Ish-Guitarists...a rec in the practice amp dept... Archived Message Posted by haighter on October 24, 2023, 12:20:27 I recently traded some old gear (an old Jackson and some pedals) for a new Boss Katana digital modeling amp. I was skeptical for a LONG time...but I watched enough reviews and clips and read enough about it to give it a go. These style amps have come a REALLY long way from like a Line 6 from 20 years ago. HFS, the amount of features packed into a small little practice amp is astounding. And they're DIRT CHEAP at under 300 dollars for the base Mk2. I have a Marshall that I've had since the 1990s...but it's loud and heavy...and given that most of my playing happens late at night or very early in the morning, the necessity of a headphone jack was becoming very evident. This thing has 5 different amp voicings to toggle through with a variation on each voicing at the push of a button. The real power is in a UI where you have access to basically every pedal that Boss has ever produced to load into the memory of your amp. There's then a tone bank where you can download preset tones and amps or bank your own settings. Like I said, if you're looking for a SUPER versatile, light weight, headphone enabled practice amp...it's pretty awesome. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Kata50mk2--boss-katana-50-mk2-50-25-0.5-watt-1x12-inch-cosm-combo-amp Message Thread: Ish-Guitarists...a rec in the practice amp dept... - haighter October 24, 2023, 12:20:27 Enjoy it while you can and before AI makes us humans obsolete* - timmer October 24, 2023, 12:53:16 Can't come soon enough.* - Warrin'_Illini October 24, 2023, 13:04:57 Interesting. I've seen a lot of IG influencers with that model - GrandmotherPearlsJam October 24, 2023, 12:52:11 What I was kinda impressed with is the fact that they've been able to model... - haighter October 24, 2023, 13:14:44   Searching