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Boss katana 50 mk2 es12/11/2023 ![]() ![]() But when I know I am going to play longer than 30mins all my other combos win hands-down even if I have to lug a couple of pedals in addition to the amp, but they cost at least 5 times as much as the HT5R I take it out of the closet in summertime to play outside on the terrace, quick and dirty setup, just guitar, cable, amp and good to go. I got mine because Andertons was blowing the premium version out the door for 299 British pounds with a Celestion V30 speaker in there, that was just too good to pass up. Sound-wise, the HT5R is no Friedman, it lacks the last bit of clarity here and there, but it is a quite organic sounding practice amp. ![]() Maybe the best approximation would be that the HT5R will definitely not hold together with a drummer, while the Katana 50 will just malke it. I think that the HT5R will be a tad quieter than the Katana but not much. the Katana as I had that one only for a short amount of time. Now, the HT5R is much more natural sounding, but I cannot for sure make a dependable statement regarding loudness vs. I had the Katana 50 v1 here for a couple of days, though, to see what all the hype is about, and very quickly returned it because of the synthetic sounding gains. I am no friend of the Katana's (some people here are really into them), plus I own a HT5R that I quite like, so I am auto-biased. It’s going to be hard to fake it.The HT5R is a very nice amp. Higher gain tones cover up a lot of things and can be easier to duplicate, but loud and clean is a bit like taking the stage naked. One problem with replicating someone’s Fender clean tone is it is a very revealing signal chain, so your guitar, hand technique, and even pick selections are going to be fairly audible. Don’t ignore the tone and volume knobs on the guitar either. You might consider a mid boost, like a Tube screamer pedal or patch with gain set low, or use EQ, to fatten things up a bit. The BB sound and many others (SRV Freddy King etc.) are Fender blackface or silverface amps that are fairly clean, maybe pushed to the edge of breakup. A lot of blues Strat players use the neck pickup, but the middle is also frequently used for a more cutting solo. That said, you can still get a “good” tone. There is no patch, pedal or magic settings that will make a Strat into a katana sound like Lucille into a cranked Fender. The guitar plays a significant role, as do both your right and left hands. Sorry, but the amp and pedals are only a small portion of the overall tone. I am losing my settings every time I power down the amp so I am leaving it on all the time! Perhaps because the 50 is more of a beginner's amp (under $300) there aren't a lot of owners here? But wow, it's powerful, it can even emulate tube amp vibes. I just thought I'd post my question here on BGU figuring there'd be ppl who own the 50, but I will post it on FB (I hate FB) and look on Reddit. Of course I don't have BB's strong, big fingers for vibrato.Here's examples: In fact there's a Facebook group, and another one on Reddit, where famous guitar geeks offer for free or cheap "patches" to download to your 50 (and I'm still figuring out how to do it where it's saved) and that's how you get the sound you want of any style or famous guitarist. ![]() So in theory, and it's way over my head tech wise, you can buy a cheap guitar at a pawn shop and if you know how to tweak the settings in Tone Central, you can create the sound coming out of a Lucille, or any sound you want. So this line of amps simulates their various pedals, one model allows a foot switch to be connected to it. Knowing what I do about marketing, I bet that Boss saw the writing on the wall, worried about the future of their pedal sales. played 8's? But the thing about the Boss Katana 50 amp is that you connect it to your laptop and using the Boss Tone Central, you can tweak the hell out of all the settings, many of the settings I never heard of (and I just retired from 44 years in the film/video/TV business), it's more in the realm of an audio studio engineer:
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