It’s the pilgrimage that every music gear-head loves, the NAMM Winter Show. Every year in January, the world gets to see a heap of hot new products and announcements all from Los Angeles, USA. So, you’d be excused if you were confused by NAMM this year, it went completely virtual and the name
Carmen Vandenberg has secured her first signature model amplifier with Blackstar, the CV30, a 2 channel, 1 x 12″ combo valve amp. Vandeberg’s bold and brash riffs in Bones UK vary from a more traditional driven blues tone to crazed industrial distortion, relying heavily on
Blackstar amplification have just released the third reiteration of their best-selling amp series, the ID:CORE V3 and we were lucky enough to have a play. The ID:CORE V3 series consists of small format, digital amplifiers with an array of tones and effects using a very
Yes it’s been a year most of us would rather forget. Amongst the rollercoaster that has been 2020, there has been a number of amazing music gear releases that have kept the creative juices flowing for those that have been in lock-down and isolated. Noisegate’s
Innovative guitar amp company Blackstar have set a new benchmark in compact, acoustic guitar amplification with the new Acoustic: Core 30. Thanks to its advanced sonics, easy-to-use layout and stacks of professional features. The Acoustic: Core’s design is based on Blackstar’s world-renowned ID: Core digital
While the world is on pause for live shows, we’re sitting comfortably at home left to our own devices. Thankfully, Blackstar has such devices including the ID: Core B.E.A.M to keep us entertained and inspired. Consider the B.E.A.M to be a central hub to amplify
Noisegate recently ran a Livestream for Source Audio’s launch in Australia and Tascam’s new VSR264 Livestream AV encoder/decoder was the heart of the production. The VSR264 is a professional streaming unit the encodes and decodes audio and video together for a variety of streaming platforms
UK Guitar Amp Gurus Blackstar have just announced the ‘Unity Elite’ line of bass amps. A 700-watt head combined with the range of 3 cabinets brings the Blackstar bass offering into the gigging realm. Forward-thinking features and clean aesthetics instantly make you take this line
Blackstar have released a new MIDI/USB Foot controller and it’s unexpectedly awesome. Foot controllers aren’t something musicians get excited about often but this one manages to get a lot of things right (including the sub $300 AUD price) and it genuinely fills a niche in
In this, the 3rd and final part of our Blackstar Tone Series Steve uses the handy USB out of the UNITY 250 and lays down a quick slap line on the ‘Modern’ channel using the Spector Euro 5 LT bass guitar.