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I think these will surprise a lot of people. Eventually, they may even surprise the people that refuse to believe that an amp of this nature could possibly sound...well...really good.
Love mine.
Yup. Before this, I always liked the vox valvetronix modelling, on the older blue models and the first chrome front ones - it sounded great and if you couldn't make it sound decent, it ain't the amp's fault!
But I've had to reassess and the boss I heard was fantastic. Really dynamic and punchy, and really sounded like the telecaster was going into a Marshall.
I thought it was the same speaker in the 50 and 100...
...I could be wrong, but I thought that was the case.
I must admit that I had pretty much discounted the Katana as an amp I'd be interested in. I don't want or need USB connectivity, stored patches, etc, and had just automatically assumed that this would be yet another amp with too many options (99% of which would be unusable).
However, a quick look at the manuals and reviews shows something that is more like a logical evolution of the Cube series. It appears straightforward and intuitive to use with just a handful of amp models/sounds, plus effects that haven't been parameterised into submission. OK, I'd rather not have the USB connectivity or the tone banks but at least they appear to be 'extra' rather than something integral to the concept. At least the USB connectivity can be much more easily ignored than it could on, say, Fender's Mustang where the FUSE software is very much a component of the Mustang concept.
OK, to be fair I've yet to hear a Katana in the flesh but if they're even half as good as has been suggested then I could definitely be interested.
The Katana amo do work as very simple plug and play amps, I don't think the extra features should put anybody off. You can simply ignore them as the basic sounds are good enough.
One frustration for me are the effects. They sound good but they are arranged on 3 knobs, one of which is always reverb. So if you use the the others as boost/drive and delay, then you can't have modulation. It would have made much more sense to have 4 slots (perhaps doing away with the presence controll on the 100) Boost/Drive, FX1, Delay, reverb. Seems a bit of a unnecessary compromise to me.
Sounded like a good amp to me. It was a pushed Marshall ish tone with a Tele.
Not fizzy or flubby. Which is better than most new valve amps under £800.
If blindfolded I wouldn't have guessed it was a modeller, not solid state, nor valve. Just a good amp.
The player was decent too.
Jeff beck could gig any amp in the world and sound amazing.
I largely agree. Give a good player a squier and a peavey bandit and you'll get good music.
The tone may not be the best, but unless you're being critical, you won't mind because the music is good.
With that said, the tone I heard was good. I'd take it over plenty of valve amps. Not all.
Looks different to me on the photos? The magnet looks smaller on the 50, but it could just be the photo.