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Im not gigging at the moment but will get the iridium when i go back, your amps sound fanttastic

wow, that is pretty messed up!!! I have never tried any backstar product, probably because of all the negative reviews about their sound and quality...now I never will...will maybe have to try one of Thomas' AMP 1 amps...great video guys!!!

Not nice but let’s remember how Blackstar started. A group of breakaway employees from Marshall. Thomas Blug is a small business that prides itself on its owners understanding and wizardry knowledge of amplification. I hope he can take them to the cleaners, sue them up hill and down dale Thomas! God only knows what they were thinking? Like many others my loyalty is with Thomas, I will never buy a Blackstar product!

I got one and it sounds shitty, doesnt have a buffer. I got it cheap, so I guess I can flip it. Missed out on the Tumnus Deluxe GE

Guitars sent to distributors (Long & McQuade for example) are able to acclimate to the region (hotter/colder) then get set-up and checked over. It's a great service and keeps up on the quality assurance. Buying and having the guitar shipped (climates are very different even within 500miles). So shipped guitars can have issues due to wood shrinking/expanding as it travels across countries.

I am an Italian who by chance tried his amp for two years, what can I say, fantastic, but above all Tomas is a person I have admired for many years as a musician but above all as an honest man. He puts all his passion and professionalism into spreading his philosophy, great man.❤

It is not overhyped!!!! And I say this because I sell one on reverb! Worth every penny!!! Get yours today!

But Here in Russia I can not buy BluGuitar Amp1 And I can buy that Blackstar Amped. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Blackstar always seemed lame and bland. I didn't realise they were also copycats. I had no positive opinion of them but now it is negative

GO TO KENDRICK AMPS USA THEY HAVE ONLINE COURSE ALTHOUGH WE LOST GERALD THIS YEAR HIS LEGACY FOR COURSE WILL BE CARRIED ON ONE HAND BEHIND BACK DRAIN THOSE CAPS

Didn't Thomas patent his things so that they wouldn't simply be copied by other companies?

Tiho is the best! All my Guitars have Q Pickups inside. Never was disappointed!

I never have or will play blackstar. Blackstar isn’t known for longevity or QC

Black Star I think belongs to Lee Andertons

Here in Lisbon Portugal, almost no one. But then again thirty years from now, I'll probably be dead 😉

the same jokers who didnt fix our old vcrs, crt tvs.

It is not just in the future, depending on where you are, it is now. I am right in the middle of Germany (Frankfurt) and since our last local tube amp expert, the great Thomas Reußenzehn passed away, just as it happened with our only great guitar tech (Peter Coura) as few years earlier, you can not get anything done here. I have to drive 60 miles to get a guitar pot changed - and since the few good technicians are completely booked, my last pot swap took 7 weeks. I have a problem with a Fuchs ODS II amp since three years. I emailed 11 amp repair shops throughout Germany with a full problem description and schematics, and have not received one single reply - they don't want it, as they most likely can't handle it. If you email the same companies for an overhaul and a tube change, you get a reply within minutes, offering the most esoteric magical tube sets for hundreds of Euros.

@UncleDoug is another fantastic resource in this field! People like us who are interested in this stuff will be grateful for his content in the coming years!

Hi, enjoyed this podcast. Do you have the tone setting list available for download please?

cool but why a 10min video with NO sound demo lmao

The older hand wired amps were made in Vietnam.

I think I can speak for a lot of people. We have dabbled with with Blackstar. We've even owned one of their amps. But then the shine wears off, the midrange honk of a cocked wah, which seems to be a signature sound, gets a little old, and you move on. But after this conversation, there's absolutely no way for me to respect them again. No chance.

Never liked Blackstar. I’ve owned a couple and they always sounded dull. Its like a branch of the worst era of Marshall.

Tiho makes really good stuff.

Thomas Blug all the way, this dude is the real deal

I wish Thomas all the best. I wish he could sue and win. I've wanted one for so long. Best Regards and Best Wishes!

Thomas...greed ruins EVERYTHING !!! Blackstar, you suck !!!!

No problem! The Blackstar „Amped 1“ is a complete failure!

Check out the Thomas Blug signature V6 guitar.... Maybe he should think twice about moaning about being ripped off.

Yes, totaly overhyped. I´ve bought one and after one week I´ve send it back, because its cramp. The Nobels ODR-1 is so much better. Have comparison and decide.

Guys omg I just found out that Leo Fender ripped of RCA's valve amp designs. What a crime.

I own a Blackstar HT-20 combo and love it - but I def will not be supporting their ‘pedal amp’ efforts. What a shame to hear…

I stumbled on the BluGuitar Amp1 recently through some comments on other channels. And, I'm hooked. I've had mine for a week now. It really does have that "feel" you want from an amp because it is an amp. I haven't played a live gig with it yet. But, from what others have said, it's great live.

Es hat zu lange gedauert In der Branche müssen die Produkte schneller auf den Markt

Oh - you’re aiming/striving to get over 2 hours per episode … ? Why?!

Some RUclipsrs gush about every product, though. They are total shills. I do think that is more common in the Synth YT space, than the guitar space … but it happens in both …

I think you skipped the metalfaces / JMPs, too … which were an important phase between the JTM and the 800 …

Marshall can’t get another amp maker to collab/make amps for them … that’s like a singer getting someone else to sing their record … They could hire someone to design amps for them - either as an employee or an independent contractor (under an NDA).

The lifestyle brand is only really worth anything because of its association with the music/rock image … If “Marshall” loses that association, then so does their lifestyle products … So they do need to do what he’s saying they’re going to do; though, whether they actually do it or not, is another thing … They need to lift their amp game, so they can continue selling high-margin, dog-shite earphones to overpaid posers in large numbers …

The standards made by Gibson are nothing like the quality of their heritage. Same for fender. The custom shop quality Today is what you'd get if you bought your average standard back in the day.

That's s pretty bad move by Blackstar. Thomas is a good friend of Uli Jon Roth, who had promoted his amps in the past. Uli also endorses Blackstar amps. I wonder what he might have to say about it ?

Thomas Blug is a genious. Once I tried the BluGuitar amp1 mercury the search for tone was over. I’ve used the amp1 with the blubox on so many recordings and it always sounds incredible. Really excited for the release of the new AmpX. ❤

Very cool episode 👏 Thanks for sharing all those insights on what happens behind the scenes 🙏 Also, you have to give credit to Frank for his perfect impression of Donald Trump 😁 Didn't see that one coming!

Henning, what you are missing about the brands is, that in electronics it is about the design of the original product. As long as this does not change (because parts are not available anymore), it is easy to produce the same product you loved in the past also in the future, with different people, different factories, ... (might be that the quality control is bad or that the company is less yield, which then you need to decide whether it is worth doing the QC for the company). So, if I want the old Marshall or a AKG C414, then buy still from the company that holds the original design. This does usually not leave with the people, it is the companies intellectual property. At the end, it is all about the product, not the company, the logo, nor the people that counts. If I have the choice between several products that serves my purpose the same way, then I can have a look at the people behind to choose the right one from an ethical point of view (or personal point of view or costs or whatever you might rank the highest). But just because I like some people, I will not buy their product. Neither, will I buy a new AKG or Marshall design just because of the brands name, if the product is not what I am looking for. The ethical point of view can also be completed decoupled here and it is totally fine not to buy from any brand that behaves unethically - period (as some people do not buy from amazon for this reason).

One of the reasons I like Henning's channel is that I enjoy how much thought goes into the video and how thorough he is. If I am seriously considering a piece of gear, he and Philip McKnight are my go-to channels to help try to accurately understand the product. I also remember when he had his student on some videos. He's right, that comment section was bad. I despise that youtube promotes people using clickbait titles because in 6 months there isn't a way to find that video. I remember talking to some other people about a youtuber who focuses on newer players and he made a video about how important it was to learn to play using triads on the e, B, and G and why that's so important and nobody teaches beginners that. I tried to point people to that video but I couldn't find it because it was lost in the sea of clickbait. Like me and 3 other people all tried finding the video and couldn't find it. RUclips needs to allow creators to make a clickbait title for a week or whatever and then it reverts to a descriptive title.

GS6 is coming!!! Venn diagram = mathgina

Would have assumed this kind of behavior from some copycats in far east. But Blackstar has positioned themselves as a genuine British company. Shameless seems to be the right word.

For me a persons personal opinion doesn't sway me (paid shill or not). I simply want to see the guitar, hear the guitar and get the specs. So unless they are straight up lying I usually find the vid informative.

I'm extremely cautious with my money! Except with guitars. I own 5 guitars all worth between 2 and 4k because "that's what i want"

2 days to watch this episode… 😂 but it was definitely worth it. Great job as usual. Also as a luthier that, amongst other things, has set up guitars and basses for more than 20 years, 21th century GIBSON are the worst. It’s a risky task that puts my reputation on the line. “How can my guitar be bad if I spent more than 3000€ on it” followed by “it must be you the problem” is something all luthiers dread…