Unity Pro Bass are the result of countless hours of technical research and benchmarking against the most iconic historic references. Designed from the ground up by bass players, for bass players they are straight forward and powerful. The new Unity Pro Bass System’s deceptively simple controls allow you to quickly and easily create your tone, with rock solid bass, detailed dynamics and innovative features in a compact package from 30 Watts to 500 Watts. Blackstar’s unique Response control allows the player to choose between the sound and feel of three classic power amp stages, shaping compression, natural drive and dynamics. Combined with three distinct preamp voicings and a 3-band semi-parametric EQ, Unity produces infinitely flexible bass tone and exceptional feel, whatever your playing style. The Unity 250ACT powered cabinet can be linked to any model in the line to add 250W or more of active power to your rig; taking you from the studio or rehearsal room to the gig with ease and portability. From the organic response of classic valve amps, to a transparent clean platform, Unity brings together the ultimate in bass tone.
UNITY BASS SERIES KEY FEATURES • Ultimate tonal flexibility – From valve inspired growl to high headroom clean • Unique Response control – 3 power amp stages to shape compression and feel • Drive section – 3 overdrives (Overdrive / Distortion / Fuzz) with user-controllable blend • Compressor and effects – Chorus and Sub-Octave • Pro connectivity – balanced XLR, jack or USB are perfect for live, studio and home use • Unity Bass Series Active Cabinet – connect to any amp in the Unity Bass Series for 250W of extra power
ANY PLAYER, ANY SOUND Straight forward and powerful, UNITY’s deceptively simple controls allow you to quickly and easily create your tone no matter what style you play.
CHOOSE FROM 3 VOICES Offering Classic, Modern and Flat voicings, Unity Bass is perfect for any playing style.
UNIQUE RESPONSE CONTROL A unique response control with 3 power amp stages to shape compression and feel.
USER CONTROLLED OVERDRIVE 3 different overdrives with user-controllable blend.
ULTIMATE FLEXIBILITY Enhance your sound with built in Chorus, Compressor and Octaver.
PRO CONNECTIVITY UNITY Bass is perfect for the studio or stage with the balanced XLR, USB connectivity and more.
EXTEND YOUR SET UP The UNITY U250ACT 1x15” active cab adds 250 Watts of extra stage power to any UNITY combo.
EMINENCE OPUS SPEAKERS - VOICED FOR UNITY Unity Pro Bass System features Eminence Opus speakers, designed and voiced in partnership with Eminence - the professional choice for bass players around the world.
Specifications
30 Watts
Custom designed 8" Speaker
3 Voices – Classic, Modern, Overdrive
3-band EQ with semi-parametric Mid
Footswitchable Overdrive and Chorus
Compressor
Input Gain with clip indication
Pad Switch for active / passive instruments
Master Volume
Link to Unity Bass Series Active Cabinet
MP3 / Line in
XLR + ¼" Line Out / Headphones with independent level control
What's the difference between Valve and Solid State Amps?
Valve or Tube amps use vacuum tubes to derive amplification where solid state uses electronic transistors. Valve amps generally cost more money as they are a more complex build and require more maintenance than their solid state brethren. Tubes usually give you a smoother response than solid state does but, don't count out the solid state yet. Solid state amps have been around since the 60's and have improved greatly over the years. Solid state amps are generally cheaper and much lower maintenance and therefore are more reliable when performing. Ultimately it comes down to personal preferences. Both types of amps are used regularly by professional musicians alike.
What does ISF do on Blackstar Amps?
ISF is a tone feature exclusive to Blackstar. Infinite Shape Feature or ISF basically will shift your tone between the "American" setting and the "British" setting. The American setting is tighter, more focused, and percussive where the British setting is woodier, warmer and has a softer crunchy breakup. You can adjust this feature to your personal mix between the two settings.
What is the difference between Overdrive and Distortion?
Overdrive is literally what you get when a tube is pushed beyond its voltage limits causing a clip in the top of the waveforms resulting in a slight warm, fat and sometimes, sizzly tone. Overdrive pedals recreate that tone. The harder you strum, the angrier it sounds, so to speak. Distortion basically adds more clipping stages than overdrive and therefore has a more distorted tone. The more clipping stages added the more distorted the tone is. There is less definition with distortion as there are more overtones created because of the hard clipping.
Unfortunately can't rate it properly as the day the amp arrived I received an e-mail from another supplier that my bass was delayed and haven"t had full use of it.
March 3, 2021 | Joseph Murphy
Blackstar Unity 30 Pro 30W Bass Combo Amplifier
As Above
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