Blackstar Dept 10 AMPED 1 100W Amp Pedal Overview
Feature-packed amplifier pedal with a flexible tone that’s perfect for portable setups, home recording and fly-rigs where you need a consistent guitar sound.
Pro Amp On Your Pedalboard
AMPED 1 is a professional 100 Watt guitar amp in a compact pedal. It turns any pedalboard, modeller, or multi-effector into a performance-ready amp and ensures you can take your sound with you anywhere. Power reduction down to 1W and USB-C connectivity means it’s equally at home in the studio or the stage.
Dept. 10 is the Blackstar R&D team responsible for blue sky innovation and design. This team of engineers are all musicians and are constantly researching new ideas to help create your perfect tone.
Portable Amp Solution
Guitarists are looking for innovative solutions to amplify their pedalboards, modellers and new portable ways to ensure they get their sound when gigging or travelling. Blackstar’s goal was to create a compact and powerful amp pedal that delivers the response and ‘feel’ of a real guitar amp. It had to easily integrate with pedalboards, work with modellers and fit in a gigbag pocket so you could take it anywhere. The result does all that and so much more.
Unique Power Amp
The unique power amplifier design uses current feedback which mimics a valve amplifier's interaction with a speaker cabinet. This very high headroom design delivers the thump and presence of a valve amp with 100W power, into any speaker cabinet at 8 or 16 Ohms. Universal voltage so can be used anywhere in the world from 100V to 240V ~ 50/60Hz.
Cabrig Technology
Cabrig overcomes the shortcomings of IR ‘snapshots’ and uses state-of-the-art digital processing to reproduce the sound and feel of a mic’d up guitar cab in incredible detail. Over 250 mic and cab combinations can be saved into one of the three onboard slots. Each cab has a choice of mic type and axis, alongside room mics and master EQ. Connect to the free Architect software for more deep-dive options.
- Power: 100W
- Voice: USA, UK, Flat
- EQ: Bass, Middle, Treble
- Power Reduction: 100W, 20W, 1W
- Response: KT88, 6L6, EL34, 6V6, EL84, Linear
- Reverb: Y
- Reverb Freeze effect: Y
- Cabrig DSP: Y
- USB Audio: Y
- XLR Cabrig Output: Y
- Effects Loop: Y (series or parallel selectable in Architect)
- Footswitchable Preset: Y
- MIDI Control: Y
- Speaker Outputs: 8 Ohm, 16 Ohm
- 9V DC Output: 2 (maximum combined current 500mA)
- Voltage: 100V to 240V ~ 50/60Hz
- Weight (kg): 1.28
- Dimensions (mm): 200 x 81 x 149
- USA: Inspired by classic American amps of the mid ’60s. Very clean, dynamic and bright, but with a solid low-end and controlled mid range. A perfect pedal platform.
- UK: A “Classic” sound based on a much loved British Class A amplifier of the early ’60s. A low to medium gain preamp that can be used clean or mildly overdriven. A popular choice for a pedal platform or as a responsive crunch tone.
- Flat: A neutral preamp for use with external preamps and amp modellers. Features a semi-parametric EQ, transparent with controls set to 12 o’clock.
- KT88: Tight, bold and dynamic Class A/B with strong low-end.
- 6L6: Tight dynamic Class A/B with extended highs and lows.
- EL34: Classic British Class A/B crunch full-bodied soft break-up.
- 6V6: Crisp Class A with high compression and tight mids.
- EL84: Bell-like full-bodied Class A with lots of compression.
- LINEAR: Transparent and high headroom.
