I don't have either but my instinct is the guts are basically the same

Mark White I’ve played both they are very different amps. The Katana artist is more about effects and patches it doesn’t sound anything like the blues Cube. The blues Cube has 1 job and that is to sound like and react like a blues style tube amp and it does it very well and it takes pedals like a tube amp. The katana is not geared to react like a tube amp.

Did you get one?

No. I own a Bassbreaker 45 combo and a guitarist I work with has a Blues Cube Artists. Sorry, but just no way.

@@5tw8se74 its better in that it has an effects loop and the bassbreaker doesn't.

Did you make a list before making that decision? - this amp has everything. FX loop, headphone output, you can record direct, it has superb reverb, tremolo, super important power control, boost - tone for each channel, the dual tone - super clever feature-, plus a really nice warm big sound. It is highly sensitive to your playing, as opposed to most SS amps.It is lighter than a tube amp and maintenance Free. Also has the foot switch to control it, and you can also decide which features to engage with it. Wow Man! what are you saying? just say you don't prefer it. Totally different statements.

okey my slow internet deleted my long response. In short: I agree with you. It was a kind of compulsive purchase in my case because I don't gig yet. But I do love it. I got without paying VAT which reduces the retail price by about 17%. I am not remorse-free, because is a lot of money, but I put a Blackstar artist and a Laney Lionheart L5T on the list -priced very similarly - and I decided I like the blues cube better. I did get the f***ing Artist because the stage doesn't bring the FX loop or the tremolo, more the FX loop, but is a really nice amp. In my case tubeless is better because I had it shipped from Germany to Kazakhstan and the risk of having a tube or two damaged by mishandling it is too high for me to take. I agree with the tone capsules I think you can have them all with pedals. but anyway. Good luck finding a second-hand artist. you will enjoy it! (y)

Ces, To get the sound of a tube amp from my SS amps I stick several tube pre-amps in front of them. Now all my amps and now even my SS amps have tube sag, shimmering power chords and all the other words (I have a headache and my ability to recall the correct word/descriptions to describe my tube amps is partially impaired tonight) we use to describe a great tube amp. I am saying my old second hand Fender Frontman 100 watts 212 sounds fantastic with 4 tube preamps in front, or into the Pre-In of the effects loop. I am saying my $89 Acoustic G35FX 35 watt 12" speaker combo amp also sounds excellent! It's as if I have discovered the Holy Grail of how to obtain good tone! So my method of using 4 tube preamps running into any amp gets me the tone, sound and touch sensitivity of my expensive tube amps, and even out of even my least expensive SS amp. The differences between each amp is some of my SS amps are 10W, 20W,35W,50W,8oW and even 100W 212 all of them t now have that tube tone and dynamics. Even my three smallest amps which are all 5w Tube amps now sound really good like their more powerful big brothers from Fender and Marshall. Remember many modern SS amps have Tremolo,reverb, delay,chorus etc. That (all of the above) in a nutshell is why I say the Roland Blues Cubes are over priced. My existing SS amps sound better! Plus I can use my tube preamp rig on any and all future amp purchases. As already I use them on several different amps every day.

i disagree, i didn't get that impression. I've been playing for 30+ Years and have seen lots of equipment I don't think he's talking down to us i think he's just being clear and concise There's a difference between being patronizing and being clear. also consider not all of us know everything, There are beginners here who don't know what an interval is therefore a video like this will benefit them as well as us