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Blackstar Silverline Special 50 Watt Combo Guitar Amplifier

Blackstar Silverline Special 50 Watt Combo Guitar Amplifier

RRP: £499.00

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The Blackstar Silverline Special is a 50 watt combo electric guitar amplifier, designed to put the nuances of six classic power amp circuits at your fingertips. Utilising Blackstar’s SHARC® DSP processor, the Silverline Special is both powerful and highly responsive. Six preamp voices further expand its versatility, while a USB port allows direct recording and re-amping via Blackstar’s INSIDER software. An emulated headphone jack allows for immersive and completely silent home practice.

The Blackstar Silverline Special is now available from Merchant City Music, online and in our Glasgow store. With a reputation built on outstanding customer service, we are Glasgow’s longest-established guitar specialist, and a pioneer of online selling. We ship fast to the UK, Europe and Worldwide.

Blackstar Silverline Special - 50 Watt Combo Guitar Amplifier

The Blackstar Silverline Special guitar amplifier marries boutique character, effortless tonal tweaking and next-level digital processing power to create an attractive, great-sounding and highly responsive digital amplifier. From effortless control over an array of classic tones to gig-ready power sections, the Silverline Special could well become your next go-to amp. Whether bathing in the boutique-level tone provided by the powerful SHARC processor, recording via the onboard USB interface or dialling in your perfect blend of boutique, studio-grade effects, the Silverline Special delivers.

Blackstar Silverline Special Features:

State-of-the-art digital guitar amplifier with SHARC® DSP power
Attractive, boutique styling
Response control based on patented TVP technology accurately reproduces the nuances of classic power amp circuits (EL84, 6V6, EL34, KT66, 6L6, KT88)
Patented ISF sweeps from American to British tone
6 proprietary Blackstar preamp voices (Clean Warm, Clean Bright, Crunch, Super Crunch, OD 1, OD 2)
USB port offers effortless direct recording and re-amping
INSIDER software unlocks deep-editing features and patch management/sharing
MP3/Line In and Emulated Phone jack delivers studio-ready tone for 'silent' practice
Powerful enough for the stage, subtle enough for home
Manual and Preset operation with 12 fully customisable preset locations (128 with footswitch)
Loaded with Celestion V-type speaker

Product Details

Specs

Power: 50W
6 Voices: Clean Warm, Clean Bright, Crunch, Super Crunch, OD 1, OD 2
EQ: Bass, Treble (Middle via TAP + ISF)
ISF: Yes
Response: Yes
Effects: Modulation x 4 Delay x 4 Reverb x 4
Resonance: Yes (via TAP + Bass)
Presence: Yes (via TAP + Treble)
Patches: 128 Patches
Speaker Emulated Headphone Output: Yes
Tuner: Yes
USB: Yes
Footswitchable: Yes
Speaker: 1 x Celestion V-Type 12"

Voices

Clean Warm Full-bodied, dynamic clean with a looser bass and glassy highs
Clean Bright: ‘Boutique’, with tighter bass and chiming mids and highs; breaks up when pushed hard
Crunch: Classic clean break-up to ballsy mid-gain crunch with a looser bass response
Super Crunch: Higher gain, fatter crunch with a tighter bottom-end
OD 1 : ‘Hot-rodded’ Master Volume overdrive with medium power amp damping
OD 2 : Mid boosted, articulate hot-rod overdrive

Responses

EL84 Bell-like full-bodied Class A with lots of compression
6V6: Crisp Class A with high compression and tight mids
EL34: Classic British Class A/B crunch with full-bodied soft break-up
KT66: Rich and warm, vintage British ‘hot biased’ Class A/B
6L6: Tight dynamic Class A/B with extended highs and lows
KT88: Tight, bold and dynamic Class A/B with strong low-end