Blackstar Release Debut 50R Combo Guitar Amplifier

Blackstar have just released their new Debut line of amps. Why should great tone be the luxury of expensive tube amp players? The Debut 50R has some great tone without the price tag! Blackstar also understands the modern player wants features like effects loops, multiple channels, lush reverb, options for silent recording and inputs for playback via their phone. There is also the option to switch down to 5W for the same killer tone at neighbour-pleasing volumes! 

Here’s what Blackstar are saying about the Debut 50R:

Debut 50R takes the Debut range to the next level as the perfect “plug-in-and-play” 50W pedal platform. The concept of the Debut 50R is a simple and elegant, all-analogue alternative to entry-level digital modelling amplifiers. Ideal for pedal players, the Debut 50R focuses more on tone and usability rather than unwanted “bells and whistles”

The features have been carefully selected to include two foot-switchable channels, a patented ISF tone control, power reduction and built-in reverb – the Debut 50 covers all an aspiring guitarist’s practice and gigging needs.

To deliver the natural-sounding response of a valve amp, Blackstar’s Northampton-based design team have chosen to implement a discrete MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) preamp. The overdrive characteristics of MOSFET are similar to those of valves. The R&D team have gone beyond other manufacturers’ MOSFET implementations to deliver a preamp design that is virtually indistinguishable from the chosen valve references.

The DEBUT 50R is available in two beautiful boutique stylings: cream covering with oxblood fret or black and “biscuit’ basketweave.

• 2 Channels – Clean + Overdrive
• Patented ISF tone control
• 60W – 5W power reduction
• ‘Plate’ and ‘Hall’ Reverb options
• 2 Line In for jamming along or listening to music
• Speaker emulated Line Out for ‘silent’ practice or recording
• 1x 12″ speaker producing true Blackstar tones
• Stereo playback of Line In sources through headphones
• Effects Loop