#Boss katana 50 mod
#Boss katana 50 plus

In an A/B Test, maybe the BOSS Katana 50 would maybe fall short of my old Cornford ( see my review here), but in a gig situation, I honestly didn’t find it lacking in the slightest. Of course, for those willing to experiment, you could always explore BOSS Tone Studio and in particular, those mysterious ‘sneaky’ amps to find that tone (there’s a ‘Twin’ amp I believe), who knows? Adding the OD of your choice gets you into whatever ballpark you desire. Ok, the BOSS Katana 50 isn’t going to quite get you those crystalline valve-driven Fender highs, but it will get you a perfectly good neutral, full-bodied clean tone as an ideal pedal platform, with headroom to spare. In this scenario, it’s best to run the Katana 50 clean and control everything through external pedals (no FX loop in the Katana 50). So how does the BOSS Katana 50 stack up tonally? Could it really be a viable replacement for your valve amp? Unbelievably, the answer is yes again!įirst, let’s not get carried away, as a practice amp, the various channels and FX work great, but for live use, you may need more versatility in the switching which the BOSS (even the Katana 100) doesn’t have. The BOSS Katana 50 sits proudly alongside its famous line of compact pedals and multi-FX. From a distance, it looks indestructible, but this is an amp you’ll need to protect, cosmetically at least. Sadly, once you start to ding it, you realise it’s not covered in a tough tolex, and knocks WILL mark it up due to the softer construction material. All it all it puts my last amp, the Fender Blues Junior III (review here) to shame. It’s well designed with a reassuringly sturdy handle, corner protectors, chunky knobs inspire confidence, even the screws look solid. Everything is constructed tidily, with not a glitch to be seen. The BOSS logo with the Katana Logo looks great, it’s rubbery rather than plastic and doesn’t look cheap at all. Nothing is superfluous, it’s tiny and it’s light. It’s clean-looking, modern, business-like, no-nonsense.

You can even change the whole character of your amp’s tone with the detailed Global EQ.įirst impressions couldn’t be better. to augment or boost your live tone? You’ve got it. BOSS Katana 50 Review – Power Control, Channels and Effects. Intuitive, well thought out, simple and useful. 0.5 W for home, 50 W for ultimate headroom live and 25 W if you wish to beef things up a bit live. All present and correct, although the BOSS Katana 50 lacks the presence control of the 100, I’ve never missed it. Just tweak your settings and when you’re happy, hold down the channel button you wish to assign your tone to. This, of course, allows you to save and recall your favourite tone settings and is handled in the most intuitive way imaginable.

#Boss katana 50 plus

The Katana 50 includes 2 banks of 2 channels, (2 banks of 4 channels on the BOSS Katana 100) plus a ‘panel’ channel (current knob settings). Still, with all that and 5 channels (Acoustic, Clean, Crunch, Lead and Brown), you can have a LOT of fun practising at home. In other words, you’ll be able to boost your LOW-MIDS level, but you won’t be able to save the tone setting.

the Parametric EQ will let you alter the frequency gain, but will auto-assign the level after you save.

Some of the FX parameters aren’t writeable, e.g.Any sort of meaningful tweaking must be done in BOSS TONE STUDIO, and for that, you need to hook up your laptop/PC.

#Boss katana 50 mod

you can’t apply a MOD effect to the Reverb patch if you’d require an additional MOD. Further to that, those 3 slots restrict the types of FX you can assign to them, e.g.You only get to use 3 of them at once, assigned to just three ‘slots’ BOOST/MOD, Delay/FX and Reverb.Every BOSS effect you could ever imagine, all the overdrives, distortions, even the newer TERA echo etc, all in the box. The BOSS Katana 50 has an almost embarrassing array of features. Legendary versatility? BOSS Katana 50 Review – Amp Models and EQ.