BOSS KATANA ARTIST MKII - Can You Dig It?
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Jay Byrne talks about and demos his new BOSS KATANA ARTIST MKII. This amp can pretty much do it all. From blues rock to metal it's all here. Plus it has an awesome WAZA CRAFT Greenback in it. Jay also shows off the BOSS BAS-1 AMP STAND and the BOSS GA-FC FOOT CONTROLLER. He also throws in a little KATANA 50. Can you dig it?
Gear Used In Video:
Boss Katana Artist Mkii: www.sweetwater...
Boss Bas-1 Amplifier Stand: www.sweetwater...
Boss GA-FC Foot Controller: www.sweetwater...
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The Artist is one of the best sounding Amps -no matter Digital, Tube or Analog-, period! You can use it Miced up, Direct Out with lots of Options, you have countless different versions of the Artist build in already (like a lot of different Amps in one) multiplying it with the Contour and Cab Resonance - that makes up to 4x3 and even more combinations of "different Amps" - if that makes sense! Not to mention all the build in Effects, Global EQ..........................................
Yiur daughter dancing to your playing, precious.
Look at you with every single Katana model in your room. A true believer!
Good to see the kid and her papa interacting. She'll get pre studio experience and be able to know her way around and work a studio lab by the time she's a teen.
Great demo. Make sure that you cherish every moment that your daughter spends with you because they grow up fast. They are very precious in the Lord’s eyes. She is a darling little girl and she loves her daddy. This is what life is all about..🙏🙏
I am very impressed with your assistant. She's awesome !
I bought the Katana 50 Mkii as a practice among on the road. Fell in love with it and just purchased the Artist. Really awesome amp. Thanks you for showing me that there is a variation button. Didn't see it. Great review and a big help.
Same progression here
Good post. On side note I've been playing lead guitar for 40 plus years using all kinds of amps on stage; Tube, SS, digital, hybrid, floor processors run straight to the PA etc but I always come back to the tube amp, it works best for my hands and ears. But the 100 watt mkll seems to be a stage worthy amp with plenty of usable clean headroom, worth a try.
P.S. your precious daughter so sweet!
Thanks i have been looking for exactly this instead of all the software reviews
I own the MKII Artist. I mic mine with a 57. It sounds pretty decent, especially for not being a tube amp. A lot of fun just messing around with Tone Studio hooked up to your laptop/pc too. Works amazingly well for the church gigs I do.
Really liking the Katana's the more that I listen to them. With the larger amp, placing it on the stand takes that speaker box off the floor and allows some of the low end resonance to go away, making it a more enjoyable clean tone tone. We used to do this with our Twin Reverbs, Super Reverbs, Vox AC-30's, and Ampeg VT-22's and VT-40's back in the day. Simply having the amp sitting on the floor made it so bass sounding you lost all your mids and high ends. We used to have wood stands custom built to raise the amp a foot off the floor and angle the amp back about 20 degrees. The difference was amazing. Love your video. Very informative.
Thanks for the review. Best piece of guitar gear I ever bought…. An amp stand. Makes dialing in an amp’s sound far more consistent and easy.
I picked this up two days ago and I hope I can get some amazing tones/sounds out of it!!!
Man your daughter is awesome, she is your number 1 fan,I wish my son was like that but he doesn't care about classic rock music,I have a katana artist mk2 but never was able to make it read the computer dials😢
12:04 I like the acoustic channel, with a strat or tele, neck pickup! So happy with this amp.
Great demonstration and cool assistant too 😊
Great amp I have on also the cab resonance switch makes a big difference to how dark or bright it sounds
Theres no doubt that Boss offer some of the best value for money for guitarists.
Got this B-stock for $324. Paired with Jackson King V. I'm set for next decade. 🤘💯
If you got an artist mkii that's a steal!!
You have the best tech money can buy. 🙂❣
Cool demo, thanks!
Thank you
Great demo
Also, cutting a 4 inch circle from half inch to 3/4 inch Acoustic foam, and attaching it, centered on the speaker cone, on the grill cloth inside, goes a LONG way to taming the beaming treble.
What do you think is the next best amp above this katana artist? Maybe something that emulates the tube sound better and still for metal and hard rock
Some people like the Orange Crush series. You can get that in a head and cab. Or you could do like I did and get the Katana Artist MkII Head with the 2x12 Waza cab. That has 2 of the same speakers that are on this. If you wanted to venture into tubes Blackstar have some good offerings that are around the same price point (just around a grand). I really think these amps punch above their weight pretty strongly.
Love your channel and really enjoying your content!
Thanks I’m trying. 👍
Great video! Thanks. For best cleans, I found if use a little gain, bass under 12 o'clock -mids 3 o'clock as well as treble and then hit the variation and deep resonance. No mud. Very nice cleans. Try that ! Give your daughter a raise and maybe some musician earplugs as she will no doubt be a player 🙂 Thanks again
I've had a KTN100 MKII since release day that I just kept around the house. I loved it for practice amp and as a backup to keep in the trunk at gigs, but I never really took it seriously as a gigging amp because I always had a "good" tube amp, Mesa, Marshall, Victory etc. I'm almost 60 now and got tired of heavy tube amps and decided to give the KTN a real go at practice and I was surprised how good it sounded. So much so I bought the Artist and now that is my #1 amp. Sounds great on its own, or with pedals and it's 12 pounds lighter than my other amps.
Same here. I never thought the Katanas were real amp. In my mind they were always less than. Then one day I just realized that for the cost the amount of effects and the tone of the amp was virtually unbeatable. I’ve gone through a lot of amps and only a few even come close to this kind of price per pound so to speak. I think the low price throws people. If it’s cheap it must be junk. I needed to drop that mindset and just take it for what it is.
How does it "feel" compared to a true tube amp?
@@codybruce3864 Honestly it depends on how you play. If you play by yourself at home and enjoy the subtle nuances in dynamics and attack that tube amps bring then this is close but not quite there. If you are a turn it up to 10 and go player or if you are using it in a band you will probably never notice the difference in the mix.. It's an incredibly good straight up analog solid state amp (only the effects are modeled). Ever since I've gotten the Artist my DSL40 has been powered off because it sounds really good and at my age a few pounds lighter makes a big difference on those stairs lol. Again all this is IMHO. YMMV and all that :)
@@allanb1402 thanks for the reply! That's interesting. I really like how the DSL sounds too.
@@codybruce3864 Not sure if this question was for me but I can say that it feels great. I've had a few good tube amps and without directly comparing them I can't tell much of a difference. There is a more solid state feel to it but at this point I can barely tell when Im playing. In general it's a non issue for me.
I like your voice-activated remote control there.
There is removable rear panels if you want to remove some bass. I have the 100w head on order as i own two 4x12's and a 1x10. I own 11 amps now and most are heads. i'm not sure i like the waza craft green backs im un decided i heard a comparison using the stock cab from the normal katana and the waza. And i learned more towards the standard speakers. But its always down to personal preference. A lot also liked the waza craft.
First, I still think even the Artist is better, setting a Global EQ once via the App, to high cut and low cut into actual Guitar Frequencies. Reduces/Removes Digital artifacts in the distorted tones. Also, calling the Katana 50 stock speaker smaller, is misleading. It has a smaller magnet than the Katana 100, or the Waza in the Artist, and is rated for less wattage, but it is still a 12" speaker. But, I found the same piercing high end, shrill high end in the 100 as well. That is why I replaced the stock Katana 100 speaker with a Waza Craft. Even custom fit a removable piece on the back to attain the same amount of open/close as the Artist. In retrospect, it would have been easier, and only a little more cost, to just get the Artist.
10 stars!!!
Just got one today
Thanks for the video, I'll probably pick up the Katana Artist MKII as well. Can the angle of the Boss stand be changed or adjusted?
Yes it can’t be straight on but you can tilt it back quite a bit.
15:25 Me again! Lol Have you tried a wah wah on this bad boy? 😊😊😊 (btw, you have the cutest assistant I’ve ever seen.) 😊😊😊
No wah yet. It has built in ones but you have to buy a separate expression pedal for it. I should get that.
@@efxloopjaybyrne It’s addictive, I think. Lol
Cool 😎
I'm sure you don't want to hear this but...
She has the wife thing down already, "It's too loud". Lol
My gf has been pissing me off so bad with that lately! She’s trying to destroy the past 12 years with this “it’s too loud” shit
I think the only thing that competes with this is the Blackstar Silverline, but thats if you like high gain.
Used tube amps since the mid seventies....been using nothing but Katana's since 2016...
TANKS
Everybody is dumping out of date tube amps because of the permanent tube supply loss….plus, most people in today’s music use Fractal, Helix, Line-6….so unless your opening a museum, tube amps are a serious waste of money….they had their day, but it’s not today….As they say, ( You Will Own Nothing And Be Happy )….LOL….dude, you got a twin…LOL….
I got mine about 3 weeks ago I love the sounds I'm getting out of my fender bass
Sounds like Buckethead 3:45
In my oppinon when it sounds good its good. & nobody cares about anything else . the playing & notes is what matters.
If i was me that made katana for myself i would make it as simplier . if you think about it?
You find your tone there & then leve it as it is … rigth? then why the heck you would want thoes knobs .
Then come one guy & turn thoes setings & your f* . rigth ?
what is it ? is it thoes programed minds that cant get out that matrix . nostalgia.
its a digital modeling amp in the basics. than thoes knobs are digital .
meaning i would rather have no knobs & all controll through computer & pay x2 less the price .
just saying … coins & cons
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I bought the KTN Artist combo and was blown away! Then I hooked it up to a Marshall 412 cab and had an orgasm! So, I bought the Artist head AND a 212 WAZA Cab! Heaven! 😊😊😊 Oh yeah…no computers here. But, nice to know it’s there. (I have a couple of Spark amps for sale…or gifts. Lol Same with my Marshall 100w dsl 2000’s) My only regret is that I’m in my seventieth year of life with fast approaching arthritis or something. But, other than that, I could NOT be happier! Even the wife says it sounds good! (!)
I want to get that head and cab. I honestly feel like if I did I’d never need another amp again.
@@efxloopjaybyrne I’m done with other amps. Nice feeling! Lol
Hey have you compared those Head + 212 Waza Cab with the regular Artist combo 1x12? Do you think it's a significant upgrade from the 1x12? I'm at the crossroad between them two, i hope you can explain in detail as the item is available only at outer city near me.
@@KVJworld I’ll try, but mind you, everyone is different. I find that the combo is just the same 212 or no 212. Also, after having been playing this “rig” for about a month or so, I was finding that the WAZA speakers were hurting my ears somehow and had to face the cab up towards the ceiling, laying on its back on top of one of my Marshall cabs. Much better, but, I opted for just using only the Marshall cabs. Maybe there is a frequency I couldn’t get rid of, I don’t know. Anyway, if I just had the combo with 1 WAZA speaker, instead of buying the 212 WAZA cab, I would put that money towards a Marshall 1960 cab. (Rent the Marshall cab first?) It’s too bad that you can’t run the Marshall cab AND the WAZA speaker that comes with the combo at the same time. To run the Marshall you have to unplug the WAZA from the 8 ohm jack to plug the Marshall in. (Wait a minute! Maybe I can unplug the WAZA from the 8 ohm and put it in a 16 ohm jack with the Marshall in the OTHER 16 ohm jack? I’ll have to call somebody that knows. I mean, the speaker has to be rated for 16 ohms or higher.)
@@davidmacleod9313 yeah of course. Interesting, did you turn down the treble and still hurting your ears? I don't know man, i owned Marshall headphone and its great but somehow their amp/cab is not for me, they sound too muffled for me. Actually i'm more of a bedroom player but would long for ear candy experience for my practice/recording. I think i'll try to communicate with the sales, i'm getting either 100/212, Artist combo, or Artist head + 212 waza cab. Let's see which one suits me best!
It’s still a bullshit mic’d cab sound coming from the katana to my understanding. That is one of the things that pisses me off so terribly with modelers and the Katana.
Please get to the point
Imagine if he could actually play.
He played just fine and you know it. At least he's in tube unlike 90 percent of other yourube guitar reviews.
With all the bells and whistles sure but have you guys forgot earlier days peavey amps go.buy an early peavey studio pro from the early 80's sure it can't do all the modern things this can but I sure know it sounds better
I’d love to but a lot of that older gear has gone up so much in price it’s hard to justify a used purchase. I’d love to get my hands on a clean Bandit 65 but that’s not so easy to find.
@@efxloopjaybyrne and I near gave a bandit 65 away not that I did not like it just had too many amps I know can one have too many when you run out off living space "Yes"
Is it just me or does this sound harsh
Could just be my camera mic. Not the greatest. Sound pretty smooth in the room.