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Even on the 50 or 25 watt setting, the master volume enables you to turn it down to as low as you want.
In my bedroom I just keep it on the 0.5 watt setting with the master around 11 o'clock. But really I could have it set to 25w with the master a little lower.
But either way, roll the master down and you dont lose anything except volume. For example I can have the amp on my 'metal' channel, think all the gain, but still turn the amp down low enough to hear the guitar acoustically if you strum a chord. The nice thing is, no gain is lost by doing so. The channel still sounds like metallica, just very quiet.
I've always liked solid state for this reason. I'm sure a tube amp with a good master volume does similar, but I've never owned one.
I used to have an old Line 6 spider iii.
75watt jobbie, no power scaling, so on any distorted tones the master volume would have to be at 1-2 on its scale of 1-10 to keep it bedroom level friendly.
You could lower the master volume to a point around there but any lower the sound would cut out totally.
I don’t think you can currently get a better amp for the price.
But if you are mainly using headphones then also have a look at modellers. Ordered by price:
Boss GT1, Zoom G3n/5n,
Mooer GE200
Boss GT100
Line 6 POD HD500X
Line 6 HX Stomp, Atomic Amplifire, Headrush Gigboard
Helix LT, Boss GT1000, Headrush Pedalboard
Helix, Axe FX, Kemper etc.
You can always add a powered FRFR speaker later if you really need to play without phones.
Compared to these modellers, the Boss Katana loses a little on flexibility but gives you an 'proper' amp, with a 0.5W setting, headphone out etc. Personally I'd go fo the 100W as it has twice the number of saveable 'presets' and you can use the GA-FC footswitch with it. I might even buy the head as it has a small built in speaker which is great for home use.
But You Katana boys are quite persuasive. And the last couple of posts have given me more food for thought. I'll say I'm not in a great rush to choose immediately.....but I would probably like one from Santa in around 7 weeks time.
The Champion 600 is marginally better but it's really an amp for an old-school blues overdrive than a good pedal amp.
A *proper* Fender Champ is great clean, but they're starting to be really big money now, even the 70s ones.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
At the risk of being called a heathen I have heard plenty of people say a katana isn't as good either, despite a lot of people who say they are as good as valve amps. I would certainly try a few different type of amps and see what you like. For me a katana is very big if space is an issue (the princeton is big too).
A lot will depend on what sort of stuff you play.
Though this week I dug out my Micro Terror - which is a surprisingly nice amp for use with a pedalboard.
I still have one more for sale, a Blackstar ID Core 20 v2 if you have any interest in that?
I had a Peavey Royal and I added a speaker out so I could connect to a cab. So much better through a 112 and 212. Likewise my HT1.
Not really bedroom amps though as they sounded a lot louder.
These two amps well worth a look:
You could get a rig down to £130
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself