BLACK STAR Artisan 100 User manual

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Specication
■ 100W head
■ 3x ECC83, 4x EL34
■ 4-way Voice switch charts the timeline of
100W designs
■ Hi and Lo inputs perfect for channel blending
■ Point-to-point tag board construction
A 100 Watt, point-to-point handwired, two channel
all-valve amplier.
Suggested settings
Artisan 100
ARTISAN 100
AMPLIFIER
HANDWIRED
ARTISAN 100
AMPLIFIER
HANDWIRED
ARTISAN 100
AMPLIFIER
HANDWIRED
ARTISAN 100
AMPLIFIER
HANDWIRED
ARTISAN 100
AMPLIFIER
HANDWIRED
ARTISAN 100
AMPLIFIER
HANDWIRED
ARTISAN 100
AMPLIFIER
HANDWIRED
ARTISAN 100
AMPLIFIER
HANDWIRED
UK Blues CrunchBright US Clean
Vintage UK CrunchFull Bodied US Clean
ARTISAN 100
AMPLIFIER
HANDWIRED
Channel 1
CHANNEL 1 is the full bodied clean
of classic American designs. A more
subtle treble emphasis retains a
shimmering brightness.
Voice Switch
The 4-way VOICE switch charts the development of the 100W
design. This sonic timeline has the following tonal references:
Channel 2
CHANNEL 2 is based on the crunchy
tones of British 100W designs. The
preamplier voicing has been carefully
tuned to be bright but not harsh.
Channel Blending
Blend the two channels by paralleling the guitar
connection to the inputs of Channel 1 and
Channel 2 for endless tonal variations
ARTISAN USERS
Billy F. Gibbons, ZZ Top, James Williamson – Iggy and the Stooges, James Dean Bradeld – 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.
QUICKSTART GUIDE
Mode Tone control character Power amplier character Description
1Early 50’s American Amp Hi Damping / Lo Gain Bright and clean. The tone is like
a Fender Bassman
2Late 50’s American Amp Hi Damping / Lo Gain Bright and clean. The tone is more
full like a Fender Twin
3Early 60’s British
100 Watt head Medium Damping / Medium Gain
More power amp gain so the tone is more
crunchy. The tone is like an early Marshall
Plexi head
4Late 60’s British
100 Watt head Lo Damping/Higher Gain
Power amplier gain is at a maximum
so the amplier is really crunchy. The
tone is like a later Marshall Plexi head
Version 1.0