Funnily enough I've been looking at the Blackstar stuff, any idea exactly which one it is he runs? Never been massively keen on Marshall tones, so I'm eager to try other stuff out. I was using a little 15w Egnater head and 1x12 cab on Saturday, which was lovely but a little limited with regards to an ultra clean sound. Smashing amounts of gain though.
It's not quite the 60 on mine, but it's close to it with just a little more depth over the standard one. It's certainly got more low end for sure, but also I think it sounds like there's more working in the very higher frequencies too. I'd argue it's more of a bluesy tone than a strict metal one, but then that might just be my limited use of it with my own setup so far.
Tell you what I do really like though, the satin neck. Soooooo much easier for zipping up and down for quick chord changes, never used one before and now I'm not sure I'll ever go back.