Introducing St. James, the world's lightest and most innovative 50 Watt valve amps. Answering calls from guitarists everywhere for avalve amplifier that is truly lightweight and portable, Blackstar delivers the most advanced, innovative and best-sounding 50 Watt valve amps in the world.

Key Features

Built-in inductive load

St. James amps have a built-in reactive loadallowing you to drive the valves without aspeaker connected. The reactive load mimicsthe electrical response of a typical loudspeakerto deliver the authentic valve power-amptones possible in the studio or at home.No need to spend over $1000 on another price of equipment.

Power reduction

Based on our patented Dynamic PowerReduction design you can easily switch from50 Watts for the loudest clean headroom, downto 5 Watts for practicing, recording or smallergigs, or a more overdriven power amp tone.The third option is Sag. This setting generatesmore power supply ‘sag’ to accentuate the allimportantamp compression, the ‘feel’ is softerand more ‘vintage’.

Universal power supply

Our universal power supply, is lightweight andcan be used anywhere in the world from 90Vto 264V 50/60Hz.

Lightweight cabinet

Candlenut plywood is used for strength andlightness and it’s beneficial acoustic proprieties,creating a roadworthy cabinet that soundsgreat and won’t let you down.

Stunning boutique looks and a new illuminated logo

Desirability is as essential as amazing sound,so we’re delighted to share a completely newlook for St. James including an illuminated logoinspired by our original Artisan amps.

NEW Cab Rig simulator technology

Cab Rig is our next-generation DSP speakersimulator that reproduces the sound and feel of amic’d up guitar cab in incredible detail. Cab Rig’snew advanced algorithm can simulate a speakercabinet and room with effectively zero latency, nophase mismatch and much more flexibility than anIR snapshot. Deep-dive using the accompanyingsoftware to capture the incredible tones via USB /XLR out or headphones.

Pro connectivity

With more musicians recording at home St. Jamesis perfect for the way we play today with USB audioconnectivity for pro-recording and an XLR D.I. forprofessional live use, both using the built-in inductiveload and Cab Rig speaker simulation.