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I am confident to say that I'd put the katana at the same level of any of my other favourite amps. I'd like to believe that it's not a case of not having heard or played a valve amp before since I've been playing them and collecting them for years. Roost Session Master 100 (probably my favourite)Īnd a few others that can't remember right now and a variety of cabs with different speaker combinations. Laney: klipp, pa60, Single channel Tony Iommi Marshalls: jmp 2203, Jmp superlead, Jmp superbass, jcm900 slx. I'd like to believe that I know what I like to hear in an amp. For the rest, I still stick to a rotivibe or a phase 90. I couldn't find a useful expression pedal to use its own wah.

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This thing sounds great and nothing to envy next to other valve amps.Īt home I use the 5' speakers or I connect it through my computer interface and crank the master up (yes, it affects the timbre, the character and the harmonics I think they have tried to mimic a valve amps power section response there and in my opinion it improves the initial tone).Īnother plus is that it saves you carrying and connecting lots of pedals, especially at gigs where you need to set up quickly and go. I use it with a 2x12 closed combo loaded with a vintage 30 and an eminence swamp thang for live or rehearsals. I don't really see the point of getting a combo really. The head version has a 5' speaker built in and attenuation from 100W to 50W to 0.5W (which can still be too loud for normal home playing).

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I got the MK1 head and that thing is A BEAST!!! (A pain in the testicles to connect to a Mac for edition too).

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The second problem is that some people can't be bothered with getting into the software editor where you can really exploit the riches of this thing and turn it into a fine tuned workhorse.

The Katana (whatever version) is a really good buy IMHO.I have the impression that most people refer to the combo version (be it the standard or the artist version) and what they don't like is the speaker in an open back combo generally used at low volumes. I have thought maybe I should have got the 50, but I know that this one will keep up with a band (was driving to play last Friday night and got caught in a snowstorm so I've yet to run it with a band). Overall, when I play this thing, I can't get over 1: how consistently great it sounds (sounds more like a guitar amp than a modelling amp) and 2: how much you get for your money. The guitar's volume knob can get you lots of range when playing this amp. The other models on there are outside of what I look for so I can't really weigh in there. The 'crunch' channel is fine if the gain is reduced. I find the Katana excels on the 'clean' channel with the gain dimed. I did not buy it for the effects though and they do not detract from my enjoyment of this amp whatsoever. I guess they're handy on a ME-50, but I find they sound more toy like than my other.uh 'actual' pedals. I'm not a fan of most Boss COSM effects I've used in the last 10 years anyhow.

#Boss katana 50 mk2 forum full#

Felt like more air moved on the bigger 100 combo.įorget about the effects in the Katana, in my opinion, they're not very good (could be my imagination, but that reverb is chock full of digital artifacts). I found the bigger cabinet sounded a little bit less boxy in the store (however, I didn't really crank it so this isn't huge).

I bought the Katana 100 combo a month ago.