the4thlast1
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I just received a new Boss Katana 50 combo to try out. Clean and mid gain tones are ok but high gain sounds really messy , Is it me ? Maybe user error ? Anyone have settings they can share for a good modern tone
Jeff Hilligan":25n4ftr4 said:Gotta play the 100 watt head thru a good cab
+100bubbastain":1tlb7vwo said:Jeff Hilligan":1tlb7vwo said:Gotta play the 100 watt head thru a good cab
Yup. I had the head and running it through my two 4x12’s it was excellent.
+100 [/quoteMailman1971":13hym9sz said:bubbastain":13hym9sz said:Jeff Hilligan":13hym9sz said:Gotta play the 100 watt head thru a good cab
Yup. I had the head and running it through my two 4x12’s it was excellent.
MetalHeadMike":1j6yye2q said:Dude, I'm with ya. I played one for a bit in my local shop and thought it sounded god awful. I'm sure through a better cab it would have sounded better......but as it was it sounded like ass.
Shask":3u34q31k said:I also have the head and run it through a 212 cab. It can sound pretty heavy that way.
Basically, you need to get in the software and turn on a booster in front of the lead or brown channel. I like "overdrive" or "tubescreamer". Also, turn on the Parametric EQ. Crank the low end way up, and scoop the mids around 500-800hz. Turn on the noise gate also. It can sound very chunky and modern.
Shask":3fn8qzcz said:MetalHeadMike":3fn8qzcz said:Dude, I'm with ya. I played one for a bit in my local shop and thought it sounded god awful. I'm sure through a better cab it would have sounded better......but as it was it sounded like ass.
Funny seeing your Avatar, because I think my main sound I use is something like a Spiritual Healing / Human type tone. You have to use the software to tweak the EQ as I mentioned in the above post. I definitely think using the head and a larger cab helps.
xzyryabx":8k54t8ku said:Played a 50 combo last week for a few minutes at a store and I too was disappointed. Gotta say though that I didn't mess around with it much, but first impressions for high-gain were poor
sytharnia1560":2tqlnvab said:xzyryabx":2tqlnvab said:Played a 50 combo last week for a few minutes at a store and I too was disappointed. Gotta say though that I didn't mess around with it much, but first impressions for high-gain were poor
yeah thats the impression I got when I went to get mine. turned it on in the shop and thought meh not really what I was expecting to hear, but I decide to take the gamble and get it anyway (the head version..so I was banking on it sounding better through my quad). Plugged it in when I got home and yes it was a little better but still underwhelming .... so i decide to plug it into the computer to see what was in tone studio and this is the truth I did not touch a single thing in tone studio (didn't want to go down that rabbit while that early in the game) but i unplugged it from the computer and plugged into the cab again and bam it sounded like a completely different amp. I have no idea what happened or why it happen, but now it is my favourite amp. My EVH just sits there looking lonely...well that was until I decided to run them together in stereo....now that is one EPIC set up
Shask":267n5mz0 said:I have seen people say just doing a factory reset made it sound much better. It was like the settings got jumbled up or something, and needed a fresh install to sound like it is suppose to.
danyeo":1ii36lgl said:The Artist model sounds much better than the regular one as it has a better speaker and enclosure. Andy James is playing one but I think this clip is direct with USB.