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I'm sure all will be well...Boss stuff is generally built like a tank, although tweaking an unfamiliar amp live can be 'fun' ...might not be a bad idea to take the manual just in case. Good luck and keep us posted.
That takes commitment or else no-one there speaks English.
Get some drinks down you!
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In a nutshell, pretty bloody good! We do uptempo Dr Feelgood, 9 Below Zero R'n'B with a bit of classic rock and rock'n'roll thrown in so not the most challenging gig sound wise for an amp. As long as the basic sound is there I'll be ok and that's the thing, the basic sound was very good. I used the lead model with the gain set around 4, backed off the guitar to clean up and had my Blackstart LT Boost in the loop for a volume hike and a bit of fat during the solos. A smidge of reverb on the amp and I used delay from the amp for a couple of songs and my Ibanez mini delay in the loop for a couple more.
The sound was big and really cut through the mix when needed, I actually had the master on about 3 1/2 and it was plenty. In a bigger room on Saturday so might use the 50 watt setting and push the master up a bit more safe in the knowledge I can always flick to full power if needed.
Does it (yawn) sound like a valve amp? Nope, probably not, but very nearly and much closer in feel than any modeller I've used outside of high end tackle (Kemper). Can you dial in a really good, perfectly usable tone in no time at all..Yup, you certainly can.
Seems to take pedals really well and it's nice and light. I think that with the all singing, all dancing footswitch I could probably dispense with my pedal board.
I really like it and so did the band so all good
Excellent! Almost wish I'd kept it ! Think I've just been spoilt with my Helix and in a way I'm pleased its not as good as that
The Katanas are certainly great value, loud and sound good, and the 12" speakers make them a great budget gigging option, I like the look of them too
But £79 for the footswitch sounds a bit high and disproportionate - that's virtually 50% of the amps price!
Having gigged unmiked last night I'd have to say the 50 would have been more than adequate, which makes that particular models price mindblowingly good.
On a side note, do any of the amps previous owners remember seeing the sticker to overlay on the GC-FA footswitch to make it Katana friendly. Probably would have been with the manual.
This will give you a little laugh though. I called Roland UK and the poor chap I spoke to didn't know what amp I was talking about. I had to spell Katana and he then asked me if it was a Cube. I should point out he was very helpful and nice but I was clearly the first call he'd had regarding the Katana range. Just goes to show we live in a very small corner of a much larger market for many big companies. We got there in the end but they don't have any in stock so hopefully he's sourcing one from Japan for me.