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If you love it so much, why do you keep fucking with it?
Making a very crude (semi) closed back panel today.
Thanks, those are for easy access to my faux Bass/Treble FX when used as a Powered speaker.Love the dual multicolor controls!
I had the Creamback before I had the Katana, actually - I swapped it in soon after I got the Kat and it was was pretty muchI've never played a Katana in real life, but judging from everything I've heard online, I reckon that G12M is going to be a great match with the Katana and a significant improvement
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Will see, I'm actually more interested in cutting down volume behind the cab when necessary. It won't be completely closed either, there are some air vents facing the speaker that I don't want to necessarily block off from getting air so there is about an inch or so of a gap leftBet it will sound so much thighter when you get that rear panel installed.
Had my first band rehearsal with my MKII head last night. Havent spent a ton of time with it since grabbing one but my general first dry run was..If you love it so much, why do you keep f*****g with it?
View attachment 2891Making a very crude (semi) closed back panel today.
This is where I sat with the Katana for a while. Most of my gain tones feature the built-in EQ effects - the graphic EQ before the preamp dumping bass and boosting mids, adding level - the parametric EQ afterward for low/high cuts and for adding bass back after the preamp.Loved the cleans and hated the gains
Better than I thought, at least mechanically. The 3M Dual Lock makes such a stable connection - no rattling or movement from the back panel at all and I can still remove it. I had to paint over the MDF I had exposed to get anything to adhere to it.Curious how it turns out as I’m planning to try the same thing with my Cat 60!
That has been my first few interactions with the amp, need to try out this guitar, oh look, here's a bunch of Katanas with instrument cables ready to go. The bigger Kats always seemed to sound better than the 50w but nothing really alive about them. Tweaking in the editor goes a long way.I’ve only played a these a couple times at GC when trying out a guitar, always seemed kind of sterile to me but I never spent a whole lot of time dialing them in or checking out the options
That has been my first few interactions with the amp, need to try out this guitar, oh look, here's a bunch of Katanas with instrument cables ready to go. The bigger Kats always seemed to sound better than the 50w but nothing really alive about them. Tweaking in the editor goes a long way.
I've still yet to see a Catalyst at my local few GC stores![]()
This is where I sat with the Katana for a while. Most of my gain tones feature the built-in EQ effects - the graphic EQ before the preamp dumping bass and boosting mids, adding level - the parametric EQ afterward for low/high cuts and for adding bass back after the preamp.
We get even more EQ options with the latest firmware update so you don't necessarily have to burn two effects blocks to tailor a good gain sound. I've done a pretty good-to-me replication of my favorite Helix amp models although the Katana Preamps don't breathe and compress like the HX models.
The Studio Rats dude gets some okay tones, some not really my thing - I can't seem to get a good tone with clean preamp/boost pedals like he does.
The whammy effect is pretty good. I rip the Dunlop Mini off my Stomp board and use that sometimes. It's a bit of a PITA navigating to the hidden controller menu just to get to the pedal FX toggle switch. Setting up a preset specifically for that sound sounds like the way to go.Dubbed around with the EQ's some this morning. Definitely sounds better and I'm getting there. I have my patches all set up except for a whammy patch. If I have to use an external EXP pedal I guess having one next to the pedalboard is still better than having three devices lined up next to one big do.it.all pedal like my Helix LT. At least when it comes to convenience. I wish my MX5 would fit on there but it wont. I do have another big pedalboard I could try though.