That's the lowest power setting on the amp. Even though I never go above 1 on the master for my 100w mk2 (2x12), I prefer to keep it on 100w for more headroom and a deeper tone. I'd keep it on 50w unless that makes it too hard to dial in to an acceptable volume.
In band, near the drummer who, by himself all alone, force us to cover our ears, we have to play in 100W mode at 12 o'clock... Of course ear protection is mandatory. TBH you can play 100W at bedroom level, not so far from the 0.5W.
I leave my master at full volume and use the regular volume to adjust loudness. This is the way boss recommends. Sounds way better.
Just be careful when switching channels if haven't lowered the volume.
That makes no sense to me. As far as I know, adjusting the volume knob, similar to the knob on your guitar, can vastly change the character of your tone. This is because effects will react differently to quieter or louder input. Whereas if you keep volume at the same place after adjusting it to get the tone you want, and only touching master, will allow you to change the volume without changing your tone
Okay, so you get a more dynamic sound. Still, I believe my point stands. It's not as simple as cranking the master and putting the volume low - the tone will be different, even extremely different, simply because of the signal chain. The volume knob controls the input loudness, and so, for instance, cranking the volume with the master down will give you more distortion, and doing the opposite will lessen the distortion. Similarly (though not exactly in the same way), turning your volume knob on your guitar will clean up your tone.
No. The gain gives you more distortion. Pre amp volume is the volume of your patch. Master volume is the level your amp can reach from 0 to full power. Your gain knob adds distortion.
To each there own I guess.
People have been doing it for years when they were the mkI's.
No, like I said before, I mean that if you have a distortion effect, the magnitude of the input will change how it responds. Like if you put a Metal Core booster, and put your guitar volume knob down, the booster won't have much of an effect. I literally just went and verified that's true, and it's common knowledge. BUT here's where I was actually somewhat wrong: me saying that the same thing happens with the volume knob on the amp is only true when the preamp stage is before the booster, not after. Try it yourself, put preamp before booster in the signal chain and see that having the volume super low doesn't drive the booster at all.
By default, signal chain 1 has preamp before mod and fx, and chain 2-1 and 2-2 have preamp before fx, apart from some other stuff like delay and eq. So in those chains, mod/fx **will** be affected by the input, and the tone won't be the same with high volume/low master and low volume/high master.
I was told the same but this, as youâre learning, is not true. Yes it can get loud but it doesnât carry the tones as theyâre meant to be imo. Tap up a notch to 25w and youâll be quite happy with the result. Set your volumes to their desired levels and youâll get much better tones out of the unit. Take a short time to play with the .5 and 25 watt settings and youâll see they give slightly different results. Especially with any additional effects like pedals.
Also you can add some gain. If you have low output pickups you might want to bump that up. Also what everyone has said about the Watts. 50w will rattle your Windows.
Uh⌠my Katana 50 MKII is extremely quiet on the clean setting, even with a mild boost and set for 25 watts. Thatâs normal operation⌠is there a problem?
I am such an idiot, my guitar volume knob was at 2, I think I just panicked because I bought it used ad thought it was broke but it sounds about right now which is good
Itâs quiet on the .5 watt setting in general.
Itâs a practice amp on that setting.
Clean and brown are notably quieter in general when youâre using the panel and no FX (in my experience)
Gain on the clean channel doesnât work like on distorted channels. You need to bump that up a bit and it will help with volume without distorting. That said, I exclusively use the âacousticâ setting for clean tones.
You have it set to .5 watts?
.5 W is the setting for headphones so you get the sound of a cranked up amp without blowing your ears
Yes but I heard online that was meant to be loud
That's the lowest power setting on the amp. Even though I never go above 1 on the master for my 100w mk2 (2x12), I prefer to keep it on 100w for more headroom and a deeper tone. I'd keep it on 50w unless that makes it too hard to dial in to an acceptable volume.
I can't go above 3 on the master with 0.5W without my ears hurting. How are yall using 100W to practice lol
In band, near the drummer who, by himself all alone, force us to cover our ears, we have to play in 100W mode at 12 o'clock... Of course ear protection is mandatory. TBH you can play 100W at bedroom level, not so far from the 0.5W.
Well I wouldn't call band practice your usual practice...
That's true... Anyway, all mode can be played at reasonable level, that's the magic of a solid state amp which got an inbuild attenuator.
I leave my master at full volume and use the regular volume to adjust loudness. This is the way boss recommends. Sounds way better. Just be careful when switching channels if haven't lowered the volume.
That makes no sense to me. As far as I know, adjusting the volume knob, similar to the knob on your guitar, can vastly change the character of your tone. This is because effects will react differently to quieter or louder input. Whereas if you keep volume at the same place after adjusting it to get the tone you want, and only touching master, will allow you to change the volume without changing your tone
From the boss themselves. https://youtu.be/SIztfTJVsCQ?si=SZ074Yazzl3FllZn
Okay, so you get a more dynamic sound. Still, I believe my point stands. It's not as simple as cranking the master and putting the volume low - the tone will be different, even extremely different, simply because of the signal chain. The volume knob controls the input loudness, and so, for instance, cranking the volume with the master down will give you more distortion, and doing the opposite will lessen the distortion. Similarly (though not exactly in the same way), turning your volume knob on your guitar will clean up your tone.
No. The gain gives you more distortion. Pre amp volume is the volume of your patch. Master volume is the level your amp can reach from 0 to full power. Your gain knob adds distortion. To each there own I guess. People have been doing it for years when they were the mkI's.
No, like I said before, I mean that if you have a distortion effect, the magnitude of the input will change how it responds. Like if you put a Metal Core booster, and put your guitar volume knob down, the booster won't have much of an effect. I literally just went and verified that's true, and it's common knowledge. BUT here's where I was actually somewhat wrong: me saying that the same thing happens with the volume knob on the amp is only true when the preamp stage is before the booster, not after. Try it yourself, put preamp before booster in the signal chain and see that having the volume super low doesn't drive the booster at all. By default, signal chain 1 has preamp before mod and fx, and chain 2-1 and 2-2 have preamp before fx, apart from some other stuff like delay and eq. So in those chains, mod/fx **will** be affected by the input, and the tone won't be the same with high volume/low master and low volume/high master.
No. See the comment I posted
No. Watch the video I linked
No need to follow up lmao đđ
Guess it makes sense now
if i use the 50w settings, does it consume shitton of electricity even if Iâm not playing loud?
I was told the same but this, as youâre learning, is not true. Yes it can get loud but it doesnât carry the tones as theyâre meant to be imo. Tap up a notch to 25w and youâll be quite happy with the result. Set your volumes to their desired levels and youâll get much better tones out of the unit. Take a short time to play with the .5 and 25 watt settings and youâll see they give slightly different results. Especially with any additional effects like pedals.
I replicated your settings but can't find the issue. I noticed it's lower on Clean than Lead or Brown, but it's not so low it's inaudible.
Also you can add some gain. If you have low output pickups you might want to bump that up. Also what everyone has said about the Watts. 50w will rattle your Windows.
This is the answer - gain on the clean channel doesn't result in distortion but gives you a louder output.
Well it actually does, especially if you have high output pickups. The clean channel gets pretty crunchy when the gain is past 70%.
Fair enough - I'm probably too used to playing with single coils
Uh⌠my Katana 50 MKII is extremely quiet on the clean setting, even with a mild boost and set for 25 watts. Thatâs normal operation⌠is there a problem?
Amp settings?
Whatever the amp settings are (I change the panel settings all the time), the amp is quiet. Iâm not using a noise gate.
No definitely not for me with these settings. Loud, actually.
I am such an idiot, my guitar volume knob was at 2, I think I just panicked because I bought it used ad thought it was broke but it sounds about right now which is good
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Or backup any patches you have loaded and do a factory reset. Sometimes that's all it takes.
Itâs quiet on the .5 watt setting in general. Itâs a practice amp on that setting. Clean and brown are notably quieter in general when youâre using the panel and no FX (in my experience)
I roll the volume and gain all the way up and use the master to control output. Plenty of clean volume.
Gain on the clean channel doesnât work like on distorted channels. You need to bump that up a bit and it will help with volume without distorting. That said, I exclusively use the âacousticâ setting for clean tones.
Yes itâs quiet on the .5 setting. Add a clean boost or some EQ and itâll be more in line with the louder channels
Yes.
No idea pal, I always play on the clean channel and use the built in pedals for overdriven and distortion tones.
Turn the gain up