Boss Katana - Anyone Tried?
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Johnny N.
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I fiddled around with one in GC last week and honestly I was expecting this thing to sound great but honestly, it was a little muddy or at least boxy. Not what I was expecting at all. I tried the 50 and the 100. With all the praise they are getting online I was really expecting this to have nice, thick tone but wasn't the case. Not sure if it is because I didn't take it out of the display or what but I was very surprised but not in a good way. Kind of pissed me off because I was thinking I'd get one to have a lighter option to carry around to my friends house and I love having 3 or 4 things dialed up so I can just play. I may have to try again but yeah, muddy and boxy.
Johnny N.
Kick Henry Jackassowski
That's why I was perplexed. I've seen a lot of their stuff and seen threads raving about them. Maybe I'm just a dufus.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
Well the Guitar Center showroom isn't the best place in the world to demo gear. I am surprised you could even hear it over the teenagers cranking out of tune guitars with the gain dimed on every other amp in the place.
Johnny N.
Kick Henry Jackassowski
It was a Friday morning so it was pretty empty. But speaking of kids playing, I was there Friday because I had been in the previous Saturday and bought a set of strings and immediately broke a high e. I know, I should have had another set on hand. I actually did but realized that I had already salvaged the high e out of that one.
Anyway, I'm in there on a Saturday and it's pretty crowded. I'm over at the strings and I can here that there are two people jamming together, blues type of stuff, and they sound fantastic. Eventually I go over there and it's two kids that can't be older than 12. They had a pretty decent sized crowd gathered at this point watching them. The best thing was, no one else would play while they were playing.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on that amp after you mess with it.
I messed around a bit today with the 50 watt combo. Color me impressed considering I also tried out a Friedman Runt 50 right before and it still sounded good... Yeah.
Also, a Peavey 6505MH through a 2x12 loaded with Greenbacks sounds pretty damn good, too.
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Also, a Peavey 6505MH through a 2x12 loaded with Greenbacks sounds pretty damn good, too.
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Chad
Slender Hobbit
I took my blue tele over this afternoon and I thought it sounded great. I ran through the presets and they were pretty good. The clean was a little too wet with delay (I know, if I am saying that then you know it is too much 
) but over all it was pretty good. I was able to dial in a setting on the brown channel that he loved, so all is well.
) but over all it was pretty good. I was able to dial in a setting on the brown channel that he loved, so all is well.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
I sent my neighbor a YouTube video of Anderson’s demoing it and he wrote down their settings. That is what we tried and he loved it.
cvogue
Yes, that's Oolong. :)
Chad
Slender Hobbit
Johnny N.
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I took my blue tele over this afternoon and I thought it sounded great. I ran through the presets and they were pretty good. The clean was a little too wet with delay (I know, if I am saying that then you know it is too much
I couldn't stand it so I went back to the store to play it again. Took a little time to dial it in a little and liked it a lot better. I also gave it a bit more volume which helped a lot. I feel better now. I thought I was only dufus who didn't get it. I think I'm going a different route for a portable solution but definitely a great way to go in the $200 category.