Blackstar HT Soloist 60 - Manual (Page 4)

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this Blackstar HT Soloist 60 amplifier. Like all our products,
this amp is the result of countless hours of painstaking Research and Development
by our world-class design team. Based in Northampton (UK), the Blackstar team
are all experienced musicians themselves and the sole aim of the development
process is to provide guitarists with products which are the ultimate tools for
self-expression.
All Blackstar products are subjected to extensive laboratory and road testing to
ensure that they are truly uncompromising in terms of reliability, quality and above
all TONE.
The HT Soloist 60’s highly flexible two channel design features the unique patented
ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) control and although it has a comprehensive control set,
it is still simple and intuitive to use. Please read through this handbook carefully to
ensure you get the maximum benefit from your new Blackstar product.
If you like what you hear and want to find out more about the Blackstar range of
products please visit our website at www.blackstaramps.com.
Thanks!
The Blackstar Team
Features
The HT Soloist 60 is a highly versatile amplifier suited to a wide range of playing
styles and situations. This compact and fully featured model has two channels, but
the addition of the specially voiced Boost control and OD Body functions effectively
make this a three channel amplifier.
The Clean Channel has two modes, ‘boutique’ and ‘modern’, and its own Tone
control providing a wide range of clean tones. The Voice switch reconfigures both
the preamplifier voicing and gain structure, and also the power amplifier damping to
reproduce either ringing Class A performance in the ‘boutique’ mode, or very clean
and tight Class AB tones in the ‘modern’ setting.
The Overdrive channel has its own EQ section and like the Clean channel a Voice
switch which allows the character of the channel to be changed, providing a variety
of overdriven tones. This channel is characterised by a tone which is high in gain,
but lacks any of the detached top-end ‘fizz’ often found in similar designs. This is
a result of unique preamplifier and power amplifier shaping techniques, which also
benefit the player in the way the overdrive cleans up beautifully as the guitar volume
is reduced. Even at the most extreme settings, the overdrive channel remains
natural-sounding.
The patented ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) control is unique to Blackstar Amplification
and represents a major step forward in tone shaping flexibility. The ISF control shifts
the response of the three control tone stack between a US type response at one
end, and at the other a UK type response. Importantly, in between the two extremes
lie an infinite number of alternative tone choices that would be otherwise unavailable.
The HT Soloist 60 also features a completely natural-sounding digital reverb, which
is outstandingly musical on both clean and crunch tones and raises the benchmark
for guitar amplifier specific reverb design. A Dark/Bright switch allows the overall
reverb characteristics to be modified to suit different tastes and playing styles.