BOSS Ktn-Mini Katana Portable Guitar Amplifier, A Compact, Go-Anywhere Amp That Runs On Batteries - Rich, Full Sound

Having previously used/suffered a succession of 'toy' amps (Orange crush, mini Marshall stack, etc..) I'd been after a 'sofa amp' for ages. You know- when you want to noodle away when watching TV but don't want to bring anything bulky downstairs... So I'd decided on the Blackstar Fly or this. SO happy I chose this! Nothing wrong with the Blackstar Fly- it's a cracking little box. But the Katana mini is awesome! Once you get it dialled in properly (keep the treble below halfway) you'd swear you had a 'real' amp sitting there by the fireplace. All three channels are perfectly useable. The gain knob works very well with each, and combined with your guitars volume knob you can tailor pretty much any tone. Delay is a nice feature too, with time and level controls. (TIP - turn the time all the way down and the level up to get a half decent reverb!) Crunchy gain sounds are rewarding, as is the high gain 'Brown Sound' setting. If, like me, you are convinced your family/spouse/pets need to hear your version of that-bit-you-can-play-from-Eruption, then you have found your practice amp!

What a fantastic practice amp. I have it’s 50watt bigger brother and in comparison where quality of build and sound is concerned they are on a par. Obviously this doesn’t have massive amounts of effects on board, but it gives lovely clean tones, great dirty tones and excellent delay, there is a switch to select clean, crunch or brown, you then alter the settings using the volume, gain, bass, middle, treble, time and level controls. All of the settings are excellent and no matter what your preferred tone is, you will find it on this amp. There is an audio input to attach a microphone or allowing you to play a jam track, drum app track or favourite song to play along with from a phone or mp3 player, this input is totally unaffected by any of the controls on the amp, even the volume which is altered using the phone/mp3 players own controls. There is an output for headphones or recording device i.e. pc, laptop, voice recorder. It is light and compact and can be carried anywhere when used on batteries, 6x AA batteries required. I haven’t changed mine yet since purchasing this amp and it’s used daily.

Sounds great, it has effects and several other features.

Update - I gave up on this amp, okay for stringed instruments but completely unsuited to the harmonica or indeed vocals so I’m afraid I had to return it. No issues with returning it and a full refund was issued. Surprisingly loud for a little practice/small gig/busking amp ! Can’t say about battery life as I’ve not had it long enough and I tend to use it via a power supply anyway but sound is pretty good for both my electric acoustic ukulele and electric ukulele. Shame it only has one input as I would have liked to use it in conjunction with a harmonica but then after trying it today I don’t actually like the sound I’m getting that much via a bullet mike ! Of course time and fettling could prove me wrong because at time of writing I have only just unpacked it so can’t really do it justice ! Maybe I’ll come back at a later date, if it proves to be a compatible match for harmonica use and if so then so much the better. Anyway, for the money I think it’s worth a punt and I’m certainly not unhappy.

Wow what a cracking little Amp the Boss KTN mini is. The output of sound belise the size of the little 7 watt amp. My 20 watt cube and 15 watt mini cube are Roland's, and a bit heavy to shift about. This lives up to the Roland name with knobs on. Works great with my Epiphone Sg 400 and Guild Acoustic along with my Taylor acoustic guitar. Really nice Amp. Decent price tag quality product despite being plastic a really good build quality. No problems in recommending this Five stars.👍🎛️

Bought this amp after seeing several video demos. Very lightweight and all plastic so when I first unpacked I thought it may be a cheap Chinese mistake. Plugged in my tele, and wow! Really good sound when you turn your back to it and forget its small and plastic. So much better than the Blackstar Fly I tried last year. All bits seem to work well and well designed. Even came with 6 x AA batteries. Really pleased.

Looks good and trusting other reviews but don't have any worries, it's just for the living room, I'm happy it's battery operated less faffing about, fits in my unit perfectly so happy 😁

Id start of to say I love(ed) this amp, great for taking out on walks with a guitar and lots of versatile options for eq and an additional delay feature which worked fabulous 👌, the distortion switch even blew my mind on how it sounded. It was 10/10 I got a rechargeable battery pack so I didn't have to keep buy batteries even which was even more efficient. But for some reason, it kept turning on turning off randomly one afternoon then died, i tired multiple new batteries and plugs to see if it was a power problem but no.. which was a real shame really. Great amp, but be careful not to get too attached.

Arriva un piccolo cartone.8 batterie incluse. Amp leggerissimo, aspetto solido e professionale. Non mi aspetto molto: invece la sorpresa: oltre ogni aspettativa, suono pulito e per avere 1 Watt incredibilmente forte, senza mai distorgere. É piccolo, bello, efficace! Consiglio ad ognuno!!

Amazing battery life

Auch wenn das Gehäuse "nur" aus Kunststoff ist sieht der Amp super aus. Bei der Größe anders aucht kaum machbar. Alles greift sich wertig an und funktioniert. Die Kopfhörerbuchse ist an der Rückseite nicht optimal angebracht aber bei der Größe wahrscheinlich nicht anders machbar. Auf der Oberseite wäre mor die Buchse lieber gewesen. Der Sound ist der größe entsprechend gut. Ich nutze den brown Sound und der kleine macht für den Heimgebrauch ordentlich krach. Mit Kopfhörern ist er mir zu leise. Netzteil leider nicht inklusive. Aber durch Batteriebetrieb flexibel für Unterwegs und wahrscheinlich hat jeder Musiker ein 9V Netzteil irgendwo rum liegen. Aber das sind nur meine Empfindungen. Darum gebe ich trotzdem volle Punktzahl.

Utmärkt tränings-förstärkare. Mycket fint rent ljud men bra overdrive om det är det du är ute efter. Plus för inbyggt eko.

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