Colour me impressed; Katana 50
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Colour me impressed; Katana 50
Ok just got this today. This amp is far better than it ever deserves to be, at its price point.
Seriously impressed. Youth of today don't know how good they've got it, yada yada etc!
Seriously impressed. Youth of today don't know how good they've got it, yada yada etc!
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Re: Colour me impressed; Katana 50
They are seriously good, regardless of the price, make sure you update the firmware
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Re: Colour me impressed; Katana 50
BG can help you with that... but you might have to take it back to the shop three times and end up getting something else instead.jeremyb wrote:make sure you update the firmware
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Re: Colour me impressed; Katana 50
Conway wrote:BG can help you with that... but you might have to take it back to the shop three times and end up getting something else instead.jeremyb wrote:make sure you update the firmware
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Re: Colour me impressed; Katana 50
The sound is very good. Not kemper good, but probably better than anything I’ve heard for sub $1000.griff7628 wrote:So what impresses you the most about it?
The tweakability (via computer) is very impressive. It’s got pretty much everything you could reasonably want (again even for a far higher price)
Light enough to grab and go. Loud enough that you could gig with it.
And from an ease perspective you can dial up on the amp panel a decent sound in seconds.
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Re: Colour me impressed; Katana 50
I reckon high school music departments should be guzzling these up. Forget the Micro Cubes!
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Re: Colour me impressed; Katana 50
only weak point for me was the speaker-sounded good at home levels but ass at rehearsals.But a few mins of soldering a speaker patch jack and prob solved.Id buy the head if i was to get another though, it still gets my endorsement as bang for buck knockout winner.
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This ^Kris wrote:only weak point for me was the speaker-sounded good at home levels but ass at rehearsals.But a few mins of soldering a speaker patch jack and prob solved.Id buy the head if i was to get another though, it still gets my endorsement as bang for buck knockout winner.
I've been gigging the head now for almost 2 years with a selection of great speaker cabs, and it's the best overall gigging amp I've ever had.
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