NAD!! Gave the Katana the Chop!

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Re: NAD!! Gave the Katana the Chop!

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This thing is such a great amp.... loving it... just what I was looking for. Could personally do without the ultragain channel but its all good. Stoked with this purchase! I just shook the house and had my 15yo asking if I was deaf and why it was so loud...which gave me the oportunity to sit him down and explain to him that his generation are pussies.

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Very cool story bro :lol: 8)

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Marshalls are the bleedin sound of Rock mate. I have full size casters on my 1X12 and it looks mean and menacing, like a midget with sword sucking a soggy cigar.
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.

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I don't remember 50w sounding this loud. Going to have to rtfm to make sure it's switching to triode ok

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The difference between 50W and 100W is about 3db which is barely perceptible to the human ear :)
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dayl wrote:I don't remember 50w sounding this loud. Going to have to rtfm to make sure it's switching to triode ok

Another 'Recommend me an attenuator" thread about to begin? :wink:
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chur wrote:
dayl wrote:I don't remember 50w sounding this loud. Going to have to rtfm to make sure it's switching to triode ok
Another 'Recommend me an attenuator" thread about to begin? :wink:
Check the in the mail thread :lol: to be honest I'm kinda glad I didn't buy another tube amp, the katana on the 0.5w setting is just brilliant for home use, and with the 12" still sounds beefy :)
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For amps with plenty of preamp gain and an FX loop you don't really need an attenuator. If you find the volume knob a bit finnicky, a volume pedal in the FX loop will do the job, or an EQ pedal with the gain slider down.
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jeremyb wrote:
chur wrote:
dayl wrote:I don't remember 50w sounding this loud. Going to have to rtfm to make sure it's switching to triode ok
Another 'Recommend me an attenuator" thread about to begin? :wink:
Check the in the mail thread :lol: to be honest I'm kinda glad I didn't buy another tube amp, the katana on the 0.5w setting is just brilliant for home use, and with the 12" still sounds beefy :)
Lol, just scrolled down and found it. Interesting to see how that one goes.
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chur wrote:
Lol, just scrolled down and found it. Interesting to see how that one goes.
haha yeah. Looked into it a fair bit. The weber appears to do what I need it to. Will see.

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dayl wrote:
chur wrote:
Lol, just scrolled down and found it. Interesting to see how that one goes.
haha yeah. Looked into it a fair bit. The weber appears to do what I need it to. Will see.
It really depends on how much you're looking to attenuate - I had a weber and tbh it killed some of the tone once you started to attenuate more than a notch or two.
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dayl wrote:
chur wrote:
Lol, just scrolled down and found it. Interesting to see how that one goes.
haha yeah. Looked into it a fair bit. The weber appears to do what I need it to. Will see.
I have an attenuator I am getting rid of as I no longer need it, it's good for any amps up to 60w. It's an 8ohm model, I've used it on my Engl 50w head and it worked great.

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dayl wrote:I don't remember 50w sounding this loud. Going to have to rtfm to make sure it's switching to triode ok
50w can be stupidly loud. I think people still assume there's a massive volume difference between 50w and a 100w - like Jeremy said it's literally only a few decibels. I'm guessing a lot of guitarists prefer the 100w for the extra headroom.

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Bg wrote:
dayl wrote:
chur wrote:
Lol, just scrolled down and found it. Interesting to see how that one goes.
haha yeah. Looked into it a fair bit. The weber appears to do what I need it to. Will see.
It really depends on how much you're looking to attenuate - I had a weber and tbh it killed some of the tone once you started to attenuate more than a notch or two.
Yeah. Not trying to attenuate down to quiet 1-5w bedroom levels. Just need to tame it a bit.

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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:
dayl wrote:I don't remember 50w sounding this loud. Going to have to rtfm to make sure it's switching to triode ok
50w can be stupidly loud. I think people still assume there's a massive volume difference between 50w and a 100w - like Jeremy said it's literally only a few decibels. I'm guessing a lot of guitarists prefer the 100w for the extra headroom.
Yeah, I had no idea that this was the case. 50w sounds great though.

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