What an amazing amp, I am 57 year's old, a studio musician, I have been recording, producing, for years. I've been researching amplifiers forever, I just need that perfect sound out of an amplifier without adding , routing, an onslaught of stomp boxes to achieve the sound that I'm looking for, both in the studio and live at church.Looks like my search is over, I have several different studio mics to mic this amp, maybe I won't have to mic it at all. Review later, trust me, I will give it any amount of time that's required for an honest, professional opinion!!
I LOVE my Katana 100, particularly Crunch channel, Gain on full, Volume 1 o'clock, Blues Drive 10 o'clock, Bass more than 12 o'clock, mid & treb less than 12.... bit of delay and reverb.... check out "Paul Stafford Cook plays Cause We've Ended As Lovers" to hear an example of that tone.
Great review, almost all reviews of this amp are recorded throughout a professional mic which can enhance the sound, but in this video you can really hear how good it sounds even though the cameras mic.Thanks.
For my 'small bedroom' Amp setup, In one corner I've got a 100W Katana-Head MK2 "Stereo-Linked" to a 100W Katana-Head MK1 (using it's return jack) in another corner, each running through a MTX TP112 cab and it sounds superwide stereo freaking awesome!
Really like this demo - I liked the way you showed the accessibility of varying sounds from the panel alone. This amp's more versatile than I'd initially thought!
I bought one. Love it. It stands up well with my tube amps. The standby setting seems silly. Being solid state, there are no tubes to warm up or cool down.
Could be wrong cuz I’ve never used it but the stand by is if you wanna plug in headphones into the amp and have it play through there and not the amp itself
Got mine, When I ordered it, I also ordered an Eminence Swamthang, , It is now a Beast of an amp. Sounded good before, but now holycrap, Balls of a Rhino
Sound quality: 8 (not quite a "tube" amp, but sounds really good, and responds to the guitar and playing dynamics alot like a tube amp) Options/ versatility: 10 (with the computer app or whatever you call it, you can build really any sound you want) Reliability: 10.... no tubes! Price: 10 (compared to a similar wattage tube head) I would definitely recommend it, even if you already have a "real amp" as detractors like to say..
Do you try "line out" for recording into soundcard and emulating poweramp & cabinet with vst's, i wanna buy this amp and line out sound quailty is a deciding factor for me, is it possible for you to upload a little demo for it with hi gain tones?
No parlo el ingles, pero el tutorial es entendible porque en pantalla estan los controles del ampli. y va señalando lo que va a usar. Primer tuto donde la ESTRELLA ES EL AMPLI, no quien lo presenta, EXCELENTE. reviw.
Does anyone bother downloading the software and running it through a computer to gain access to all the effects and patches? Never see it mentioned, it was the first thing i did and i love it:)
herer's what I want to know. I have a line 6 spider amp that I've had for a long time and I know solid state sound, how bad is the ambient noise on this amp and have they done anything new or better for modern amps to reduce the amount of excessive solid state noise that appears on these types of amps?
Clayton Brown I dont know about ambient sounds in this amp, but a boss representative said they understand solid state distortion sounds like shit, so they worked hard to make that sound good
Back off the bass and boost the mids and highs to cut thru the Brown Sound for detuned heavy music. Add presence and booster. Scoop the mids slightly as needed
Nobody on these demos , tell you how to build a 3 fx with boost and mods and store them . also if you're using the wah in a song but need to turn it off and on keeping that same patch ... This would make a difference to me in buying this or a line six or one of the other amps out there . also foot control is there one that can turn off fx and back on the same patch while playing a song ?
Ryan Jacob I too am trying to figure that out. From what I’ve seen the Fender has a really good clean channel but the dirty channel sucks. I do have pedals to use so I’m imagining it would sound really good played through the clean channel with a tube screamer in front.
Ryan McKinley yes, but you can download the noise gate! I have the 100 and artist; the artist is better! I mainly run the clean and crunch channels, I run a boss and-1 overdrive pedal for lead work! It works for me, I also run a marshal dsl 40 cr! I have a channel switch for swapping amps! Both together is bliss!🤘🏼! So yeah you get hiss lol!
Agree, lol. I have a Vox ac15 and it seems a little murky. Great tone but not bight enough. I'm gonna get this and run it with the Vox in stereo. Every guitar player should have 2 amps. 2 of these wouldn't cost too much
Cool name "Katana" but Mustang is a bit better for rock n roll music. My tube amp has 2 switch for standby and on...but why for a solid state? I am looking at the Mustang 3. There aren't many quality sounding amps around $200-300. i think the Mustang 3 is the sweet spot, then the bigger gig amps.
tigerbalm prob to quietly switch guitars without powering it down. Doesn't protect anything like a tube amp does, but maybe in the very very long run it saves the SS preamp from the stress of turning off and on
I have this amp but I can't find a real high gain sound. Is it me? I haven't hooked it up to the computer yet. Will that get me high gain or should I get the Yamaha THR10x? Any suggestions anyone? I am the least educated guy when it comes to creating patches and I sold my GT8 then sold my GT10 and I own a Code 50 ( sent it to get repaired) and now have this amp and on none of them I have been able to find a warm high gain sound. The code came closest so far. Any advice will be very welcome. Thanks. ruclips.net/video/_i30ahxCeBQ/видео.html The sound Steve has at around 2.28. I just want that without much technical hassle.
Brown Sound and add the booster(max) and gain at 10. Bass at 2o'clock mids scooped either all scooped or at 10oclock and treble dimes out and add presence slowly to find the sweet spot. Fell presence for a brighter tone, no presence for warmth or 12o'clock for a good blend,and back off the treble of needed
The clean sounds are sterile and cold, no warmth. The overdrive/crunch sounds are also sterile/harsh and cold. The build in FX could polish up the lack of sounds a little bit, but after all: no buy for me.
They least informed review I've seen on this amp. I own one. The sheer fact that you are not following the well established method of running the amp Master all the way up illustrates your lack of knowledge on the product.
I find nothing in the manual to support your "method". We do these videos without the high tech and splash of the big guys. But we do make sure that we pass along factual information that is stated by the manufacturer. If you can show me in the Boss operation manual where we are incorrectly running the amp I will be more than happy to remove the video. Thank you.
What an amazing amp, I am 57 year's old, a studio musician, I have been recording, producing, for years. I've been researching amplifiers forever, I just need that perfect sound out of an amplifier without adding , routing, an onslaught of stomp boxes to achieve the sound that I'm looking for, both in the studio and live at church.Looks like my search is over, I have several different studio mics to mic this amp, maybe I won't have to mic it at all. Review later, trust me, I will give it any amount of time that's required for an honest, professional opinion!!
I LOVE my Katana 100, particularly Crunch channel, Gain on full, Volume 1 o'clock, Blues Drive 10 o'clock, Bass more than 12 o'clock, mid & treb less than 12.... bit of delay and reverb.... check out "Paul Stafford Cook plays Cause We've Ended As Lovers" to hear an example of that tone.
Great video, thank you for the comment!
Gain on fool its not cool :(
Great review, almost all reviews of this amp are recorded throughout a professional mic which can enhance the sound, but in this video you can really hear how good it sounds even though the cameras mic.Thanks.
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Dont let Boss hear you say acoustic simulator...they have went out of there way to say it is not a acoustic simulator
For my 'small bedroom' Amp setup, In one corner I've got a 100W Katana-Head MK2 "Stereo-Linked" to a 100W Katana-Head MK1 (using it's return jack) in another corner, each running through a MTX TP112 cab and it sounds superwide stereo freaking awesome!
Really like this demo - I liked the way you showed the accessibility of varying sounds from the panel alone. This amp's more versatile than I'd initially thought!
Just picked up a like-new one for $250! Thanks for the info. It does so much more than I imagined it would do.
Katana 100 2x12 is the best amp I could have bought with my budget and sounds loud AF, just great!
Great review thanks. Nicely done and some lovely playing to show off the amp’s capabilities.
I bought one. Love it. It stands up well with my tube amps.
The standby setting seems silly. Being solid state, there are no tubes to warm up or cool down.
Could be wrong cuz I’ve never used it but the stand by is if you wanna plug in headphones into the amp and have it play through there and not the amp itself
Got mine, When I ordered it, I also ordered an Eminence Swamthang, , It is now a Beast of an amp. Sounded good before, but now holycrap, Balls of a Rhino
I have that amplifier with the multi-effect pedal GT100 from Boss - Really enjoy the sounds :) Can't go wrong with Boss products
I also have the Gt-100 love this unit I use it through a DSL-100 I'm looking at the boss combo for a smaller unit.
Best review I've seen and alot more detailed . Great job.
Nice video; I bought my first Katana 100 amp today. The foot switch that came with it, the lights on it don't work. I'm not sure why,any suggestions?
Just got mine. Simply tremendous.
Yup, hanx mate, enjoyed this, i'm getting one for my birthday.
Great demo on this amp - pretty clear and useful.
Is it possible save effects like preset and use them in a footswitch? Thanks.
yep
Love this amp and That was a brilliant review of it 🙌
Can you use the line out to plug into a passive cab?
Really wanna pick one up! Asking other owners what they think? So what do you think?! Out of 10?
Sound quality: 8 (not quite a "tube" amp, but sounds really good, and responds to the guitar and playing dynamics alot like a tube amp)
Options/ versatility: 10 (with the computer app or whatever you call it, you can build really any sound you want)
Reliability: 10.... no tubes!
Price: 10 (compared to a similar wattage tube head)
I would definitely recommend it, even if you already have a "real amp" as detractors like to say..
6@@RyanWright hh
I run mine on Lead Boost around 3 , Volume at 10 , Master Vol at 4 will blow your ears out
You are a great guitarist man!
i have a boss zone mt 2 pedal and a dean razorback, do you think i can thrash with my stuff and that amp?
Sure, in fact the Metal Zone is one of the pedals you can download from Boss Central site.
K2MusicTV oh okay cool, thx
still dont know why Boss would make the default setting for the mods to be in front of the amp
Do you try "line out" for recording into soundcard and emulating poweramp & cabinet with vst's, i wanna buy this amp and line out sound quailty is a deciding factor for me, is it possible for you to upload a little demo for it with hi gain tones?
You said it was an acoustic simulator. It is an acoustic preamp that you plug an acoustic guitar into
No parlo el ingles, pero el tutorial es entendible porque en pantalla estan los controles del ampli. y va señalando lo que va a usar. Primer tuto donde la ESTRELLA ES EL AMPLI, no quien lo presenta, EXCELENTE. reviw.
is this anything like the blues cub..I did not like that amp turned way up at gigs. to thin
Does anyone bother downloading the software and running it through a computer to gain access to all the effects and patches? Never see it mentioned, it was the first thing i did and i love it:)
Thanks man this was very useful
Wheres the guitat humming sound
Good demo mate. Thank you.
Molto bravo grazie
herer's what I want to know. I have a line 6 spider amp that I've had for a long time and I know solid state sound, how bad is the ambient noise on this amp and have they done anything new or better for modern amps to reduce the amount of excessive solid state noise that appears on these types of amps?
Clayton Brown I dont know about ambient sounds in this amp, but a boss representative said they understand solid state distortion sounds like shit, so they worked hard to make that sound good
When I put mine to crunch it sounds the exact same
i want to djent (Palm muting and fast progression), do you guys recommend this amp?
Back off the bass and boost the mids and highs to cut thru the Brown Sound for detuned heavy music. Add presence and booster. Scoop the mids slightly as needed
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@@joebrooks3638 Thanks dude
Awesome video. Man could you get punk rock tones on that? Like nirvana ?
Very cool! Thanks man!
Is there guitar tune function in it?
no
I have the 100 and I love it
Can this amp be hooked up to a separate speaker cabinet?
Look...
ruclips.net/video/2k_LsrxMUTw/видео.html
Nobody on these demos , tell you how to build a 3 fx with boost and mods and store them . also if you're using the wah in a song but need to turn it off and on keeping that same patch ... This would make a difference to me in buying this or a line six or one of the other amps out there . also foot control is there one that can turn off fx and back on the same patch while playing a song ?
you'd have to make two saved channels one with wah and one without.Using the foot control between the two of them
PICK 3 fx with wah save them to channel 1, cut off wah save the same fx to channel 2. On stage toggle between ch.1 and ch.2 Hope that helps
lol
Dan Young you can turn fx on and off with the footswitch.
Yeah, this... Get the GAFC footswitch, and you can turn each effect off and on at the tap of a toe... very useful... :) Great amp!
you need a better microphone or a line-out recording to demo that properly. the amp sounds way better than it does in this video
Great review
do exist a footswitch to clean/distorsion channel?!
GA-FC... switches between presets and lets you turn on/off boost, FX and reverb and tap in tempo...
Is there anything similar to the fuzz echoe effect on the e-band?
You can download a fuzz effect from the Boss Tone Studio and combine it with one of delay effects and you should something close.
Fender Champion 100 or Boss Katana 100?
Ryan Jacob I too am trying to figure that out. From what I’ve seen the Fender has a really good clean channel but the dirty channel sucks. I do have pedals to use so I’m imagining it would sound really good played through the clean channel with a tube screamer in front.
Can it sound "Marshall-y"? Like old AC/DC type rock?
sgmarshall3 nah
Close... You need some volume though...
Does the amp make any noise or hiss?
Ryan McKinley yes, but you can download the noise gate! I have the 100 and artist; the artist is better! I mainly run the clean and crunch channels, I run a boss and-1 overdrive pedal for lead work! It works for me, I also run a marshal dsl 40 cr! I have a channel switch for swapping amps! Both together is bliss!🤘🏼! So yeah you get hiss lol!
Do i need pedals on this?
definetely not...... over 50 versatile effects
Why are people so afraid of treble?
Agree, lol. I have a Vox ac15 and it seems a little murky. Great tone but not bight enough. I'm gonna get this and run it with the Vox in stereo. Every guitar player should have 2 amps. 2 of these wouldn't cost too much
@@hollowmenrule how can I connect two amp?
Can you use a bass with this amp?
I wouldn't recommend it.
K2MusicTV And what if you only use it for practice (on a low volume)?
That should be O.K.
K2MusicTV Thanks for replying
sounds a bit boxy to me? :(
Just cut the mids.
You sound like Mark Walberg from his movie Ted
Boss katana 100/212 or laney lv300T or laney lx120rt
very cool!
It's not an accoustic simulator
Cool name "Katana" but Mustang is a bit better for rock n roll music. My tube amp has 2 switch for standby and on...but why for a solid state? I am looking at the Mustang 3. There aren't many quality sounding amps around $200-300. i think the Mustang 3 is the sweet spot, then the bigger gig amps.
tigerbalm prob to quietly switch guitars without powering it down. Doesn't protect anything like a tube amp does, but maybe in the very very long run it saves the SS preamp from the stress of turning off and on
The standby switch is for silent recording using the line out jack.
I have this amp but I can't find a real high gain sound. Is it me? I haven't hooked it up to the computer yet. Will that get me high gain or should I get the Yamaha THR10x? Any suggestions anyone? I am the least educated guy when it comes to creating patches and I sold my GT8 then sold my GT10 and I own a Code 50 ( sent it to get repaired) and now have this amp and on none of them I have been able to find a warm high gain sound. The code came closest so far. Any advice will be very welcome. Thanks.
ruclips.net/video/_i30ahxCeBQ/видео.html
The sound Steve has at around 2.28. I just want that without much technical hassle.
Brown Sound and add the booster(max) and gain at 10. Bass at 2o'clock mids scooped either all scooped or at 10oclock and treble dimes out and add presence slowly to find the sweet spot. Fell presence for a brighter tone, no presence for warmth or 12o'clock for a good blend,and back off the treble of needed
@@joebrooks3638 thanks. What do you mean by scooped? And dimes out?
@@hesch-tag dime out is full or on 10, scoop means lowered or less than the bad and treble amount
@@joebrooks3638 thanks man!
Heavy metal tone anyone??
Boss katana amp you don't need it tube amp
The clean sounds are sterile and cold, no warmth. The overdrive/crunch sounds are also sterile/harsh and cold. The build in FX could polish up the lack of sounds a little bit, but after all: no buy for me.
well, you know what they say about opinions... :) I'm loving mine
I love mine too :)
There certainly are better amps out there, but not for $350.
Paul the Fender Mustang III v2, killer amp, and with tons of warmth, clean ánd distorted...
El sonido es un poco plástico
Marshall code sounds better for me.
Muddy and no crisp of a tone. No sparkle, no life.
They least informed review I've seen on this amp. I own one. The sheer fact that you are not following the well established method of running the amp Master all the way up illustrates your lack of knowledge on the product.
I find nothing in the manual to support your "method". We do these videos without the high tech and splash of the big guys. But we do make sure that we pass along factual information that is stated by the manufacturer. If you can show me in the Boss operation manual where we are incorrectly running the amp I will be more than happy to remove the video. Thank you.