In praise of the lowly Boss Katana

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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana

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The katana is for sure on my radar, nice to hear more nice things about it :thumb:
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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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Gotta fire up a tube amp every now and then.
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Oh believe me I want to. :lol:

I very nearly bought a matamp last year and I still regret it tbh.
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Review is true, amp is legit. I‘m impressed. Thanks rfurtkamp!
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana

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i plugged into a 100w katana at a studio last week, through a laney 4x12
sounded dreadful
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maybe not the right speaker? aren't most modeling amps supposed to be played with really hifi speakers?
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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

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qersty wrote:maybe not the right speaker? aren't most modeling amps supposed to be played with really hifi speakers?
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.
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qersty wrote:maybe not the right speaker? aren't most modeling amps supposed to be played with really hifi speakers?
It's a case of this is designed to be used with the specific Katana speakers and cabs.

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MechaGodzilla wrote:i plugged into a 100w katana at a studio last week, through a laney 4x12
sounded dreadful
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.
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Re: In praise of the lowly Boss Katana

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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

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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.
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