Thanks for putting the work into the matching and video posting. I'll be giving this a try tomorrow!

Just loaded your Deluxe Reverb in my Katana 100 Mark II I love it! For years I have used the Hot Rod Deluxe and the Prosonic in stereo. Your patch is the closest to reminding of what I used to use in the past. Very tube like response. Thank you very much...

Thanks for the patch, it sounds sweet! And yes, I think it'd be cool to do the single song "tone chase"..subscribed. 😀😎

Just a quick thanks for the patch - I love the DR one - I seem to struggle to dial in great tones in the Katana, was about to give up & this gave me a great starting point. Many thanks.

Great video. Just what I was looking for to get a Fender DR type sound. Excellent work. Now I'll check out the patches.

Thank you for this video. I’ve been wanting to get my original Katana 100 1-12 to sound close to my SF Deluxe Reverb ever since I bought it. I have a bad back and the Katana is much easier to carry up and down the stairs when I go play gigs. Anyway, this gave me a very good start at cloning the sound. Using the Tone Studio, I tweaked the EQ to match what you had done and then I tweaked it a bit more as I have a C-Rex speaker in my SFDR and my Katana speaker is different than the one found in the 50 watter. Anyway with this video and some tweaking I am happy to say that I’m about 90-95% there. Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for this really interesting Vid. It's now 2023. I've just bought a Katana Air, and wanted some advice on setting it up with clean tones. I've twiddled a lot myself, but your settings have allowed me to copy much of what you've done, and now it sounds great.

Thank you! I like them all, but I think the DR02 is my favorite. Someone shared your video to the Boss Katana Amps group, so I hope that will boost your views.

Great vid, thanks for taking the time.

Glad I watched this video. I was considering purchasing a Tone Master Deluxe Reverb but already have a Katana and now I will just update the tone.

Sounds good, great work! Cool to see how you compared tones scientifically. Definitely interested in more Katana mk2 tone videos and iso track guitar tone investigations. Thanks!

So glad I picked one up. Great info Thanks

I think you just saved me a ton of money. I have a reissue Twin reverb and was looking at a Tonemaster twin reverb to buy. I have a Katana MKII head into a 2X12 cab with V30 and a Creamback. I just loaded up your patches and they sound great. I like your comment about having to repair a katana. Not easy to fix but your reissue is easier with a Tech. Im loving the Katana but love my Reissue twin more. In saying that, the katana will do and I don't feel the need for a Tonemaster now. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to learning more...

Great job 👍👍 I have the mk2 katana 100.. honestly it's my favorite of all time! I've been a tube guy for years and had many but dor the type of music I play "high Gain van Halen type" I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE SOUND!! You did a hell of a job dialing in that sound it sounds amazing!

thx, splendid base for my amp

Downloaded the patches and they are great. I saved the original download and uploaded copies to my Kantana. The patches are very close to perfect- I am sure some of the folks tone depends on equipment they're using but most folks that like the DR will like these tones. I did tweak the volume on a couple but other than that I'm just play them. Thank you very much.

Thank you so much - great video and great tone.

Off to the store to buy the Katana. First video of many that convinced me that the Katana can do convincing Fender tones with a Tele. Thanks!

Cool video. I bought my boss katana head two years ago and absolutely love it. I have been a tube amplifier player for about 20 years and got tired of hauling them to gigs and spending hundreds of dollars to repair and put in new tubes. The cool thing about the boss katana is that it doesn’t feel like it is trying to model specific amplifiers. It feels like there are certain characteristics but it feels like it is doing its own thing in my opinion. I run the head through a 2 x 12 cabinet that has Celestion‘s in it and it sounds incredible. Perfect for gigs. I played an outdoor gig and it blew people out of the water. I even played it at a venue where the microphones had been stolen so no pa. I said that’s fine and I just cranked the amplifier to almost halfway and it was more than loud enough. The thing also weighs like 20 to 30 pounds compare to my fender twin that is like 80 pounds. My dual rectifier is probably 50 pounds. As I get older, I don’t want to be hauling super heavy gear around. The katana fits nicely in the back of my car and doesn’t take up that much room. Love the thing

A very interesting comparison. The beauty (and pain) of the Katana is the infinite tweaking you can do with so much eq available. Have you tried using the acoustic channel? It just dawned on me the other day with my K Artist what could I make it sound like with my electric into the acoustic channel with the gain set to max and much adjusting of eq 1 and eq2. The results really amazed me. Have a play, you won’t be disappointed.

Subbed quickly! Great tone!

Thanks for doing this. I’ve wandered about the Boss. Lovely dog by the way. Chill pup.

I’ve gigged with the Katana ,a 1972 Super , a TRRI. For recording the Tube amps seem to win . However,I prefer the Katana for practice,rehearsal and gigs. If you take your time in the software you can find amazing stuff. It’s not just 3 kinds of Flangers. Way more than that. I hope to get better results recording the Katana involving some IR’s. The tube amp is so loud at the sweet spots it’s just too much for performance in the small gigs I play. It cuts through at lower volume and they’re just fun. Great video.

Great work!!

What a brilliant video!!!

It's hard to tell. Nice song selection!

Nice job! You got the Katana set pretty close to the DR. I think the Boss Katana is hard to beat for the price. No, it does not take the place of the DR. But at 1/5 the cost and weighing half as much as the DR it's a winner for many. As a full time working musician I carried heavy Fender tube amps for 35+ years and my back and knees feel it! I bought a Katana 100 watt MkII for it's light weight, versatility, low maintenance and I love it!

Thank you! Please, if you can, make more similar videos! Subscribed!

Katana sounded great. Very nice playing! The audience will never know the difference unless they are all guitar/amp nerds!

I was trying a katana at guitar center because I've been thinking about buying one, and putting a little boost on the clean channel was like "OH this is starting to sound cool"

Well done comparison. Also, adorable westie. I had one for 15 years. No better dog.

Killer job, you should dial in the AC15! Then two more classic amps. Sell them on your website! And I would print out labels for my ga-fc switch to have 4 classic amps. The depth you go with reverb etc would sell

Thanks for the patches! My favorite: Bluemorris-DR02 with the clean channel variation on the Katana. I think an important key is the treble boost.

I liked the video, but can't say "no bull." That longhorn on the wall is impressive.

I would love to buy a Fender Reverb Deluxe, if it weren’t for my noisy living conditions. I do play to several Fender tube amps in the rehearsal studio’s where I practice, and I love that sound. I’ve been on a quest for the best Fenderesque patches, and yours are the best I have found so far! Thanks for that! I suppose if you play a Katana next to a Fender, you’ll hear a difference. But with your patches on a stand-alone Katana the sound is just fine!

Nice work on the tone matching. I use both amps and the Katana is more versatile. I also use a Mustang III v2 and it delivers a great bang for the buck.

The question should be can i get my fender deluxe reverb to sound like my katana.

I have the Head MKII with a 1x12 Diamond cab (very nice baltic birch construction). And what I can say is that the size of the cab makes a difference (+ the celestion speaker). It is nearly impossible to emulate the air displacement of a larger cab (a DR is wider than a Katana). This being said, I find the Katana head much more versatile than the DR. I used to have fancy boutique amps (Swart, Milkman, Tone King, Carr, Suhr, Fuchs) and I made the plunge to digital. Much more fun, versatile and you can modify the tone with Boss Studio. And to practice without breaking your lease is more convenient with a Digital amp.

Hi, thank you for your effort and good will to give this patch :) One question please, did you changed gobal EQ settings?

Lol this exactly what I did with my katana artist & with my orange amp. The katana’s default eq is definitely scuffed. But after you fix it it is definitely an amazing amp.

Very impressed ,Nice video unfortunately the patch doesn't work on my katana mk1😢

I have the same Deluxe reverb and the Boss Katana this is a great video. The Katana sounds really good. I like your settings better then the sneaky amps version of Deluxe Reverb.

Katana sounds better, more compressing, and with more body. Though the Fender amp doesn't use it at 40% on its sweet tone ( in the clean comparasion) You need heat for these valves, or won't work as it should. Great video, thanks you!

Thanks!! Suscribed!!

loved the video! do srv pleeeease.

The speaker makes a big difference. I have a Mk II 1x12 100w, and I just picked up a Mk II Artist. I love the Waza sound, there is a noticeable difference. The cabinet also makes a difference, since the Artist is considerable larger, and semi closed back. Someone had posted on a group on FB that their Katana broke when it hit the floor, and the cab is made of particle board, so there's part of the sound quality difference. I had been considering replacing the 1x12 speaker, but now that I have the Artist, hearing such a difference, I am decided that I will replace the speaker, and I am going to build my own cabinet out of Baltic Birch. From what I've heard (on Jensen's site) I'm thinking that the Jensen Jet Tornado will be an awesome replacement. While it is crazy expensive (I live in Wpg & the "non-stealth" version of it retails for $260 + taxes), considering the original cost of the Katana Mk II ($500 for the entire amp/cab/speaker), the replacement will make it sound very much like your amp - Jensen makes speakers for Fenders and (at least some) Mesa Boogie cabs these days. I won't be surprised if it sounds good enough to record - at least, I hope it will be, since it is a special order, and that's a lot of money for a speaker that might not sound as good as I think it will... But anyway 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

You got darn close. I know as a player the 'feel' of the amp is the thing, I've had various tubes, blues jr., Marshall JMP, twin twelve ampegs at about 80 pounds of lead and several others and as a young man I'd hoist them things in the truck no problem. These days, Its all I can do to get the Katana where I want to go and I'm not actively gigging anymore. Here's the thing from a audience perspective I'll let some of you know that unless you drop dead and stop playing the vast majority of people listening in the audience will have no clue and don't care especially if its a bar where people are getting hammered lol. It is a feel thing though I get that, we had a few where the bartender couldn't hear her cell phone so we'd get the worst two words a guitar player can hear. Turn Down! Seriously she had us turn it down where the amp had no nuts at all and at that point your enthusiasm goes out the window. We quit playing there, I mean if its a wedding gig and your making big money hey you bet whatever you wish. But some jive blues bar you drove quite a ways to make 50 lousy bucks, nah... Good luck I hope your gigs treat you well. God Bless!

I kind of wish you'd dialed up the volume a bit on the Deluxe so I could be sure, but at 63 years of age with 50+ years of playing every vintage instrument and amp under the sun, I think I liked the overall performance of the Katana during your demo. They weren't the same, but similar enough. You seem to have invoked some sort of voodoo to coax an impressive slightly driven clean tone from the MKII. I just bought one a few days ago. I have not been overly impressed with the preloaded tone selection, but the clean channel driven by my Mark Knopfler inspired pedal array hasn't been half bad. I run a CS-3 coupled with the other two (for Santana, not Knopfler), the other two being a BD-2 alongside a Behringer Delay to closely approximate Mark's tone selections. I wasn't worried about the effects channels on the Katana. I just wanted the power control (.5, 25, 50W) and a twelve-inch speaker for my pedals. They'll work with even the cheapest 8-inch combo's clean channel. I'm perched on the edge of buyer's remorse, but I haven't downloaded the tone studio yet. I just picked up a USB printer cable yesterday, so I'd best get to tweaking before I go overboard on the regret. Yours sounded fantastic. Subscribed, liked and bell rung. I currently hail from Bangkok. I lived in Thorn Hill (outside of Toronto) during the late 70's. Love your country.

Thanks! The Katana tone does seems a touch brighter. But it’s as tasty nevertheless. Do you run your effects into this particular patch, does that work.

An important factor that nobody addresses is the Cost to Repair the Katana versus the Fender Deluxe Reverb or any other tube amp. My experience with solid state amps is the cost to repair out weighs any other benefit. The Katana 50 is an attractive bargain since the amp is so cheap and can be replaced to out weight the high repair costs.

I’d be interested in your vox setting. Great content

Fantastic, way better than the sneaky amp one!

The Boss still sounds very good, surprisingly good, but I prefer the Fender. I've never owned a Boss amp but owned a lot of their pedals and I do like the Katana and the Nextone and Waza amps, and of course their GT pedal systems. The weight issue is a winner for the Katana because Fender amps can be super heavy. Also, tubes can be very problematic, as I know from 40 years of personal experience with tube amps. I probably gigged more with a solid state Randall RG75 combo in the 80s (L.A. hair metal scene, don't laugh) than any other amp. It was loud enough to keep up with some very powerful drummers and absolutely filled the room. Also recorded very well. And it never had ANY issues. But tube amps I've used, from Marshalls to Laneys had a lot of problems.

Hi I like the DR patch especially the DR04. That's awesome! But I found the pedal platform patch is stuck when exporting.

Hi - great stuff....I downloaded your Fender Deluxe patches and my Katana sounds totally different...like a Fender amp. But the again: what should I do to the tone using the Katana 100/212 mkII? I bought this one just for the fabulous clean sound instead of the 1x12 . Any suggestions would me more than welcome.

Please I would love someone to play some warm jazz tones through an archtop, that's what I want to hear.

Thank you for this, I’ll try your patch on my Katana. I’m considering buying a Fender DR for my modest home studio - but am unsure if I’ll be able to use its amazing tones at lower volumes - could I ask what you on that subject? Cheers. Gary

Traded my Katana 100 for a spark amp to practice with and traded my Blues junior and looking to pick up a Deluxe Reverb to jam and use pedals with.

The Katana Artist kills it. Used around $400 is impossible to beat.

I had a Fender Pro Junior IV tube amp, really liked the sound but the tubes were bad out of the box, traded it for the Katana MKII 100 and I have to say, the Katana is nice but it really misses the high end twang that the Fender has. I normally end up with treble at 100 and mid and bass below 50 to try to get the rockabilly twang I am looking for. I will try your patch and also the treble boost instead of treble 100.

the katana sounds richer/better over my speakers , most likely not what it sounds like in real life though ...

Watching this got me thinking. What if I went into the global EQ settings on my Katana 100 MKll and did the same adjustments? Could I turn my Katana into a Fender Deluxe Reverb?

Hi! Are the patches available for Mac OS? Thanks!

I don't understand why a Katana needs to sound like another amp. I have one and have gigged with it for six years. All I care about is that it sounds good, and it does. I don't try to make my Fenders and Marshall sound like each other either. Katana sounds like a Katana, and that is a bona-fide good sound.

should this patch work for kat 50 MK1, I downloaded it and it would not import. great video by the way

I have also now created a Vox AC15 patch. Watch the video on the Vox here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fttodLGIv8eRk5c.html 😎 Also, you can download all the Boss Katana patches I've created from my website: www.bluemorris.com/katana 🎸

It's called the Fender Gtx series...my gtx50 sounds pretty damn close to my 65 deluxe reverb reissue.

I’m between these two amps. If you could only have one, which one would you choose?

I found that a joyo American sound pedal sent into katana saved endless fiddling and made a huge difference to sound from the katana voice. I found it rather uninspiring until I cheated with the joyo pedal effectively reinventing the available clean( or dirty) sounds

It sounds more like a tele on the katana for me

Great idea 💡 and great video ! Did you try to simulate a track from an artist ?

I like the katana

The links are not working :(

Interesting that you didn’t use the variation button. My understanding is that it is essentially a Fender blackface model.

Try the Katana Artist MkII 100 watt. Waaaaayyyyy better than the 50 or 100. Super amp. But….HEAVY!

You did it😁 katana sounds better 😎🤘🏻👍🏻

Deluxe Rvrb Reissue 42 lbs $1700 Boss Katana 50 25.6 lbs. $300

Siempre que tocó mi boss katana, siento que tiene un sonido entre un Fender y un Marshall

I play Hawaiian steel guitar, and what my rock-blues guitar friends don't seem to get, is that I don't want any dirt in my sound. So, tubes? Why bother?

Nice work but do you think that the Katana Artist would be even closer?

I actually probably the Katana the Fender sounds really thin

Both sound great... Boss's tech is fun to play though but not close to any legend tube amps ever.

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I bet you don't have to add firmware update to fender boss tone studio doesn't work keeps saying that old version

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Omg katana sounds better

Katana sounds bigger and fatter...fender sounds gutless and weedy...lol

I bought a Katana 100mk2 in Dec 2023...sounds terrible. Really, really bad. Its going into the bin.

Why??

The tones sounded very thin to me...Lacked any lows...