Hi everybody,
I haven't been here since a long time ( I was playing mainly acoustics...)
I bought a Blackstar Artisan 15 combo about 6 months ago. Great dynamic response of the amp, what I miss is a warmer tone. So I tried a lot: changing preamp tubes which gave more mids but spoiled the tone so I put back the originals, I tried different speakers (came originally with a Celestion G12M 15W), I tried a vintage 30 which gives a fatter tone but a little too aggressive, Greenback 25W is what I use now.
Is there any experience out there with this amp? To my ears the amp is to harsh and trebly sounding (clean and overdriven mode), this can be heard on various youtube videos (not the company's video). I had even contacted the manufacturer but the answer I got was to roll down the treble pot on my strat, any further discussions were not possible. Any experience about the power tubes - maybe too cold biased? (The amp has fixed bias)
Any suggestions are welcome.
Bernd
I haven't been here since a long time ( I was playing mainly acoustics...)
I bought a Blackstar Artisan 15 combo about 6 months ago. Great dynamic response of the amp, what I miss is a warmer tone. So I tried a lot: changing preamp tubes which gave more mids but spoiled the tone so I put back the originals, I tried different speakers (came originally with a Celestion G12M 15W), I tried a vintage 30 which gives a fatter tone but a little too aggressive, Greenback 25W is what I use now.
Is there any experience out there with this amp? To my ears the amp is to harsh and trebly sounding (clean and overdriven mode), this can be heard on various youtube videos (not the company's video). I had even contacted the manufacturer but the answer I got was to roll down the treble pot on my strat, any further discussions were not possible. Any experience about the power tubes - maybe too cold biased? (The amp has fixed bias)
Any suggestions are welcome.
Bernd
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