The Blackstar HT Club 40 MKII Valve Combo Amp is the result of three years research and development by Blackstar Amplification to discover what gigging guitarists want from an amplifier. The result is the incredibly versatile HT Venue range, which offers a plethora of features and tone shaping capabilities for the gigging musician. The HT Club 40 is a two channel EL34 driven combo with 4 footswitchable sound modes to choose from, ranging from crystal clean American sounds, through to the more chiming British-cleans, onto the lead modes of crunch and super saturation. The HT Club 40 is able cover all tonal bases in a compact format, loud enough to cover any small/medium gig or rehearsal, and with all modes being footswitchable, versatile enough to work in any live setup. A cabinet emulated line-out, along with FX loop, USB functionality, and a power reduction switch, give the Club 40 additional professional capability; this all makes it the ideal practising, recording, and gigging solution for the modern guitarist who wants it all in one unit.