Colour me impressed; Katana 50

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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!

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They are seriously good, regardless of the price, make sure you update the firmware :)
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I thought mine was so good I kept it for a fortnight! :thumbup:

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So what impresses you the most about it?

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Ive never seen or heard a product so madly hyped that exceeds said hype the way these things do.

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For the $ they're a lot of gear.

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jeremyb wrote:make sure you update the firmware :)
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.
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Conway wrote:
jeremyb wrote:make sure you update the firmware :)
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.
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griff7628 wrote:So what impresses you the most about it?
The sound is very good. Not kemper good, but probably better than anything I’ve heard for sub $1000.

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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A winner!

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I reckon high school music departments should be guzzling these up. Forget the Micro Cubes!

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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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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.
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