Blackstar HT-20RH MkII tube guitar amp head

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Blackstar HT-20RH MkII tube guitar amp head
Product no: 9000-0049-0561 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Since some situations demand a little more than 5 watts of power, Blackstar have added the 20-watt HT-20RH amp head to their HT MkII amplifier series. As you'd expect from the British amplifier manufacturing giants, it oozes quality and versatility. The control panel makes it easy to dial in different sounds, which may go some way to explain why Blackstar amps are used for such a wide range of music genres. If you need to record or connect to a PA, there's a USB port and a balanced output that both feature speaker simulation.

HT-20RH: sparkling and loose or punchy and aggressive

With this amp head, you have the choice of a clean or overdriven channel which can be toggled by using the footswitch that comes with it. Both channels have a voice button that can be pushed to change your sound from British to American. When using the clean channel, you can opt for the loose brilliance of the British or a tighter, more bass-rich, American sound. Moving into overdrive, you have the choice of punchy aggression from the US or the tasty crunch of the UK. All of this can, of course, be finely tuned with the ISF knob and there's studio-quality reverb on board too.

Specifications

Product features

Connectors Aux-in, External speaker(s), Footswitch, Headphone, Line-out, USB
Number of channels 2
Number of speaker outputs 3
Amp modelling no
Sustainable product not specified
Effects loop yes
Weight 5 - 9.9 kg
Speaker output impedance 16 Ohms, 8 Ohms
Built-in tuner no
Built-in effects reverb (digital)
Colour black
Power attenuator yes
Amplifier type tube
Amplifier valve EL84
Power in Watts 16 - 20 Watts

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 11,3 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging) 65,0 x 32,0 x 29,5 cm

Product specifications

  • Blackstar guitar amplifier head
  • series: HT
  • model: HT-20R MkII
  • type of amplifier: tube
  • power output: 20 W
  • number of channels: 2
  • number of voices: 4
  • Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
  • attenuator: 2 W / 20 W
  • power amp tubes: 2x EL84
  • preamp tube: 2x ECC83
  • controls: master, reverb, ISF, treble, middle, bass, volume, gain, tone, volume, effect loop level
  • switches: power, 2W / 20W, 2x voice, od select, 4x12 / 1x12
  • connectors:
    • mono jack input
    • 3x mono jack speaker output (1x 8 ohms / 1x 16 ohms, 2x 16 ohms)
    • XLR DI output (1x12 / 4x12 speaker emulation)
    • jack line out / phones (1x12 / 4x12 speaker emulation)
    • mono jack mono FX loop with level switch
    • jack footswitch
    • stereo mini jack MP3 / line in
    • USB output for recording
  • dimensions: 46.7 x 22.2 x 19.4 cm
  • weight: 9.5 kg
  • included: 2-button footswitch

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Blackstar HT-20RH MKIII 20W Guitar Amplifier Head

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Order now and receive delivery within approx. 5 business days
Recommended price £872.00
£619.00
Sustainable product not specified
amplifier type tube
Power in Watts 16 - 20 Watts
Speaker output impedance 16 Ohms, 8 Ohms, 4 Ohms
number of speaker outputs 3
weight not specified
number of channels 2
Amplifier valve EL84
amp modelling no
built-in tuner no
built-in effects reverb (digital)
power attenuator yes
effects loop yes
Connectors Aux-in, External speaker(s), Footswitch, Headphone, Line-out, USB
colour black
Complete ~
Original packaging ~
Condition of product ~

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