Blackstar HT Series HT-DISTX Tube High Gain Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal

by Blackstar

Product Features

• Genuine tube design Operates at 300V HT Cascaded tube gain stages Responds like a tube amp Unique enhanced tone controls Extreme gain and tone

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.7 x 6.3 x 3.2 inches ; 2.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000VC5XQ8
• Item model number: HTDX1
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,634 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

The HT-DISTX is a no compromise, ultra high gain, filth machine. The tone has been benchmarked against the best high-gain tube amps in the world and will transform your mild mannered classic into a fire-breathing monster. Crank up the extreme Gain and Level controls and then find your tone using the Bass, Middle, and Treble EQ controls, augmented and enhanced by the ISF circuit. Genuine valve design Operates at 300V HT Cascaded valve gain stages Responds like a valve amp Unique enhanced tone controls Extreme gain and tone Exclusive Infinite Shape Feature (ISF) Fully equipped for stage or studio Speaker emulated output High integrity buffered bypass Power supply included Silent switching The HT Range of award-winning valve 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. Add to this the no-compromise speaker emulated output and you have the most cost effective way of getting real valve tones direct to disk or tape. So whether youre playing live or recording, with the HT Range of pedals you can finally get the sound in your head. Get yours today, with the security of our 85 plus years of experience and the Sam Ash Direct 45/60day return/price protection pol

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars DistX creat pedal it's worth the money, February 9, 2012

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This review is from: Blackstar HT Series HT-DISTX Tube High Gain Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal

I got a peavey solid state and using this in front, it sound really good, I love this pedal over the boss mt2, it has a fat sound you can play many styles not just for metal, easy it will do heavy metal, hard rock, great sustain and fat distortion

4.0 out of 5 stars Beat's buying a new amp, June 8, 2010

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Nate W. (Rockford, Il) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blackstar HT Series HT-DISTX Tube High Gain Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal

Like the reviewer above, I also have the ht-dual along side my distx. I initially wanted a distx, but got the dual after finding one for a good price on ebay, but that's a different review. I decided to go ahead and get the distx in addition to the dual when I found my self having to max out the dual's gain and/or use an od pedal to get enough gain but was left desiring a bit more gain and bite. The distx really delivers in getting that rectifier tone I was going for. I was somewhat disappointed that I could not get that razor sharp, almost solid state tone (think early deftones or meshuggah) from the distx, but an eq pedal takes care of that, along with the realization that you don't get a tube pedal for ss tone. This pedal is solid for sure, but the switch seems to be different from the once on my dual. This, like the dual seems to react like you'd expect a tube preamp to. My guitars do not all sound alike through this pedal, which can be a bit annoying for the sake of consistency, but it also let's me know that this is the real deal, and not just one sound to cover up the signal. I've read a lot of reviews about swapping the tubes in these pedals. While doing so voids the warrant, it apparently improves the tone. I've tried this with a couple different 12ax7's (a JJ, a mesa, and a better sovtek). I haven't really noticed that much of a difference. Swapping is a breeze if you choose to do so however, just unscrew the top plate, lift the tube holder, and wiggle that guy loose. All in all, if you're looking for a natural, tube amp sounding straight up distortion pedal, this is great. If you want something with more versatility, and don't need mark IV levels of gain, the dual will do great to get everything from a slight boost/ break up, to tool / alice in chains kinds of tones.

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2.0 out of 5 stars nice pedal, but over priced, April 14, 2010

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pixel zombie "nttrick2" (chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blackstar HT Series HT-DISTX Tube High Gain Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal

I bought this pedal thinking it could replace my Sansamp GT2 and my Damage Control Solid Metal pedal. The reality was it could not replace either pedal. I use the sansamp to go direct to a boom box when i play at night and i use the DCSM pedal in front of a clean amp for some serious high gain tones. The Distx has a nice creamy tube like tone but it certainly isn't the "filth" machine that is used in the marketing by Blackstar. The gain control on this pedal has a limited range similar to the tone controls and past 2 'o clock the gain just bottoms out and the pedal just gets noisier. The ISF feature is also a huge disappointment as there isn't a very dramatic difference from the opposite ends of the dial. For the same price you could get the DCSM pedal, add an inexpensive DI box and you would have a combo that has much better tones than the Distx.