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HT club 40 mk 2 classic: problems with fs14. Bad amp batch?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:07 pm
by dr_j
Hi there,

A few weeks ago, I purchased a brand new ht club 40 special edition, the one in tolexe blonde. At the same time, I bought an FS14 footswitch. Upon trying it out, the switch didn’t work; there wasn’t any LED illumination on the switch or anything (note the two way switch that came with the amp works fine).

I took the switch into the store where I bought the amp and they tried it with a non classic version of the same amp and it worked fine. So they ordered a brand new replacement amp for me, again the classic. Arrived. Tried it out. Exactly the same issue.

Spoke to blackstar technical support and they recommended I take the amp into the store together with the switch so that i could try it out in the store. I did that, and still, nothing. The sales guy was as baffled as me.

We then thought perhaps it was a dodgy fs14 even though it worked with one of their other amps in store. So they ordered me a replacement fs14. Tried it out. Still doesn’t work.

So this seems to be an issue with the special edition blonde version of this amp. I’ve either been extremely unlucky and two brand new amps have exactly the same fault or, more likely I think, there is a problem with the whole batch at the blackstar distribution center?

Can anyone help or suggest a good course of action?

Thanks in advance. I love the sound of the amp and its look and would love to get the fs14 working with it!

Cheers,
Ben.

Re: HT club 40 mk 2 classic: problems with fs14. Bad amp batch?

Posted: Fri May 06, 2022 4:33 am
by CauZion
Exactly the same thing with my HT Club 50 MKII. Now I have two FS-14 and none of them work.

Re: HT club 40 mk 2 classic: problems with fs14. Bad amp batch?

Posted: Fri May 06, 2022 5:55 am
by CauZion
The original post is old, but for those looking for a solution, I had the same issue, bought another FS-14 and same thing.

Based on a post from someone at the official Blackstar forum, I've decided to try something similar.

After almost giving up on this issue, what I did worked.

I turned the POWER ON (but NOT the standby), waited for about 2min30sec and the LEDs turned ON. Then I turned the standby on. I did it several times in the last hour and it worked every single time. Let's see what happens in the next days.

Sometimes it takes less time and other times it takes more. So, it always worked waiting max 2min45sec BEFORE turning on the standby

Re: HT club 40 mk 2 classic: problems with fs14. Bad amp batch?

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 1:46 am
by Rdyman33
Just got the HT Club50 MKII. Same problem. FS-14 does not work, although the included two-button does function. I tried the 'fix' mentioned earlier, but to no avail. Any ideas? Thanks.