Blackstar Artisan 15 Quick start - Manual

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Specification
■ Class A 15W combo or head
■ Switch for 5W Triode or / 15W
pentode operation
■
2xECC83, 1xEF86, 2xEL34,
1xEZ81
■
Vintage G12M Celestion
speaker (combo)
■
Point-to-point tag board
construction
ARTISAN USERS
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.
Suggested settings
Speakers
A 15 Watt, point-to-point handwired, two channel all-valve amplifier. Head or 1x12" combo.
Artisan 15, 15H
Channel Blending
Blending of the two channels by paralleling the guitar
connection to the inputs of Channel 1 and Channel 2
for endless tonal variations.
Hot Blues Crunch (EF86 channel 15 Watt)
UK Clean (ECC83 channel 15 Watt)
ECC83/EF86 Blended 5 Watt
UK Crunch (ECC83 channel 15 Watt)
Blues Lead (EF86 channel 5 Watt)
ECC83 channel – Channel 1
CHANNEL 1 is based on the ECC83 (12AX7)
dual triode valve, providing highly dynamic
clean and crunch tones. EF86 channel – Channel 2
CHANNEL 2 is based on the EF86 pentode valve
for more gain and smooth valve compression. 5 Watt / 15 Watt power switch
The EL84 power amplifier is switchable
between 5W and 15W for the ultimate
in low power flexibility.
QUICKSTART GUIDE
The Celestion G12M provides truly authentic vintage tone.
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