Blackstar St. James 50 Jared James Nichols Head vs Suhr SL67 MKII

The Blackstar St. James 50 Jared James Nichols Head and the Suhr SL67 MKII are both amplifiers sharing full. The Suhr SL67 MKII leans saturated and bright.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

51% — moderately similar

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Blues Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • full

Suhr SL67 MKII

Suhr · amplifier

Citation fame
citedCitation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.
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Price

$904.03via Reverb

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Description

The Blackstar St. James 50 Jared James Nichols Signature Head is a 50-watt tube amplifier developed with blues-rock guitarist Jared James Nichols, finished in a distinctive British Racing Green livery. It reflects Nichols' specific tonal requirements for thick, aggressive blues-rock tone, part of Blackstar's St. James series built to deliver premium tube tone with artist-informed voicing.

The Suhr SL67 MKII is a 50-watt, hand-wired amp head running 3x12AX7 preamp tubes and 2xEL34 power tubes, offering an OFF/HI/LOW power select switch, Presence, Bass, Middle, Treble, and dual Volume controls, plus FAT and BST toggle switches and a 3-way BRT switch across four inputs. Modeled on the plexi-era British voicing associated with 1967 Marshall circuits, it's the smaller-output sibling to the SL68 MKII, aimed at players wanting classic British amp character with Suhr's hand-wired build quality at moderate stage volume.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
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  • Hard Rock
  • Classic Rock
Tonal lean
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  • saturated
  • bright
  • mid-forward
Good for
citedOccasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.
  • Live
  • Studio
  • Live
  • Studio
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