Boss Katana Artist Gen 3 - unboxing and first impressions
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Huge thanks to Boss for the gift of this AMAZING amp. Me thinks it'l be getting lots of use.
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Boss should employ Dave, he is making us buying katanas since 2016!!!! Thanks Dave for yet another amazing review!!!!
They DO employ him.. it clearly says in the description "Huge thanks to Boss for GIFTING me this amp." Does Boss gift you an amp? No. you know why? because you don't review stuff for them and hype it up. RUclipsrs are just creating infomercials and it is working since he has been "MAKING us buy katanas since 2016".. Obviously Boss's "gifts" to Dave are working to make them money. See how that works?
Heck yes! I bought the RC-10R because of Dave, too. In fact, I bought one for my bass pedalboard too!
I believe you named it right the serious app sounds awesome Dave
Dude you could do a MK2/MK3 STEREO DEMO! Pan them out and see how they sound with an ABY pedal or a splitter cable.
Great video. Makes me want one really bad.
Could get started with NO pedals and that could last you all your life, depending on how you play guitar.
Exactly right actually.
Roland is the King.
Dave has sold more Marshall MG's, Zoom G2's and Squier Guitars than anyone else on planet Earth....glad to see BOSS recognises the talents of Dave Simpson. Personally, I will not be happy until I start seeing...DAVE SIMPSON SIGNATURE SERIES AMPS, PEDALS and GUITARS!!!....You know it is just a matter of time...GOOD GRAVEY!!!...
Yeah man...I agree! This guy is like the reason I am aspiring to be a RUclipsr, as well. RUclips should be pushing him more with the algorithm or whatever makes it blow up.
@@SonicReels Dave is one of a kind and a musical genius!...love his playing. Steve Terreberry is another RUclipsr I really like. Good luck with your own channel. Cheers!
That should be his first signature piece of equipment: “new from Boss, the Dave Simpson “Good Gravy” pedal!”
@@livefreehurtno1 ZOOM has signature series G2 for George Lynch, and many other famous guitarist's...
NO ONE has given the G2 as much love, explored it's depth's or made it sound so damn good..."MY DESERT ISLAND PEDAL."....I presently own 4....The "GOOD GRAVY G2 CLASSIC" ...Make it happen ZOOM,
@@livefreehurtno1 The ZOOM G2...GOOD GRAVY CLASSIC......They already have a G2 George Lynch, Ritchie Kotzen, Kiko Lureiro, Vai ect.....No one has given the G2 as much love and praise..."MY DESERT ISLAND PEDAL.'.......Make it happen ZOOM.
This is the first review of the Katana that's actually made me sit up, take notice and listen. Really look forward to a deeper dive if you're planning one. Cheers!
Gets it out of the box. Sounds better than 99% of everybody. Inspiring as always Dave! I can tell that thing sounds amazing in the room. Might be time for swapping some gear and thinning out the herd for this. 🤔
Thank you BOSS!!!!! for giving Dave this badass amp!
That IT Crowd joke made me chuckle
Bought my Artist MK2 because of Dave's video, now I'm gonna get me an Artist gen 3
Well I have the older Vox valvetronix hybrid amps with the real 12x7A tubes in them..not the NU tubes that are in them Now..2007 50 Watt and 2009 100 Watt I wouldn't part with either one of them for any amp.. absolutely brilliant Amps sweet tube to smash mouth tones
Absolutely agree brother 👍👍
Interesting: would you say that the Vox Valvetronix ones sound better than this MK 3 Katana.. I’m genuinely interested to know 👍🏻
@@dodgedandle8311 the older Vox valvetronix I'm talking not what's today I'm talking 2002 to 2010 ..with the real 12x7A tubes in them..
I’ll check them out 👍🏻
Dave your reviews are simply the best and I hope you feel better soon the amp is fantastic
You look twenty years younger with less beard
After amp hopping between a few tube amps I bought one of the gen 3 artist and haven't looked back, it does absolutely everything I could want. Nice review!
I personally believe the Katana Artist combos are the best amps ever made. Period. I have dozens and dozens of tube amps and tube and SS combo amps. None of them on their own even compare the the Katana Artist amps. And that Waza speaker is unreal. I got a dual Waza cab also for some of my tube amp heads. Only thing you need to make it the end all, be all amp is. The BOSS GAFC-EX control pedal. It’s a must.
I'm sold!!! Great sounding amp, BUT, even Greater playing, You & that amp ROCK!!! Congrats!!! Rock On & God Bless!!!
Boss, Dave is your biggest promoter. I can’t think of the katana without thinking of Dave. Boss keep up the freebies for him. 👍
Of course they will, his infomercials sell amps for them.
Another video from the master Dave!?! YESSSSSSSS!
I got the Kat 50 gen 3 I need some time with to get the tones I want. I spent the time with my Helix LT and Cat 60. Both of those I like. Just need time to see if the Kat will sound as nice to me!
I’ve got several guitars to use so maybe it’ll be my Strat amp?
Guitars are 2010 CS R7 GoldTop, 2019 Gibson Jr DC LP Trib P90, 2020 Fender Player Strat, 2023 PRS SE McCarty 594 DC and 2023/2024 PRS SE DGT Gold Top.
When we looking on guitar 🎸 Gods, they are far from us to communicate. But Dave has same level. He’s like Prometheus for me
Dave, you look very small compared to the amp box (00:15).
I'm really liking the gen 3 more than 2 thanks again for the demo Dave 💪🏻😎👊🏻
My MKII had an awful vibration coming from the front of the unit. Exchanged it, replacement had the same problem. It's a shame because I loved the design and the sounds. But if you tried to play clean, it sounded like a blown speaker or something
You emerging from behind the box, Dave, made me spit my beer all over my monitor and proves you're a You Tube genius. Great review.
Dave, again a superior demo of this amp. I do have to say that some of the effects ( like delay on the solo mode already exists on the MK, in BTS) but now with the knob on the panel it is much better. Leaves us for the great awaiting of a comparison between your MK Artsist and this GEN3 Artist in the same settings. I guess a lot of us are awaiting this from you .
I'll stick with my 100 mk2. I like the controls on the front face though. Undoubtably a better speaker in the Artist but I like what I have. Thanks for unboxing this amp and you are very lucky to be gifted it! Boss like you 😊
one thing i very much love about your videos dave (other then the guitar playing and love for frusciante) is the gear you use is accecable to us mere mortals. sure, you get to sample some gear from companies without buying it and lets face it, the gen 3 artist combo in australia is over a grand so that can be a stretch for a lot of people for their hobby, but you show the same love for the kat 50's and budget friendly guitars that a lot of us can afford.
you prove the point that the player makes the gear, not the other way around
It looks and sounds freaking beautiful.
Hi Dave. Just watched this. Ordered mine minutes later. I’ve loved my Katanas over the years including my current Mk2 100w but so much about the new Artist appeals to me. As someone that also keeps being bitterly disappointed by the world of modellers I’m firmly a Katana guy. And proudly so.
The soul reason i opened RUclips today was in the hopes you made a Gen 3 Katana Artist video review. THANK YOU from Canada 🤘
Glad to see someone else discovered the best way for an slightly dirty tone on the Katana is the brown channel with the gain all the way down. WAY more tube-like response and feel than the Crunch channel (or even Clean channel with ODs in front). Brown and Lead are always my go-tos.
Hey Dave, having played both the 100W Gen 3 and Artist Gen 3, how would you compare them tonally? Speaker make a difference?
First 11 minutes: That´s how a S type guitar should always sound!!!!
Is it better than the 100 because of the better speaker and the bigger and sturdier enclosure? I'm looking for a replacement for my live rig, I don't want to use tube amps any more, but the Katana 50 MKI I've got doesn't quite cut it for me
At 10 minutes Dave is playing Hendrix's off the cuff riff at Woodstock , Dave therefore is a legend for being able to replicate that 👍
Kinda pisses me off the katana sounds better then the nextone , Lol,
Hmm… bass/mid/treble all at their lowest??
Yep!
I saw that too. I'm like "Hmmmm"...
Would have been nice to hear the EQ section being used a bit just for the demo.
Just what a review should be! No marketing BS, just excellent walk through.
I was going to buy a katana until I saw you need to lay out separately for a Bluetooth module... How very Sony of you Boss
Thank God for guitars.
That sounds really effen good 🤘
Question tho: If one were to buy the 50 watt gen 3, which doesn't have the presence/resonance control or the bloom switch, would you be able to set those parameters in the Tone Studio?
I think you can yes.
no.
Can anyone tell me the dimensions of the box, please? Can't find it anywhere on the internet. Need it for the cargo company, because sadly boss doesn't ship to my country :)
Thanks Dave - Ordered this Katana Gen 3 Artist yesterday, waiting for it to get here!
I have a Boss "Mark 2" 100 and now have the "Mark 3" 50. Just so you know I bought both on your recommendation of the Boss Katana series. I also have the Boss ME-90 multi-effects which I use on my other amps. Great gear thanks for all you do Dave.
You should do a full review of this amp, best settings and all that. Just got one and haven’t seen a deep dive yet on RUclips about it.
I’m just here to watch you play man
Every time you do an amp I wanna go get it hahah so I’m banned and just enjoying the music xo
Again, I find myself very impressed with your playing, sir. I adore BOSS amps too, and I will likely be picking one of those beauties up
Dave you could sell bananas with lacky bands on them as guitars mate. Great review as always. Cheers for this one, awesome!
Sounds great from minute one…. Totally agree Dave. Pedalboard or even just one pedal dies, settings, levels and FX can even be pre-programmed and stored into the bank switches meaning virtually no downtime. Might not be the exact tone but will get you through a gig. Coupled to the foot switch - immense. As for Boss giving you gear… they will have a budget of millions for advertising, I can guarantee this is the best seven hundred quid they have ever spent on advertising 😅
There are a lot of technically sound guitarist on RUclips. However, very few play with the feeling and emotion that you do. I hope grand things are in your future. Can't think of anyone who deserves it more.
Dave, what guitar are you using specifically? Sounds mega!
Oswald s type.
Im tempted even though i have the mk2 artist 😂
My maaaan!!!! Just remembered I got your album coming in October. 🎉👍🏻
i didnt know the lead singer from the Scorpions had a YT channel....cool!
13:58 man that little run reminds me so much of post-reboot Alice in Chains I love it
Great review, thank you. Monsters is a great track Dave ... bit short for me though .... wanted to hear more of your soloing .... please .... 😉
That's what I thought... Really great track, but needed to be longer. A solo would have added 30 to 40 seconds.
27m10: "Are they any better than the 100 or the 50....? they've got more features". You've simply got to admire Dave's honesty after being gifted this amplifier.
Kwinkydink! People-of-the-Tube is what my father used to call me!
I’m just kidding, Dave. I hope tomorrow you have a better day.
The Gen 3 rips, buy it. Hot shredding by the way.
Sounds amazing great review and great playing Dave.
Great video Dave as always much love from the USA in North Carolina !
Just got the Gen 3 100 on Thursday, they didn't have the Artist yet. Great to see you taking this one out for a spin!
Got the Gen 3 100w head and I love it so much. The Artist is great too, brilliant!
Just played one with a PRS… so damn good.
Congrats Dave!!! Am looking forward to hearing you do your "thang" with it!
I have this same amp. It’s awesome. Tone studio is where it’s at here.
Sounds like the other Katanas.
I still can't believe how many clothes you wear in this heat.
Every video you're dressed for winter.
Perhaps they have amazing A.C.????
Off topic but, have you seen the Midnight Special (just uploaded to the Tube) hosted by the Kinks, with two performances by Rory Gallagher.
Ep 71 - The Midnight Special | June 7, 1974
Octaver sounds filth nice.
hi dave big hug from me , ive been there and still have my moments !
Hi Dave. Could you please explain why you have all the EQ controls set all the way down? Thanks. :)
Its just the way i find my sound.
Dave’s Heart goes up to Eleven
What’s in your cargo pocket?
A hat.
@@thedavesimpson Thank you.
Dave on that “Beast review mode” 👏👏👏👏
Very good sounding amp and amazing playing. You are very gifted. All good gifts are from God. Praying for you to come out of the other side (you will)...
Hi Dave, last week I watched an Anderton's video featuring a series of Halcyon drive pedals, in blue, yellow and green, emulating three classics, the Marshall Blues Breaker, the Klon Centaur and the Ibanez Tube Screamer, respectively. Do you think that you could get a Boss Katana amp (possibly in conjunction with your famous pedal board) to reproduce the sound of all these pedals?
Oh yes.
@@thedavesimpson Thanks Dave. You've just saved me £750 !! 🙂 By the way, Keira was stupendous in the clips from the Flying Circus concert.
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Is the speaker some kind of celestion clone or is it a FRFR speaker?
No idea. It sounds great though whatever it is.
Hi there Dave, what type of pickups do you have in this red strat? They sound amazing!
They’re Oswald 62s.
@@thedavesimpson Thanks, Dave! 🙏
Finally!! Waited so long for this
What would be a good stereo alternative in the same price rannnge without going up to 200w?
Boss is the go to for people confused and cannot make up their mind on an all in one doable mutli or effect or amp. It just works. It may not the the absolute best, but its convincing. Roland merging with Boss years ago gave the amp a kick in the goods. They are doing great things and not charging astronomical prices and giving goofy names to appeal to the man bun crowd. Haha. Sorry. A little....😂
Facial Hair is on point! Always love the amp reviews.
Man do you have the EQ B M T set to 0?
How do you get that awesome tone!
I do yes.
Are you happy with the STOCK speaker in this amp?
Very
Hi Dave, which one sounded more balanced MK2 or Gen3? I want to buy one of these. But which one?! Thank you so much Dave.
Mkiii.
@@thedavesimpson thx 😉
Dave, when you do things for others with no expectations sooner or later you will get noticed. You shouldn’t feel strange because people are giving you things. You are deserving of them. You are doing a great service to us the “people of the tube.” I have learned so much from you. I’m 63 years old and you have inspired me to get back to my guitar journey.
You deserve all the good things that come your way. Success with Red Giant and everything else. Thanks Dave.
Undoubtably another belting amp from Boss. I'm in love with the Waza air headphones too. I just wish, and this is a stupid gripe, that they would take the time to make the apps as beautiful as their tones. Cracking video Dave. I love the uncut stuff.
question about the variation switch,
when the variation switch is ON,
EQ (base, treble, mid) section at 0, gain at 10, volume at 10
for the Clean, Pushed and Lead Amp types, Katana doesn't make any noise until i turned EQ section ON
have you noticed this as well?
however, when the variation switch is OFF, you get sound from the Katana even when the EQ section is a 0
You the best Dave! Love watching ur channel and everything you do! If it wasn't for you I'd dropped guitar playing awhile ago...defintly a inspiration you are
Dave you work so hard to enlighten us with these videos. Great complete review. You always put a smile on my face. I hope that soon you will have a smile on your face permanently. Hope that all your future Saturdays are fantastic!
Oh, wow, that thing looks amazing! I also got a new amp, a Marshall MG15DFX, it sounds and plays amazing! I have been waiting for 20 years to get an MG series amp, I never ended up getting one because I had the Crate GFX-1200H, which I still have, and then the first gen wasn't produced anymore, and those are the ones I wanted. Solid State amps get a bad rep for no reason these days, the complaints you hear are just people echoing the complaints of the first Solid State amps that came our, they solved those issues right away with the 2nd gen of Solid State amps in the late 1960's or early 1970's. Same with digital modeling amps, I have a Fender G-Dec 30 1st gen amp, and if you just use the amp models with a little reverb it sounds awesome. Same with the Roland Micro-Cube amp, another modeler that is severely underrated.
I bought the g15rcd in combo mode (w-guitar, cable, etc.) 23 years ago and I still use that almost everyday to this day. They even wanted to buy that one from me the two times that I left it for repairs at a small musical instruments shop/workshop 😅 I said "no way!" Even though it has a pretty standard, entry level, cheap speaker, it sounds good for cleans and great for distortions. I will never part with that, probably just change to the best speaker I can ever find that suits it. And the MOSFET ones from the 80s are even better!
Way back I had the MG100DFX and always regretted selling it. Lo and behold, the other month I walked into a studio for band practice and the venue had one just sat there. Gave me amazing feelings of nostalgia just seeing it. Enjoy your MG15!
Dave..do u ever jst feel ypu relate to some people...i always smile watching...mostly because your so honest about life and its affect and ypur passion for guitar..im jst a bedroom olayer but i wanted to be professional as a kid until i relized i dnt work hard enough to make it work...my music teacher was mad and said i had talkent most want but dnt put the effort...he wasnt wro g i realized..but its very nice to jst play for fun..drums too..and ive learned to accept that..i olay on my terms.not for others...❤ ya buddy...cheers
Here in India, the price difference between the Artist and regular Katana 100 gen3 is about 350 USD. I am really confused. Is the artist really worth for extra $350? (Katana 100 gen 3 costs $500 here)
I was about to watch something else when this popped up and glad it did! It sounds unbelievably great amd it might be just what I'm looking for because I don't want to deal with the hassle of valve amps (I'm not reach and only an amateur musician) even though I was just about to buy a very nice 4 or 10 watt Vox valve amp. I'll guess I'll wait till I'm rich enough to buy the real deal (AC30HW 😅)
Boss should give Dave what ever he wants lifetime ...hes probably helped sell over 100,000 katanas and DS-1.
Why is your mood so down when you have that awesome-looking album coming out and people from BOSS sending you gear? I hope you feel better man. You're doing really great things on here. You inspired me to start my new channel on RUclips. I hope to be as popular and successful as you are on here, someday. Thanks for this review. Looks like a sweet sweet new version of the Katana. I never checked if they made a stereo version because that is what I'm into now...but for years this amp would have sufficed for me and been what I needed before I got into stereo pedals and stuff. I love the effects loop and the the power amp in and out. You can easily do a wet/dry rig that way. Sick!
If you check out the life/update on his channel you’ll have a better idea.
Dave is no more an item with Queenie, so that explains the mood.
@@An_inquisitive_thinker what happened between them? Sounds like she broke it off
I always assumed some entity would inevitably come in and swoop her away.
Not really cool to ask people about the reason for their moods. Just support whether they gave the reason or not.
Even if it’s to humor or friendly banter, is it really helpful to ask and have them repeat it?
Now we have this discussion going on which is not necessary.
Anyways, I’ve always been into tube amps but this Boss amp sounds damn good. Wait, is it tube?
Great playing as always Dave. Any plans on plugging it into some of your other cabs. Would be interested in hearing your views on what you prefer. The waza speaker or different speakers. Don't know if better getting the combo or head. And you deserve everything Boss gives you and much more. I'm surprised other companies haven't reached out to give you stuff to try out. Amazing guitarist Dave. keep it up.
I have the Waza Craft headphones. They are absolutely superb and allow me to virtually play along with Rammstein, live, in the mix !
Got a Spock moment come out of me watching this...Fascinating Captain Dave. Truly fascinating. Great video sir!