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Seriously, I went through half a dozen OD/drive pedals, several different modelers, three sets of studio monitors, a dozen or more headphones, etc. Now a caveat that I'm playing at bedroom volumes at home, so definitely not saying it's the end all be all amp, but the fact it compares favorably to this mountain of gear that I have at home is just throwing me for a loop. With way less tweaking and no option paralysis. Which is now causing my head to spin a bit, because I have like $5,000 worth of modelers and pedals but the $450 Katana Artist sounds basically as good, running through the same cabinet. Then I found if you set it to edge of breakup and the Booster to the front end, you get a a really nice modded Marshall sound. The Crunch channel is really versatile, going from clean to edge of breakup to a medium crunch tone. It has a little more weight behind it and is just zero fuss to get at the sound. Then I spent a couple hours running the Axe FX 3 into the Power Amp In.and I still kind of like just the Katana by itself. (Cabinet Resonance and Air Feel are also available on other Version 2.0 Katana amps, but the controls are only accessible via the BOSS Tone Studio editor.I spent a couple hours trying different pedals into the front of the Katana Artist, and honestly I prefer the Katana by itself. There’s also a three-way Air Feel control for adjusting the tone character of the mic’d cab emulation on the Katana-Artist’s line output. With the three-way Cabinet Resonance control, you can instantly re-voice the amp with Vintage, Modern, or Deep settings. There’s a bank switch for Tone Setting memories, allowing you to jump between two banks of four memories with a quick press. The Katana-Artist includes all these great Version 2.0 enhancements, and adds some new panel controls for direct access to a few of them.

#Boss katana artist update

Released in late 2017, the Version 2.0 firmware update for the Katana series added lots of features, including new effects, double the Tone Setting memories, cabinet resonance, line out Air Feel, and more. Version 2.0 Katana Features and More Hardware Controls The refinements include not only the gain stages, but the tone stack interaction as well.Īmp type and tone stack controls on the Katata-Artist guitar amp.

In the Katana-Artist, all have been retuned for the very best tone with the Waza Craft speaker and new cab.

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Refined Amp VoicingĪll Katana amps (with the exception of the Katana-Mini) feature five unique amp characters: Clean, Crunch, Lead, and Brown, plus Acoustic for use with acoustic-electric guitars. Paired with the Katana-Artist and its beefy cabinet, the G12W allows you to enjoy big-amp performance with the convenience of a compact and easy-to-carry 1×12 combo. Through careful selection of the magnet, cone material, and many other construction elements, the Waza Craft G12W fully realizes the rich tone, quick response, and wide dynamic range that’s made the original so famous. The engineering team meticulously analyzed many original speakers to fully understand their resonance characteristics, harmonic balance, and more.

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In developing the G12W speaker, BOSS set out to capture all the tonal magic of the 25-watt British classic, but in a modern design that can handle a full 100 watts of power on its own. But with their low power rating, they need to be used in multiples to work with high-wattage amps. To this day, these speakers are considered by many guitarists to provide the ultimate tone experience. The most famous cabinets paired with these amps were loaded with four 25-watt speakers, wired in a series/parallel configuration to support the head’s full output. Without a doubt, the seminal ‘60s-era British 100-watt amp stack is the defining sound of heavy rock guitar. The 12-inch Waza Craft G12W realizes classic 25-watt British speaker tone with greatly increased power handling.