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

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.

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 😁

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!

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.

Sounds great, it has effects and several other features.

It's surprising how good this thing sounds.. IT'S NOT A TOY. Volume wise it could be heard easily if someone shouted if the amp was on full volume.. I dare say it would be ok for a practice session without drums.. It's original intention is to take on a gig and practice your set in a room. Before going on stage. The cleans and Fender- like.. very sparkling and bright.. the Crunch setting is good for blues and light rock AC/DC etc.. The Brown setting is very much heavy rock / Valen Halen essqe. Very good for lead work.. The Delay is very good analogue type delay. I dare say if you sat aropund with mates who're playing acoustics it would easy be loud enough if not drown them out. I've played my 12 string acoustic through it and it sounds lush on the Clean setting. So if wives / GF's are looking for a gift for your guitarist partner.. buy them this. Or if you're a guitarist yourself buy one.

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.👍🎛️

Nice little amp from the ever dependable Boss. I route one guitar with effects and another clean guitar via an Old Blood Split/Meld box; the aux-in socket on the back certainly can't handle any kind of amplified signal; I might try using it in future for a backing track to play along to. I've also found that the headphone output volume is lower than the speaker output. The gain and crunch functions provide welcome boost, but if you want any serious volume without being dependent on the crunch colouring the sound, it would certainly be worth considering something with more output. The delay function is nice to add a bit of depth to the sound from a clean guitar. It's a bit annoying that you need to buy an adapter separately, but overall it fulfills its role as a decent, reasonably solidly built budget amp for practicing.

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

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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.