Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 2 x 10-Watt Stereo Combo Amp with Effects
The third generation ID:Core 20 adds a sleeker editor, a more powerful cab simulator and more immersive stereo effects to Blackstar's best selling practice amp. The pair of speakers is what sets it apart from a mono practice combo, because the modulation, delay and reverb are all rendered in Super Wide Stereo.
- Six amp voices: Clean Warm, Clean Bright, Crunch, Super Crunch, OD 1 and OD 2, running from classic cleans to scorching leads.
- Patented ISF control: dial in the blend of American and British character.
- Super Wide Stereo: Blackstar's technology for spreading the effects across both speakers.
- Modulation: Phaser, Chorus and Flanger, Tremolo and an Envelope Filter.
- Delays: Linear, Analogue, Tape and Multi, covering vintage to modern.
- Reverbs: Hall, Spring and Plate.
- TRRS Line In and Streaming jack: film guitar covers and capture performances straight onto a phone using the amp sounds.
- New cab simulator: more powerful than the previous generation, with a sleeker editor to go with it.
A sleeker editor, a powerful new cab simulator and even more immersive stereo effects make the third generation of Blackstar's ID:Core 20 combo a strong practice amp and a useful single handed session tool. It is a stereo design, so the effects work across two speakers rather than being folded down into one.
Six amp voices
- Clean Warm: a classic clean amp with ample dynamics
- Clean Bright: a boutique voiced amp that breaks up when pushed hard
- Crunch: a rowdy amp delivering classic medium gain overdrive
- Super Crunch: more gain and punch than Crunch, with a muscular character
- OD 1: a hot rodded amp with plentiful overdrive
- OD 2: a juiced up amp with raunchy mid boosted overdrive
Effects in Super Wide Stereo
Modulation covers Phaser, Chorus and Flanger, Tremolo and an Envelope Filter. Delays run from Linear and Analogue through Tape and Multi, so both vintage and modern time based sounds are covered. Reverbs are Hall, Spring and Plate. Blackstar's Super Wide Stereo technology is what gives all of them their dimension.
Filming and streaming
An onboard TRRS Line In and Streaming jack lets you film guitar covers and capture performances directly onto a phone using the sounds from the amp, rather than a phone microphone pointed at a speaker. Blackstar's patented ISF control sits over the whole thing, blending American and British tonal character to taste.