So today I finally tried a Boss Katana

dazzajl

I do love this thread, I hope it never stops. 

ICBM

dazzajl said:

I do love this thread, I hope it never stops. 

I don't, I get notified every time someone posts on the damned thing!

Rowby1

ICBM said:

dazzajl said:

I do love this thread, I hope it never stops. 

I don't, I get notified every time someone posts on the damned thing!

You started it

ICBM

Rowby1 said:

You started it

That's why I get notified . There doesn't seem to be any way to turn that off.

This will have to do...

Kittyfrisk

ICBM said:

Rowby1 said:

You started it

That's why I get notified . There doesn't seem to be any way to turn that off.

This will have to do...

I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to argue unless you've paid!

Lebarque

Can we just all agree that Katanas are shite but good value for money and move on?

hywelg

Lebarque said:

Can we just all agree that Katanas are shite but good value for money and move on?

No, I want to try one now.... @ICBM has said uncomplimentary stuff about DrZ amps in the past and I love some of them, so maybe the Katana is OK

Andy79

Just remind me about the power leads again?

EricTheWeary

ICBM said:

dazzajl said:

I do love this thread, I hope it never stops. 

I don't, I get notified every time someone posts on the damned thing!

It must be very annoying. 

Sassafras

So which power cable is best?

steveledzep

Sassafras said:

So which power cable is best?

It was only between two amplifiers, so the term you're looking for is "better". 

hywelg

Sassafras said:

So which power cable is best?

The one with the black and yellow braided sheath and the gold pins. £99.95 from all good hifi shops. 

Sassafras

hywelg said:

Sassafras said:

So which power cable is best?

The one with the black and yellow braided sheath and the gold pins. £99.95 from all good hifi shops. 

But I've seen some that cost thousands, they must be better, surely.
And they've got fancy transparent plugs that must cost a fortune to manufacture.

Sassafras

steveledzep said:

Sassafras said:

So which power cable is best?

It was only between two amplifiers, so the term you're looking for is "better". 

TBH I've forgotten what it was all about.

guitargeek62

Has anyone here tried the sneakyamps firmware mod yet? I keep meaning to but still haven’t gotten around to installing it


*edit* just a thought, I might need to buy a better usb a/b cable so that it preserves the tone of the upload better!

Modellista

guitargeek62 said:

Has anyone here tried the sneakyamps firmware mod yet? I keep meaning to but still haven’t gotten around to installing it


*edit* just a thought, I might need to buy a better usb a/b cable so that it preserves the tone of the upload better!

I was thinking that I have a posh USB braided cable that came from somewhere - for better toanz!

HAL9000

As a bedroom amp that will do the occasional small gig or jam night the Katana is great bang for your buck. However, IMHO, it really doesn't have the 'thump' or projection of a more professional piece of kit (which is hardly surprising considering what it costs). I suspect that Boss launching it as 'gig ready' may have raised expectations somewhat.

Snags

Modellista said:

guitargeek62 said:

Has anyone here tried the sneakyamps firmware mod yet? I keep meaning to but still haven’t gotten around to installing it


*edit* just a thought, I might need to buy a better usb a/b cable so that it preserves the tone of the upload better!

I was thinking that I have a posh USB braided cable that came from somewhere - for better toanz!

Don't compromise, do your ears a favour, you need one of these 

Modellista

HAL9000 said:

As a bedroom amp that will do the occasional small gig or jam night the Katana is great bang for your buck. However, IMHO, it really doesn't have the 'thump' or projection of a more professional piece of kit (which is hardly surprising considering what it costs). I suspect that Boss launching it as 'gig ready' may have raised expectations somewhat.

Which version?

Adam_MD

guitargeek62 said:

Has anyone here tried the sneakyamps firmware mod yet? I keep meaning to but still haven’t gotten around to installing it

Yes I tried it but wasn't impressed tbh YMMV.  I preferred the stock amps. I had a katana 50 and thought it was excellent for the job I was using it for - playing quietly at night after we put the baby to bed.  I quite liked the clean setting with a blues driver, delay and reverb though I had to use some extreme eq settings to remove frequencies I didn't like.  I also don't think it handled pedals very well any drive pedals just sounded harsh to me. 

I only used it at semi gigging volumes twice and again wasn't impressed.  I ended up selling it and grabbing a little 15 watt egnater tweaker from the forum and have been much happier since then.