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Although my favourite current band is Black Stone Cherry and I grew up on a diet of 70s 80s rock I now find myself playing a sixties tribute band playing pop songs such as the Searchers and The Byrds etc.
My Blackstar gives me the classic cleaner and slightly overdriven sounds I need and I love it. Works great with my 12 string as well.

Very cool Covkid...I agree. I love/use the clean channel on my HT-20 with various pedals. Sounds great IMHO.

Normaly use a Les Paul through my HT 5R with a Boss Multi Effects pedal - great for most small venues and has now replaced my Marshall JTM60 2 x 12's Combo. Much lighter and better sound. I also play in an acoustic band and I've started using my Ovation Elite through the amp - what an amazing warm sound, back off the guitar vol a bit and through the clean channel and it sounds gorgeous. Played at a gig last night and sound guy wanted me to go through the PA, asked hm to put mic in front of the HT 5, beautiful sound!!

On Sunday just gone we recorded these songs live in a warehouse, then played along to them to film a promotional video just to try and get some local gigs. I used my Club HT40 via the Speaker Emulation output straight into the sound mans stuff. I apologise in advance for the lack of guitar heroics and my inability to move like a normal human being.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTTV92F6 ... x3o1O3gfFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuR9ysxc ... x3o1O3gfFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxlnpILc ... x3o1O3gfFg
Hope you like them,
Cheers,
Paul

Awesome job Paul,

It's great to see/hear more clips of the Venue series in 'clean' mode. I'm consistently surprised by those who consider the clean channel to be sterile. Very nice indeed.

Thanks Sonofarich,

When I decided to pick up a guitar again last year after 16 years of not playing at all, I went to a local music shop and asked for advice. They said that the Blackstar HT40 would we the right one for me and should cover me for most band options. I was hoping to eventually join a general rock covers band but this 60s cover band came up instead so the overdrive channel hardly gets used. If I could make my purchase all over again I would just get the 60w version to give me more headroom but I would stay with Blackstar.

Update to my own thread:

I upgraded to the Soloist 60 and its given me more head room as just about everything I do is on the clean channel. Our videos are on www.60sretro.co.uk No guitar heroics I am afraid just rhythm playing.

Very nice playing mate.
Doesn't have to be widdly shredding to be good IMO.

I'm also a "less heavy" user of an HT series, although usually a bit heavier than you... more 70s-80s punk/goth style in the current band, but I do use and like the clean channel of my HT20-H. Clean channel on the 20 does a nice breaking-up 50s style rock n roll sound at gig volume as well Almost impossible to get any breakup at all on the clean channel at acceptable house volume.

The HTs get some bad press for having some solid-state components, but I bought mine because I like the sound of it and the price wasn't silly. They're not just for the metalheads!

Rob

Hi Paul,

Saw you play at Brandon Club a few months ago - great 60's cover band. Keep up the good work.

John

Really good job. You have captured the sound superbly.
What is the guitar you play, sounds just right for the period.
Also, i really admire the minimalist approach, less is definitely more. Great stuff.