Blackstar HT Venue Stage 60 MK III 2x12" 60W Tube Combo Amplifier HTV60212

The HT Stage 60 212 MK III guitar amp's selected duet of EL34s deliver 60W of glorious valve power through two high quality Celestion speakers, making for a combo that will deliver every night, even in the most testing live environment. The 'boutique' style clean channel is extremely versatile with two modes - 'British Class-A' and 'dynamic US'. Each of the two ISF equipped overdrive channels allows a further two modes. The Power Reduction feature allows further flexibility, by allowing the guitarist to attenuate to 10 percent of the 60 watts of power also making the HT Stage 60 MK III perfect for the home and studio use.HT Venue Series MK IIIOur multi-award winning valve line raises the benchmark again.Boutique Cleans and Modern OverdrivesHT Venue is renowned for combining class-leading boutique cleans with modern high gain overdrives without compromise.The Clean channel, though simple in appearance, offers vast versatility in producing classic clean and crunch tones. Both Voices utilize an ECC83 / 12AX7 valve exclusively for producing any valve compression or crunch.The Overdrive channels have evolved from the original Series One range. The topology shares the same basic building blocks in the gain structure and tonal shaping and includes the cascaded gain stages of an ECC83 / 12AX7 double triode valve.Two distinct Voices on each channelEach Voice is far more than a minor tweak to the sound. With HT Venue MK III, each Voice switch introduces comprehensive circuit alterations in both preamp and power amp to recreate authentic reference tones without compromise. This includes EQ voicing, tone stack position in the circuit, the gain, and power amp damping. Achieve diverse tonal options with the flick of a single switch!CabRig IR based speaker simulator technologyCabRig, our class-leading IR based DSP speaker simulator comes as standard, offering hundreds of different cabinet, mic, and room settings. Save your favorites to three presets for easy access directly from the amplifier. Switch into standby for 'silent' recording or silent stage use. The USB-C port lets you send channels (clean/dry, preamp out, stereo emulated out) to your DAW, ensuring the easiest way to capture authentic valve tone in recordings.What's in a Venue?Until HT Venue, guitarists had to choose between an amp that delivered great clean tones, or great overdrives. Our mission for HT Venue was to use what we learned when designing the Artisan hand wired boutique amps and the modern high gain Series One and combine the best clean and overdrives into a single valve amp; a valve amp that would give players classic reference tones in one unit - without compromise.Incorporating everything we've learned since the original in 2010, the new MK III refines the tones, the components and even the look. To match the way you play today we've brought modern recording and connectivity to a traditional valve amp, including CabRig, our class-leading IR based DSP speaker simulator software, plus a