All in all for the price you can it beat this product. Bluetooth connection could bring added value to this model. One flaw though is that you don’t really have the capability to use as a head and output to another speaker which would have been nice. o5 watt set because it’s plenty loud enough trust me! And the tones still come through clear on the low setting. And this amp can get loud, especially on the 50 Watt setting. I haven’t even used the computer interface yet because the built in tones are so varied and awesome. Nothing is wasted here like on some effects amps. The effects work flawlessly and all our useable tones and effective. Then you press a button and all those amp styles change to a more punchy, tune like amp experience. It has 5 incredible amps from acoustic, clean, lead, crunch, to brown. You can definitely gig with it if you want fro small setups. JUST PLAY! My only con: If there was a complaint by me it would be that I can't use a volume pedal and the channel changing through the expression pedal port. After 60 years of playing now I get to do what I like the most. I can use the effects that I do want and forget about the rest. Now that I know how to manipulate what I want through Tone Studio. Of course the amp itself is truly amazing. The variation button adds a little something to the amp section. The dual knobs on the effect stage really fixed the main thing I didn't like about the original. The MK2 really is much nicer than the original. I learned through my, pedal is better travels, that I just want to plug in and play. I had really wanted the 100 but asked myself if I really needed all of the features. So after a lot of research I asked them if they could send me the Katana 50 mk2. I talked to customer service and of course they were more than gracious to take it all back. I purchased a nice multi effect and an frfr cabinet from zZounds and within 3 days decided it just wasn't accomplishing anything. I was chasing something I couldn't get with pedals. I kept it about 6 months and started the downsize pedal routine for the next 2 and 1/2 years. I purchased the original Katana 50 when it came out. I’d guess that it will be worth more than what we payed for it one day. I dial the mid and treble just past 2/3 and leave the Bass on just below 1/4. The crunch and lead options are OK, but I find that you get a lot more push when you use the clean channel as the base. The warmth and response in the Katana is unbelievable, and the effects stack well without being muddied.I only use the clean option/amp model/channel, and I use the gain and booster dials for distortion. Modeling amps of today are waaaay beyond what they were 15 years ago. I run Bose sound canceling headphones from the line out, then run an iPhone into the auxiliary with Garage Band.Having played this, even if I had the disposable income to buy something more expensive, I’d still buy this. Reminds me a lot of a fender twin reverb. Loud as hell, but doesn’t lose tone when you’re playing it at. I am a huge fan of Boss Effects, and I owned the ME-50 in the late 2000s. Previously, I owned a Peavey Classic 2x12, but I don’t play in a band anymore, and I can’t play THAT loud in an apartment. I was skeptical of buying a modeling amp. May be better to just duplicate the same setting one each amp w small variations? Ha, gonna be fun finding out! *Cheers* Regarding zZounds, I KNOW they'll get it right. I'll get back to you and let you know how it all sounds in stereo with two of them. I have a little carry around Boss GT-1 multi-effect's pedal that is a keeper for direct-to-interface recordings,too it's also a mini-beast,easpecially tapping into BTS. I like mine so much, I am buying another one from zZounds, ASAP. Better yet, it'll do soft and still retain the tube mojo. Which,btw, this little monster will do.it'll do loud. But what the heck! The onboard FX are plenty for any gig (if you have the pedal controller or not) and I really like the knob set-up for good old-fashioned tweaking by feel at loud volumes. I was doubtful about placing pedals in front of it but that was a no-worry. Wow, this is truly a guitarslinger's delight. To be fair, I tried out some other brands but wasn't overly impressed,so went with a 50MkII 12". Thing is, those heads are kinda heavy! All good, but I needed a smaller combo to lug about. Man.what to say about the unfair reviews regarding the BTS software? It's as easy as any other,so go figure. I can duplicate 9/10's of the way classic SRV's strat cleans w quack on a Bassman 50w all the way to our Bro Dimebag's nutcrsuhin' face melt humbucker tone "name any heavy amp"),all with one SS amp. I purchased a Katana V.1 head when they first hit the market and quickly found it was a beast on stage and in the studio.
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