The Blackstar HT Club MKII 50W Guitar Amplifier Headis an amplifier head designed for electric guitars. Utilizing dual EL34 power tubes and a preamp powered by two ECC83 tubes, the amplifier projects 50W of clean or distorted guitar tone, enough to fill a medium-sized venue.

The HT Club has two channels, each equipped with two voicing modes to craft your tone. The Clean channel has two voicing modes. One voicing mode mimics a classic British tone with increased middle and top end, and can be overdriven at higher volume settings. The other mode has a tighter sound with greater bass response and cleaner headroom, more akin to an American-style clean amplifier.

For additional distorted sounds, the Overdrive channel has its own traditional tone stack consisting of Bass, Middle, and Treble controls, as well as dual voicing modes. When the Voice switch is in the out position, the overdrive takes on a classic crunchy tonality with a tight response. Press the Voice switch in, and the amp will apply more mid-band gain, adding more body for a smoother sound with a looser response.

To complement the traditional tone stack on the overdrive channel, the HT Club 50 MKII includes Blackstar's ISF for an additional layer of tone control. The ISF shifts the response of the tone stack between a US-type response with tighter bottom end and more aggressive mids at one end, and a less-aggressive, more woody UK-type response on the other. Between the two extremes lies an infinite number of alternative tone choices.

The HT Club features a natural-sounding digital reverb that enhances the amp's clean and dirty tones. A Dark/Light switch allows the overall reverb characteristics to be modified and adjusted for different tastes and playing styles, while a power reduction control lets you reduce power handling down to 10% of full wattage, making playing at low levels no less powerful for the lack of volume. Additional amenities on the rear panel of the amp include an effects loop which can be configured for -10 dBV or +4 dBu, depending on the type of equipment being run in the loop. For studio recording and larger venues, a cabinet-voiced direct-out sends a line-level signal, which can be routed to an audio interface or a mixing board, precluding the need for a microphone. For this purpose, XLR and 1/4" jacks are both provided.

You can also use the amp's USB port to route digital audio to your recording interface. In this operation, the HT Club 50 MKII provides four discrete outputs: stereo emulated (left channel), stereo emulated (right channel), preamp output (for use with your own effects and cabinet IRs), and a dry signal.

The amp features a panoply of external speaker jacks, as well as an included footswitch for changing between channels and voicings. For expanded footswitch usage, make use of Blackstar's separately-available five switch footswitch.

50W Tube Amplifier Head    2 ECC83 Tubes & 2 EL34 Tubes    Clean & Overdrive Channels    2 Voices Per Channel    Master Volume Control    Digital Reverb with Dark/Light Switch    Power Reduction Control    Onboard FX Loop & Emulated Speaker Outs    3 x 1/4" Speaker Outs at 8 & 16 Ohms    Includes 2-Way Footswitch

• 50W power handling
• Tube compliment of 2 ECC83 and 2 EL34 
• Two footswitchable channels
• Four footswitchable voices
• Boutique clean channel with expanded tone controls over original model
• High-gain overdrive channel
• Patented Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
• Power reduction down to 10% of full wattage
• Master volume
• Digital reverb with Dark/Light switch
• Speaker-emulated output with 1 x 12" or 4 x 12" voicing
• Effects loop with effects level switch
• USB for recording
• 2-way footswitch included

Related Questions and Answers

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A: This bag will not hold the Kork Minilogue XD

Q: 2. Hello, Is it 2.5 or 3.5 inches height? Thanks!

A: This is 2.5" H.

Q: 3. Does this have orange accented zipper tags? I've seen it with and without online

A: The current G-Club Control Messenger-Style bags come with black zipper tags as pictured on our site. Anything you might've seen on a different website is most likely an older product photo.

Q: 4. Blackstone used to make a Fly 3 Acoustic version. Will this take its place and perform similarly?

A: The Blackstar FLY 3 CHARGE 3W Mini Rechargeable Guitar Amplifier with Bluetooth is not a replacement for the Blackstar FLY 103 Acoustic amplifier, as it is designed for electric guitar only. If an acoustic guitar is connected to it, you may experience feedback issues.

Q: 5. Will it work on my sony alpha to connect my airpods to monitor audio?

A: No. This is a Bluetooth receiver, so it can receive Bluetooth audio and send it out through its 3.5mm jack, but it cannot send Bluetooth audio to devices like headphones or Airpods.

Q: 6. Two-part question: the photos show this sound bar without any wires for connection to the tv or power. (I know there's a possibility to stream bluetooth from your phone, but I'm assuming the tv needs a wired connection.) Also, the back of the speaker has an "HDMI out" but only an "optical" TV in. Am I assuming correctly that you can connect to the TV with an ordinary HDMI cable, and that it's self-powered and plugs into an outlet? Thanks for any help for this sound bar newbie and sorry for the ridiculous questions!

A: This unit does require power- see specs below for connectivity options. Connectivity Inputs 1 x Optical TOSLINK USB Ports 1 x USB (Version Unspecified AC Input Power 120 VAC, 60 Hz Key Features 2-Channel Configuration Up to 120W of Total Power Bluetooth Audio Streaming S-Force Surround Sound Technology 1 x Optical-In / 1 x USB-In HDMI ARC Audio Includes Optical Cable

Q: 7. Why is this labeled as an 85" tripod when the description says 57.7"?

A: Without the center column raised it is 58", with the center column raised, the max height is 85".

Q: 8. Does this device allow two Bluetooth connections at the same time? Such as iPod and phone?

A: The Blackstar Tone:Link is only able to link with a single device at a time.

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Q: 10. can you add speakers to tjhe system?

A: Power is only two channel you will not be able to add more speakers to this system