Demo / Showroom Amp. Used only a few hours. Smokefree, almost no wear, full warranty.
The Debut 50R is a simple and elegant, no fuss all-analogue alternative to entry level digital modelling amplifiers. Ideal for pedal players, the Debut 50R focuses more on tone and usability rather than unwanted “bells and whistles”. This versatile amp is perfect for guitar players of all levels, whether jamming in a bedroom, practicing in a small room, or performing on stage. Featuring authentic valve-like tones all engineered using MOSFET technology, the Debut 50R will make you sound like a pro from the get-go.
Groundbreaking MOSFET Design
Blackstar’s exclusive MOSFET preamp design creates an authentic, accurate valve-like tone within a light, analogue format. This design has been based off our award-winning higher-end valve amplifiers.
A Gigging Workhorse
Perfect for the player doing their first show, or for a more experienced guitarist looking for great tone and a solid pedal platform for weekly pub gigs. The Debut 50R has all the tone and power you could need.
The Features You Need
The features have been carefully selected to cover all an aspiring guitarist’s practise and gigging needs: 2 footswitchable channels, our patented ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) tone control, power reduction down to 5 Watts, series effects loop and custom-voiced digital reverb with Plate and Hall options.
Debut 50R
50 Watt combo
2 Channels – Clean + Overdrive
Patented ISF tone control
50W – 5W power reduction
‘Plate’ and ‘Hall’ reverb options
Line In for jamming along or listening to music
Speaker emulated Line Out for ‘silent’ practice or recording
1×12″ custom-designed speaker, producing true Blackstar tones
Series effects loop
Playback of Line In sources through headphones
Dual footswitch control for channel switching and enabling/disabling Reverb
MOSFET preamp
Patented ISF (Infinite Shape Feature)
Clean & Overdrive Channels
2 footswitchable channels (2-way footswitch sold separately), both based off Blackstar’s award-winning valve products. The clean channel is voiced around the HT-20R MKII with a “Bright” switch and tonnes of headroom. The overdrive channel is voiced around the St. James 6L6 which can achieve everything from blues and classic rock, all the way through to metal tones. Great valve tone recreation has been at the core of the design of the Debut 50R.
Silent Practice
When you need to cut the volume, hook yourself up to the Debut 50R’s headphone/recording output with the incredibly detailed, natural speaker simulation. The Debut 50R’s convenient headphone/recording output simulates the tonal characteristics of a guitar speaker cabinet, providing organic tones for silent practice or direct home recording.
Power Reduction
The Debut 50R now has a power reduction switch from 50W down to 5W allowing you to play at lower volumes without sacrificing any of the tone.
Footswitchable Channels
Dual Footswitch control for channel switching between clean and overdrive and enabling/disabling Reverb, allowing for great versatility with your tone all with a 2-way footswitch (sold separately).
Music Playback
Plug in your phone, tablet or audio device and jam along to your favourite tracks through the Debut 50R’s speakers.
Infinite Shape Feature (ISF)
Get the exact tone you’re looking for, from USA to UK and everything in between.
The conventional three way guitar EQ network, or tone stack (a.k.a. Bass, Middle and Treble), is a key to the characteristic ‘voice’ of traditional guitar amplifiers. Classic amplifier designs have their own versions of this network which leads to their own tonal voicings. The ISF control allows you to infinitely adjust the response of the tone control network between any of the traditional voicings in a way that has never before been possible. In this way you can design your own sound and truly find ‘the sound in your head’.
Infinite Shape Feature diagram, go from USA to UK sound in seconds
The patented ISF control allows you to choose the exact tonal signature you prefer. Fully counter clockwise has a more American characteristic with a tight bottomend and more aggressive middle, and fully clockwise has a British characteristic which is more ‘woody’ and less aggressive. This leads to a very familiar, musical response.
What are the benefits of ISF?
ISF is a passive circuit giving a musical response that is not found in active parametric or ‘contour’ controls.
The whole tone stack response (i.e. Bass, Middle and Treble) is moved.
The tone controls remain fully interactive, just like in a regular tone stack.
The ISF control is continuously variable between all the traditional responses allowing you to effectively design your own sound.
ISF and ‘the sound in your head’ are only available on Blackstar products.
