Blackstar St. James 50 EL34 - Head

Blackstar St. James 50 EL34 Head Fawn

Ultra-lightweight 50 Watt head with 2x ECC83 and  2x EL34 Valves.
Two footswitchable channels, Reverb and Effect Loop with Level Switch.

Channel I is inspired by those clean, dynamic American amps of the mid ’60s.  St. James brings these circuits right up-to-date, producing a whole new level of clean headroom and dynamic compression to deliver inspired musical-mids and tight-lows. This channel is a perfect pedal platform.

Channel II is very vintage in nature. The brand-new preamp design delivers the raucous crunch you’d expect from an EL34 amp but with stunning clarity and chime. All this is topped off with a footswitchable +10dB front-end boost.

When it comes to tone and that all-important ‘feel’ factor, great valve amps rightfully remain the ‘gold standard’. The trouble is that great ones capable of delivering 50 Watts or more are all back-breakingly heavy. Until now… enter St. James Series – the lightest 50 Watt valve guitar amps on earth.

Hundreds of hours of critical listening against the most revered amplifier references mean St. James raises the sonic benchmark again. In addition to the obvious tonal differences between EL34 and 6L6 power valves, both of the St. James designs are honed to their own particular use case. The St. James EL34 is the amp for Classic tones combining world-class British Crunch and jaw-dropping, very US-sounding Cleans. The 6L6 version has the same clean headroom, but this is coupled with Blackstar’s highest gain Overdrive circuit to date.

The two channels on the St. James represent the classic sounds you need and want. Channel 1 is inspired of the American clean 60's tone while Channel 2 delivers the classic British tone . St. James amps are packed with cutting-edge features to deliver class-leading recording performance. From 50W, 2W and SAG switchable power modes, to an inbuilt reactive load that routes the post-power valve output signal to the amp’s three direct recording outputs (XLR, Stereo Line-Out and USB) for truly authentic ‘amp-in-a-room: feel. The sound from these recording outputs is derived from Blackstar’s state-of-the-art and fully customisable CabRig™ DSP speaker simulator.
 

Specifications STJ50EL34-H:

• 50W
• 2x ECC83 Preamp Valves
• 2x EL34 Output Valves
• 2 Channels
• Boost
• Bass, Middle, Treble EQ
• Power Reduction 50W, Sag, 2W
• Reverb
• Inbuilt Reactive Load
• Cabrig DSP Speaker Simulator
• USB Audio
• XLR Cabrig Output
• Series Effect Loop with Level Switch
• 2-Way Footswitch Included
• Fawn Tolex Finish
• Weight 6,7kg
• Size 402 x 222 x 214mm