Blackstar has unveiled a new signature guitar amp for Toby Lee, the blues guitar star who started on ukulele aged four, got his first electric guitar aged eight, and by the time he was 14 he was jamming with Joe Bonamassa at the Royal Albert Hall. Quite remarkable.
And as tube amps go, so too is the Toby Lee St. James TL50 6L6. It gives the future-forward Blackstar 50-watt head and matching 2x12” vertical speaker cabinet a bold new look, with red vinyl covering, cream piping, a basket weave grille cloth and cream chicken head control knobs. Lee’s John Hancock is on the front panel, as is his official logo. Lee, a longstanding Blackstar endorsee, says it is the pinnacle of their collaboration, and it’s fair to say he’s tickled pink to put his name to the amp.
