The third edition of Blackstar’s best-selling valve amplifier range
In Northampton, UK, Blackstar is proud to have some of the most experienced valve amp designers in the world. They have brought those decades of knowledge and learning to create the latest incarnation of our award-winning HT Venue valve amps – the MK III Series.
In 2009 when the original HT Venue was designed the goal was to combine the best of our two flagship valve amp lines; the boutique cleans of the handwired Artisan amps and the modern high gain of Series One. This gave guitarists incredible flexibility of tone from a single valve amp, with no compromise be-tween their clean and overdrive tones.

Seven years later Mk II introduced the most requested features; an expanded tone section on the Clean
channel, footswitchable voices and power reduction. Now we are proud to introduce the MK III. Honouring the revered history and success of the prior HT Venue iterations but elevating them into an unmatched realm of sound quality, features, and overall performance. A game-changing addition is our advanced CabRig™ DSP technology, an embodiment of our latest inonovations in speaker, cab, mic, and room emulation. This technology, originally featured in our St. James and AMPED products, represents our commitment to staying ahead of the curve. Coupled with 4-channel audio via the USB-C, capturing professional quality valve tone in your DAW is simple.

The CabRig outs (XLR, Stereo Line Out and USB) can also be used in Standby Mode making it ideal for both recording and silent stages too. Upgraded circuit board components and an all-new digital reverb with adjustable parameters further enhance the tone and performance. All this comes in a stunning new livery using materials normally found on boutique amps; premium tolex and fret, mini-toggle switches and a metal plate logo. Blackstar’s new HT Venue MK III Series of guitar heads, combos and cabinets. Valve amps that are the culmination of decades of design experience and innovation; delivering “the sound in your head” with absolutely no compromises in tone, feel or performance.

Features:

 Innovative 60 Watt valve combo

 2 x ECC83 and 2 x EL34 valves

 Three footswitchable channels
 Six footswitchable voices

 Boutique clean channel with expanded tone controls

 Two high gain overdrive channels

 Patented Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)

 Power Reduction down to 10% of full Wattage

 Presence, Resonance, Master Volume

 Digital Reverb with Dark/Light switch. Reverb time is independently adjustable via Architect software

 CabRig outputs (1/4” unbalanced, XLR Balanced and USB C)

 Effects loop with effects level switch

 USB C for recording and connecting to Architect & CabRig

 1×12″ Celestion speaker
 2-way footcontroller included

 Compact size for ultimate portability

 Boutique modern styling