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I have the HT-Dist and to be honest thats plenty of gain when turned up, but it can also be dialled back for a more classic rock tone. The HT-Distx is a great pedal and has an awesome tone and a great high gain sound, I just found that when I wound the gain back it didn't clean up as much as the HT-...

To be honest, even though its a one channel amp, stick the HT Dist in front of it and the Artisan shits all over the Carvin for tone and power...
Soon as the V3 gets to higher gain it gets fizzy and horrible, the Artisan just stays full loud and pleasant.

I'm a total Blackstar convert...

Hi all, just thought I'd introduce myself as I have recently become the very very proud owner of a Blackstar Artisan 100 head and cab :) Got it in a trade for a Carvin V3 and Marshall cab. I think I got the seriously good end of the deal here. Just got myself a HT Dist as well and I am in tone heave...