patrikmarky Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 (edited) …I’ve got the combo 2 x 10 ..i do struggle to get definition on my b string anyone had this problem. Edited July 15 by patrikmarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 I'm a few months in with this amp now and I must say I really like it. It's incredibly versatile. For live work I've settled on a core tone and three main effects in addition to the drive, which are chorus, octaver and auto-wah. At first I switched between them using bluetooth, but now I just have them marked on the setlist so switch between songs. It's plenty loud enough through my FMC 4 ohm 1x10+1x12 cab that's rated at 600 watts. I feel like I've hardly touched the surface of what it can do, but it's a fun ride so far! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happypants Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 47 minutes ago, franzbassist said: I'm a few months in with this amp now and I must say I really like it. It's incredibly versatile. For live work I've settled on a core tone and three main effects in addition to the drive, which are chorus, octaver and auto-wah. At first I switched between them using bluetooth, but now I just have them marked on the setlist so switch between songs. It's plenty loud enough through my FMC 4 ohm 1x10+1x12 cab that's rated at 600 watts. I feel like I've hardly touched the surface of what it can do, but it's a fun ride so far! Thanks for reporting back now you’ve had it a few months. I have the 210 combo and love everything about it apart from how heavy it is. Tempted by one of these but not sure it’s worth the extra cost to swap from the combo for my use. BassBros have a second hand one (and matching cab) which I’m trying to avoid! https://bassbros.co.uk/product/boss-katana-500-bass-head/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 1 hour ago, Happypants said: BassBros have a second hand one (and matching cab) which I’m trying to avoid! https://bassbros.co.uk/product/boss-katana-500-bass-head/ Yes I spotted that. Personally I wouldn't get the cab as it's rear ported, which I never like for live work. The amp is clearly a good deal though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted Monday at 15:11 Share Posted Monday at 15:11 Had an accident which resulted in cracking the (glass) front panel of my TC RH-750 last week, which inspired me to cast eyes around for a potential suitable replacement if it were not possible to replace/repair it. Repair be damned - just seen that Thomann have reduced the Katana-500 Bass to £499, a price drop which I've found impossible to resist, even though I've presently no band! But, hell, you can't take it with you, can you? 😁 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted Monday at 15:24 Share Posted Monday at 15:24 Thomann have reduced the Katana-500 Bass to £499 - it's still 20% on top duty to UK- hoping some UK shops will see this and make theirs sub 600£ - read a comment about the mute button doesnt mute the DI - which seems daft and the fan is a bit noisy - but still like the idea - as some of demo sounds have been great from Bass the World video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted Monday at 15:31 Share Posted Monday at 15:31 4 minutes ago, Duroc17 said: Thomann have reduced the Katana-500 Bass to £499 - it's still 20% on top duty to UK- hoping some UK shops will see this and make theirs sub 600£ - read a comment about the mute button doesnt mute the DI - which seems daft and the fan is a bit noisy - but still like the idea - as some of demo sounds have been great from Bass the World video Bought it from the Thomann UK website, which includes VAT in the purchase price. I don't expect there to be import duties if it's from their UK site, but here's hoping I don't have a nasty surprise in that regard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted Monday at 15:32 Share Posted Monday at 15:32 1 minute ago, Bass Culture said: Bought it from the Thomann UK website, which includes VAT in the purchase price. I don't expect there to be import duties if it's from their UK site, but here's hoping I don't have a nasty surprise in that regard. Let us know - but i'd double check - but if not that's a sweet deal and i might follow suit - tho - a new cabinet might be first on the list 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted Monday at 15:34 Share Posted Monday at 15:34 Just also spotted this on the Thomann info pages: "Duty We take care of the custom declaration so you will not have to pay any customs fees" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted Monday at 15:39 Share Posted Monday at 15:39 @Bass Culture - hope you like it. Make sure you download the app so you can tweak to your liking. I love mine, and I would say £499 for such a versatile head is a great deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted Monday at 15:39 Share Posted Monday at 15:39 4 minutes ago, Bass Culture said: Just also spotted this on the Thomann info pages: "Duty We take care of the custom declaration so you will not have to pay any customs fees" excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted Monday at 16:04 Share Posted Monday at 16:04 21 minutes ago, franzbassist said: @Bass Culture - hope you like it. Make sure you download the app so you can tweak to your liking. I love mine, and I would say £499 for such a versatile head is a great deal. Thanks - the enthusiasm you and others had for it earlier in this thread certainly made an impression. Quick question - which foot switch did you buy? It looks like there's several options that are compatible (according to the Boss website). I guess all I'd really want is to be able to mute the amp and call up the various (pre-programmed) effects as and when without having to refer to the front panel. Any idea which pedal would offer the simplest way of doing that? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted Monday at 16:09 Share Posted Monday at 16:09 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Bass Culture said: Thanks - the enthusiasm you and others had for it earlier in this thread certainly made an impression. Quick question - which foot switch did you buy? It looks like there's several options that are compatible (according to the Boss website). I guess all I'd really want is to be able to mute the amp and call up the various (pre-programmed) effects as and when without having to refer to the front panel. Any idea which pedal would offer the simplest way of doing that? Thanks. Glad to be of help. I use the GA-FC and it's perfect for that. You can use it two ways, either to switch between "panel" (i.e. what is set on the front of the amp) or the three preset channels, or you switch it to control drive/comp/effect/mute on or off for one of the above. Edited Monday at 16:29 by franzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted Monday at 16:36 Share Posted Monday at 16:36 (edited) Just remember there are no effects banks to scroll through on this head. You can have three different effects (plus compression and drive, as they are controlled separately) on each preset, but if you do that it will also recall whatever the whole of the panel's settings were when you hit save (e.g. if you saved a preset with the bass EQ cranked it would recall that too, rather than what the front panel is actually showing). As such, for live work I have my three preferred effects saved via the "panel" setting and then tweak the eq etc. to taste according to venue. I have different combinations of effects set in each of the other three presets, so if the "panel" hasn't needed much EQ I can switch between them to give me a total of twelve effects. Does that make sense? It sounds more complicated than it is once you are using the unit! Edited Monday at 16:39 by franzbassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted Monday at 16:58 Share Posted Monday at 16:58 19 minutes ago, franzbassist said: Just remember there are no effects banks to scroll through on this head. You can have three different effects (plus compression and drive, as they are controlled separately) on each preset, but if you do that it will also recall whatever the whole of the panel's settings were when you hit save (e.g. if you saved a preset with the bass EQ cranked it would recall that too, rather than what the front panel is actually showing). As such, for live work I have my three preferred effects saved via the "panel" setting and then tweak the eq etc. to taste according to venue. I have different combinations of effects set in each of the other three presets, so if the "panel" hasn't needed much EQ I can switch between them to give me a total of twelve effects. Does that make sense? It sounds more complicated than it is once you are using the unit! That's really helpful - thank you. It sounds complicated, but I'm sure it will make more sense when I have the amp and pedal in front of me! Thanks for all the info. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted Monday at 17:06 Share Posted Monday at 17:06 Sorry it took so long, but my video review has gone live: https://www.bassgearmag.com/boss-katana-500-bass-head-and-1x12-katana-bass-cabinet/ 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted Monday at 17:19 Share Posted Monday at 17:19 12 minutes ago, Dood said: Sorry it took so long, but my video review has gone live: https://www.bassgearmag.com/boss-katana-500-bass-head-and-1x12-katana-bass-cabinet/ Nice one Dan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted Monday at 17:24 Share Posted Monday at 17:24 2 minutes ago, Duroc17 said: Nice one Dan Thank you! I’m the only reviewer who has had access to the Boss Katana designers and explanations of the technology behind Katana, so this one is a good’un!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted Monday at 19:07 Share Posted Monday at 19:07 Nice work @Dood. Just to add the specs I got from Pete at Roland that I don't think you mention and aren't in the manual: bass = 70Hz treble = 6K shape (green) -12dB at 500Hz (red) +6dB at 4K (orange) both green and red combined 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted Monday at 20:04 Share Posted Monday at 20:04 53 minutes ago, franzbassist said: Nice work @Dood. Just to add the specs I got from Pete at Roland that I don't think you mention and aren't in the manual: bass = 70Hz treble = 6K shape (green) -12dB at 500Hz (red) +6dB at 4K (orange) both green and red combined Thank you, it was a fun review! For the Bass and Treble EQ, the Amp Feel switch changes the behaviour including: Vintage mode is 70Hz peaking and 5kHz shelving, Modern and Off modes are 40Hz and 3Khz shelving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted Monday at 20:22 Share Posted Monday at 20:22 (edited) 14 hours ago, Dood said: For the Bass and Treble EQ, the Amp Feel switch changes the behaviour including: Vintage mode is 70Hz peaking and 5kHz shelving, Modern and Off modes are 40Hz and 3Khz shelving. Yep, he gave me all the specs that aren’t in the manual, including "amp feel", but as he also listed the bass and treble settings I mentioned above separately I presumed they are the EQ points for those two knobs. It sounds great whatever! Edited Tuesday at 10:39 by franzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted Tuesday at 09:07 Share Posted Tuesday at 09:07 Bargain that is. Literally everything you need (and adjustable) in one small lightweight box. Fantastic. I love my 210 combo. Haven't tried the class d head, but I'm sure the sounds will be great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted 47 minutes ago Share Posted 47 minutes ago Just ordered the Head from Thomann UK BLACK FRIDAY DEAL £422! So hopefully the bit on their website about no import duty is correct and a fender 210 V3 black cab - had a 210 and fender 500 head before and was nice and punchy and will do for what i'm doing now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted 10 minutes ago Share Posted 10 minutes ago £422 is a steal!! Gees, 4 of the stomp boxes in the amp would cost you more than that - and there's about a million inside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duroc17 Posted 4 minutes ago Share Posted 4 minutes ago 4 minutes ago, la bam said: £422 is a steal!! Gees, 4 of the stomp boxes in the amp would cost you more than that - and there's about a million inside! And they confirmed no import duty. Yeah if I sold my pedals they’d easy pay for this head. Though I’m not doing that till I’m convinced this is the way to go. But yeah great deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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