The ultimate in high-voltage tube distortion flexibility.

The HT-DUAL pedal from Blackstar's HT Range of tube overdrive pedals features true high-voltage (300V) circuitry and are packed with innovations and tone. The revolutionary, patent-applied-for tone-shaping feature ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) will redefine the tonal expectations of guitarists.

HT-DUAL pedal's Channel 1 has either Clean or Crunch modes so it can be used clean, as a boost or overdrive. Channel 2 gives distortion tones from super crunch right up to screaming lead. The unique switching operation will transform a single channel vintage amp into a three-channel tone machine. The ISF control takes you from British Valve' to Modern American' and anywhere in between and the no compromise speaker emulated output lets you get it all down to tape or disk.

Add to this the no-compromise speaker emulated output and you have the most cost-effective way of getting real tube tones direct to disk or tape.

PURE TUBE DISTORTION
The HT-DUAL has high voltage tube design for true tube dynamics and feel. 2 cascaded ECC83 triode stages for gain from warm boost to screaming lead. Enhanced tone network for massive tonal flexibility with traditional passive network musicality. Patent-Applied-For ISF control allows access to infinite new sounds. Emulated output is a new benchmark design for pro direct recording sounds. High-integrity bypass for silent switching and driving long cables.

So whether you're playing live or recording, with the HT Range of pedals you can finally get the sound you want.

Blackstar HT Series HT-DUAL Tube Dual Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

• Genuine tube design
• Operates at 300V HT
• Cascaded tube gain stages
• Responds like a tube amp
• 2-channel operation
• Clean, Crunch & Lead modes
• Unique switching operation
• Unique enhanced tone controls
• Exclusive Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
• Fully equipped for stage or studio
• Speaker emulated output
• High integrity buffered bypass
• Power supply included
• Silent switching

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Blackstar HT Series HT-DUAL Tube Dual Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal

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THE PEDAL

Posted by Emberv3 from Allentown PA on Sep 13, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock

The HT-DUAL is "THE" Distortion pedal to own. I have no complaints after purchasing it. I have been searching for a pedal to replace my mxr m-151 doubleshot which I have been using for about 6 years now, but am growing sick of the tone of it. The biggest issue for replacing it was finding something that matched the versatility of it, and the HT-DUAL more than fits the bill. I usually use the first channel with pretty high gain to be a rhythm distortion, and then my second channel with max gain is my lead channel. Days of sustain and beautiful harmonics with a smooth tone that can be adjusted to virtually any style. I love this pedal and it is now my goto pedal for any application.

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Best Distortion Pedal I've Tried So Far!

Posted by Simon from Toronto, Ontario on Sep 8, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock

Great sounding pedal. See other reviews for the Pros and Cons. I just wanna say last time I went to a rehearsal room and plug it into a crappy Yorkville multi-purpose amplifier, and my guitar sound beat my bandmates' JCM and Peavy tube amps EASILY. It's funny to see them dropping their jaws. When I bought my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe with extension cab in the sound was PHENOMENAL. Well to be honest I think my BBE Sonic Stomp helped too. I set Ch.1 at slight gain, sorta like a clean boost, while Ch.2 to almost full gain distortion. At around the same price you won't find any better deal. Tried Vox Bulldog too - The HT Dual beats it EASY. BUY.

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big box = big tone

Posted by Stratoman from dallas on Jun 23, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: hobbyist, Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Blues

This distortion box has more than delivered for me. I tried it out and fell in love with it. Some pros about it are, sounds great, two channels, tube driven, and the ISF feature. Cons, uses its own power supply, its big, and has a buffered output. All in all a very nice pedal it can take you from a Fender Twin to a JCM 800 if thats not versatility at its finest I don't know what is!

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Blackstar HT Dual Review

Posted by Albatross from Milwaukee on Jun 23, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Pop, Blues

The only negative I've found with this pedal is that the knobs seem kind of cheap, especially the dual knobs where if you turn one, the other will turn also. If they improve the quality of the knobs, this would get a perfect rating from me. The sound quality is unbeatable from any similar pedal I've heard. I used to have a tube screamer but this pedal beats it easily. The amp emulator allows you to plug the pedal right into your PA board and disregard ever using an amp again. Of course you can also use it in conjunction with an amp also. Both channels get pretty dirty, which is good. I was afraid the lesser of the channels (channel 1) wouldn't give me enough distortion, but it's great. I set Ch 1 at a lower volume than ch 2, and use ch2 for solos. You can get a great variety of tones from this pedal. Very fun to play around with! I strongly recommend this pedal.

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Amp in a Box

Posted by Karl Houseknecht from Palmyra, VA on Jun 18, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Gigging Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Hair Metal

Fantastic pedal with an incredible range of tone. I own two of these. The idea was to have some high quality tube amp channels on the floor to be used with any good, clean amp. I bought two so that I could dial one in on a more "American" setting and have the other in a more "British" mode. The ISF control is genius and really lets you tweak the focus of the mids and lows in. Just one of these pedals will turn your single channel amp into a three channel monster. Two will let you have a five channel amp. Seems to work well with a solid state amp with a good clean sound and even better on a tube amp. I've coupled these with the HT-DistX on my pedalboard to get all of my raw amp sounds.

Only two minor complaints: the power supply, and the direct output. The power supply is 16V AC, so that means you can't power it from any pedalboard power supply like the Pedal Power or DC Brick. And the direct, speaker-emulated output seems to have a pretty low output level on all of my pedals.

Other than that, these are probably the best distortion pedals money can buy. Very tubey and authentic sounding.

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