Boss Katana MkII POWER AMP IN vs EFFECT LOOP RETURN vs AUXILIARY INPUT

No babbling, no talk, straight to the point.

Comparing the POWER AMP IN vs EFFECT LOOP RETURN vs AUXILIARY INPUT of my Katana 100w MkII combo.

Recording setup:
Ibanez RG350M bridge humbucker Dimarzio Evolution
Boss WL-20 wireless
Katana MkII 100w 1x12 combo
Mooer 015 Brown Sound for preamp
Tc Electronic Mini Ditto for looped riff
Left track Shure SM-57
Right track Sennheiser e609
Behringer UMC1820
Reaper

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[ssolo]

I agree. The tone is the same. I believe any tonal differences are merely phantom, caused by the slight differences in volume. Thanks for your time and dedication Capitan!! You make the guitar community a better place!

[Amiga_Juicer]

Finally i have discovered a decent content creater for gear. Thaks alot!

[習奧賽斯庫]

I have a katana mini, the aux in is the only right choice makes the sound better when use pedals.

[SonegPanasoneg]

FX return sounds more brighter without any doubt!

[Dichoniify]

I used fx return for my Line 6 Pod but in this way global eq affects to the sound. Great comparison. Cheers.

[DutchGuitarDude]

Awesome. I liked the power amp in best. Listening on my phone tho. That pedal sounds really good!

[lifeisbeautiful]

So the aux input would be more for external devices right? Like phone, pad, laptop, or something like an eband js10? And do you think using aux input that way would be ok for live performance? If you played your own backing tracks through this amp and jammed to them as well? I'm more of an intermediate player and would like feedback from experienced musicians. 😁👍

[AlbertoMorales-odgh]

Great video, now I think the brighter tone while using Return would sound better if you use the whole FX Loop. I mean, guitar to amp input, then FX Loop to pedalboard

[aaronshortmusic]

Thanks for making this. Did the pedal have a cab sim on it or is it just a preamp sim? I am wondering if I should use cab sims when running into the poweramp input.

[juanmaria]

Hey friend! There is a mod that prevents the speaker from being deactivated when you connect headphones. I could use the headphone output, put a looper there, and then connect it to the aux in on a katana 50. Would it sound bad? The problem I see is that the original output and the aux in output will sound simultaneously (which come from the same source) and it could sound strange. what do you think?

[mamteusztadeusz]

Great Video! One question. What amp type was on while running the Mooer through the effect loop return? Clean? Acoustic? Would there be much difference? Thanks in advance!

[railhammer]

I've always ran my Helix into the power amp in. Sounds killer. I've never bothered with the others.

[glassbox]

Is there any problem if you connect with an Y cable your guitar to both input jack and, through a multieffect processor, to the "aux in" jack at a time? I was wondering if I could get an overdrive guitar tone (amp's input) mixed with an emulated acoustic guitar tone (multieffect) in the aux in. Is there any feedback problem or incompatibility? I have the 50w model, no effects loop available. Will I blow something away if I do that?

[richardjones]

Great video Man. I've got a mk2 50 and want to use my HxEffects with it. There's no videos or help online referring to this. I was thinking of running the HxEffects into the power amp in on the rear of the amp to bypass the amps preamp.
Only trouble is I don't know what settings to use on the Hx Effects and will it work at all?

[NehirF]

Appreciate for the video. I have HX Stomp. I want to buy Katana. Should i go for mk2 50 or 100 for home use. Fx return realy important? Thanks :)

[noDva]

When hookin it up through the power amp, which output do you set on your effect pedal?

[morganscott]

my question would be if i use a modeler like a helix or ax8 (or upcoming fractal fm3) would i need to turn off cab simulation? or does the boss katana work as a FRFR like the mission engineering Gemini 2 ?

[FasterCrypto]

Can I possibly use this Amp for uncolored sound of my POD Go ??

[porschepanamera]

Hi sir..i got some problem...i using boss gt10 i direct put in send input..so what my question is about the panel katana, are all the function reverb, tonation, effect still live ??? How i can close all and just using my setting in boss gt10...or i also can put in direct to pre amp?

[cam-cssg]

If I were to use my pocket GT for some my amp modeling setting that the katana doesn’t have, and plug it into the power amp in(Or whichever mode would make this work) on the katana, then connect the 6 clicker foot switch for the 100 watt amp, would I be able to use pedal effects such as phaser, flanger, etc. through the amp without ruining my EVH brown sound premappings?