Blackstar: St. James 50W - EL34 Head - Vintage

Blackstar had two main goals in designing the St. James amplifiers. The first, was to produce a range of heads and combos that were the lightest available while retaining the essential elements of traditional valve amps, with no compromise in tone or performance; something guitarists have been requesting for decades.

Compact and lightweight amplifiers that pack a full 50 Watts of valve power and incorporate next-gen tech.

Let There Be Light
Tone is first. Always. But gone are the days when greatness had to weigh a tonne. At Blackstar, we embrace innovation, guaranteeing you have the best possible experience every time you plug into the St. James (or have to carry it!)

Enter St. James – the lightest 50 watt valve guitar amps on earth.

Uncompromising Sound
The St. James EL34, a beacon of classic tones, marries the quintessential British Crunch with ethereal, glassy Cleans resonating with chime.

Our 6L6 variant harnesses the same pristine clean headroom and then kicks it up a notch with Blackstar’s most ferocious Overdrive circuit to date to deliver tones so brutal, they’ll make your heart race!

From Studio to Stage
With switchable power modes to bring the volume down to a sensible level, to an inbuilt reactive load that routes the post-power valve output signal to the amp’s direct recording outputs coupled with Blackstar’s state-of-the-art and fully customisable CabRig™ IR based DSP speaker simulator for truly authentic ‘amp-in-a-room’ feel.

No page has been left unturned and no expenses spared in the design of the St. James.

Pro Connectivity
USB for pure valve tone in your recordings. XLR CabRig for stage brilliance without mics. And the 1/4″ output for that driven valve amp bliss through your headphones. A trifecta of sonic freedom.

Revolutionary Speaker
Collaborating with Celestion, we pioneered the extraordinary Zephyr lightweight speaker. Like a Formula 1 race car, we stripped back unnecessary weight, resulting in a lightweight speaker that still uses a traditional Ferrite magnet.

Lightweight With No Compromise
Candlenut plywood is used for strength, lightness and its beneficial acoustic proprieties, creating a roadworthy cabinet that sounds great and will last a lifetime.