Active Melody

Learn to play blues guitar.

  • Log In
  • Weekly Lessons
  • Take The Tour
  • Forum
  • Hear From Our Members
  • Membership Sign Up

Blackstar IDX Modeling Amp

Home › Forums › Discuss Your Gear › Blackstar IDX Modeling Amp

  • This topic has 2 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 5 months, 2 weeks ago by San Luis Rey.
Viewing 2 reply threads
  • Author
    Posts
    • October 12, 2025 at 11:01 am #401275
      GnLguy
      Participant

        Looks like Blackstar has really upped it’s game and that the Boss Katana has major competition

        The clean tones are really good on this amp, something that I couldnt quite achieve when I had my Blackstar

      • October 12, 2025 at 2:29 pm #401278
        sunjamr
        Participant

          I’ve got the older brother to this one, use it every day. The price looks good on this new one. But I think the future will be when amps incorporate AI into their software and become like a combination of an amp with a Kemper Profiler. Then I can say to it “Hey Amp – use David Gilmour setting.”

          Sunjamr Steve

        • October 13, 2025 at 6:31 pm #401319
          San Luis Rey
          Participant

            Yeah Keith, This amp just gave Boss a wake up call that they no longer can coast on the success of their Katana series. This baby sounds great with some cool gizmos at the same price as the competition. It’s amazing that someone starting out can just buy this for about $350, plug in and sound pretty awsome!

            Mike

        • Author
          Posts
        Viewing 2 reply threads
        • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
        Log In

        Search Forums

        Quick Links

        • Latest posts
        • Most popular posts
        • Posts Freshness
        • Posts with most replies
        • My active posts
        • All my posts
        • Posts with my reply

        Links

        • Blog
        • Resources
        • About
        • Contact
        • FAQ
        • Refunds & Cancellations
        • Sitemap

        Recent Lessons

        Easily remember and use minor licks by connecting them to basic chord shapes – Guitar Lesson – EP632

        Blues lead played across the fretboard using shapes from the C.A.G.E.D. System Guitar Lesson – EP631

        Country style lead pattern – Easy way to visualize the Major Pentatonic scale – Guitar Lesson EP630

        Contact

        For all support questions email: support@activemelody.com
        For all other inquires email: brian@activemelody.com
        • Facebook
        • Twitter
        • YouTube

        © 2026 · Active Melody. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

        Free Weekly Guitar Lessons

        Enter your email address below to have the weekly guitar lesson delivered to your email address. I take privacy very seriously and will not share your email address.

        • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

        Active MelodyLogo Header Menu
        • Weekly Lessons
        • Take The Tour
        • Forum
        • Hear From Our Members
        • Membership Sign Up
        • Log In

        Insert/edit link

        Enter the destination URL

        Or link to existing content

          No search term specified. Showing recent items. Search or use up and down arrow keys to select an item.