Blackstar Amplification

The Sound In Your Head - BORN IN BRITAIN!

Since their emergence in 2007, Blackstar has been widely celebrated as one of the world’s most innovative guitar amp brands by some of the world’s greatest musicians & bands. These include: Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Richie Sambora, Albert Hammond Jr (The Strokes), Gus G (Firewind, Ozzy Osbourne), Neal Schon (Journey) & many other world class artists. Like many great British ideas, the idea for Blackstar was born in the pub. Four bandmates (Bruce Keir, Ian Robinson, Paul Hayhoe & Richard Frost), all amp specialists with over 50 years experience & senior positions at the already established Marshall, believed that there should be more to amplification. As a result, in 2004 after a desire to create something different, Blackstar began two & a half years of extensive technical research & development with the ultimate goal of allowing guitarists across the world to create the sound in their head.

Polished workshops of previous employers quickly became a thing of the past & were replaced for Ian’s garden shed in Northampton, a change of environment that became a crucial part in the creation of their patented innovations, ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) & DPR (Dynamic Power Reduction). March 2007 marked the birth of Blackstar to the wider public & guitar communities at The Musikmesse Frankfurt trade show. From here, music industry press, A-list artists & guitarists alike all became interested & invested in Blackstar, it was clear that Ian’s shed was no longer big enough!

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