SS for cleans can be great (see: jazz guitarists), but for gain you'll likely want toobs. It seems pretty much universally agreed that solid state amps just don't do gain as well as tubes. There's also Bugera? Laney? Don't actually have experience with them. Come to think of it the Marshall DSL5CR might be right up your alley. My suggestions: I can't believe I've become "one of those guys", but after my months long A/Bing amps. I like toys, but I was looking for an amp that could sound the best, get me to play better, and not require hours of deep-diving in settings.
BUT, in my potentially unpopular opinion do not get the Artist. If you want a cheap amp to fool around with, one with presets, multiple gain stages, and built in FX (which are fun!) the Katana is a great amp. And before anyone asks, yes I used Sneaky Amps and tweaked (had the Katana for a month). When I used the Power Amp In function on a pretty low-end modeller the amp sounded way better using the modelled amps for the preamp and the Katana's power amp/cab/speaker. Moreover, it did have something to do with the Katana's preamp itself. With a lot of tweaking and really wonky EQing I could come close to a cheap tube amp sound (not feel) at specific volumes, but it still had the problem of sounding weirdly dead and having little touch sensitivity. It's like it's playing with a blanket over it.
There's something just very wrong about the Katana. Oh and the Katana has an FX Loop not a looper. I play 50s, 60s, 70s, and a bit of 80s stuff. I'd consider myself a not-a-tone-snob and I recently went through the drawn out process of choosing an amp, which included renting 7 amps for up to a month, including the Katana Artist Mk II.
But you need a decent cab and you need to know how you want it to sound, get in the editor and do it. I am confident to say that I'd put the katana at the same level of any of my other favourite amps. I'd like to believe that it's not a case of not having heard or played a valve amp before since I've been playing them and collecting them for years. Roost Session Master 100 (probably my favourite)Īnd a few others that can't remember right now and a variety of cabs with different speaker combinations. Laney: klipp, pa60, Single channel Tony Iommi Marshalls: jmp 2203, Jmp superlead, Jmp superbass, jcm900 slx. I'd like to believe that I know what I like to hear in an amp. For the rest, I still stick to a rotivibe or a phase 90. I couldn't find a useful expression pedal to use its own wah.
BOSS KATANA ARTIST PLUS
This thing sounds great and nothing to envy next to other valve amps.Īt home I use the 5" speakers or I connect it through my computer interface and crank the master up (yes, it affects the timbre, the character and the harmonics I think they have tried to mimic a valve amps power section response there and in my opinion it improves the initial tone).Īnother plus is that it saves you carrying and connecting lots of pedals, especially at gigs where you need to set up quickly and go. I use it with a 2x12 closed combo loaded with a vintage 30 and an eminence swamp thang for live or rehearsals. I don't really see the point of getting a combo really. The head version has a 5" speaker built in and attenuation from 100W to 50W to 0.5W (which can still be too loud for normal home playing).
BOSS KATANA ARTIST MAC
I got the MK1 head and that thing is A BEAST!!! (A pain in the testicles to connect to a Mac for edition too).
BOSS KATANA ARTIST SOFTWARE
The second problem is that some people can't be bothered with getting into the software editor where you can really exploit the riches of this thing and turn it into a fine tuned workhorse. I have the impression that most people refer to the combo version (be it the standard or the artist version) and what they don't like is the speaker in an open back combo generally used at low volumes.
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