or previously owned to be exact. Katana 100 112 combo bought from a FBer yesterday. had a couple of hours play so far and not really done much exploring but thought id write my initial very subjective thoughts anyway.
I wanted a new amp for small gigs. I love my laney VC30 212 combo but im finding it too heavy and bulky for me these days (wimp i know).
the katana is about six inches shorter and about 4 inches less high but about half the weight. its much more manageable for me, getting it in and out the boot etc. I dont really like amps with complicated settings and menus but the katana seems pretty easy to navigate around. In honesty i probably dont need most of it and may never get to use the effects let alone download and shape all the others available. Whether it takes pedals well i cant really say but it takes my zoomG3 really nicely., which is what i use live. I have set myself a nice clean channel which is my mainstay and run the drive and other effects off the zoom.
it does sound that id be better off witha simple clean amp maybe a bandit or similar. But hey, i wanted to try something different and so far Im not dissaponted. The onboard different amp voices sound great. for home practising when i cant be bothered to find and connect the zoom i will play through those, and a bit of reverb.
the 0.5 watt is more than loud enough for home practise. I will be gigging it on saturday so will know whether its loud enough at 50 or 100w, or if it cuts through the band ok. (i feel confident it will). i was tempted to get the 212, but its a lot more dosh and the object was to get something substantially lighter than my laney.
for me the main thing is if it sounds good in our band gigging conditions and i will find that out over the weekend but so far im really pleased with it. Not going to sell the laney yet, or my cub but i think its amazing value for money and great tones.
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Happy new amp day. I gigged mine on Saturday. Had it on about 4 on the 100w setting and it sounded great to me, and apparently really good out front. Enjoy.
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