Subject
Best Amp I Have Owned
By: DanD from Rochester, NY
Submitted: 11/29/2012
Quality
Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable?
So far everything is working well
Reliability
How has it stood up over time?
Only had it a month so don't know
Overall
Your general opinion of this product.
Seems very well put together and is pretty light weight for a tube amp
Playability and Feel
How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing?
N/A
Tone
Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin?
Bought this to go with my Boss GT100. Wasn't too happy with the GT100 until I plugged into the return of the effects loop. Made the GT100 come to life.
Finish
How did the stain or paint job look?
Amp looks great
Action
How was the action out of the box?
N/A
Subject
BlackStar 20
By: Gary Worley from Nashville Tn. US
Submitted: 12/23/2011
Quality
Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable?
Great craftsmanship! Built heavy and strong.The quality is exceptional.
Reliability
How has it stood up over time?
Haven't had it that long,about a month and it has been perfect.The only thing I would of added is a standby switch.
Overall
Your general opinion of this product.
I really love this amp! Loud enough to gig with great in the studio! Perfect!
Playability and Feel
How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing?
Heavy and just plain cool!
Tone
Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin?
Any thing you want! Bright and snappy,Scooped Metal,Jazz,R&B all....Takes pedals well,I use a compressor,flanger,delay,and phaser.
Finish
How did the stain or paint job look?
Awesome,to be proud of!
Action
How was the action out of the box?
Responsive and can be tight or loose.I play everything from Country chickin' pickin' to Metal and it does it all!!!! finally a perfect amp! scoop the mids or put em' out there,it may take a few plays to get everything out of it as it takes time for the tubes to burn in,probably a day or 2,and then look out!
Subject
HT-20 Facts
By: Wopniche from Detroit, Michigan
Submitted: 3/18/2011
Quality
Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable?
So far, Yes
Reliability
How has it stood up over time?
Yes, the tubes that ship in it are probabley not the best hand selected available, but as the other reviewer incorrectly pointed out "you do not need to re-bias this amp when changing power tubes" it's a fixed bias cathode style power section. This is part of why it has a bit of that class A chime going on. It's 40 watt sibling (HT-40) is a class A/B power section, and needs to be biased when replacing tubes. As far as releability over all, that is yet to be determined, I just got her !
Overall
Your general opinion of this product.
Great practice / studio / giging amp, cant beat the price for features included.
Playability and Feel
How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing?
Tone
Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin?
Finish
How did the stain or paint job look?
Action
How was the action out of the box?
Subject
Awsome Tone
By: SMYTH63 from Beth PA
Submitted: 1/1/2011
Quality
Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable?
Once again we will see has a microphonic tube out of box Which AMS won't cover but they will take it back
Reliability
How has it stood up over time?
Will See has some minor issues out of box but sounds too good to send back
Overall
Your general opinion of this product.
This amp has great tone clean to dirty It can give you British bark to American scoop
Playability and Feel
How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing?
My only complaints are cheap tubes and the power tubes need to be rebiased if replaced and reverb should be on the footswitch
Tone
Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin?
Finish
How did the stain or paint job look?
Great looks very retro classy and well made on exterior but we will see about it electronics
Action
How was the action out of the box?