11-07-2014, 08:06 PM
It is. Darker sounding than my Tubemeister too. But it's a nice satisfying, thick kinda saturation. The Tubemeister at very high gain levels actually gets kinda harsh in the high end. There's this ugly sounding solid state fizz at the very high gain levels.
For medium/high gain levels it's boss though.
Only thing with the Blackstar is that the low/medium gain level happens from about 7:00 to 8:00 on the gain dial. By the time you hit 9:00, it's already into high gain territory (that's where I was for the 80s cock rock clips on the recording), and even that was a bit higher gain than you'd expect from a JCM800.
For medium/high gain levels it's boss though.
Only thing with the Blackstar is that the low/medium gain level happens from about 7:00 to 8:00 on the gain dial. By the time you hit 9:00, it's already into high gain territory (that's where I was for the 80s cock rock clips on the recording), and even that was a bit higher gain than you'd expect from a JCM800.