BOSS Katana MKIII

[timbuck3]

that comes with a $225 speaker

Welll that’s boss’s price but it’s likely really less

 

[ragingplatypi]

no none of them come with it, at 299 it's a 4 channel with full wired edit access, they needed to keep the cheap one under that price point. only reason most others have bluetooth is cause most others don't even have knobs, no other way to use it without the app

Keeping the asking price down has to be the ultimate reason. I have to admit that playing along to a recording through a combo amp is so unpleasant I would probably only be buying that dongle to be able to edit wirelessly.

 

[BahamaDada]

So what's the general verdict on the Gen3 by now? Ordered the 100 (1x12) and it sits here. It's fun. Played a short rehearsal with it at school and will use it at a school gig tomorrow.

Things I dislike:
- No tuner. It's digital already. Why not built-in tuner? Some said "Then you'll get a ugly display!". Nah, many amps do this with some LEDs of the effects or whatever. Red-Green-Red. Nothing for a restringing, but enough for a quick tune inbetween songs
- I don't get the effects by now... What effects are in it, at all? Page 12 of the reference manual (dl from boss) confused me more, than it helped. Hooked the amp up (after doing an update) and there I could alter all those green/orange/red effects, but... I don't know. I knew the Helix in and out in like 2 hours and this still confuses me
- Nickel and diming like Apple. It's a nice base, but any other thing is an extra. Bluetooth? 50€$ please. A 5 way switch? 100+ (at least in Europe). At least it comes with a cable. I have a Boss FS6 here, but I dislike, that it only works with batteries. Why the fuck? Also no TRS-TRS cable here. Why not include the BT thing? Did anybody ever say "Nah, I hate Bluetooth. I DON'T want to set up my tones pretty quick with my smartphone/tablet. I want it the difficult way via USB-C!!!"

That said the rehearsal I played was another teacher with an acoustic and me with a Strat with this (and students). It sounded quite nice and I basically had a rhythm with neck-middle and a lead with neck pu. Haven't had the time by now to REALLY turn it up and see how it sounds for some hard and heavy stuff.

Question: The Line Out is a 6.3 jack. Has anybody ever tried using this into a mixer for the FOH and the amp itself als monitor? Will use (or: want to use) this tomorrow. Just clean and eob playing.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Quit Buying KatanasTM

 

[la szum]

My 60 something cousin has a 100 watt Katana and a tiny Blackstar. I had to bite
my tongue, lie, and tell him his ass didn't look fat in his new dress.

Seriously, though. He has every imaginable tone he'd want at his fingertips. Maybe
he'll show me his Positive Grid Bias next time we hang out.

 

[BahamaDada]

Quit Buying KatanasTM

Nothing comparable in that price range tbh (or is there?)

 

[timbuck3]

I was thinking the same thing when going over the specs for new models. They do look nice, but the price is so high that I would never get an Artist for instance over a versatile tube amp like the DSL40.

I picked of a used artist gen 3 100 for 350$ today. Sounded good

 

[timbuck3]

The bigonning tones are so fizzy… my gen3 artist and my gen2 2-12 dont sound this buzzy… why leon? You are capable of better tones

 

[Byrdman]

The bigonning tones are so fizzy… my gen3 artist and my gen2 2-12 dont sound this buzzy… why leon? You are capable of better tones

Maybe you can send him your presets

 

[timbuck3]

Maybe you can send him your presets

 

[timbuck3]

chapman is hawking this now?

 

[timbuck3]

 

[0XI0]

best thing about katana is both contour and global EQ can be pre or post amp, there is so much gain shaping available like fractal. global EQ 1 can be pre gain treble boost and global 2 can be post gain V curve. all the contour colors are basically like triaxis dynamic voice, preset curves you can shift around the freq center and amount, but you can also put them each pre or post gain. I wish you could lower the bias of the clipping tho, there's a mesa flavor I still can't get out of modeling that sounds like a lot of saturation in some stage but really low bias, it mainly gives this little pick tracking buzz that sits on top that doesn't get quieter or louder through the gain range

 

[timbuck3]

And the fact that if you keep your old katana Mark two and get a GEN three, you can hook them together with stereo expand and then you get used of the stereo effects

 

[ChordInversion]

And the fact that if you keep your old katana Mark two and get a GEN three, you can hook them together with stereo expand and then you get used of the stereo effects

Dammit, now I want to add a Gen3 Artist combo to my MkII Aritst combo. The green Waza speaker is my favorite thing about these amps.

 

[timbuck3]

Dammit, now I want to add a Gen3 Artist combo to my MkII Aritst combo. The green Waza speaker is my favorite thing about these amps.

So do it.! Its pretty wide sounding when you place them 3-8 ft apart..i use the atrtist 100 gen 3 as main amp and the mk2 100 2-12 combo is the satellite amp