Blackstar Artisan 30 Quick start - Manual

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Specification
■ Class A 30W combo or head
■ Switch for 10W Triode or 30W
pentode operation
■
3xECC83, 1xEF86, 4xEL84,
1xGZ34
■
2 x Celestion Vintage 30
speakers (combo)
■
Point-to-point tag board
construction
A 30 Watt, point-to-point handwired, two channel all-valve amplifier. Head or 2x12" combo.
Suggested settings
Artisan 30, 30H
ARTISAN 30
A M P L I F I E R
H A N D W I R E D
ARTISAN 30
A M P L I F I E R
H A N D W I R E D
Class A Clean (ECC83 channel 30 Watt)
Vintage Lead (EF86 channel 10 Watt) Brit Crunch (ECC83 channel 30 Watt)
Boutique Clean (EF86 channel 30 Watt)
Channel Blending
Blending the two channels by paralleling the guitar connection to
the inputs of Channel 1 and Channel 2 for endless tonal variations.
ARTISAN USERS
Billy F. Gibbons, ZZ Top, James Williamson – Iggy and the Stooges, James Dean Bradfield – Manic Street Preachers, Gaz Coombes – Supergrass/Hot Rats,
Björn Ågren – Razorlight, Mike Lewis – LostProphets, Boz Boorer – Morrissey, Alex Dickson – Calvin Harris, Steve Cradock – Paul Weller,
Adam Zindani – Stereophonics, Jeff Cease – Black Crowes/Bucky Covington, Lu Edmonds – PiL, Steph Carter – Gallows.
EF86 channel – Channel 1
CHANNEL 1 is based on the EF86
pentode valve for a fat, warm response
with lots of smooth valve compression. ECC83 channel – Channel 2
CHANNEL 2 is based on the ECC83 (12AX7) dual triode
valve, providing highly dynamic clean and crunch tones. Bass Shape
The BASS SHAPE allows fine
adjustment of CHANNEL 1’s
low mids and bass.
Voice Switch
The VOICE switch has two settings: BRIGHT for
bell-like cleans and WARM for extra bass and crunch.
10 Watt / 30 Watt power switch
The EL84 power amplifier is switchable
between 10W and 30W for the ultimate
in power amp flexibility.
QUICKSTART GUIDE
Speakers
Loaded with 2 Celestion Vintage 30 speakers Speakers
- the powerhouse British loudspeaker.
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