Blackstar DA100 Ruby vs Reinhardt The Storm 33
The Blackstar DA100 Ruby and the Reinhardt The Storm 33 are both amplifiers sharing dynamic. The Blackstar DA100 Ruby leans high gain and crunchy.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.68% — moderately similar
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- dynamic
Blackstar DA100 Ruby
Blackstar · amplifier
Reinhardt The Storm 33
Reinhardt · amplifier
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$1654.10via Reverb
The Blackstar DA100 Ruby is the Ruby-finish variant of Doug Aldrich's signature 100-watt EL34 tube guitar amplifier head. Built around the HT Stage 100 platform with three channels — clean and two overdrive channels each offering two independent voices — it covers warm springy cleans through Plexi-style crunch to ripping high-gain lead tones representing Aldrich's work with Whitesnake, The Dead Daisies, and Dio. Features include a Master Volume, Presence and Resonance controls, digital reverb with Dark/Light switch, and a power reduction switch dropping output to 10 watts. The Ruby finish is a visual distinction from the standard DA100 with identical circuit and tonal specification.
The Reinhardt Storm 33 is a boutique 33-watt Class A all-tube amplifier built by Bob Reinhardt, using high-grade components including Heyboer transformers, Sozo Vintage capacitors, Mallory 150 caps, one-percent tolerance resistors, and Teflon wiring throughout for a low-noise, highly articulate signal path. Mark Knopfler has toured with dual Storm 33 units on multiple recent tours including the Kill to Get Crimson and Get Lucky cycles, drawn to its touch-sensitive, warm, and full tonal character well suited to his clean-to-edge-of-breakup playing style. Reinhardt stopped building amplifiers around 2008, making surviving Storm 33 units increasingly scarce and sought after among players specifically chasing this boutique circuit's character.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- metal
- alternative
- rock
- Rock
- Alternative Rock
- Classic Rock
- high gain
- crunchy
- transparent
- saturated
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Live
- Studio