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Thanks for reply.
Need to go and try them. Prob the 60 but I might look at the head as I have a small 5 watt tube amp (Kit from Ampmaker) which has a G30 Celestion in it which I could wire up and use it as a cab.

Hi All Recently sold my HT5 as I just couldn't get the sounds I wanted. Clean was OK but OD channel was either too clean or raspy/brittle overdrive. It went back to Blackstar twice but didn't improve either time apart from when they fitted a new resistor. Maybe I got a dud or it just wasn't for me. ...

Hi I have an HT5R Head with an HTV112 cab. Swapped the preamp for a 12AY7 (Electro Harmonix) it certainly cuts the gain on the OD channel but the clean channel suffers a bit in the warmth. The preamp is a little sod to get out, someone on here suggested using a rubber glove, which works but be caref...

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What make of tube did you use?

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What make of tube did you get?

forgot to ask but did you notice a volume drop ?
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Hi There Good post. What make of tube did you use? I put a 12AY7 in mine and it def lowered the gain, but put stock one back in as I`m considering trading it in for a HT20 studio mainly because it has a master volume. Stock OD on mine is a bit harsh, playing through an HTV112 with a Celestion Vintag...

Thanks for reply Crunchifyable. I bought a Zoom G3 multi pedal last year and once the initial novelty wore off I was a tad disappointed with it to be honest. Maybe its me not using it properly, it cant do the four cable method so I am told also I am not 100% sure which parts of my HT5 I am using whe...

Thanks again for replies. Any of you using the ID 60, or are you all on the 260?

Thanks all for replies. Will the 260 sound fuller than the 60, I suppose it will with two speakers? Just seen the new ID Core range with stereo feature but it doesn't seem to have the versatility of ID60/260 Need to go and give it a try I suppose. Would be sorry to lose my HT5 but ease of use is a b...