And have been playing for a couple months so am very much a beginner but would like a decent practice amp that let's me dial in a variety of tones without needing to invest in a bunch of pedals. Pros include huge variety of control over the tone and virtual signal chain, much bigger sound and potential to gig with it, and it sounds more like a 'real' amp.Ĭurrently I have a fender bullet 150, which sucks.
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Pros I've heard are ease of use with mobile apps and quick access to many (too many?) patches you can find online.Ĭriticisms of the katana focus around the fact that you need to plug it into a computer to fine tune the tone, no bluetooth support. Some criticisms I've heard of the spark include lack of EQ control, inability to reorder the signal chain, and weak sound compared to the katana. I'm not sure if it's all cabinet/speaker or if there's some different magic in the amp models, but it's night and day.Does anybody that frequents this subreddit own both of these? I've been teetering between then trying to decide which I want for a practice modeling amp. On the Kat 50 I had to turn the treble down and boost the bass. I also didn't really touch the EQ on the Artist from the clean to lead, still with a bit of bass cut and treble boost. The Artist had the fuller low end and still had bite. Again I had swapped the Kat 50 speaker for the Celestion V-Type which was already smoother, but the tone was just awful. The Katana Artist still had a balanced tone where the Katana 50 was thin, buzzy, and harsh. On the lead channel, it was like two completely different amps. The Katana Artist had a similar tone but without quite as much of a mid push and a fuller low end. The Katana 50 had a nice clear tone without harshness although it didn't have as much fullness in the lows. On the cleans, they were both pretty good and not far off between them. I did a quick A/B comparison between the Katana 50 and the Katana Artist. Also want to tinker around with running the HX Stomp in the loop for effects only. And I think the Katana might work as good or better than any of those for everything I do outside of recording.ĭefinitely need to return the Katana 50 and might pickup the matching footswitch to see how I like that. Seriously, I went through half a dozen OD/drive pedals, several different modelers, three sets of studio monitors, a dozen or more headphones, etc. Now a caveat that I'm playing at bedroom volumes at home, so definitely not saying it's the end all be all amp, but the fact it compares favorably to this mountain of gear that I have at home is just throwing me for a loop. With way less tweaking and no option paralysis. Which is now causing my head to spin a bit, because I have like $5,000 worth of modelers and pedals but the $450 Katana Artist sounds basically as good, running through the same cabinet. Then I found if you set it to edge of breakup and the Booster to the front end, you get a a really nice modded Marshall sound. The Crunch channel is really versatile, going from clean to edge of breakup to a medium crunch tone. It has a little more weight behind it and is just zero fuss to get at the sound. Then I spent a couple hours running the Axe FX 3 into the Power Amp In.and I still kind of like just the Katana by itself. I spent a couple hours trying different pedals into the front of the Katana Artist, and honestly I prefer the Katana by itself.
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