DanOwens Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hi everyone, Whilst in my local PMT I noticed a number of Blackstar Amps valve distortion pedals. I came home and had a read. UK based, valve distortion pedals. Sounded familiar, as I've been GASing for a DHA Dual Custom for about 2 years (no impulse buys here!!!). Anyone know the major differences, or why the Blackstar equivalent of the VT2 Dual Custom is a lot cheaper? Many thanks, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilb Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Blackstar pedals are really nice. They are all ex Marshall engineers, so know there stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attackbass Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 [quote name='TheBrokenDoor' post='392824' date='Jan 27 2009, 03:27 PM']Hi everyone, Whilst in my local PMT I noticed a number of Blackstar Amps valve distortion pedals. I came home and had a read. UK based, valve distortion pedals. Sounded familiar, as I've been GASing for a DHA Dual Custom for about 2 years (no impulse buys here!!!). Anyone know the major differences, or why the Blackstar equivalent of the VT2 Dual Custom is a lot cheaper? Many thanks, Dan[/quote] yo! I own the blackstar distortion pedal. The distortion is almost a fuzz when you crank the gain to max... it can get very fizzy... also it loses a lot of bottom end from you tone. I use mine in conjunction wit ha parablender fx blender to blend my clean signal to the distortion to add bottom end. It's a cool pedal.. the distortion could be a bit thicker on it. I would look for a bass specific pedal or a dist with a blend on it. For what I use it for live it's cool as I want some nasty distortion fuzz blended in with my clean to try and recreate a two amp scinario... (the classic a guitar amp blend with a bass amp sound) Try out the MXR blowtorch or El grande or the Boss Bass Overdrive.. I also own a tc electronic bass distortion which is awesome but they stopped making them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I had an HT Dual, utterly gorgeous for guitar, I have heard folks use it for bass too. It has amazing tone and tone flexibility. I sold my entire guitar rig though and got a POD X3 Live. I now also have a Blackstar HT5-C valve combo for recording guitar, it is based on the pedal circuits. It's lovely too. I am seriously impressed and I reckoned a while ago Blackstar will be very big one day. Give 'em a try sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan_da_man Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 [quote name='silddx' post='393091' date='Jan 27 2009, 07:26 PM']I had an HT Dual, utterly gorgeous for guitar, I have heard folks use it for bass too. It has amazing tone and tone flexibility. I sold my entire guitar rig though and got a POD X3 Live. I now also have a Blackstar HT5-C valve combo for recording guitar, it is based on the pedal circuits. It's lovely too. I am seriously impressed and I reckoned a while ago Blackstar will be very big one day. Give 'em a try sometime.[/quote] I have the Blackstar HT-Drive and it is a superb overdrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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