Blackstar HT CLUB 40 Manual Del Propietário página 4

Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this Blackstar HT Club 40 amplifier. Like all our products,
this amp is the result of countless hours of painstaking Research and Development
by our world-class design team. Based in Northampton (UK), the Blackstar team
are all experienced musicians themselves and the sole aim of the development
process is to provide guitarists with products which are the ultimate tools for self
expression.
All Blackstar products are subjected to extensive laboratory and road testing to
ensure that they are truly uncompromising in terms of reliability, quality and above all
TONE.
The HT Club 40's highly flexible two channel design features the unique ISF (Infinite
Shape Feature) control and although it has a comprehensive control set, it is still
simple and intuitive to use. Please read through this handbook carefully to ensure
you get the maximum benefit from your new Blackstar product.
If you like what you hear and want to find out more about the Blackstar range of
products please visit our website at www.blackstaramps.com.
Thanks!
The Blackstar Team
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Features
The HT Club 40 is a highly versatile amplifier suited to a wide range of playing styles
and situations.
The Clean Channel has two modes, 'boutique' and 'modern' and its own Tone
control provides a wide range of clean tones. The Voice switch reconfigures both the
preamplifier voicing and gain structure, and the power amplifier damping, to
reproduce either ringing Class A Performance in the 'boutique' mode, or very clean
and tight Class AB tones in the 'modern' setting.
The Overdrive Channel has its own EQ section and a Voice switch which allows the
character of the channel to be changed, providing a wide variety of overdriven tones.
The channel is characterised by a tone which is high in gain, but lacks any of the
detached top-end 'fizz' often found in similar designs. This is a result of unique
preamplifier and power amplifier shaping techniques, which also benefit the player
in the way the overdrive cleans up beautifully as the guitar volume is reduced. Even
at the most extreme settings, the overdrive channel remains natural sounding.
The Patent-Applied-For ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) control is unique to Blackstar
Amplification and represents a major step forward in tone shaping flexibility. The ISF
control shifts the response of the three control tone stack between a US type
response at one end, and at the other a UK type response. Importantly, in between
the two extremes, lie an infinite number of alternative tone choices that would be
otherwise unavailable.
The HT Club 40 also features a completely natural sounding digital reverb, which is
outstandingly musical on both clean and crunch tones and raises the benchmark for
guitar amplifier specific reverb design. A Dark/Bright switch allows the overall reverb
characteristics to be modified to suit different tastes and playing styles.
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