SMALL AND LOUD - Boss Katana 50

Trying out the Boss Katana 50 combo amp. A sick and LOUD amp.

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★ Headphones - BeyerDynamic DT880 Pro

[davesaenz]

Finally someone playing metal with this amp. Everyone else plays blues.

[brucebourne]

I own the 50, and have watched many 50 reviews for two years. This is, by far, the best demo video, where I can easily see both the controls and what you are playing in response. Thank you!!

[MikefromAlabama]

The clean mode with a little reverb, delay and the push from the "Boost" setting gets you perfect classic rock tones at 1/2 watt!

[svart]

No matter what amp is Ola playing, he always gets a machine gun like tone

[lames_jahey]

It's insane how far practice amps have come.

[morbidangel]

The funny thing about that particular overdrive pedal is that it's slightly more expensive than this amp, lol.

[wolfgangervin]

I got this a few months back as my first "proper" amp now that I'm taking learning guitar seriously and I'm super happy with my purchase.

[jayz]

There's always people hating on this amp and modeling amps in general .. why is that? It sounds really decent to me for a 200 amp. It has a ton of features and it sounds better than some solid states i've heard. Yeah it's not going to sound exactly like a tube amp, and yeah you can buy a used tube combo amplifier for just a little more, but this has way more features and doesn't require constant maintenance of a tube amp... also its $200!! What do you want ? Lol. There's way too many so called "tube snobs" out there and noobs bitching about this amps.

[scootscootwarlock]

dude, your review sa only review out of all the boss Katana reviews I've seen that has convinced me to buy one. everybody else is playing clean or a slight bit of crunch and playing my old rock, all good but your review really sold it.

[christopherjeneson]

Funny, I was on the point of selling mine because I thought it was crap, turns out it was me!

[MFKitten]

I have thr head version of this. Pro tip: use the USB editor, and get the noise gate on, plus put a tubescreamer model in front of the amp. You also have parametric EQ, and you can add an electric-to-acoustic simulator that sounds pretty great for clean tones.

[Bombdawgy]

Finally I saw Ola play an acoustic. Beautiful Washburn!

[delraybrewer]

I ordered this based on a different recommendation, but I had to come to Ola Englund to see how it REALLY is. I'm satisfied. I can't wait.

[KINGV]

Ola, thank you so much for all your reviews and sharing your knowledge with us! I also want to personal thank you again for your vlogs as well. The one you did when you had the opportunity to go to Dimebag’s house was truly beyond words and how you filmed it made me feel as though I was right there with you, so personal and just perfectly done! Also the one you did for NAMM 2020 was EPIC also! I’ve been on a guitar amp hunt for over a year and you have been my go to source for reviews. Even if I’m just having a bad day, your videos give me a chance to just zone out for a while and helps for me to reset. I didn’t mean for this to go this long, but I really wanted to take the time and give you the props you truly deserve! On behalf of your online family here, please keep up the awesome work! Wishing you all the success this world has to offer. The Veller family from Florida.

[mannofscience]

Ive had mine for about a month now! Perfect, perfect sound. I absolutely love it and personally, its what I need in an amp. I used to have such a shitty one, this one was a complete upgrade and Ive never been happier. Love it for quick practice!

[brpadington]

These are pretty cool little practice amps. I got one for a Father's day present this year. It won't replace my Marshall stack but it is a great little amp to travel with and jam with friends.

[aguitarist]

The bane of old men who can’t accept the future.

[jakeynightmare]

Badass review! I was debating on the fender 20 but this blows it away! This amp is more my style

[whatwouldhousedo]

Nice review man. I bought a 100 1x12 this week and I think it's amazing. I was a total tube snob my whole life- I'm selling my hand-made boutique Kingsley Custom 32 ($4, 000 tube combo) plus half my pedals and keeping the Katana. I used to use Boogie amps- I had an original 50 Caliber head and a first-issue Dual Rectifier so I'm used to great tube tone. The Katana does everything I need and more. When bands like Metallica who can afford anything move away from tubes, you know the technology has caught up (they now use Fractals live). After years and years of hating on anything digital, modelled, etc, and hearing nothing but shitty cheap sounding amps from all these companies like Line 6, I'm finally convinced that solid state can be as good. Boss just changed the game.

[bennettskb]

Great amp, I use it live in a small Country so close to the valve vibe, that no one at the gigs knows any different. Nice video, thanks