Blackstar Studio 10 6L6

Awesome little bugger!

Just got mine and it sounds plenty great. I wanted a small low wattage tube amp for home use, maybe recording as well, but this fella is loud so it can even do gigs.

Clean tones have pristine Fender like sparkle . The Drive channel can sound heavy, sweet, bluesy, whatever you want it's really usable. Overall you will have no problem with dialing in the tone you desire.

I also tried it with my pedalboard and it takes pedals like a champ, a lot better than I expected actually.

The only 2 downsides for me are:

1. The highs can be piercing if you are not careful with the tone knob (I did change the speaker and they got smoother so it's not that big of an issue anymore)

2. When you engage the drive channel it's louder than the clean one and it can be an issue in some situations.

Other than that - a great small tube amp that plays like a dream with a lot of features and utility.

Great tone but has hum

Probably my one was defective, but it had a low-frequency hum. I have several other amps and they don't have any hum, so it is not a problem of my power set-up. Hum will not bother at rehearsal or concert level, but at home-studio it is annoying, so I returned the product.