Blackstar St. James 50 EL34 50w 1x12 Guitar Combo Amp

When it comes to tone and that all-important ‘feel’ factor, great tube amps rightfully remain the ‘gold standard’. The trouble is that great ones capable of delivering 50 Watts or more are all back-breakingly heavy. Until now… enter St. James Series – the lightest 50 Watt tube guitar amps on earth.

In addition to the obvious tonal differences between EL34 and 6L6 power tubes, both of the St. James designs are honed to their own particular use case. The St. James EL34 is the amp for Classic tones combining world-class British Crunch and jaw-dropping, very US-sounding Cleans. The 6L6 version has the same clean headroom, but this is coupled with Blackstar’s highest gain Overdrive circuit to date.

St. James amps are packed with cutting-edge features to deliver class-leading recording performance. From 50W, 2W and SAG switchable power modes, to an inbuilt reactive load that routes the post-power tube output signal to the amp’s three direct recording outputs (XLR, Stereo Line-Out and USB) for truly authentic ‘amp-in-a-room: feel. The sound from these recording outputs is derived from Blackstar’s state-of-the-art and fully customisable IR based CabRig™ DSP speaker simulator.

• 50W 1x12 combo (28 lb)
• 2 x EL34 and 2x ECC83
• Inbuilt reactive load with CabRig DSP
• Classic low gain pedal platform with +10dB clean boost