Blackstar

Vertical 2x12" Cabinet with Open/Close back, designed to match the St. James 50 6L6 Head. The unique Celestion Zephyr lightweight ferrite speaker, candlenut plywood cabinet design go together to create a 212 cabinet that is less than half the weight of a traditional 2x12" cabinet. Vertical 2x12 cabinet (13.6kg) 2x 12" Celestion Zephyr speakers Removable rear panel for open/close back Black tolex & 'silver birch' fret

We had two main goals in designing the St. James amplifiers. The first, was to produce a range of heads and combos that were the lightest available while retaining the essential elements of traditional valve amps, with no compromise in tone or performance; something guitarists have been requesting for decades. The second, to include everything within one box to enable staggeringly authentic mic’d cabinet sounds direct to stage box or recording device. This has been achieved by using the full signal path of the amp (including power valves) to drive into a genuine reactive load, which is then passed through Cab Rig, our proprietary state-of-the-art DSP section to provide almost limitless variations of cab/speaker/mic/room simulations. As has been the design philosophy of Blackstar from the beginning, these products have been designed by referencing the sounds of traditional and modern valve guitar amps, but we are not enslaved by old dogmas with regard to the components and topologies used. We apply uncompromising care and attention to every detail to get the sound and performance that we want and modern players expect. St. James is one of the oldest parts of Blackstar’s hometown Northampton, England. It’s the site of 12th century abbey that gives the area its name and is home to the Northampton Saints, our world-class rugby team’s grounds, and the iconic lift tower that dominates our skyline. Personally, for the Founders there was also a very significant James (Jim) in our history… not to mention the many guitarists that also share the name; Hendrix, Page, Hetfield, plus many more.

When it comes to tone and that all-important ‘feel’ factor, great valve 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 valve guitar amps on earth. 50W head (6.7kg) 2 x 6L6 and 2x ECC83 Inbuilt reactive load with Cab Rig™ DSP Classic US clean and modern high gain with voice switch