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After deliberating whether I wanted to spend £800 on a 1x12 JVM combo (and then potentially need an extension cab in bigger venues) I managed to find a shop soiled HT60 Stage for £100 less then retail price (apparently the owner of the shop had taken it out the box to record a demo - still got all p...

I did what I call a '3rd Party' demo in a shop the other week. It`s basically when I get the shop dude to play stuff to give an overall impression of the amp without the tone being coloured with my own playing style. I was impressed by all to be honest, some really good sustain from the HT`s though,...

Can`t remember to be honest, can`t check now, I sold the pedal a couple of weeks ago.

I think it`s a worthwhile change though. I didn`t think there was enough treble on the Distx.

Has anyone played the HT20 or 40 in a pub sized venue at all?

The 40 would cope fine, I`d really prefer the 20 head, but I suppose I could whack another 1x12 under the HT40.

I`m going to shoot them out against a JVM next week, I`ll let you know how it goes.

For info, I put (I think it was) a TungSol or an EH 12AX7 in a Blackstar DistX and it opened the EQ right up. It was a much better pedal after IMO.

I did think about that, but I was a bit nervous about clean headroom from the 20 watter. How is it? I`ve just started gigging again after a 9 year gap, and I mainly used to use 50 watt Marshalls back then, so was a bit concerned about the 20 watter breaking up to early, 20 watts in a tube amp in the...

I`m in for a new gigging amp, and I`m torn between a 50watt JVM 1x12 combo, a HT40 or one of the HT60`s. I`d love the HT60 in just head format, that would be perfect, it`s a damn shame they don`t make one. I`m mainly worried about the weight of the thing as it will be in and out of practice rooms an...

My little 35kg Blackstar buddy with its little 35kg Fender Twin... My S1-45 is a heavy beast, but it is not a match for my '68 Twin. The Twin is a real back breaker, but then it does have an additional huge transformer to convert 110v to 240v (bought new in the USA without a multi-voltage selector ...