Blackstar Artisan 100 Quick Start Manual

QUICKSTART GUIDE
A 100 Watt, point-to-point handwired, two channel
all-valve amplifier.

Specification

■ 100W head
■ 3x ECC83, 4x EL34
■ 4-way Voice switch charts the timeline of
100W designs
■ Hi and Lo inputs perfect for channel blending
■ Point-to-point tag board construction

Channel 1

CHANNEL 1 is the full bodied clean
of classic American designs. A more
subtle treble emphasis retains a
shimmering brightness.

Channel Blending

Blend the two channels by paralleling the guitar
connection to the inputs of Channel 1 and
Channel 2 for endless tonal variations
Bright US Clean
Full Bodied US Clean
Billy F. Gibbons, ZZ Top, James Williamson – Iggy and the Stooges, James Dean Bradfield – Manic Street Preachers, Gaz Coombes – Supergrass/Hot Rats,
Björn Ågren – Razorlight, Mike Lewis – LostProphets, Boz Boorer – Morrissey, Alex Dickson – Calvin Harris, Steve Cradock – Paul Weller,
Adam Zindani – Stereophonics, Jeff Cease – Black Crowes/Bucky Covington, Lu Edmonds – PiL, Steph Carter – Gallows.

Channel 2

CHANNEL 2 is based on the crunchy
tones of British 100W designs. The
preamplifier voicing has been carefully
tuned to be bright but not harsh.

Suggested settings

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Voice Switch

The 4-way VOICE switch charts the development of the 100W
design. This sonic timeline has the following tonal references:
Mode Tone control character
1 Early 50's American Amp
2 Late 50's American Amp
Early 60's British
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Late 60's British
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Power amplifier character Description
Bright and clean. The tone is like
Hi Damping / Lo Gain
a Fender Bassman
Bright and clean. The tone is more
Hi Damping / Lo Gain
full like a Fender Twin
More power amp gain so the tone is more
Medium Damping / Medium Gain crunchy. The tone is like an early Marshall
Plexi head
Power amplifier gain is at a maximum
Lo Damping/Higher Gain so the amplifier is really crunchy. The
tone is like a later Marshall Plexi head
UK Blues Crunch
Vintage UK Crunch
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