HT Venue Series Stage 100 MKII 100W Tube Black Guitar Amplifier Head. Since its launch in 2010, HT Venue has become one of the best-selling tube amplifier lines in the world. Their name is already synonymous with class-leading tone and flexibility, but now, after over 3 years of intensive R&D and market research, Blackstar is about to release the impressive next generation of HT Venue tube amplifiers. HT Venue MkII takes this award-winning line and elevates it to a new level of professional performance, adding all the major improvements the market has asked for; resulting in a massively flexible and powerful feature set, but still intuitive and musician-friendly. Improving tonal quality, Blackstar's engineering team began by comparing the best old and new tube amps on the planet (including ours), some of which cost five times the price of the HT Venue. The mission was then "simple": enhance these sonic references in the way Blackstar is famous for, and combine the sounds into a cohesive and creative product. With that in mind, players can expect a number of improvements from Blackstar's new HT Venue MkII amplifiers. For starters, the clean channel now features market-leading clean tones, through huge improvements in both pure quality and flexibility, made possible by the addition of controls for bass, treble and a switchable voice switch. standing. These improvements will surely rank the HT Venue MkII among the best clean tube amplifiers. In addition to the clean channel improvements, players can expect richer and more complex overdrive tones from the drive channels in HT Venue MkII. The drive channels are fuller and even more responsive than the original Venue series, and each overdrive channel features its own voice switch. High-gain vocals are tight and focused, based on the award-winning HT Venue Series, while mid-gain tones are perfect for those players who prefer "breaking edge" tones, then push the amp with...