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Blackstar Full Revalve Kits / Blackstar Series One 104 Classic 6L6GC Retro Full Upgrade Kit
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All prices contained on this page are exclusive of VAT. This is currently charged at 20% and is payable by the UK only.
All prices contained on this page are exclusive of VAT. This is currently charged at 20% and is payable by the UK only.
Blackstar guitar amplifiers have quite rightly caused a major buzz in the music industry since their launch back in 2007. By upgrading the valves to our selected sets customers have been able to voice their amps to their personal requirements. Customers have reported a range of benefits when upgrading the valves over the factory items.
Here we have listed our most common upgrades using current production and the best new old stock items to help you get the most out of these fine Blackstar amplifiers.
Blackstar Series One Classic Harma Retro upgrade kit provides a traditional American clean sound with top end clarity and top end punch. When using high gain settings this will enable you to get the best out of your Blackstar. This kit gives you the traditional American voiced sound with more top end bite and less fizz when using modern high gain settings.The Harma ECC83 Retro provides a harmonically rich and detailed sound with excellent 3D midrange warmth. This valve has a traditional British voiced sound that has a huge singing sustaining tone when overdriven. The outstanding feature of this valve is its smooth linear midrange response and extended frequency response so you get smooth warm overdrive with tight fat punchy lows.
The Harma ECC82 Retro overdrives very evenly and does not fall apart when you saturate the amplifier. The valve improves the amplifier as it removes the grainy unmusical fuzz that is displayed by many modern ECC82 in the Blackstar. This valve adds fatness and midrange warmth to the Blackstar sound.
The Harma 6L6GC Retro is modelled on the famous Sylvania STR 387 6L6GC and it shares many of the same sound features. In clean mode the valve breaks up later than the stock 6L6GC and gives an improved clean sound. The design also has an extended treble response so can provide more clean sparkle also cater for the modern high gain sound.
In the overdrive stakes the Harma 6L6GC-Retro showed it was a real top performer as
It completely captures the classic rock sound. It provides a nice balanced overdrive sound which allowed clear sustained notes to cut through the mix. It was punchy and well balanced on chords and open voicing. They also cleaned up very easily when using the Les Paul volume control and could provide all the sounds from a nice crunch to all out high gain distortion. Tight well defined bass with plenty of slam completed the picture. This is one excellent modern 6L6GC type for clean through to high gain American rock.
The kit consists of
4 Specially Selected Harma ECC83 Retro
1 Specially Selected & Balanced Harma ECC82 Retro
4 Specially Selected and matched Harma 6L6GC Retro
Please note that the kit is for the valves only
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