new set of valves. Other than that it hasn't missed a beat. I love the sound of it personally and prefer it to stuff way way way more expensive. Quote
discreet Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 [quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1434463019' post='2799827'] Please keep up. [url="https://www.blackstaramps.com/"]https://www.blackstaramps.com/[/url] [/quote] D'oh! I know! I was just having a bit laugh and a joke. What do you think the '' was for? Quote
Marvin Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434483254' post='2800095'] D'oh! I know! I was just having a bit laugh and a joke. What do you think the ' ' was for? [/quote] I do apologise, it looked like someone with indigestion Quote
discreet Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 [quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1434489433' post='2800198'] I do apologise, it looked like someone with indigestion [/quote] Quote
Count Bassy Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 My youngest has a Blackstar Combo (one of the emulating ones). Sounds absolutely brilliant, but the speaker blew. Fixed under warrantee, but it does make you wonder what they are playing at? Surely in a well designed combo the amp should not be capable of blowing the speaker (could have been a speaker manufacturing fault I guess). Quote
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