12:38 the best moment in Ola's YT career in the last 3 months or so, that was actually sick 😂

I own one and it holds up in a rehearsal room and live on stage. And if you would have had a peek at the manual, you would know that you can save presets by holding the channel button until the led in the upper left corner blinks. I'm totally happy playing this amp.

Being able to switch the “tubes” helped a lot. I also prefer the EL34. Pretty cool.🤘🏻🤘🏻

I had one of these and I really liked it. It was pretty easy to set up the presets and it definitely had enough gain on the OD channel. However, it developed a problem after a couple days and I had to send it back. I've had a bunch of different Blackstar amps over the years and felt like this was the one that I would hold onto.

That's why I bought a Blackstar V3 10 watt amp, once i saw it had two dedicated crunch channels...purchased!!! That was reason enough to buy it.

When I was in my teens and the ISF feature was first being marketed I was so excited - the idea of blending between Marshall and Mesa tones sounded too good to be true. Rushed out to a store and… it was too good to be true haha. It’s just a mid freq knob. Damn good marketing though!

I would have killed for one of these 25-30 years ago when I was actually gigging and lugging around my tube amp that weighed and cost as much as a Honda Accord.

I'm really impressed. Very versatile, many tone shaping options and sounds awesome. I would definitely buy this.

Great review! Awesome to see the solid state amps make crazy headway in the past few years. Would LOVE to see an Ola review on the Laney Loudpedal! 🤘 Rock on Ola!

I love mine and I don't even play metal. I have it set like a cranked Vox. Great note definition even with gain.

Excellent review. You hit nearly every single point that virtually any guitar player wants to look into and you do that by instinct.

This is one of the better sounding Blackstars I've heard - they still seem to be allergic to bass, though 😂

Blackstar has been one of my fav's for the last 7 or 8 years ! They always perform well . They need better Gain on some Models but a OD or Active pups usually gives ya enough !!

I loved the main boosted tone you had with the lighter gain. That's exactly the kind of tone I could settle into if I was playing live. And the kind I'd want on a record if I ever finally got around to it. Crank everything to 10, mid gain boosted and go. Those ringing chords were perfect for modern gazey black metal tones.

That cab covering is so insane lol. What a rig for at least jamming at home

Oh man those Blackstar amps are great! Very cool for metal! This Solar looks really cool! Sounds very nice too!

I love that note separation at full gain

Nice review man, I’ve been using the amped2 on a recent us tour and a short run through Europe. It’s sounded great…

You know, this Blackstar portable/ mini rig piece is really DECENT sounding! I was surprised. These are nice modern tones that it's putting out! The "Clean" is a very nice clean tone, and the dirtier tones are good! In response to a viewer's comment about the level of bass it offers, -to have this unit produce really strong bass, would consume a big chunk of it's audio amplification capability, as bass audio amplification is notorious for requiring a lot of energy. When Ola cranked the unit's bass control briefly, I thought it's bass, tonally, was decent sounding. I imagine Blackstar deliberately tailored in just enough bass to keep the unit's size & price point where they wanted it (again PORTABILITY).

Sounded great to me. I'm considering getting one now. I've been using an old HT club 50 head for a few years. I'm surprised you didn't try a boost/o.d. pedal into it like you usually do with other amp demos. 😊

I completely understand why people are bringing less gear on the road w them, there are a ton of reasons why, but I still appreciate when bands use real amps (at least a half stack) on stage. I've noticed bands who go DI, if you are up front, you don't hear a lot (if any) of the guitar cause it's all coming through the PA and the side fills. I like being right up front banging my head and getting blasted away by the entire band!

I saw this coming many years ago. The Korg PX4 Pandora Modelling Processor was the peak around 2003-2004 i think and was expecting the updates and improvements would allow to have an amp in your backpack! Everything getting smaller and smaller what i was not aware of was the options of Apps on your phone

I'd have to say for me,the tone off the heartwork album from Carcass will be my favorite tone and crunch.

Just fyi, you can save the changes to the presets by holding the corresponding channel button until the channel light flashes.

This was a nice surprise. I have the Dual Distortion pedal and I'd like to combine that with the Amped 2 and have delays and modulations. That would be fun.

Boosted crunch sounds fabulous. Big chords sound chunky but still with note definition. Impressive. Being able to completely program the settings for each "channel" is smart. You sure you're sending this back?

Seems like you can get perfectly good and usable tones out of this. It’s the cost of a secondhand HX Stomp XL, but probably infinitely easier to dial in a tone you like in under 5 minutes if you don’t like staring at computer screens forever

the way you transitioned from Dialogue to Burp to Dialogue is incredible, such talent. 01:33 bravvo! haha

The 2nd impulse response was pretty killer!

I never consider ISF as American - British, just more like how it shapes the mid tone. Love this sounding 9:15 !

The Amped3 definitely hangs in a band situation. I know because I've used it once. Killer affordable option.

I will say that they nailed the power amps section. Easy to tell which is which blind.

Sounds pretty awesome and it looks like it'd be a life-saver for a touring guy. VERY cool.

Thanks for doing this one Ola. I have been curious about it but it is hard to drop that much on one without hearing it in action. I definitely like it. Rock on brother.

Just now watching this video. YES it will hang with a full band mix. I have one and FUCKING love it!! It’s good to have a BOSS EQ in the loop

caught his own pick toss. That was bad ass.

Tried this Blackstar pedal and Victory Kraken V4 amp pedal (180W). I agree with Ola's concern about the usage live and in rehearsal room. In the end I chose the Kraken as it is generally sounding more natural and "tubeish" to my ears. I have almost the same sound and feeling as my all tube head and also CAB sims are wonderful (Kraken has Torpedo Two Notes CAB suite, which is awesome!). Blackstar had more features (more channels, more switches and more power amp voices) and it sounds really good, but high gain distorsions are a bit flatter and harsher than Victory (especially at high volume, I prefer the fatter and punchier distortion of the Kraken). Of course they have totally different price tags and, if the "tubeish" sound and feeling is not a must, Blackstar has a great value for money.

Nice demo, Ola! I recently got this and really digging it!

Waow... I friggin LOVE THAT GUITAR!

Wow, I am super impressed with that unit. Sounds fantastic and I love the fact that it has an FX loop with power for the pedals. If I didn't just buy a new amp I would definitely get this. Great video.

The Hesu cab returns!

As an blackstar series one amp, ht5h and @bluguitar iridium owner, i still prefer iridium. But i love them all 🤘🤘🤘

This thing kills...super heavy tones. My fav part is how tight the feel is.

This thing sounds epic.

Crunch sounded a bit AC/DC ish. This is pretty dang slick.

Hey Ola... not trying to say anything negative here, cause I love you man, but I think you should have maybe looked a bit more into the manual before you did this review. And I think you should have shown the back of the unit, because Black Star packed a lot of flexibility into this thing, and you didn't cover it all. I don't own the Amped 3... but I do own the Amped 2. You should do a review on the Amped 2 also... because it is a different beast. Amped 2 doesn't have the 3 separate channels like this one, but it has several flavors of Modulation, Delay, and Reverb. It does Chorus, Flanger, Tremolo, Phaser, and Echo, etc. The difference between the two is interesting. I do LOVE my Amped 2 though... think it's bad to the bone. It has a display on it, and whenever you turn a knob... it temporarily shows you the level of the setting. You can modify the settings in real time with a MIDI foot switch. But it looks like the Amped 3 is more for providing the ultimate channel switching Amp, and not focused on the effect side of things. That being said... the Amped 2 offers a lot more, and might be all that you need to show up to a gig. Rock on dude!!

That crunch tone is begging for a 7 or 8 string. Can we get a direct comparison against the BluGuitar Iridium? Maybe a deeper dive into the cab sim they have? Thanks Ola!

you hold the channel down till led flashes and it saves preset you made

We used to move heavy things and not work out. Now we work out and avoid heavy things.

Amazing demo

There was definitely an amped 1 and 2 if anyone was wondering.

I still prefer my Amp1. I have it on my pedal board and I get every sound I want....😉🤘

Ola your video on visiting Dimebag's vault made me buy an ML kit and now I'm waiting for the glue to dry and in a few days it's gonna be done

Ola Bluguitar Iridium or this one? What would be your choice? Higain stuff... thx

@Ola Englund. Hello! Say, if you still do will it chug series may I request putting Fenders Pugilist distortion pedal to the chug test?

Hey Ola you should really demo a Marshall 2555X with a SD-1/TS-9. I know you demoed the little silver jubilee(2525H) but the big one is much meatier and meaner Chug machine. Make sure you turn the bass to 8 ;)

There at 12:38 once again Ola prove his superpower

Very cool and tempting to buy but I’d have to sell gear I have and already enjoy to buy one. It’s about $600 on sweetwater for anyone interested. I can definitely see it working well for a traveling musician

I will buy one of these because of this video. I was looking for a really small footprint device that replaces an amp.

Very cool. Love Blackstar. Everything they make is awesome. I use a Blackstar HT100 stage EL34's 100watt head myself and love it. I know it is to small of a unit for that, but would be much cooler if the actual tubes were in there. Nothing to me sounds and gets the warmth and power as an actual tube head. Good demo though. Jam on brother.

I have one of these and let me promise you, you need a decent cab with decent speakers if you want this sound, the IR arent the greatest. Passive pickups also sound much better as well, i use the Nazgul in my Jackson and it fits the pedal so much more than EMGs.

Sound sick 🤘 The EQ is very usable. I'm in the market for a pedal poweramp for my modeller and this seems like a great option.

on the ISF I use it around 11 o'clock on Blackstar gear,that gives a great sound

It sounds ok but there's a certain harshness that I imagine has something to do with the unit lacking tubes. Even the nano tube in the Iridium you mentioned must help somewhat in this regard. That pedal simply sounds better to my ears.

BRO! Have you checked out the AMPLI-FIRE pedal from ATOMIC amps? Dude!! Crushing... Needs it's own episode for sure!!!

the victory pedal stuff is still much superior in my opinion 🙏🎸

Kinda seems a Lot like my Blackstar id60 tvp Head.... Only smaller. With a upgraded overdrive on lead channel

Keep working Ola!🎸🇺🇸

Saw The Arson project earlier this year. Guitarist was running one of these with hm2 infront. Was loud as fuck.

I have a DOD FX7 digital effect pedal, I love it but the pedals are a plastic and I sadly don't have access to a machinist to create a new body and add more durable switches - I wish there was something more heavy duty like my DOD FX7, like the Blackstar Amped 3 appears to be.

Fit well in a big pedal board, big versatility

Sick video man. This pedal can do it all. On a side note, do you think you'll ever have Fredrik or Mårten from Meshuggah on Coffee with Ola? I enjoyed last episode with Wolfgang VH

Very cool idea and loved the cleans and crunches, but the overdrives sounded a little tinny. For me, it missed a lot of body in that part.

Yeah blackstar are really making a good name for themselves

Save some money and go with a Boss Katana head. Plus you get built-in effects. The money you save, buys the GA-FC footswitch.

Sounds awesome. Probably among the best solid-state high-gain amp tones I've heard! Would be interesting to hear a shootout between the Amped 3, the H&K BlackSpirit Floor and the BluGuitar Iridium (I know it has a "nano" tube in power section, but it's still basically a solid-state amp). The Amped 3 is easily the cheapest out of them, but if the videos and audio examples I've heard are anything to go by, I think I prefer the sound of it more than the BlackSpirit. The BluGuitar Iridium probably sounds better than this one though.

I'm surprised at how good that super crunch sounds.

Hey Ola, just saw a press release of the Revv Chatbreaker pedal. Apparently its product design is aided by ChatGPT and they're pretty proud of that judging by the design and marketing. Will you be able to make it chug? 😈

I bet Ola could make a Hello Kitty guitar chug!

Honestly that thing sounds amazing. And the fact that it powers pedals?? Blackstar did not need to add that

Yes Olie, they are 3 of them.

Dave Suzuki to me is the ultimate desth metal solo god!

So i do remember a demo where they showed saving settings. I been thinking about getting something in that atyle fir my bedroom (u have have a cab in the closet with my clothes) but maybe not cause there are some good pedal platform pedal amps to

I thought it sounded pretty badass. Just wondering the price now

One of the FUNNEST amps I’ve played!

Hopefully Ola will check out the Laney Loudpedal, I had the Amped One and just sold it because the Laney smokes it

Can you review BOSS Pocket Gt? Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹

yeah el34 mode sounds best the others are too harsh but how could it not hold up with a drummer it’s 100w maybe if the ohms of the cab is way more it wouldn’t be

Remember kids, smaller factor amplifiers leave more space for speaker cabinets 😎🎸

This is like the Fender Tonemaster's series but instead of modeling a specific amp it has a broader range but is minus a cabinet. Its less then the Tonemaster modeling pedal or HeadRush and the like of those modeling effects pedals,

Sounds pretty good. Decent price too. Going to do some more research on this.

Ola, Just saying - noticed the revolution is my name type riff in the intro! luv u

That sounds pretty darn good.

The concept is great. Power amp that small but I don't think it's quite there yet.

Yes the 3rd .... Blackstar also has Amped 1& 2

Don't worry about the bass side of your guitar when you play with a band, that's the bassist area anyway., ironically, you'll hear your gitar better I the full mix if you eq a lot of that out and your bassist will thank you

it sounds fantastic imo

Ola. Please Respong! I would love to have that guitar.. but you STILL haven't released any lefties. Why not?

this is my Blackstar ID TVP 150 head in pedal form

What a box ...ya got everything on it and it sounds great.Plug that to a marshall and...wow..