New Boss Katana 100W 1X12 Amp.

[DrNomis_44]

Hey Everyone,

This fortnight it's official, I am finally going to be ordering a brand-new Boss Katana 100W 1X12 amp direct from Boss Australia, I'm also going to be ordering the optional GA-FC foot controller, plus the BAC-KTN100 amp cover for it as well as the BCC-3-TRA interconnect cable and two instrument leads, so, fun times ahead for me.


This is the Boss Katana amp I'm going to be buying online, direct from Boss Australia:

https://www.boss.info/au/products/katana-100_mk2/

[dozymuppet]

Nice. That should shift some air.

Sent from my Pixel 4 using Tapatalk

[DrNomis_44]

Nice. That should shift some air.

Sent from my Pixel 4 using Tapatalk

Not only that, it'll give my poor back a break from lugging my Marshall MA100C amp to and from live gigs, my back and shoulders was a bit sore the last time I lugged it to a live gig and back home again.

[Rammsteiner]

I have the Head and love it!
I play usually with a 2x12 V30 (Rock) or 1x12 Warehouse Cabinet (Acoustic)

Easy to dial in good tones, and if you deep dive you can "simulate" anything you want.

I prefer Brown Sound on the edge of breakup and 1-2 pedals (TS, RAT) in front of it. Cleans nicely up with the Volume Poti on the guitar.

I also use the acoustic channel quite often just little bit reverb/delay – works great.

Played many gigs and rehearsals with it and never let me down!

Cheers
Dominik

[DrNomis_44]

I have the Head and love it!
I play usually with a 2x12 V30 (Rock) or 1x12 Warehouse Cabinet (Acoustic)

Easy to dial in good tones, and if you deep dive you can "simulate" anything you want.

I prefer Brown Sound on the edge of breakup and 1-2 pedals (TS, RAT) in front of it. Cleans nicely up with the Volume Poti on the guitar.

I also use the acoustic channel quite often just little bit reverb/delay – works great.

Played many gigs and rehearsals with it and never let me down!

Cheers
Dominik

I've got a 200W Ashton Quad Box loaded with four 12 inch Celestion Rocket 50's, the cab is rated at 8 Ohms, I wonder if I'll be able to plug my new Boss Katana 100 amp into it?

[Simon Barden]

You could, as the Katana 100's speaker is an 8 ohm unit. But unlike the Artist version, it's hardwired to the speaker, with no speaker jack output (only the head versions have speaker outputs). So you could make up a flat spade to jack speaker lead and use the existing output push-on spade connectors, or you could possibly modify it to add your own speaker output jack. With a disconnect type jack, you could have it wired in-line with the internal speaker, so the internal speaker gets disconnected when you plug an external speaker in.

I expect it's got two of the 50W power amp modules from the 50W Katana inside, running in bridge mode. If so, it won't like anything less than 8 ohms, so you can't leave the internal speaker connected in parallel. I can't find a wiring diagram for it, but better to be safe than sorry.

[DrNomis_44]

You could, as the Katana 100's speaker is an 8 ohm unit. But unlike the Artist version, it's hardwired to the speaker, with no speaker jack output (only the head versions have speaker outputs). So you could make up a flat spade to jack speaker lead and use the existing output push-on spade connectors, or you could possibly modify it to add your own speaker output jack. With a disconnect type jack, you could have it wired in-line with the internal speaker, so the internal speaker gets disconnected when you plug an external speaker in.

I expect it's got two of the 50W power amp modules from the 50W Katana inside, running in bridge mode. If so, it won't like anything less than 8 ohms, so you can't leave the internal speaker connected in parallel. I can't find a wiring diagram for it, but better to be safe than sorry.

For sure, maybe the best thing to do is leave it as it is, I could always buy the head version at a later date when I can afford it.

[Simon Barden]

The amp/speaker modelling is obviously based around the stock speaker's response (which is generally considered a bit bass light), so you'd definitely get more bass with the 4x12", but some of the models may sound less authentic as a result. But regardless of being 'authentic', some may sound better and some may sound worse. You'll just have to find out if you try.

[DrNomis_44]

Update:

Okay, so after a bit of frustration (I'll explain shortly) I've finally got my new Boss Katana amp ordered online.


So why was it a bit frustrating?, I hear you ask, just before I did the online order I had to wait till Windows Update finished updating my computer, then while I was in the middle of doing the online order my internet decided to randomly drop-out, so I had to restart my computer a few times to fix it, nothing's worse than trying to finalize a payment for an online order and end-up having to go through it all again just because your internet decided it was a great time to chuck a big hissy-fit, anyway I think it's fixed now though.....touchwood.


Here's a bit of trivia for you, when you look at the front of the Boss Katana amp, you'll notice a strange symbol under the word Boss, that is the Japanese Kanji (writing) for the word "Katana", in the Japanese language the word "Katana" means "Sword", most western people pronounce the word "Katana" with more emphasis on the "ta" with a longer "ah" sound, but the correct way to pronounce it, as Japanese people do, is "Ka-ta-na", pronouncing each syllable in quick succession.


The Japanese Katana, is a single-edged sword with a curved blade that's usually about 32 inches in length, it's history goes back more than 500 years, traditionally they are hand-forged from a special kind of steel called Tamahagane, which is made from iron-rich sand, there's actually two types of Tamahagane used to make the blade of the Katana, one type has a low carbon-content and is soft, but tough, the other type has some carbon-content in it and is a lot harder, the ancient Japanese swordsmiths soon worked out how to combine the two types of Tamahagane so that they could create a sword that would not shatter, but would still retain a very sharp edge, during the hardening-process, the Katana acquired it's characteristic curved blade as the two different types of Tamahagane cooled at different rates.

[DrNomis_44]

Look at what just arrived in the post, literally a few minutes ago!!!!

My new Boss Katana 100 MkII guitar amp I recently ordered online, as you can see, my two pet cats are doing their regular initial routine customs inspection, fortunately they found nothing suspicious....apart from me....lol.



That little black parcel on top of the big box contains the optional foot controller I ordered along with the amp.


Here's a pic I took of the new Boss Katana 100 MkII, after unboxing it:




If you're going to buy one of these amps, I would very strongly recommend buying the optional GA-FC Foot Controllers to go with it, it only works with the Katana 100 MkII though, the GA-FC Foot Controller gives you a very convenient way to switch to any of the four channels while you're onstage.