2 Boss Katanas in stereo?

theflyisback

Hi,
ive picked up a v2 katana 100 1x12 amp for use at home mainly and also a standby backup for my Laney VC30 which is playing up and needs to go for a service and valve biasing after some hairy recent moments at gigs. 

I havent had had chance to rip it volume wise in a big room yet but I’ve been mightily impressed so far by its sound.  so much so that for that price I’m tempted to get another one the same for some stereo experimentation and make use of some of the stereo pedals I have. I could feasibly make it work as my sound is pretty clean and I’m using less dirt these days.

has anyone done this with their katana(s)? And to what extent.

i tried a stereo rig a while back but shelved it due to the ground hum issue but hoping that 2 identical amps won’t pose the same issue (or am I wrong?) 

Yearofthegoat

I don't have Katanas but stereo chorus is just the mutts.

I haven't had ground loop hum - my two amps are plugged into the same circuit but they're not identical models (which I reckon adds a depth to the sound). Maybe just lucky.

I'd be interested to see how you get on if you go for it.

kennedydream1980

Yes I did this with 2 Katana 50 combos. It sounded fantastic.

I ran them clean with pedals into the front, splitting the signal to stereo via a chorus and delay pedal.

I have a video somewhere of me gigging with this setup that I posted. I’ll try and dig it out and post the link here.

Found it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rBTpf2YJBCMSUuOv-xS7A6ijgnSZ_Gp/view?usp=drivesdk

theflyisback

kennedydream1980 said:

Yes I did this with 2 Katana 50 combos. It sounded fantastic.

I ran them clean with pedals into the front, splitting the signal to stereo via a chorus and delay pedal.

I have a video somewhere of me gigging with this setup that I posted. I’ll try and dig it out and post the link here.

Found it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rBTpf2YJBCMSUuOv-xS7A6ijgnSZ_Gp/view?usp=drivesdk

Wow. Sounds awesome

VerodaClient

theflyisback said:

kennedydream1980 said:

Yes I did this with 2 Katana 50 combos. It sounded fantastic.

I ran them clean with pedals into the front, splitting the signal to stereo via a chorus and delay pedal.

I have a video somewhere of me gigging with this setup that I posted. I’ll try and dig it out and post the link here.

Found it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rBTpf2YJBCMSUuOv-xS7A6ijgnSZ_Gp/view?usp=drivesdk

Wow. Sounds awesome

Seconded.  That sounds immense.  What pedals out of curiosity?

Voxman

theflyisback said:

kennedydream1980 said:

Yes I did this with 2 Katana 50 combos. It sounded fantastic.

I ran them clean with pedals into the front, splitting the signal to stereo via a chorus and delay pedal.

I have a video somewhere of me gigging with this setup that I posted. I’ll try and dig it out and post the link here.

Found it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rBTpf2YJBCMSUuOv-xS7A6ijgnSZ_Gp/view?usp=drivesdk

Wow. Sounds awesome

Very nice, love that song - enjoyed that!  Your guitar - Yamaha Pacifica 611HFM in translucent black?  How did you do the keyboard - were you playing to a backing track via MIDI?  

kennedydream1980

Voxman said:

theflyisback said:

kennedydream1980 said:

Yes I did this with 2 Katana 50 combos. It sounded fantastic.

I ran them clean with pedals into the front, splitting the signal to stereo via a chorus and delay pedal.

I have a video somewhere of me gigging with this setup that I posted. I’ll try and dig it out and post the link here.

Found it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rBTpf2YJBCMSUuOv-xS7A6ijgnSZ_Gp/view?usp=drivesdk

Wow. Sounds awesome

Very nice, love that song - enjoyed that!  Your guitar - Yamaha Pacifica 611HFM in translucent black?  How did you do the keyboard - were you playing to a backing track via MIDI?  

Yeah we play to a click track. The click just runs off an app on an iPad.

The guitar is indeed a Yamaha 611hfm.

kennedydream1980

VerodaClient said:

theflyisback said:

kennedydream1980 said:

Yes I did this with 2 Katana 50 combos. It sounded fantastic.

I ran them clean with pedals into the front, splitting the signal to stereo via a chorus and delay pedal.

I have a video somewhere of me gigging with this setup that I posted. I’ll try and dig it out and post the link here.

Found it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rBTpf2YJBCMSUuOv-xS7A6ijgnSZ_Gp/view?usp=drivesdk

Wow. Sounds awesome

Seconded.  That sounds immense.  What pedals out of curiosity?

Blackstar HT Dual, Digitech Hardwire Chorus & Delay & Mooer yellow comp on the cleans.

ChuckManual

Slight derail...

Can you run two Katanas with one GA-FC?

monquixote

ChuckManual said:

Slight derail...

Can you run two Katanas with one GA-FC?

I don't think so

You'd have to get the head and run them from MIDI.

Voxman

kennedydream1980 said:

Voxman said:

theflyisback said:

kennedydream1980 said:

Yes I did this with 2 Katana 50 combos. It sounded fantastic.

I ran them clean with pedals into the front, splitting the signal to stereo via a chorus and delay pedal.

I have a video somewhere of me gigging with this setup that I posted. I’ll try and dig it out and post the link here.

Found it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rBTpf2YJBCMSUuOv-xS7A6ijgnSZ_Gp/view?usp=drivesdk

Wow. Sounds awesome

Very nice, love that song - enjoyed that!  Your guitar - Yamaha Pacifica 611HFM in translucent black?  How did you do the keyboard - were you playing to a backing track via MIDI?  

Yeah we play to a click track. The click just runs off an app on an iPad.

The guitar is indeed a Yamaha 611hfm.

I recognised it as I have the 611VFM in translucent black. 

57Deluxe

...what's the punchline then??