
In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
The katana is for sure on my radar, nice to hear more nice things about it 

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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
Because you clearly don't have enough good amps
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I don't! But it is perhaps true I don't need more solid state guitar amps.
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
Gotta fire up a tube amp every now and then.
You should solve your problem buying one of those 200+watts amps no one ever gets to turn above 1 because they're too loud, but hey ++++stoner scene points

You should solve your problem buying one of those 200+watts amps no one ever gets to turn above 1 because they're too loud, but hey ++++stoner scene points

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Oh believe me I want to. 
I very nearly bought a matamp last year and I still regret it tbh.

I very nearly bought a matamp last year and I still regret it tbh.
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
Review is true, amp is legit. I‘m impressed. Thanks rfurtkamp!
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
i plugged into a 100w katana at a studio last week, through a laney 4x12
sounded dreadful
sounded dreadful
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
maybe not the right speaker? aren't most modeling amps supposed to be played with really hifi speakers?
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
I always looked down on the importance of speaker/cab differences a little bit but recently I've acquired a few more cabs and speakers and realised what a huge difference it can make even with the same amp. So yeah, not all amps are gonna sound great through all cabs I guess.
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
i've found in the past that most cheap amps cabs come with really flat speakers, like a seventy80 or something. tbh i had heard a lot of praise for the katanas from various people, but it was damned by a few who's opinions i really trust.qersty wrote:maybe not the right speaker? aren't most modeling amps supposed to be played with really hifi speakers?
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It's a case of this is designed to be used with the specific Katana speakers and cabs.qersty wrote:maybe not the right speaker? aren't most modeling amps supposed to be played with really hifi speakers?
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
Honestly I don't see the point in adding an extra cab to that amp - if I needed more I'd go with a good old valve head - but it sounds new to me. I can't try it on mine as the 50w version doesn't have a speaker out.MechaGodzilla wrote:i plugged into a 100w katana at a studio last week, through a laney 4x12
sounded dreadful
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it was the head, which i know has a built-in speaker, coz i've heard it and that sucks too!
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana
Then I don't know, there were pedals going into the amp? I found that the only thing this amp dislikes are some dirt pedals that I usually use add volume and gain to the signal and boost the amp into saturation, like the DBA Interstellar OD.