Review of the Blackstar HT STAGE 60 212 Combo MkII amplifier. Where to buy it?

• Power: 60W
• Speaker assembly: 2 x 12 “Celestion
• Tubes: 2 x ECC83 and 2 x EL34
• 2 footswitchable channels
• 6 footswitchable voicings
• Boutique Clean channel with advanced sound control
• 2 high-gain overdrive channel
• Patented Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
• Power reduction to 10% of the total power
• Presence
• Resonance
• Master volume
• Digital Reverb with Dark / Light Switch
• Speaker emulated output with 1x12 / 4x12 voicing
• Effect loop with effect level switch
• USB for recording
• Including 2-way footswitch
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 707 x 260 x 520 mm
• Weight: 34.5 kg

The amps of the Dutch company Koch are no longer an insider tip. Nice tube sound, at the same time flexible and settled in a fair price class – these are the most important infos in advance. The studiotone combo could attract all guitarists who want to use the warmth and distortion of a power amplifier at tolerable volumes. On the other hand, this amp with its 20 W also has clean reserves, which should be sufficient in most cases.

Which brings us to the clean channel, which has quite Fender-like qualities: You can choose from fat to sparkling sounds here, with 2 voicing switches (2x for mid, 3x for treble), which effectively modify the sound. The overdrive channel on the other hand really takes off – strong, warm tube sound located between the rough British and settled American sound. The gain will be enough for most people. The Overdrive Boost channel, boosts the same sound even stronger and thus also hi-gain applications are covered. The 3 sounds share one equalizer – in the studio no problem anyway. But also for live applications it is no problem, because the gain staging between clean and overdrive is already set.

The 12″ VG12 Koch loudspeaker installed here is built in cooperation with Jensen and it fits perfectly to this small power cube. A highlight not only in the studio, but also when you have a quite delicate situation with the volume live: A recording-out with two simulated speaker types and microphone positions is located at the back. If you have to play silently, one can switch on the power soak and send the signal directly to the mixer – completely without any noise. Excellent tube sound with many useful features – not just for the studio!

• Power: 20W
• Equipped with: 1x 12″ VG12-60 Koch loudspeaker
• 3 Channels: Clean, overdrive, overdrive boost
• Class A
• Tubes: 2x EL 84
• Passive bass – mid – treble equalizers
• 2 Vocing switches: Mid shift (2-way), bright (3-way)
• Separate loudspeaker outputs: 4, 8, 16 ohm
• Speaker on/ off switch
• Recording output
• Effect loop
• Reverb
• Headphone output
• Dimensions: 45 x 24 x 44 cm
• Weight: 17.5 kg
• Incl. FS2-ST foot switch

• Power: 60W
• Speaker assembly: 2 x 12 “Celestion
• Tubes: 2 x ECC83 and 2 x EL34
• 2 footswitchable channels
• 6 footswitchable voicings
• Boutique Clean channel with advanced sound control
• 2 high-gain overdrive channel
• Patented Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
• Power reduction to 10% of the total power
• Presence
• Resonance
• Master volume
• Digital Reverb with Dark / Light Switch
• Speaker emulated output with 1x12 / 4x12 voicing
• Effect loop with effect level switch
• USB for recording
• Including 2-way footswitch
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 707 x 260 x 520 mm
• Weight: 34.5 kg

• 3 Preamp tubes 12AX7 (ECC83)
• 4 Power amp tubes EL84
• Power: 30 W
• 2x 12″ Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
• 4 Inputs high and low (top boost and normal)
• Controls for normal volume, top boost volume, treble, bass, reverb effect tone, level, tremolo speed & depth, tone cut, master volume
• Rear side: 2 Outputs for external speakers (extension and external)
• FX send and FX return
• Impedance selector switch 8/16 Ohm
• Foot switch socket (tremolo and reverb)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 702 x 265 x 556 mm
• Weight: 32.2 kg
• Optional foot switch (198735 LEAD FOOT FS-2)

• Power: 60W
• Speaker assembly: 2 x 12 “Celestion
• Tubes: 2 x ECC83 and 2 x EL34
• 2 footswitchable channels
• 6 footswitchable voicings
• Boutique Clean channel with advanced sound control
• 2 high-gain overdrive channel
• Patented Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
• Power reduction to 10% of the total power
• Presence
• Resonance
• Master volume
• Digital Reverb with Dark / Light Switch
• Speaker emulated output with 1x12 / 4x12 voicing
• Effect loop with effect level switch
• USB for recording
• Including 2-way footswitch
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 707 x 260 x 520 mm
• Weight: 34.5 kg

• Power: 30 W RMS
• Equipped with: 2x 10″ Voice of the World Gold Label speaker, 16 ohm
• Clean channel controls: Volume
• Dirty channel controls: Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, Volume
• With tube-buffered mono / stereo FX loop
• Half-power mode (15 W)
• Preamp tubes: 4x ECC83 (12AX7), 2x ECC81 (12AT7)
• Power tubes: 4x EL84
• Speaker outputs: 2 x 16 Ohm (stereo)
• Connector for footswitch (channel switch) Orange FS-1 (not included)
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 58 x 46 x 29 cm
• Weight: 23.3 kg
• Colour: Orange

• Power: 60W
• Speaker assembly: 2 x 12 “Celestion
• Tubes: 2 x ECC83 and 2 x EL34
• 2 footswitchable channels
• 6 footswitchable voicings
• Boutique Clean channel with advanced sound control
• 2 high-gain overdrive channel
• Patented Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
• Power reduction to 10% of the total power
• Presence
• Resonance
• Master volume
• Digital Reverb with Dark / Light Switch
• Speaker emulated output with 1x12 / 4x12 voicing
• Effect loop with effect level switch
• USB for recording
• Including 2-way footswitch
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 707 x 260 x 520 mm
• Weight: 34.5 kg

• Hot Rod series
• 3 Channels: Normal, Drive and More Drive
• Power: 40 W
• Equipped with: 1x 12″ Celestion A-Type
• Tubes: 3x 12AX7 and 2x 6L6
• 2 Jack inputs – input 2 with -6 dB
• Controls for Presence, Reverb, Master Volume, Middle, Bass, Treble, Drive, Select Switch, Drive Volume, Bright Switch
• Chicken head style buttons
• 2 Speaker connections: Internal and external
• Preamp out
• Power amp in
• Case made of solid light pine
• Dimensions: 47.6 x 59.7 x 26.7 cm
• Weight: 18.59 kg
• Design: Black textured vinyl and slightly aged silver-coloured front fabric
• Includes 2-way footswitch and protective cover