Boss Katana 110 Bass Amplifier

The only down side , its going to take a long time to find what i want from it.

I love this amp. It’s so versatile and sounds so good. I’m super happy that I bought it and the price is very good for such a great amp.

Awesome amp

Awesome amp! Great out the box! Love boss I got a katana mini, mk1 212, artist mk2, street cube 2, and I just got the katana bass amp, seriously can't go wrong with the waza speaker in the artist, keep up the good work boss!! :)

Boss Katana Bass 110 combo

Excellent product. Far more powerful than I expected for 60watts. Great build quality and loads of features and effects. PMT provided excellent service at a great price.

Heavy, can sound great with care, baffling controls

This is a bass amp essentially with a built in multi-effects board. There are a baffling array of controls and it is not entirely obvious what they do, and the lack of a display screen means that it is a bit tricky to understand what is going on.My recommendation is that fairly early on you get a PC or Mac attached and use the Boss Tone Studio for the Katana Bass and then you can see what is going on.You can use it out of the box, but the manual is a bit thin on hints and tips. Here are mine:1) Set it to flat and switch off effects. Have blend set to 50%. Set both gain and volume to about 9 o'clock. Unlike a guitar amp, using high volume with low gain still gives distortion.2) 1 watt is not 1/60th the loudness of 60 watts - it can still go loud!3) Use the PC ... MoreThis is a bass amp essentially with a built in multi-effects board. There are a baffling array of controls and it is not entirely obvious what they do, and the lack of a display screen means that it is a bit tricky to understand what is going on.My recommendation is that fairly early on you get a PC or Mac attached and use the Boss Tone Studio for the Katana Bass and then you can see what is going on.You can use it out of the box, but the manual is a bit thin on hints and tips. Here are mine:1) Set it to flat and switch off effects. Have blend set to 50%. Set both gain and volume to about 9 o'clock. Unlike a guitar amp, using high volume with low gain still gives distortion.2) 1 watt is not 1/60th the loudness of 60 watts - it can still go loud!3) Use the PC app to understand the effects like drive and FX. As there is no display on the amp, just different coloured lights. So for example, depending on what preset or bank you use, the compressor AND drive is a different effect. Similarly, the effects are completely different depending on whether there is a red, green or orange light set.4) It is not obvious that the display lights are switches. Similarly, there is no off and on for effects, you have to set the control to zero to switch them off.5) Without the app, you can't set features of each effect, so reverb you can only increase the volume of the reverb, whereas with the app you can set reverb length, tone etc.6) If you use presets, the current settings are not the same as the knob positions.7) Using the app connected via USB, it is very easy to control and understand how it is set. My suggestion is that if you understand amps and effects, the starting point is to set up channel 1 bank A as a starting point with a mild compressor setting, no drive, lowish gain and volume, 50% blend, tone controls more or less middle, FX off but set to something useful like mild octave (less than 10%) and mild reverb (e.g. default plate 20%) and have that as your safety net.8) The back panel is comprehensive with additional send and receive loop and a proper selectable DI to the PA independent of the amp master volume.9) The manual is thin but online, there is a more complete manual that gives a longer list of effects.10) The internal software was out of date. Easy enough to update, but do exactly what it says. Again, the lack of display means that the sequence of buttons and displays are not obvious to use.11) Switching banks for the alternate 3 effects needs the panel pressed and the panel light flashes with a steady channel light - but if you have the amp set to standby the channel lights flash. A good example of the confusing interface.12) There is a shape button which alters the sound - undocumented aside from your ears. The 3 different amps appear to be imaginary rather than based on any specific model.13) The effects, like the real thing, have a wide range and often only need a slight amount. For example, I find the octaver blended at about 10% adds a useful growl, anything more is very synthesised - fine of that's what you want. Pretty much like an actual Boss OC3 pedal.So, all in all, the warning label is, if you don't use the app, you are never going to be able to use the effects properly, unlike a Line 6 Spider guitar amp for example, where it has a small display which might be fiddly but at a pinch you can select and even edit effects. The app is easy to set up and use if you understand how guitar effects work, and the effects are generally emulations of the existing well known effects so you can try and find the originals to get an idea of how to set them, however, like many multi-effects emulations, Boss are a little hazy on what they've actually copied, so if you are a beginner, it is not always obvious how to set the effects. To be honest, that's not a lot different from any standalone pedal board.If you don't want effects, then perhaps look elsewhere for a simpler, lighter cab, but if you want something that can be used at home for practice and recording, used in a rehearsal studio up against a real drum kit and in small pub venues or with the support of a PA system - anywhere, this has a wide range of uses.So in summary, it can sound great but it is not obvious how to use it out of the box with a limited manual. Effects are high quality but need to be used sparingly for best effect.

Really nice bass amp

So far, I'm loving this amp. Using it as a practice amp at home. Sounds fantastic and you can really dial in the tone. Haven't messed with the tone studio yet, but will eventually. I recommend this amp.

Review of Boss Katana 110 Bass Amp

Brilliant music store, great communication from them over the phone plus email.

Review of Boss Katana-110 Bass Combo Amplifier

A fully featured and highly recommended product.

Yes! Awesome!

An awesome amp for Bass and baritone guitar. Love it! I had a little difficulty learning the many features. You can download the manual. Also read a review that helped.