Katana GO - Full Fat Boss Katana In a Tiny Package

[@nedim_guitar]

There's clearly a reason that Boss are called Boss. Also, I love the fact that there is an intro jam, so we hear the full band context.

[@Adventuresingearland]

Whoever came up with Katana must be driving around in a solid gold car by now. They’ve got so much life and so many great products out of the platform, it would be great to know how many people have started their guitar journey in part because of this technology. Well done Boss. (And nice job Paul!)

[@JamesFlorio-ti8gc]

Exactly 💯 Katana totally changed our view on amps and continue to only blow us away again

[@tedjohnson5210]

The 50 was the first amp I ever bought. Upgraded to an Artist last year. I’d love a set of waza air headphones but the price is a bit much, might pick up one of these though.

[@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld]

We should remember, that the Katana is basicly 'just' the GT-100 with a Solid State output stage and speaker. They probably did some more modding but the DSP remains the same. So also some kudos to the inventors of the GT-100 :) I am still waiting for them to release a Katana Multi-FX Pedal for real comparison

[@jackblack2321]

A solid gold car is not feasible. Maybe solid gold outer exterior and interior parts but an engine made out of solid gold would be impossible.

[@Adventuresingearland]

@@jackblack2321 I love you Jack!

[@StefP.]

Unbelievable how this automated programming allows you to focus entirely on your guitar playing without tap dancing! What an age of breakthrough technology that we're living! Wish this thing happened when i was 15 years old cause this would have saved me a lot of money. Paul i don't know if you already done this, but can you do a video about choosing the right frequencies to cut through the mix on rhythm and lead guitar playing, as well as bass guitar? I am a new Boss GX-100 user. Cheers mate,

[@tonya4157]

Late to the party but this is the first time I've seen auto patch change. Pretty damn cool.

[@BOSSinfoglobal]

Nailed it, as always - thanks Paul.

[@BtR76]

Fantastic intro jam Paul. The tones you squeezed out of the Katana are awesome 🤘

[@517bjh]

I love living in this time! So many QUALITY affordable guitar gadgets! Awesome.

[@TheStudioRats]

Couldn't agree more!

[@slawsonscot]

Shades of extreme and Nuno in that opening jam, love it 👍🏼

[@MrVishnuu]

The words that came through my mind when I clicked.. "at least here I'm sure I'll have a tasty demo of the Go" .. Thanks for that !!!

[@DBroce]

Paul, I’ve heard you play some riffs that got me, but the riff at 7:34 was epic. Great video, this should have been what Boss posted as well.

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers Dave, I’ll tab it for when Tone exchange is up and running

[@Fawkes1978]

Interesting to see that Paul has changed his mind again about the tort guard! The body is aging nicely. Great video by the way...

[@Joshuaalan21]

Unbelievable playing. Unbelievable tones from this thing 👏 hats off to you

[@ivonsmith4255]

excellent review of this new super-favorite product. I did not know you can setup Auto Patch changes based on time codes in a backing track!! Thats so goo; your playing is amazing too BTW Paul! Thnx Ill go buy one now!

[@geralltwilliams2811]

I was only wondering the other day when this would come out. All i can say is WOW. Sorry line 6 but it makes your latest pod in a plastic red box look like a childs toy. I was hooked onto the katana artist combo and then the gx100 and now this! I cant wait to see what they do with the gt1000 next. BOSS are smashing it out the park. It can even talk via bletooth to their wireless foot controller and expression pedal. Incredible !!!

[@carpediem4413]

So much of what I had hoped the Fender Mustang Mini should have been (presets, ability to change while playing, etc). Nice job boss

[@squicker]

I bought a Mustang Mini about a month back as seemed the best thing around at the time, but the Boss Go is absolutely what I want now!

[@clintwhite3021]

Found the mustang micro to sound like absolute rubbish unfortunately 😢 sold it asap

[@IamMusicNerd]

Absolutely fantastic opening jam!

[@TheStudioRats]

Thank you kindly!

[@shaharbar]

Bought, amazing how much they crammed into this little fella…

[@johnoakleymusic]

Paul should be the demo guy for most brands to be fair as he’s awesome at getting the best out of the product and the guitar that’s plugged into it. Top man.

[@JamesFlorio-ti8gc]

Ok this was absolutely genius Boss....awsome playing as always Paul thank you for the demo

[@davidolsen9425]

Hi Paul. Have you applied any global eq to the patches you have created? I’m thinking hi and low cut. I’m still getting a lot of fizz on the higher gain stuff on the Katana. Thanks and best regards, Dave.

[@joewrockg42]

Amazing playing, thanks for the preview! For sure the most featured headphone amp out!

[@brianrollins7275]

Great demo. Thanks studio rats

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Well I just got mine. I love it. Ordered a pair of cabled Apple Ear Pods with the 3.5mm plug to use with it. Those work great because I’m already used to listening to tons of music on ear pods and they are comfortable and lightweight for extended playing. The spatial effect works with the ear pods. Katana Go works with my Beyer Dynamics and Sony cans. As for the sound, it’s like a Swiss Army knife of sounds and effects. You can quickly conjure up whatever sound you imagine with the boatload of effects. This is something that every player should have on hand. Especially if you record. What a bargain.

[@limpeacock573]

Monster playing, Mr. Drew and the GO sounds awesome! Thank you for the demo!

[@giancarlopaolini7529]

Time to squeeze down the size of my on-the-move-fellow Boss Katana Mini 🙂

[@timcarnes8359]

A bit of Crowded House😃Well done!

[@jerrymckenzie1858]

Loved that jam track on the intro, Paul!

[@k9er233]

SMOKIN' HOT jam Paul! Just one of the many reasons that I am a subscriber. Thank you.

[@rolandmengedoth2191]

Wow, thats great what this little thing is providing. Very Impressive.

[@darrenhunt7838]

I’ve seen a lot of chat on various forums about the Mk3 amps. A few things I think we could expect whenever it might show up is a tuner and the stage feel settings. I’m absolutely digging my Go and I’m finding it hard to put my Strat down. Fantastic bit of gear. Thanks for the tutorial 👍😎🎸🎸🎸

[@MrSteney]

Rest in peace, Rockman. Your time on earth has passed.

[@wkmetaal]

Beautiful opening sound.

[@TheStudioRats]

Thank you kindly!

[@eddyabacka8403]

Thank's again Paul! .. ;- ) Absolutely Brilliant! .. 🤩

[@MRxr400]

i love the opening tune. funky groove, and unit sounds great

[@douglasnewman4163]

Such a great demo video, Paul!! Really great device. I WILL have one!! Thanks for this!

[@TheStudioRats]

Glad it was helpful!

[@skipneumann1]

Session with your patches!! Killer idea Thanks so much

[@mercery13]

Opening jam is amazing! And it sounds great. 🤘

[@cliffgraham5185]

Whoa! Somehow most all the presets sound better than what comes in a GX-100. I can see lots of church musicians using this with their phone on a music stand next to their iPad that has their charts!

[@mofateam1]

that riff is great.

[@salifm6919]

Your playing is extremely expressive! Not just pentatonics but u mixed it with arpeggios etc would love to know your influences!

[@GearSafari]

Nice work Paul, great demo and playing was on fire. Awesome video mate. 👍

[@tonyhills2112]

Great demo & playing!

[@StratsRUs]

Great Demo.To the point and well played !

[@DJ-yc1rc]

Got two katana amps in stereo Got WAZA headphones and katana air for portable gigs Boss rocks no doubt about it

[@VictorEMusique]

Great jam! There were a few companies that made guitars with built in effects but they did not have a professional sound. With something like this and a BluGuitar nanotube built INTO a guitar.... is there even a need for an amp anymore? There is so much available real estate on an electric guitar that could accommodate a device like this but with a 1/8 size tube as well? 4 buttons for your 4 most used sounds? Plus wireless? If the guitar was a solid, playable guitar, the effects sounded like the Katana and it was all going through a tube (probably need to have a SPEAKER out jack on the guitar instead of an instrument out) I think that would be a serious option....

[@kevinsutherland2207]

Ok Paul… Seriously, please release an album full of exactly that… it’ll go on my all time greats list and play nonstop for years. AND… after hearing that (and everything else you play) I’d love to hear what you would do with a tune I’m writing… it’s just so damn well played!

[@philhudge]

Awesome product and playing Paul.

[@chrisstewart7078]

Thanks for this. I have 2 katanas 50 mkII and 50 mkII EX and AB both

[@johnoakleymusic]

Not true about putting the Go patches on your amp. You Can put amp patches into the Go but not vice versa. Weird oversight if you ask me but maybe that’ll be fixed in the future with updates. Great video as always though young man. Would love to make a video with you one day for my channel. Top man!

[@javymontoya]

Really good work!!!

[@steved1099]

If these keep evolving I can see in the near future we will be turning up to gigs not with amps, not with modellers (i run a GX100) but a guitar and one of these type of devices 🤯🤯

[@bjuretic]

Actually, no reason there should not be a version of this without the plastics which can be placed inside of the guitar itself. Then you would only need a wireless footswitch.

[@steved1099]

​@bjuretic now there is an idea.... I have a strat with a mid boost circuit so that is only a few levels up.

[@christiantaylor4027]

O.M.G. that was great.

[@voodoogcarlos4393]

Can't have the neighbors hating me less.... I'll get a boom box to plug into

[@christiantaylor4027]

No bull Paul, great playing, great demo!

[@89Stratman]

WOW !!!! quite an amazing a concise review of a product, Playing is also extraordinary, insta sub

[@dancampbell9090]

I've been gigging a Kat twin 100 for 4 years, got Marshall and Vox valve amps, never use em now, this wee gadget looks nuts, for the money.

[@jamesdalgleish9389]

Mine arrives tomorrow….can’t wait 🎸

[@virtualDon]

Got one of these a month ago on Reverb from a music store in NYC when no one else had any available (they're still listed as "coming soon" at Sweetwater). Unfortunately it was a dead unit! I got an RM# from Roland since the music store I got it from did not have any others to replace it with (they did offer me a full refund and free return shipping). Roland replaced it with a brand new unit and it arrived a few days ago (happy again)! Well the replacement Katana:Go doesn't work either!! I'm sure it's the greatest thing since sliced bread - if you can get a working model :-/

[@Alex_Martz]

Best review of this device and great playing!, Do you know if this can take other Bluetooth controllers? like the IK Multimedia BlueBoard

[@jamiebriggs8277]

Very cool. Nice demo too. I just got a spark go a little while ago, may have waited if I knew this was coming (though I do love the spark go, and I love that I can run a line out from it into the power amp in of my katana artist, or to a PA, and play it loud). It'd be great if Boss would release a mobile app for the regular katana while they're at it...

[@JTB--]

Great opening Jam. Sounds like a great unit... but I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm disappointed with Boss leaving out a Drum Machine Feature

[@iwonder.]

and the fact that the effects are all mono

[@richieknight5423]

Backing tracks......

[@JTB--]

@@richieknight5423 I get that there are work arounds for drums, but the real beauty of these type guitar HP units is when you get the late night urge, or your warming up before a gig... you can just plug in and jam with a drum machine. The Nux and Flamma have Drum Grooves on their similar products and it's just puzzling why Boss omitted this feature. Boss could have cornered the market on these headphone amps if it had a Drum Machine feature. It would have been a total Home Run

[@trevaudio]

Just play them in off your phone etc

[@danielhajsek3253]

If you connect FS-6 to WL-1 and KGo and if you engage booster why the light on FS-6 isn't ON?

[@peterludlow9847]

Still think the nux mighty air i have is better. Its wireless too sounds brilliant, built in battery lasts 18hours and don't need to wear headphones. Its small fits in a guitar bag and with phone app opens up loads of sounds. It also sounds brilliant and is only £30 more but comes with everything you need.

[@trevaudio]

So, everything this is !!

[@harrybee3093]

Really hot riffs !!!

[@tommywigstrom]

Amazing. My first Boss was ME5. One thing Katana can't do is Nembrini Overdrive Special.

[@timothy5974]

Wow Paul great demo, playing is Fantastic as well. I do believe Boss has blown the Fender micro out of the water. I wonder if the recording will pass audio back through the go? Micro is one way in but not back out. Would be nice to use this I. iOS GarageBand.

[@devilslide01]

I’m getting an Al Dimeola vibe from your backing track. Good sounds, I may have to pull the trigger

[@paulhaustead7346]

Awesome review and great playing. What's your set up to record from the Katana Go, playing along to the backing track to the video? Thanks

[@JDubzDrumz]

Dude, I hate saying this as a slide player.... Because room reverb effects my sound a lot. There is rapidly becoming zero reason for amps :( Especially since it makes live sound so much easier when you have a random FOH dude. Personally I'd wanna see if it can stack compressors inside or not. But this sounds beautiful! Wonderful playing man! Edit: Imagine you could carry 10 of these in a bag that would be replacements if one went down and just have it and a aby pedal "incase". The possibilites for this are endless honestly. I'll definitely get a few of these depending on price point.

[@Pepsi9700]

Can you connect It to the Katana MK2 amp?

[@TheK7evin]

I love my Katana 212/100w 1.0!

[@gregb.5056]

Funny to see glowing Katana GO vids dropping on all these sites on the same day. No bluetooth sucks

[@richieknight5423]

it has bluetooth just not for headphones due to latency (obviously).

[@erikboon5560]

Any suggestions which headphones will be the best buy for sound quality?

[@derekseed]

I think Gary Cherone is going to suddenly appear and start singing.

[@Back2TheBike]

Super review Paul. Presumably you can plug this into your Katana amp, get them to play each other?

[@KeithMilner]

I would say this is like the Pocket GT, but in a better form factor.

[@WernerUnterberger]

Hi Paul I am still inexperienced with a Headphone Amp, how can I connect these Headphone Amp with a Amplifier, my equipment what i have is a Audio Interface and the Boss Katana 50 MK II Tanks for helping

[@witoldniedojado7149]

Hi, could you please do a test on how to use the Katana Go with an acoustic guitar??? Thanks!!!

[@brianwilliamson9077]

Hi Paul Your video made me buy a Go So far so good but not getting very far on adding sessions I can get a video loaded and playback but can’t find how to edit,add markers or even delete if no longer needed. Also tone central, pop up saying it’s not yet available Any advice or one of your excellent videos explaining the minute detail of how to would help me and probably many others

[@Hopedealer53]

Best demo of this by far, and some of Paul's best playing too, IMHO!

[@TheStudioRats]

Cheers

[@Eidosgod]

How does is sound with headphones. Does it sound like a toy? Should I go to Waza air if I want sound that feels real on a headphones?

[@jimsimmons2674]

Sounds very good paul and i liked the song and tones you got out of the Katana Go!Paul how does the auto preset change work,do you need any external foot pedals to do the auto changes?

[@davroshalfbeard8368]

Handy gadget if I was going down that line would go for the wazz air .

[@GuitarIv69]

First of all: amazing playing and track! You make everything sound great. Question: how does it feel under the fingers?

[@robinbrown7890]

Great demo Paul.....awesome tones, so much so that on the back of this vid I bought one. One issue.....the Go does not feel like a solid latch into my Strat (style) guitar jack....it pushes back out a couple of mm after pushing into the jack. So to turn on, or adjust the volume, I have to hold it in place with one hand and adjust with the other. I have taken the jack output out of my guitar and squeezed/bent the contact closer but it does not help. Never had this issue with NUX mighty or Fender Micro.....so, Go owners, do I have a bad one, anyone else have this issue where its just not secure in place, and moves with the slightest touch. Any comments gratefully received. Thanks again for the fabulous demo Paul.

[@ibanezprestige5964]

Can "picth shifter" effect in this katana capable of dropping guitar tuning such as from E standard to C standard for playing Metal sir? Please answer🙏

[@paulbrown7775]

By the time I would buy the Go, add the foot pedal, and learn the app, it seems like the Boss GT-1 is the better choice.

[@michaelmathews9170]

I get a single coil interference from my prs dc3 ... are there strategies to minimize such? I hear zero from your efforts

[@bobparsonsartist564]

Nice opening tune!

[@petergoddard1960]

Already ordered one!

[@iancurrie8844]

Well, the Fender Mustang Micro is TOAST!

[@bekindalwaysx1g]

Boss coming up with some great tech are'nt they! Great vid Paul as per!

[@shanemcgoldrick210]

Would you recommend these with decent headphones over the Waza airs? Thanks and great demo

[@quantumvox8424]

Man, you need to make a band and start touring.

[@martoneill]

Great review ; thanks. Comparison to Waza Air would be interesting.

[@Joshuaalan21]

Liked & sub’d

[@d.a.t.4699]

sounds good, kinda like the nux mighty plug pro...lost my biz, might have to check this out

[@ttexas1963]

Can the amp and cab be disabled so that the Boss modulations and reverbs and delays could used with the Tonex pedal?

[@scottbecker3485]

Lucious and lovely, both playing and sound! So have you compared the sound of the KG to that of the NUX things that do kinda the same thing? I bought (and still have) both a NUX and a Fender Mustang Micro, and couldn‘t warm up to the sound of the NUX, nor to the limited options of the Fender (with no app control). So maybe the Go is the way to, er, go?

[@RocktCityTim]

Anybody want to buy a hand wired Fender Twin? Seems like it may not be needed around these parts any longer ... (JK) Paul, your playing is sublime - as always, and that little disruptive plug just amazes.