Boss Katana 100 - My 3 tips for good tone
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2018
- Hi folks. This is simply my personal advice for sounding like me (if that’s what you’re after). If you’re after a full review of the Katana and what it’s capable of then there are many better reviews on UA-cam.
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The 4 buttons next to the “PANEL” buttons are channels for your guitar tone, so if you think you got a perfect tone, you don’t wanna lose all the settings you’ve been playing with... just hold down the “1 CHANEL” button until it starts flickering. This means your amp saved the settings. You can do this on channel 1 to 4. So you can save 4 different settings. To active the saved settings/tone, simply single press the channel button :)
I didn’t know that..... seriously..... and I’m Mr Katana! Actually, there’s a heck of a lot I don’t know about the functions of the amp (incl. Tone Studio). However - to those of you who know my playing, you probably know that I’ll not use these buttons. It’s not very “Me”. I’m more of a “tweaker” depending on my mood. But it DOES sound like a very useful function. Thanks for pointing it out 😀
Paul Stafford Cook ye i feel ya, i keep switching and saving them too, i’ll never keep the same presets but you know, it’s so usefull for me because at one preset i make an acoustic sound (with out having to turn vol knob down) with effects and all that, and on another preset i’ll just put on a little distorted rock n roll sound, so i can just go from acoustic rhythm playing to heavy rock n roll with just 1 tap on a button :)
The speaker on mine is starting to get nice and worn in. Sounds better now.
I'm still really enjoying the amp. I'm glad I got it.
That’s interesting and nice to hear. Wasn’t aware - if u c’n forgive me ignorance - that modeller amps could be worn in...
My amp is still fairly new and I’m still getting accustomed to it and my way around the bells and whistles. I prefer the clean channel.
Hope to hear yer thoughts mates
@@erikpaterson1404 does yours sound thin? why does mine sound thin
@@erikpaterson1404 Not the amp, the speaker.. the more use they get the less brittle the get
Thanks so much. I have been looking for the perfect tone for weeks and with your help finally found it. With the right settings you can get great tube amp sound out of that wonderful little katana.
Absolutely amazing tone. Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much! This helps a lot. Great playing und fantastic tone. Your settings work very fine for me. Extremely helpful video! Greetings from Germany und keep on your great work!
Thank you Rockerated, really appreciate your comment. Glad you liked the clip. And greetings back to you from Scotland :-)
Thank you Paul for providing Pro Tips concerning tones from this amp! That was some very pleasing and smooth blues you had going there! I'm in a decision making mode right now about buying another amp, have a CODE%) and while it's pretty decent for what I am able to do so far, I'm looking very hard at the Boss Katana50.... This video helps me out quite a lot, Thanks!
Seen a lot of tone videos for a katana but this is easily the best one. I’ve never been one to mess with knobs on guitar. I normally put them at 10 but you have me experimenting and I can’t thank you enough.
Well thank you Anthony, I’m chuffed you liked my vid 👍
Love it mate! I have been a punk guitar player 43 years , but I relate more to an old school, bluesy tone than the modern fizzy stuff that headaches are made of!
I have vintage tube,and various solid state amps, so this video was fantastic!
Thank you Mark, delighted you like my old school approach 👍. Cheers for watching Mark
Excellent demo, as well as your playing. Enjoyed that very much!
Thanks so much Leo, delighted you took the the time to comment :-). Appreciated
Great settings, cleans up very nicely when using the volume controls, thanks for sharing !
Cheers kpm75! Appreciate you listening to my clip :-)
So glad I watched this one . thank you for all your videos .
Thank you MrSprintcat! I’m delighted you like them :-). Thanks for listening.
The best home setup, by far. Purely simple, these are great takeaways, no pedals necessary, which a lot of people like to obsess over.
Thanks Kevin, yeah, simple is best! Cheers for listening to the clip :-)
it has a foot controller
Great info!!! I really enjoy your vintage tones. Thank you for sharing 😉🤙
Thanks Guitar Rehab!
This video was very helpful. I've been wanting to get a Katana. Thank you for the information Mr. Paul.
Well thank you James, a great feeling to think my video was helpful. Hope you do get a Katana, I’m certainly going to keep mine. It can easily compete with my much more expensive Marshall Astoria valve amp. Happy playing my friend 😀
Another great video Paul. By far the best tones I’ve heard from the katana and definitely something I’ll be trying out.
Thank you Mike! Happy Practicing mate :-)
Yes he's very good.
Thanks for the tips Paul!
Thanks Jeff :-)
Just got my 100 watt Katana about a week ago, and rewatched your great video again as my reference. I love getting these tones and did some tweaking per your suggestions. I too love these rich creamy tones that clean up nicely when you roll back your volume knob. Some of these videos of players that use these thin buzzy overly distorted “tones” drive me crazy. Everyone who gets this amp should watch this video. Thanks again and a very Happy New Year of jams.
Thanks so much for your great comment Mike, it warms my heart to think that this particular clip is being received well :-). Mind you, it also attracts it’s fair share of haters too for some reason, ha ha. Anyway, thanks again, and let me know if you upload any clips of you and your new Katana! Cheers 😀
Great demo.
There are plenty of videos about all of the bells and whistles.
I appreciate the focus on Tone.
and thank you for the volume swell techniques
Thank you Scott, I’m delighted you liked it👍🍻
Thank you for your awesome tip i play alot of Latin Rock and now thanks to you i got that Carlos Santana tone down now you nailed it i cant thank you enough peace & Cheers.
Thank you Patrick! Delighted you liked this video. Truth is, I get quite a bit of stick for this particular clip (because I haven’t used Tone Studio), so it cheers me up when someone like yourself leaves such a nice comment! Appreciated 👍
Thank you sooooo much for the settings... works fantastic on my katana 100
Thank you Hardik, delighted you got something out of the clip. Cheers for watching :-)
Great stuff Paul, I'm going to try these tips out soon as. Cheers,awesome playing!
Thank you Leslie, appreciate your compliment. Cheers :-)
Great explanation... need more videos like this, very practical.
Thanks David. Glad you liked the clip :-)
That's some serious guitar face you have there 😂
Yes, i do get a bit carried away :-)
Paul Stafford Cook that's great, you're just feeling the music :)
+Music Islife
I just imagined him doing all those faces when arguing with his wife. Damn. Things like that can be triggering. Hahaha.
Wow the face is seriously scary
@@paulstaffordcook8799 you should do a guitar faces video,, alot of people need work on this aspect of guitar playing. :)
Great video! Thanks for showing a new owner what they can sound like without a lot of fuss. Killer tones.
Glad you enjoyed it, cheers Jesse 🍻
Great stuff Paul. Thank you.
Thank you Carlos, appreciate you listening :-)
Your tip on use of the volumes contradicts almost everyone else’s advice on here and it’s saved me from selling my 100mk1. Thanks.
Glad it helped! Thanks TenPester, cheers
Best Katana vid. Many thanks. Appreciate the vintage outlook (pots etc).
Thank you Mr ColdNote! Appreciated
I had some trouble with my new telecaster through a katana. This video helped a bunch. Thanks so much. Big Paul Stafford Cook fan!!
Glad it helped Dlee 👍. And I’m delighted you like my stuff, cheers 🍻
I bought this same amp and absolutely love it. I also bought a Fender altra Stratocaster HSS in cobra Blue 💙. Thank You for your time and help. Love you all Bill. Oh and That's a beautiful PRS!!
Thank you....excellent tips and excellent playing.
Thank you Gerry! Appreciate you listening :-)
Thank you Paul incidentally loved your Dad and a fabulous guitar collection
Have subscribed so will keep watching
Thank you
Thanks Richard! Yes, his collection is a joy to behold 😁. Cheers for subscribing Richard 👍
I've had a katana lurking in the back of my mind for a while now, so this was good info.
Also, I'm kind of a volume-swell junky myself, you do them some serious justice !!
Thank you Mark! Appreciate your compliment and for listening to my clip :-)
Ah - now I’m a bit jeleous here, because I secretly wonder if I should have gone for the 2x12, instead of the 1x12...... I love my 1x12, as you’ll see from my UA-cam channel, but it’s always tempting to think about the extra air and warmth from 2 speakers......
Great playing! Love the dynamics. I’ll be getting a Katana 100 mK2 for jam sessions soon.
your videos are gold. I have the Katana also and I love it!
Thanks man. I’m delighted you like my videos! For anyone reading this thread, go check out the CAD Audio & Guitars youtube channel - some cool stuff!
Such a great tips. Thank you very much
Cheers Matias, delighted you enjoyed my vid 👍
Thanks for reply I’ve now bought one 👍
Excellent! Happy playing 😀
You’ve achieved the true meaning of being an artist with this video Paul. I clicked on it for tips dialing in my Katana, but by halfway through the video I was more interested in your playing than the gear you were using. Bravo!
Well thank you man, I really appreciate that 🍻
Great technique lesson....haven't seen that before with the knobs and all.....will definitely incorporate it into my style........thanks so much..............great job.....fantastic sound and playing....cheers.
Thank you Sir! Delighted you liked it 👍
Great video tips! Thank you!
Thank you Lars :-)
Great video! Very helpful, thank you for posting this!
My pleasure. Cheers 👍
Very informative, removes the need for external pedals...great picking on 5 mins 8 seconds, thank you....,
Hi Vid, thank you for listening to my clip, appreciated :-)
Honestly had this thing for 3 months and barely left the clean/crunch in this time. I use the green booster and occasionally the clean boost from the katana software, but i fully agree with you. A lot of people need to know to use their volume and tone knobs on their guitar like you said!
Thank you salman! I get my fair share of adverse comments on this particular video, so it’s nice to read a positive one! Thanks for watching 😀
Your tone is great man,I'll try these settings myself
Thank you DarkLight! Happy jammin’ 👍
Maaan! The amount of soul and heart in your playing is immense - a joy to listen to and a joy to watch you play. Awesome tones, but, to be honest, most of them are in your hands. I thereby subscribe to your channel just to ... steal some of that soulful playing of yours :). All the best! Cheers!
Thank you MrQuadropheniac! Such a joy to read such a nice comment:-). And yes, feel free to steal as many licks as you like, ha ha. Cheers man :-)
Appreciate the tips!
Thank you Jonah 👍
New Katana owner. This was VERY helpful.
Thanks GoldtriggerDude, I’m glad you liked the vid 👍
Great video. I bought the 2x12 100watt version because of videos like yours and a few others. I have one tip for you though. Honestly, use the boss tone studio it's so much fun. I got the gc fc foot controller too which gives you 8 channels over the 4.
Another great video
Thanks man, great to hear I had a hand in helping your choice of amp :-). Yes, it seems a few other of my subscribers are having good fun with tone studio.... I don’t actually own a laptop or PC so I guess it’s not an option for me. However, I’m intrigued about the footswitch.... I might look into that! Cheers for listening.
Some people don't have a computer
How will they view this then?
Lindsay Ross on their phone.like I'm doing now(no computer).I have one of these amps .The 50 watt one.Great tone.Very nice clean tone.
apparently there's now an android version of the boss tone studio if you wanted to have a go at running it on your phone, its not official though so not sure how well it works. There are 8 channels available too, the channel buttons double up.
I'm a big fan of your playing and tones. It's refreshing to hear that you don't need a ton of effects, pedals, etc... to get a great warm tone.
Thank you Chris! Delighted to receive such a compliment 👍
Nice tones and sound, by the way
Thanks man! Glad you liked it, appreciated :-)
Great tones Paul.
I second what the other guy said re: tone studio.
Lotsa fun swapping with different effects. 😊
Yes, it seems you’re right about Tone Studio, in that some of my subscribers are having quite a bit of fun with it.... I don’t have a PC or laptop do I guess it’s not actually an option for me.... but I might treat myself to the Katana footswitch, to allow me some extra flexibility. As always, thanks for listening :-)
Paul Stafford Cook ah..i see.
Well somthin to look forward to if you do get a laptop.😊
Footswitch is a great option.
Its got a built in tap tempo that cN be quite usefull.
Another thing you can do if you can get acess to computer is download version 2.0 operating system into your amp. I think it fixes a few bugs and gives you somw more presets etc.
Cheers
Great stuff Paul
Thanks man, glad you liked the clip. I checked out your channel, and I see you have loads of good stuff on there! I will have a closer look this weekend. Thanks again :-)
Yes I'm a Katanarian too! ;)
I think that volume knob loves you!! Very nice.
Well thank you Kevin 👍
Great videos Paul
Thank you Michael 👍
Terrific playing btw!
Thank you B K :-). Appreciate you taking the time to comment. Cheers!
Great playing. Masterful knob control.
Thank you Larry! 😊👍
Had the Katana for 2 months and never got tone like that. I had the master on full like they suggested and the volume full and just added in some gain. I like your settings way better. creamy Santana to Gary Moore tones love it. Thanx bud.
Thanks John, glad you like the settings. And I appreciate you watching the clip :-)
Beautiful guitar collection mate.
Thank you Andy! Yes, I’m a lucky boy. And maybe that’s why I’m driving a Fiesta and can’t afford an Audi, ha ha :-)
this made me laugh so funny the faces make yourself a meme also good playing! subscribed!
Thanks for subscribing, delighted you liked the vid. Yes, when I watch my own vids, I can see what you mean with regards to my face pulling 🤣
@@paulstaffordcook8799 No worries mate your just into the music cheers
I appreciate this. I bought the Artist MkIi last year. Although i do mess with Tone Studio my default is plug and play, and using the guitar volume as my "channel switch" Im about to use this amp for only the second time on a big live gig. These tips are extremely helpful.
Thanks, I’m delighted you liked my wee vid 👍
Great stuff! Marvelous playing too! I have the Katana Artist and like yourself, have never used the tone studio or preset buttons and keep the amp cranked on "crunch", using guitar volume for dynamics. Katanas are great for all the modern, computery stuff (if that's what people want), however they also work great as "old-school" amps, just by using the amp's knobs. Where we differ is in the master volume - for me it fits best if I put it on full and forget that it exists, then using the channel volume for control. Having said that, I believe that both ways (master up and channel to taste or vice versa) engage the power section nicely. I don't use the gain on full but I do like it "pushed" and I totally agree about the boost, delay and reverb - i.e. the first stage works best (with a healthy amount of gain, a heavier overdrive or distortion would only squish the sound to mud). I also use the 0.5 watt mode for most settings and have found it also works well for wee solo gigs (re the Artist, the 50 watt mode would probably suit most band settings however the 100 watt mode would inevitably result in a murder charge). I have been playing for 100 years and during my time I've played through tons of great valve amps and in my opinion, Katanas are "valve amps without valves". They are that good! Thanks for the great vid :)
Thanks Ruiseart, glad you liked the clip. Seems we share a bit of “old school” in our approach :-). It’s reassuring to hear that you have played through a fair selection of valve amps and still feel the Katana stands up! Thanks again :-)
I think "old school" is best, as long as we keep an open mind re new possibilities. For me, the Katana IS an old school amp, just with new gadgets - should one decide to use them.
wow Awesome video! very useful!
thanks for sharing! great👍
Thanks man, always good to read a comment like that :-)
I recently bought 100 MK2 and Love it!! I love the brown setting. It is the warmest in my opinion and I'm a van Halen nut!!!.. I do agree 💯💯 with you on no pedals. The amp effects are fantastic!! I also only use first setting. The green one. KILLER AMP!! Iv owned many in my day and am really blown away!! That's for demo 🤘🤘
Thanks Jimmy, glad you liked my video. And sorry for late reply. 🍻
That knob rolling on the tele was wicked! Appreciate the vid
Thank you Jared! Yes, I stole that technique from players like Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton. Cheers for watching, appreciated.
I saw this comment just as he did that and I agree. That was gnarly
Paul its Patrick you are a awesome player my friend i just got my Artist im still tweeking things out i love the fact that i dont have to buy tubes anymore my Mesa Boogie is retired in my closet now. I love that Santana tone you are getting i am working on my Les Paul custom im putting some Semore Duncan Pearly gates on it and custom wiring i cant wait till im done. Cheers Mate.
Thanks Patrick! I do love a compliment 👍. I’m intrigued by your project.... Seymour Duncan Pearly gates / Les Paul custom.... would be keen to hear what you think of it once it’s done. Cheers
Amazing playing!
Thanks man 👍
Thank ye Paul, took a screen shot of those settings, going to give it a whorl with my telecaster.
Cheers Erik 👍
G'day Paul.
You'd have to be one of the most, if not the most, expressive, nuanced guitar players I've ever had the pleasure to watch and listen to! Brilliant!
I'm looking into getting one of the Katanas mainly due to arthritis taking its toll on my back, so the idea of lugging my Bugera 333XL valve combo around is starting to discourage me from gigging. The tonal quality of the vast majority of online Katana demos are quite poor to my ears, but your examples are exceptional, particularly in light of what you are using to record with! So thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with us.
Subscribed.
Cheers.
Wow, what a great comment! I’ve shown your compliment to my wife and now I’m sure she thinks I’ll get a big head, ha ha.! But really, thank you for your kind words and for listening to my clip. Cheers man, appreciated :-)
I took a screenshot of the knob settings, will try this out 🤘🏾🤘🏾
Excellent. Cheers Ruman
You can save your tones with the tone settings. Up to 8. if you have the GA-FC foot controller you can change them on the fly and adjust them as well.
i do. how?
I had this amp myself- nice little combo, sold it last year and bought a Fender Blues deluxe- NOW that is an amp- sorry I missed this vid Paul :)
Good choice! And the more I play valve amps the more I can feel the difference 👍
@@paulstaffordcook8799 oh that is so true. I did have a Fender Blues junior in black paisley. Now gone sadly 😥 but replaced with a 68 Princeton . Lovely amp for only 21 Watts
Great tips for this amp.... Ty
Thank you Cary 👍
Great video!
Thank you Kristjan! 👍
Great. Thank you!!!
My pleasure, thanks Amir
I like your settings. That's a great tone. I'm gonna use it from now on on control panel. I've used Tone Studio with my Katana 50w MK1 for a while and saved some great patches from Marshall stack and clean Twin for pedals in my banks. Katana works great with pedals too, allthou there are plenty of pedals on itself. But this is something I've been looking for and I've somehow tried to find it from brownsound or lead option. Thanx!
Cheers Juha, delighted you found the video helpful 👍
Great stuff Paul. I've the 2x12. my guitars are a mim strat with Texas special pups, an Ltd ec-401 with DiMarzio 36th pups, a es-335 Gibson withe classic 57 pups, and last but not least, a us tele pro with whatever the stock pups are. the reason I listed guitars, is that with the 2x12 katana, they all have a very distinct sound (which of course they should) and in general, though is started out with settings similar to yours, I've found I like the master volume higher than channel volume. all is subjective though. my "studio" is detached from the house. basically a fancy shed, haha. Any rate, nice vid, and look forward to more soulful playing by you. you're playing inspires me to keep trying to get better.
Thanks for that compliment at the end there, keeps me smiling! Yes, I think if I was playing at gig volume I might do it your way (high master volume / low channel volume). But I’ll have another play around with that, and maybe I’ll discover something. Cheers man :-)
Great tones :-)
Thanks Harald. I appreciate you listening to the clip :-)
Ill tell you a little story. I bought a Katana a couple of weeks ago. The owners manual is pretty useless so i have been fiddling around trying to work it out and get it to sound good.
(Im a beginner guitarist)
I have watched about 12 videos before yours on the Katana and all of them were pretty rubbish. But yours? My god! Exactly what i was looking for! Basic settings, showing the top of the amp so you can see where your knobs are set etc.. Loved it. And i even learned a bit about playing guitar. Overall great video mate 👍🏼
Thanks so much Chris, I really appreciate your nice comment 😀. Happy Practicing mate, hope you enjoy your Katana! Cheers
Thanks Paul
Great tips! I keep my guitar vol around 75 % most times. I am using a Tele and find I HAVE to roll my tone back to 50% but it’s funny that my favorite patch I made uses near identical settings to yours! 😆
Thanks for listening and for taking the time to comment :-). Had a quick look at your channel - lots of cool stuff and pedals and ideas, so I’ll take a closer look this weekend! Cheers man
Still enjoy the great playing!👍 I would love to hear some of your country playing.
Thanks Mike! Yes, the best way to hear me attempt Country is to check out my Vid called “my licks Part 3”. I was always a big fan of Albert Lee and Brent Mason... and while I’m not even close to being in their league, hopefully you’ll hear the influence. Cheers Mike
You have every potential to be a good famous youtuber keep working hard
Thank you Yasinth Barla, appreciated 👍
That’s a nice little Europa cover 👌🏼
Thank you 😁👍
Excellent demo....would love for some country guys to do a demo of this amp....by the way awesome playing..
Thank you MrWeedpatch 👍.
Love these thick creamy tones. You really make that amp scream. How about a video with your favorite clean tones. Maybe a twangy Strat tone or clean Tele. Thanks 🙏
Thank you Mike! It’s funny, I sometimes get that request.... i.e. to demo my favourite Clean tones.... but the truth is.... I just don’t do clean. I only do Crunch. I just love the way that a Crunch tone gives you both worlds, with the slightest change in your pick attack.... I even use a Crunch tone for country! And so I’m afraid I wouldn’t know where to begin in giving a demo of a clean sound. Sorry Mike, I wasn’t much help there ☹️
I played in a covers band for a number of years. After a while I tired of it, and now have a blues , rock roots trio consisting of; an lap steel player, an acoustic guitar/mandolin player and myself on electric guitar. Much more chilled and enjoyable I find!
Sounds good actually, interesting line up you have there :-)
Paul Stafford Cook; Can you do a solo set?
I do a bit of busking in the summer, just by myself, and play for tourists, where I’ll play lead guitar over backing tracks (a bit like what I’m doing on UA-cam). But I don’t sing so I’d probably need to team up with a singer at the very least to make it appealing for a pub audience.
I got the Katana 100 1x12 a little while back and I have not really had a chance to get to know it, this is especially interesting for me, that .5 setting is plenty for the house, definitely!
Yes, I’m really intrigued as to how loud it would be on its’ 100 watt setting.... one day, when the neighbors are away on holiday, I might try it, ha ha!
Might be worth it to hire a rehearsal studio just to discover what it can do:)
Thanks pal. Just bought a second hand 100. Learning as I go. Cheers 🤐
Excellent Mike, hope you enjoy it. Whilst I’ve still not used Tone Studio I concede that everyone seems to think it’s amazing. So might be worth a look if you’re so inclined. I’m just an old fashioned fuddy duddy which is why I still just plug in and play 🤣
Paul Stafford Cook , to download the app you have to have a computer! While I have one, I’m not very good at using it. And it seems as though others that do know them have a problem with the download. So... I’ll wait for someone to come along with patients 🤐
Hearing that, I’m glad I just go down the old fashioned route and just twist some knobs and go. In terms of WHICH knobs? My suggestion - for a very quick way into warm fat valve crunch tones - is to go Clean channel, Gain on full, EQ slightly scooped, tasteful amount of Reverb / Delay. Job done. 👍
Paul Stafford Cook , the way I’m doing it! We may be related 🤐
Hey very nice! A great player too.
Thank you Nicholas, I do love a compliment :-). Appreciate you listening to my clip 😀
I have this amp and pretty much came to the same conclusion. I do like the crunch channel with a low gain boost and the bass turned up and treble rolled down. However I dime the master and put a 25k volume pedal in the loop to control the overall volume while preserving max headroom
Interesting.... thanks for listening to my clip, appreciated :-)
great video
Thanks Jay
Great video.
Thank you Donald, appreciated 😀
that volume knob thing you were doing sounded awesome
Thank you skyflyer! Appreciate you listening to the clip :-)
+1 cool (but beyond me, everything on 10 at all times and reverb and delay to mask crappy playing)
I played 60 shows last year just using the katana, I love it and don't even use tube amps anymore lol
Cheers for watching my clip. I’m not in a band at the moment but I agree..... I’d use my Katana for gigs :-)
Me too. Katana is great. I use clean and crunch only
I have a player series tele and sounds beautiful with the katana 100.
Long press panel button to switch between Bank A and B. Blinking means Bank B. They both have different set of effects. All green effects in Bank A are Blues Driver, Digital Delay & Plate Reverb. In Bank B, it's Clean Boost, SDE-3000 Delay & Plate Reverb. 🤘
Thanks AR 15 😊
Almost exactly how I run mine - Crunch for nearly everything. The Brown mode sounds too compressed, though you can turn the gain all the way down and use the clean boost and it's a little better. PEDALS: run them into the ... ACOUSTIC mode. Yep - it's like the fx return but you retain the basic tone stack. Sounds amazing with a good pedal like the Wampler Plexi Drive. \m/
I like the brown for thrash metal stuff. Put an OD pedal on it for tightening and it's great.
cool work
Thank you Lenar 👍
That's a great way for more good sound.
Thanks Frans. Appreciate you listening to my clip :-)
I have the Katana MK1 100 Watt head. I plug it into a Marshall, Peavey or Dime Cabinet depending on what I want to do.
THAT alone can make all the difference in the World. Like you I NEVER USE TONE STUDIO.....EVER!!!!
I did 1 factory re-set. (hold down a couple of buttons while turning it on, easy) and that was it..
The idea of needing my laptop to get to the Noise Gate or whatever does not appeal to me.
You are right about the sweet spot on this amp being important. It will be different for everyone, but it can get noisey with Lead or Brown AND a Boost.
The effects are good enough for most basic stiff. I do have to say, plugging in a couple of extra "reverb,delay, modulation "type pedals into the FX loop and combining them with the built in effects can give you some trippy "ambient pedal stacking" sounds. Lots of fun. Great amp. Boss got it right with this one, but a Noise Gate on the top panel would have been perfection.
Nice presentation and great advice. Cheers from Canada.
Thank you Al 👍
Thank you for sharing your tips, it will be in use definitely. Although I think the key of your tone is your soulful playing. So it is in your mind and hands not in your gear. Anyway thank you very much.
Thank you trilogyopus! I agree with you that the equipment can only go so far, and that individuality comes through the player’s hands and that creates much of the player’s tone. Cheers for listening, appreciated :-)
I have the same amp , i just about always use the presets., but i am going to use your settings from this Video. Thank you
BTW the best patch i have used is like your tone called "Dumble Klon.tsl"
Thanks Doug, I’m delighted got something out of the vid. Cheers 🍻
Very nice!
Thank you John ! Appreciated :-)