Blackstar St James EL34 Valve Combo Guitar Amplifier

Let There Be Light
When it comes to tone and that all-important ‘feel’ factor, great valve amps rightfully remain the ‘gold standard’. The trouble is that great ones capable of delivering 50 Watts or more are all back-breakingly heavy. Until now… enter St. James Series – the lightest 50 Watt valve guitar amps on earth.

Uncompromising Sound
Hundreds of hours of critical listening against the most revered amplifier references mean St. James raises the sonic benchmark again. In addition to the obvious tonal differences between EL34 and 6L6 power valves, both of the St. James designs are honed to their own particular use case. The St. James EL34 is the amp for Classic tones combining world-class British Crunch and jaw-dropping, very US-sounding Cleans. The 6L6 version has the same clean headroom, but this is coupled with Blackstar’s highest gain Overdrive circuit to date.

Studio Ready
St. James amps are packed with cutting-edge features to deliver class-leading recording performance. From 50W, 2W and SAG switchable power modes, to an inbuilt reactive load that routes the post-power valve output signal to the amp’s three direct recording outputs (XLR, Stereo Line-Out and USB) for truly authentic ‘amp-in-a-room: feel. The sound from these recording outputs is derived from Blackstar’s state-of-the-art and fully customisable Cab Rig™ DSP speaker simulator.

50W combo (12.8kg)
2 x EL34 and 2x ECC83
Inbuilt reactive load with Cab Rig™ DSP
Classic low gain pedal platform with +10dB clean boost

POWER

50W
SPEAKER

1x 12″ Celestion Zephyr
PREAMP VALVES

2x ECC83
OUTPUT VALVES

2x EL34
CHANNELS

2
VOICE/BOOST

Boost
EQ

Bass, Middle, Treble
POWER REDUCTION

50W, Sag, 2W
REVERB

Yes
INBUILT REACTIVE LOAD

Yes
CAB RIG DSP SPEAKER SIMULATOR

Yes
USB AUDIO

Yes
XLR CAB RIG OUTPUT

Yes
SERIES EFFECTS LOOP

Yes (With Level Switch)
FOOTSWITCHABLE

Yes (Included 2-Way Footswitch)
TOLEX

Fawn
VOLTAGE

90V to 264V 50/60Hz
WEIGHT (KG)

12.8
DIMENSIONS (MM)

535 x 462 x 259

What’s in the box
St James EL34 Guitar Amp
Power Cable
2-way footswitch
footswitch cable