I've had to use it twice at gigs when power issues wrought havoc with my main Marshalls. Feb 7, 2023 · Ya know I gotta say my boss katana head is actually really great for a pedal platform. Boss Katana Artist Head - along with the 50EX the latest additions to the lineup. Katana head will automatically do what it needs to match ohms for whatever cabinet. Members Online Raw, dirty, sludge metal tone on a Katana? I have for over a year the katana 50 mk2 and everything is pretty good. there is about 1dB difference between 65W and 50W . The fender is designed to do one thing and it does an extremely good job at it. except if. KTN Head II, I went with 2x KTN heads because I wanted the expand and the ability to control with Midi. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice Apr 13, 2023 · So I switched to a Katana MK2 head about 2 months ago from a JCM900 clone and loads of pedals. The combo sounds better at 50 watts than the head at 50 to me. the small speaker pretty much all i use in the house. Bad value for money compared to the regular Head. Now the Katana has the mode where a second Katana works as an extension of the first and there you get true left-right stereo out. A place to exchange tones, patches, tips, tricks, love, and frustration about the Boss Katana amplifier… Feb 19, 2020 · I've got the MK1 "vintage" Katana head. of the two units. A. Basically anything with strings. 24K subscribers in the BossKatana community. The versatility of Boss Tone Studio is amazing, but it can also be a rabbit hole sometimes to get lost in, so you need to be careful with that. Members Online Original-Buffalo-653 Apr 13, 2023 · So I switched to a Katana MK2 head about 2 months ago from a JCM900 clone and loads of pedals. Can't wait to really dig into this and the new features. But the same sound can be achieved with both. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice So consider the additional clean head room, speaker quality, amplifier setting enhancements, full foot switch capability, effects loop (especially for looper), and add on, stereo capability with 2 amps- further, I wouldn’t hesitate to play out with a 100w mk2 katana with foot switch, relying mostly on the 50w setting- I personally won’t Aug 27, 2022 · I always bring my Katana 100w head as a backup to gigs and sometimes to practice. You would be using the preamp from the Orange and the power amp and speaker from the Katana. I just bought one on Friday for a short tour over the weekend. 9% of the time since i live in an apartment and have no plans on gigging or anything like that. The Boss is designed to do a whole bunch thing and does a pretty good job at all of them. Just got my new 100W katana home, not finding a great metal tone with it through the amp settings so I’m gonna use the tone studio, playing modern… Sep 15, 2018 · The Katana comes the closest in terms of dynamics and reactivity to playing as tube amp. For the Lead & Brown modes: bass at 60-70, mids at 60-70, treble at no more than 52 and presence at 40-50. A place to exchange tones, patches, tips, tricks, love, and frustration about the Boss Katana amplifier series, which has taken the guitar world by storm. Sep 15, 2018 · The Katana comes the closest in terms of dynamics and reactivity to playing as tube amp. Head was great all weekend long plugged into my Marshall 4x12. There aren't really any (significantly) cheaper options out there. Question about the internal speaker on the MkII head. I have not hooked the head up to the Boss Tone Studio yet. Also plugins are less plug and play than the katana but how much you fuss with Nov 20, 2016 · I set mine at 125hz and 6. Using the clean channel and getting all the gain with distortion pedals. This all started when I realised that it was super hard to source a MK2 artist in Canada (there are a couple of sellers on Reverb, but all the usual suspects are dry or Aug 27, 2022 · I always bring my Katana 100w head as a backup to gigs and sometimes to practice. I have the same patch on 50 (sounds great) then head to the 50 (sounds pretty bad). . That KLON clone and Pedal Bender are nice add-ons too! If a person can't get a killer tone now, they aren't doing it right! BOSS delivers again! Nov 20, 2016 · I set mine at 125hz and 6. I chose a evh cab and i have a gnarly tight metal tone, not saying you can’t get similar results from the stock boss speakers, but you get easy freedom of choice easier than swapping out speakers in your combo amp, up to you Feb 19, 2020 · I've got the MK1 "vintage" Katana head. in the studio i just turn the katana head around Feb 7, 2023 · Ya know I gotta say my boss katana head is actually really great for a pedal platform. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice A place to exchange tones, patches, tips, tricks, love, and frustration about the Boss Katana amplifier series, which has taken the guitar world by storm. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice Sep 15, 2018 · The Katana comes the closest in terms of dynamics and reactivity to playing as tube amp. There are 2 katana heads Boss katana 100watt head And Boss katana artist head They both do the same thing but the artist has more physical knobs that the regular head has in the software when connected to a computer. Lately I feel like the Katana has been getting some hate, becoming a meme of some sort of wanna be tube amp. I was going to purchase a Katana 100 MkII or its versatility and because it looks a nice "tool to learn". I have the head w a Randall 2x 12 w vintage 30s. Sounds great and is part of my stealth ‘Tweed Katana’ combo. Boss katana mkII 100w head no sound Question It lights up and whatnot just like normal when I turn it on, but there’s no sound, it’s not on standby, volume is up, master volume is up, guitar volume is up, there’s no buzzing noises when I touch the end of the amp cable, won’t play through my cabinet or by itself, it was working fine 20 Hi all, I've purchased an Orange Super Crush 100 head and was in the process of looking at cabs for it but after scanning some forum posts I've heard it may actually be possible to use my Boss katana MKII as a cab. Members Online SnooJokes2565 Nov 20, 2016 · I set mine at 125hz and 6. They are totally serviceable amps, not my first choice, but very handy for grab and go/backup duty. If you connect the Orange effects loop out to the Katana power amp in, that will work, but that is not the same as using the Katana as a cab. Only consider if you absolutely must have front-facing controls or want to expand your existing mk2 with a Head that supports the dual-link stereo expand mode. If you're playing in a band you can buy the K100 head and two separate cabinets, leave one cab at home and leave the other at your practice space so you only have to transport the head to and from home and back. Boss Katana MKII 100 Head - No sound from internal or external speakers, headphones OK. if you are playing live then front knobs are a hinderance if you wear a strap and stand up. I gig the MKII 100 watt head through an old Fender 2x12 cab; it’s pretty great. 2)you have 2 4 x12 cabs stacked. The head has more features that the 50 watt version and having owned a katana 50 before. The stereo nature of the effects in the Spark sounds great because of the two speakers. My Katana seriously sounds like a different amp now. At home I have a small 12" cab for practise and monitoring. I don’t use the internal speaker anymore. Now I just take the Katana Head to a gig, plug it into the PA be done with it. You can get one with different features (included expression pedal, but without option to switch red/yellow/green effects for example), but with less convenience (arguably, although having a raspberry pi in addition to the midi controller isn't that much of additional pain). I just recently learned that the Katana 100 head has that built in speaker. i measured these numbers not just guessing. /r/guitars is a place for people to post pictures of and discuss everything about guitars i. e. I think you should just get a good pair of headphones with a 3/4 jack OR sell your katana for an audio interface which is insanely portable and quiet (headphones or speakers) but you will need to buy (or 🏴☠️) a daw and will need a pc(My recommendation is any focusrite Scarlett with audio technica mx40). I was aware that the 2x12 was mono, but just wasn't quite clear if the head/cab stereo setup was 1 head/2 cabs or 2 head/2 cabs (I didn't really explain it well the first time). I’ve been looking around to get my first katana amp for a while now, but I’ve been having some issues with finding the most adequate one. Portability is the main reason I see for buying the head. Aug 27, 2022 · I always bring my Katana 100w head as a backup to gigs and sometimes to practice. im new to Katanas but A lot of people like the result of swapping for a celestion i've noticed, but thats basically any amp almost Fat low punch is basically what the katana does, the celestion swap would prob push your mids better if you put a v30 but maybe not be better than the katana speaker for the lows, they are very punchy and bassy, i hope someone else can answer this Sometimes i Feb 7, 2023 · Ya know I gotta say my boss katana head is actually really great for a pedal platform. Tones are great and everything is fine. Sounds best on 100 watts. Based on various reviews it seems legit. They are great sounding amps, can do pretty much anything, and that built in speaker is super handy. However i just bought the katana 100 head mk2 bc i need to play live and when i connect the head to the katana 50's speaker , it sounds like (bad word). 1)you are incredibly short. it is "reasonably priced" I'd say. So instead of connecting the internal amp lead to the internal speaker, I connect it to an external 12” 30 watt Weber. Also sounds really good when using my ADA mp1 preamp in the loop and then I use the on board katana fx with it. I was in a similar situation as you and had to decide between a small practice amp and a bigger amp for gigs & jams. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice Aug 27, 2022 · I always bring my Katana 100w head as a backup to gigs and sometimes to practice. Hey there. Feb 19, 2020 · I've got the MK1 "vintage" Katana head. when im jamming with my friends (two guitars, bass and drums) im using a cab most of the time, sometimes we will plug the katana into the pa as well and ill use the head and cab as a monitor. Those are wildly different choices. I went to use the internal speaker of my mk2 head last night by simply not using an amp cable. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice The new Artist Head and the new Katana Cab are way more expensive (last time I looked) combined than the Artist combo. Haven't tried a cabinet yet, but I have been considering building a cabinet for my katana head. I love it and think it sounds great. I modded my Katana head to drive an external speaker from the internal amp. In fact I sold my 6505+ as the difference to the Katana wasn't in any way big enough to justify handling the shitton of weight that comes with a tube amp. It’s not a tube amp ands it’s not meant to do just single thing exceptional, it’s made to do a number of things fairly wel Sep 15, 2018 · The Katana comes the closest in terms of dynamics and reactivity to playing as tube amp. The thing is, I’m a bedroom player. You can almost get a new Artist combo for the price of that new Cab. Depends on what you want, but as others said, you can easily use the Combo with a cabinet if you want to. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice Feb 7, 2023 · Ya know I gotta say my boss katana head is actually really great for a pedal platform. But I was able to use the headphone jack just fine. The head gives freedom to choose whatever cabinet you like (which some will note from Glenn fricker that it has a huge factor in tone) . 5W 99. Members Online [deleted] Apr 13, 2023 · So I switched to a Katana MK2 head about 2 months ago from a JCM900 clone and loads of pedals. I can say that I got along well with the Katana librarian and Airstep Kat and realized the intricacies of this amp. Am I doing something wrong or is the internal speaker broken? Aug 27, 2022 · I always bring my Katana 100w head as a backup to gigs and sometimes to practice. Bought the Katana Mk2 head due to it's compact size and cheaper price than the 100 watt combo variants. Got home tonight and just wanted to mess with it some more and I can’t figure out how the internal speaker operates. The reason you can use a separate head or preamp with the Katana 50 Mkii (and bear in mind not all heads can be used this way, and this is only applicable to the Mkii) is because the Power Amp In jack on the back bypasses the Katana preamp, but not the onboard power amp used to drive the onboard speaker. I’d use the head on speaker mode as my daily practice, and eventually get a cabinet or two for those rare occurrences that I’m in a studio or out jamming. Members Online 121ace96 A place to exchange tones, patches, tips, tricks, love, and frustration about the Boss Katana amplifier series, which has taken the guitar world by storm. So you would need to have the Katana powered on and use its master volume. The Katana comes the closest in terms of dynamics and reactivity to playing as tube amp. eg Marshall cabs 3)you have amps in those road cases with three Marshall heads in a box for example. electric, acoustic, lap, steel, bass, amps, pedals, strings, picks, etc. My plan later on is build a cab and use a combination of Celestion V-Type and A-Type speakers. Apr 13, 2023 · So I switched to a Katana MK2 head about 2 months ago from a JCM900 clone and loads of pedals. I find the Katana tolerates a lot of bass in the preamp but is VERY sensitive to treble/presence settings. Members Online Decided to give the Katana a little color Apr 13, 2023 · So I switched to a Katana MK2 head about 2 months ago from a JCM900 clone and loads of pedals. I've never seen a head that can't handle 16, and the Katana head I think requires a minimum load of 8 ohms and only has one speaker output so any 8-ohm or 16-ohm cabinet will work - amps with multiple speaker outputs have a minimum load that's usually 4 ohms, maybe 2. Members Online WZRDBatZinger Feb 19, 2020 · I've got the MK1 "vintage" Katana head. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice I have a Spark 40 and a Katana Artist MkII (100w 1x12). 4khz across the board on my gain tones. i think that would cook katana heads though without fans to circulate the air. Katana Air, excellent sounding amp at practice volumes, not as easy to use as the THR but like I said, the Katana sounds just slightly better at louder volumes. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I was not able to get any sounds out of the internal speakers. Katana was really disappointing until I saw a YouTube video on what to adjust the global EQ settings to in the software if you have humbuckers. Jan 10, 2021 · I was going to purchase a Katana 100 MkII or its versatility and because it looks a nice "tool to learn". Hi! After taking sometime to think about which amp would be the perfect fit for what a need (first amp) the one that interests me the most is the boss katana MKII 100, I will be playing it on 0. the katana head makes 65 watts into 8 ohms and 50 watts into 16 ohms. we get together weekly, and i leave my cab there and just carry my head home. I use the amp mainly for the clean channel and add natural distortion with light compression. Albeit the Air wont reach band practice volumes. The Katana, being mono, loses out a little there. In the end I got the katana head for everyday home use (using the internal speakers) and I got a 2x12 cab for all other situations. So I switched to a Katana MK2 head about 2 months ago from a JCM900 clone and loads of pedals. Ok - I understand now. Leave the big cab at the rehearsal space, and just use the onboard speaker for at home practice Feb 19, 2020 · I've got the MK1 "vintage" Katana head. It was the floor model at my local GC. Now I'm thinking the Katana Head MkII could be a better choice. Members Online AlexanderBFMV Aug 27, 2022 · I always bring my Katana 100w head as a backup to gigs and sometimes to practice. I was thinking of going with the Boss Katana 100 or the Boss Katana Artist, since I have a good budget and I want a really good amp, the best I could go with. which is inaudible. I also gig through a MKII 100 watt 1x12 combo when the head is too much. Nov 20, 2016 · I set mine at 125hz and 6. During a gig, another band was using my amp when moshers fell into the drummer who was then knocked onto the power strip where the amp was plugged into and accidentally pulled it out of the socket and then immediately plugged it back in while the amp was /r/guitars is a place for people to post pictures of and discuss everything about guitars i. qpngeg uftmmt bazfcw brkvd afkbe ftp voavhmxg gqpy lwd vjfcor