NOICE. I was lookin' at those GT-1 pedals just before I found my Nova. Was the gain from the Blackstar or the pedal? Sounds like it was from the pedal...in which case, that didn't suck at all.
The Blackstar was set to clean all the time.
The gain/drive you hear is from the GT-1 on a video and from a Boss DS-2 on the other (where I'm playing the Money for nothing main riff).
That small pedalboard isn't bad at all! Some "metal" tones must be reworked to be useful, but some other clean, crunch and overdrive or classic distortion presets are fully usable without being modified.
Interesting toy.
The funny side is how those pedals react to MAMA pickups...
It's crazy and awesome!
...and it must be said that these Blackstar amps eat pedals in a wonderful, wonderful way.
The Boss DS-2 inside that small head gives you a very rich rock tone!!!