BLACK STAR Artisan Artisan 15 User manual

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Specication
■ 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 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.
Suggested settings
Speakers
A 15 Watt, point-to-point handwired, two channel all-valve amplier. 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.
Version 1.0