St. James Series

The St. James plugin was designed by the same UK R&D team responsible for Blackstar's valve amps.

The St. James Amps

EL34

The St. James EL34 is the choice amp for Classic tones combining world- class British Crunch and jaw-dropping US cleans. This amp delivers the warmth, chime and squash that define the sound associated with icons from the 60s. It is the perfect pedal platform and comes alive when the power stage is pushed hard.

6L6

Where the EL34 model elicits an atmosphere of vintage character, the 6L6 model contrasts with the detail and clarity of contemporary designs. The 6L6 version has the same clean headroom, but this is coupled with our highest gain overdrive circuit yet. The design for Channel II Voice I is incredibly faithful to its award-winning valve amp counterpart, with "modern" preamp gain with a British style passive tone stack, whereas Channel II Voice II shifts the design tight, articulate modern metal sounds.

PRE-FX

The Pre FX draw inspiration from revered vintage effects pedals, capturing the unique interactivity and character that make them truly special.

Bridge the gap between hardware and software with unrivalled touch sensitivity and dynamics carefully designed into these pedals.

POST-FX

Add space and depth to your tone with Post-FX that deliver the personality of classic effects units.

Countless hours of critical listening and development has resulted in effects that are both immensely accurate and inspirational to the player.

EQ

The Dept. 10 Equaliser is based on a renowned analogue rack unit famed for its organic sound and effectiveness in finessing electric guitar recordings. It features adjustable high and low cuts as well as four semi-parametric EQ bands with selectable centre frequencies.

CABRIG + CUSTOM IR

CabRig is our next-generation DSP speaker simulator that reproduces the sound and feel of a mic'd up guitar cab in incredible detail.

Our new advanced algorithm simulates a speaker, cabinet, mic and room with incredible detail with effectively zero latency. No phase mismatch and ultimate flexibility.

Featuring 9 iconic Blackstar cabinets and 6 studio-standard microphones, Cab Rig gives you all the tone-shaping power you need—plus effortless customisation with the new IR Library. Load your own IR files for seamless results, zero hassle.

Effects

• Delay: The Delay pedal is a one-stop-shop for iconic delay sounds. Glide effortlessly from studio tape to analogue warmth and crunchy saturated soundscapes by adjusting just two simple controls: Tone and Saturation. Increase stereo space with the Stereo/Wide/Ping Pong switch and Sync allows tempo matching within your DAW.
• Flanger: The Flanger pedal is a refined version of a staple four knob flanger unit, offering outrageous sweeps to subtle movement. A Manual switch offers contrasting sounds and Sync allows tempo matching within your DAW.
• Tremolo: The Tremolo pedal achieves classic valve bias style tremolo or subtle frequency based modulation using the Standard/Harmonic switch. Add stereo movement with the Width knob and Sync allows tempo matching within your DAW.
• Compressor: The Compressor pedal is oozing with the character, offering the two main types of analogue compression. In addition, the blend control allows you to mix in your dry signal, for parallel compression.
• Drive: The Drive pedal provides two distinctive modes. TS mode features a classic midrange bump, perfect for pushing an amp into overdrive or tightening up a high gain sound. Overdrive provides a more balanced, but characterful distortion, adding colour and saturation to lower gain amp sounds.
• Chorus: Lush and vibrant, the Chorus pedal is based on a legendary unit responsible for iconic sounds from the 80s. An additional Width control provides dimension to your sound and Sync allows tempo matching within your DAW.
• Phaser: The Phaser pedal takes inspiration from the effect unit synonymous with a guitar icon. Selectable resonance adjusts the resonance of the filter sweep from smooth to aggressive and Sync allows tempo matching within your DAW.
• Reverb: The Reverb pedal offers two unique algorithms. Switch from dense and warm to smooth and airy using the Hall/Plate switch, with full control over Size and Tone. Expanding your sound is as easy as flicking the Wide switch.

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