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Post by salteedog on May 23, 2018 22:12:52 GMT
Well Dave Simpson has got his hands on a Katana 50 and boy does he like it. He gets some nice tones out of it - in spite of using fairly radical EQ settings (e.g. his Hendrix blues tone) - it's prompted me to start exploring the lead channel which up to now I've haven't bothered with.
It's doesn't hurt that he's a hell of a player and a likeable guy too.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 22:18:45 GMT
I've just been designing myself a lean-back rack for mine to use it as a foldback monitor, which was always my intention. I still can't get mine to sound good with any gain on it. Clean is fine but as soon as any gain goes on it seems to hit the front end too powerfully instead of blooming.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 18:07:14 GMT
Here's the rack made from an old kitchen table top I found in my shed. Heck it was thick. Nothing can break but the hinge...or the amp! Really nice and stable too. My biggest conundrum was knowing what angle the feet under the base of the amp should be in relation to the the part that supports the back of it. I drew it at 90 degrees but my brain was telling me that as the arms spread out that angle would change. I have no idea what the maths would be but with bits of cardboard and a couple of rulers I was able to cut the right angle at something like 98 degrees. It might get a lick of varnish or even some black paint but for now I'm happy that I have a stage foldback monitor. It may need a closed back to stop the audience getting some of my mix leaking at them, but that'll be simple to do. It's quite fun to play guitar through too as the sound is projected straight at my face when I'm standing.   |
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Post by salteedog on May 24, 2018 18:17:01 GMT
Nice job!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 10:03:39 GMT
It struck me I was missing a chance with the paint job so I did a mock up for use with our band, GoodByePolarBears.   |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 14:37:27 GMT
Hmm. Works with bits of sticky card but maybe the mouth could be longer. I might go for this!  |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 15:00:47 GMT
You need to make one stand for the Bentonite band as well! You dont want to make us feel neglected do you  |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 18:11:09 GMT
Ooh yes. When I throw in a Bentonite song I'll have to excuse myself whilst changing the monitor stand. But what would it depict? I have mockups of a shark and a red tugboat but somehow they wouldn't be at all right. I know that the mineral Bentonite comes from altered volcanic ash. A volcano would be a perfect shape!  Ooh. If I got some double action hinges I could open it either way! |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 19:31:57 GMT
 cat litter box filled with bentonite sand ... with the cat in position to drop one big time
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 19:47:29 GMT
Could work. I'll have to do some observational study!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 19:50:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 20:54:00 GMT
Just listened to Dave's demo and the Katana sounds very hollow, boxy and thin  Sure he is a great player but man this is the first time I disliked his tone (Katana's tone maybe? ) |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 12:31:29 GMT
Well Dave Simpson has got his hands on a Katana 50 and boy does he like it. He gets some nice tones out of it - in spite of using fairly radical EQ settings (e.g. his Hendrix blues tone) - it's prompted me to start exploring the lead channel which up to now I've haven't bothered with. It's doesn't hurt that he's a hell of a player and a likeable guy too. Glad to see he's as baffled as I am about those radial controls. I thought it was just me. Didn't really like his sounds. Kind of fake, hollow, plastic. Not like listening to an amp but more like listening to a recording of an amp. Which of course it is because he's recorded it and YouTube have compressed it. But I suspect it had a bit of that character right there in the room. And he seemed to have WAAAAAY too much reverb on most of his stuff here. And not a nice reverb either. On the strength of that video I'd happily go and watch a gig of his 'cos I love his touch and musicality and he reminds me of a very kind chap I used to know at Uni. Come to think of it, he was called Dave, but I wouldn't buy a Katana amp. I'm quite relieved that mine sounds a good bit better than that...sometimes. Maybe it was his mic setup or his room reverbing too much, or too much gain? |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 10:54:55 GMT
Playing through the Katana yesterday in a little jam band setup was a joy and my fave telecaster was bell-like. Then again even the little Blackstar idCore10 sounded good too in a mate's hands. With some epic Roland synth sounds stereoing around and some drum machine rhythms playing now and again, everything sounded nicely balanced. Maybe it's time to forget all the tweakable details and just get on with enjoying the thing.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 11:31:12 GMT
Everything sounds better after a few beers. Hell, I even think all women look awesome after I've had a few beers  Try it again when 100% sober  then report back! |
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