I play 50s, 60s, 70s, and a bit of 80s stuff. I'd consider myself a not-a-tone-snob and I recently went through the drawn out process of choosing an amp, which included renting 7 amps for up to a month, including the Katana Artist Mk II. But you need a decent cab and you need to know how you want it to sound, get in the editor and do it. 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.
Boss katana 50 mk2 forum plus#
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).
Boss katana 50 mk2 forum mac#
I got the MK1 head and that thing is A BEAST!!! (A pain in the testicles to connect to a Mac for edition too).
Boss katana 50 mk2 forum software#
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.
I had used an older Roland Cube as a backup, and considered finding a tech 21 trademark, or something, but the idea of this having an Acoustic model in there gives me something extra.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'm assuming that is to switch between the patches, and would take a two button boss footswitch, or generic two button switch? So that I can play an acoustic through the acoustic amp model, then use the footswitch to switch to something a little more for leads. I see in the back of the amp there is an input for a footswitch. In the smaller band, there are a couple of songs that have an acoustic part, and a solo where I like to add some drive to it. I believe this amp is a 12" speaker? Is there enough volume, as compared to the blues junior for this too work in a band at small venues?Īlso, a question about the foot switches and patches. I'm looking at the Katana 50 for a practice amp and to bring as a backup. My main rig is a Fender Blues Junior with some overdrive pedals and there is enough volume for me, even when playing solos, to cut through. Both of them play relatively small bars, restaurants, etc. I play in two bands - one is a smaller three piece and the other a larger band with more instruments.
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