r/BossKatana

Hi guys

Katana go, is she any good?, I have a family so I wanted to played silently at night but have great tones, I’ve got a fender mustang lt40s and it’s ok but for things like John Sykes Whitesnake stuff I feel I just can’t get that right tone, do you think this little bad boy might get me there.

I mean I get it, he used Mesa Boogie stacks blah blah but I’ve heard you can play around with this little units, I’ve been looking at helix modellers and yeah they look good but costly(get what you pay for) but I wondered if it was necessary in my case, I’m just playing at home.

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u/Specialist_Can2597 — 10 days ago

I recently bought a Katana 50 gen 3 and the Xsonic Airstep Kat EX Edition. Is there a way to start from scratch with the patches so I can create my own effects chain to be activated with a button press? On Ch 1 for instance I get a preset with overdrive called Green Day - something or other. I would

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u/EllegaardAndersen — 10 days ago

Can't get a good tone because I have no idea what I'm doing. Had better tone out of my 15W amp I bought off eBay for 20.

I've recently bought the Boss katana 110, I assume I can ask about bass stuff here. For the life of me I can't understand how on earth to work this thing, either the tone is muddy and if I switch the pad on that helps but even so it sounds so fuzzy/buzzing. It's likely just me not knowing my shit but what can I do and will the app help me, I just found a cable for my laptop today.

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u/Suspicious-Economy81 — 10 days ago

Is it Worth?

I found a boss katana 50 mk2 ex for 130€. I don’t have any amp, im using my ipad and headphones. Im done with headphones and i want to gear it in room.

I dont have too much budget now and i dont know when i have. So i tough to this deal can make me happy for a while. Most os the time i play metal and hard rock. What do you say?

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u/Remote-Produce-3586 — 10 days ago

Katana GO flexible mini pedalboard setup

Using off-the-shelf components and a couple of midi routing/transformation apps on Android, I was able to build what I believe is a very flexible control solution for the Katana GO.

Pedalboard feature highlights:

- Patch/bank changes

- State-aware FX toggles, tuner

- Custom logic so the expression pedal controls different FX parameters per patch

- Real-time manipulation of Stage Feel to place the guitar within the stereo field, especially handy when sending the GO's stereo audio out to an external source for looping (set center, record a loop, set left, change FX, record another loop, set right change FX, record another loop, etc)

- One tap tempo switch that sets delay times for both delays for a given patch simultaneously

- Ability to use both the foot controls and Katana Librarian app simultaneously, all wirelessly, to control the GO

Board components:

- Cheap Amazon metal pedalboard

- Charmast power bank (battery percentage indicator visible through the top of the board)

- FS-1-WL to control A/B/C within current bank. Tap tempo, expression, and toe click also go through this.

- M-Vave Chocolate Plus for FX toggles per patch, Stage Feel manipulation, etc

- Hotone Ampero 2 Press for expression/toe click

- Pirate Midi Scribble for patch name and expression percentage display

- Custom laser-engraved Altoids-sized tin from Etsy, with 3D-printed pick holder insert

- LED strip on bottom

- Button toppers

- Various adapters and extension cables for power/signal routing

Android apps used:

- BLE Midi Engineer for FX toggle state management, expression parameter selection

- Midi Hub for routing and expression parameter mapping

- Tasker to automate startup sequence

- Native android Bluetooth sniffing/debug logging for capturing the Sysex commands for FX sweeps/toggles from the native Tone Studio & Katana Librarian apps

- ChatGPT to parse the logs and auto-generate templates/configs for the main two midi apps being used

In total this took a little over a month of periodic tweaking, but it was well worth the effort for a super flexible mobile rig that I could bring anywhere.

u/ahnoprobly — 11 days ago

Katana 50-3. Taking the next tone step: Headphone amp or studio phones? Dual bt Adapter worth it?

Hey ya'll, I've had my Katana for a few months now and I'm looking for some advice from people with similar setups. I'm getting more and more into playing everyday and I'm ready to get some more gear but I'm still a frugal SOB. All my friends answers to everything are more pedals, but as it was explained to me one of the main advantages of a Katana is getting to mess around with tone without dropping the bank on cables and gear.

That being said, I've found boss tone studio impossible to connect and honestly wouldn't want to pull my mac out to play every time. Couldn't even figure it out with AI. I digress.

Is the Bluetooth adapter worth it? I hear good things but honestly amazes me that they would even sell the amp without it. When I want to play along with a song I usually just play it on my house speakers and jam away, but is it more nice to play through the amp? Also there is the drawback of not being able to jam to your own loops. Tone settings seem to be the larger upside but is the app as outdated as tone studio? I'm also looking at getting a looper pedal (would be my first pedal) to jam on so any tips there would be appreciated.

Also, I have very gracious roommates who have never complained about noise, but i'd like to get ahead of that one so I'm looking at options. I've found some pretty affordable headphone amps and I have some decent bose headphones I use for work everyday, but there's also a stereo phones jack on the Katana, not compatable with my headphones of course.

So the way I see it it's get a headphone amp that work with my current headphones or get new headphones that plug into the amp. I have zero experience with either.

Thanks

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u/Hopeful_Chipmunk_192 — 8 days ago
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u/drewfinisher11 — 9 days ago

Creating a Gig Set Up for Acoustic & Electric Guitar

I need to put together a set up...for live gigs..

What do I need exactly?

a.)-I have a PA system

b.)-Small Audio Mixer

c.)-Microphones

d.)- Beat Buddy Drum Machine

e.)-ZOOM Acoustic Processor

f.)-TC- HELICON PO Perform VG.. harmony,Reverb,and Echo

Harmonizer

g.) Boss Katana mk2 Amplifier

How do I properly set this up..

and getting a good clear mix

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u/Street_Traffic_498 — 9 days ago