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Great for home/garden use
This little amp is excellent for home use; not so much for busking. Busking recommendation at the end of this review.
With its 3W it punches well above its weight; the sound is not only loud, but also full, and my electro-acoustic ukulele has a wonderful room-filling, sparkling, airy open sound - the piezo can be tamed and more bass can be dialed in via the amp’s EQ (bass and treble) - there is also a “shape” button.
Paired with my electro-acoustic parlor guitar with a magnetic pickup, and my Boss BluesDriver pedal plus the integrated echo effect of the amp, and you get a very cool Dela-Blues sound!
I am surprised by how well it takes this pedal.
Furthermore , I like that it uses an external batterie compartment and not an integrated hidden battery that cannot be serviced - so the amp won’t become as easily obsolete; well done Blackstar!
Only major drawback, the power supply is an additional ~30€. Total price: ~100€
It’s expensive, but I bought it still.
If you want a step up from this amp, there is the Fender Acoustasonic 15. It has 15W, 2 channels (mic and instrument) with each having independent EQ, and a Chorus effect on the instrument channel. It weighs barely 5kg, so it’s ultra portable too but it doesn’t do batteries.
Regarding busking, the Blackstar is no replacement for something like a Roland Cube Street Ex - which is far superior for off-grid amplification with its 50W and palette of multiple inputs and different effects - this one accepts batteries!
Cheers folks!
With its 3W it punches well above its weight; the sound is not only loud, but also full, and my electro-acoustic ukulele has a wonderful room-filling, sparkling, airy open sound - the piezo can be tamed and more bass can be dialed in via the amp’s EQ (bass and treble) - there is also a “shape” button.
Paired with my electro-acoustic parlor guitar with a magnetic pickup, and my Boss BluesDriver pedal plus the integrated echo effect of the amp, and you get a very cool Dela-Blues sound!
I am surprised by how well it takes this pedal.
Furthermore , I like that it uses an external batterie compartment and not an integrated hidden battery that cannot be serviced - so the amp won’t become as easily obsolete; well done Blackstar!
Only major drawback, the power supply is an additional ~30€. Total price: ~100€
It’s expensive, but I bought it still.
If you want a step up from this amp, there is the Fender Acoustasonic 15. It has 15W, 2 channels (mic and instrument) with each having independent EQ, and a Chorus effect on the instrument channel. It weighs barely 5kg, so it’s ultra portable too but it doesn’t do batteries.
Regarding busking, the Blackstar is no replacement for something like a Roland Cube Street Ex - which is far superior for off-grid amplification with its 50W and palette of multiple inputs and different effects - this one accepts batteries!
Cheers folks!
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