Boss Katana Artist Vs Helix
The latest amp to hit the solid state modeling dsp market is the boss katana series.
Boss katana artist vs helix. They are heavily inspired based on the roland blue cube amps. Boss nextone amps vs boss katana amps. Many see this as a step in the right direction for boss as they have the recognition among guitar players and not roland. Last week boss announced the katana mkii the successor to its hugely popular mki model.
It also is has the distinction of wearing the boss badge instead of roland or waza. Newly voiced variations for all five amp characters double your tone choices while onboard effects categories have been expanded from three to five. The katana artist mkii elevates the premier model in the katana lineup with next generation features and flexibility. If you can remember there was a time before boss release the katana amplifiers where roland s boss parent company biggest amp line was the cube series.
Recently boss has given us the nextone amps. Boss set out to fully capture the rock speaker s sought after sound and response but with the practical benefit of greatly increased power handling. A standout feature of the katana artist is its custom waza 12 inch speaker which produces tones inspired by the benchmark 25 watt british stack speaker from the 1960s. This is bound to cause some controversy but at one point i owned a helix floor and a boss katana 100 1x12 at the same time.