BLACKSTAR ST JAMES 50 EL34 COMBO 14 GUITARIST SUMMER 2022 GIT488.rev_blackstar.
F I R S T P L AY BLACKSTAR ST JAMES 50 EL34 COMBO £1,099 WHAT IS IT? Significant new release from Blackstar combining innovative features and modern cabinet emulation Light Fantastic Blackstar claims its latest release is “the lightest 50-watt all-valve combo in the world”.
BLACKSTAR ST JAMES 50 EL34 COMBO 1 1. Weighing in at just shy of 13kg (28lb) thanks to a switched-mode power supply, Celestion G12Z-70 Zephyr driver and candlenut plywood cab, the St James is extremely portable – and yet it still manages to pack in 50 watts of valve power 2.
VIDEO DEMO BLACKSTAR ST JAMES 50 EL34 COMBO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 3 a balanced XLR and TRS jack/headphones output for the St James’s integrated reactive load and Cab Rig speaker emulation, together with a USB socket for uploading Cab Rig presets and direct recording. A three-way switch accesses three onboard Cab Rig presets, with a practically infinite range of choices from Blackstar’s Architect app ready to edit and upload.
BLACKSTAR ST JAMES 50 EL34 COMBO VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 5 pickups. As well as a studio audition, we used the St James for two gigs, including a three-hour ‘Saturday night special’ at a very busy town pub. With the premium TAD Redbase EL34s warmed up, there’s practically no background noise, partly due to the lack of a conventional mains transformer.
BLACKSTAR ST JAMES 50 EL34 COMBO BLACKSTAR ST JAMES 50 EL34 COMBO 7 gives you a practically infinite choice of combinations, which can be uploaded to the St James or saved and stored offline. We like the Architect app’s clean, minimalist page design, which includes a live bias status display for the St James’s output valves.
