Modeling Amp Shootout - Katana VS Marshall VS Blackstar VS Fender

Thoughts / FAQs:This was a very difficult test to do fairly, they are never going to sound quite how they sound in the room. As well as this they have different speakers (All however 12") and loads of amp models to choose from. All of them can be dialled in to sound great with a bit of tweaking, and all have their uses 👍

BLACKSTAR Baby🤟 The Sound in your Head

What amp sounds best with headphones?

How do headphones sound with the Silverlines?

Funny how the hating started with Gibson then added Marshall. The greatest music in the world was created with both. Fender with fender, and Marshall with les paul will never be topped. Want the true sound? Save your money and get the real stuff. This stuff is all price pointed to appeal to the people that can’t afford it. The biggest critics of anything tend to come from envy.

I did not expect Katana to sound so much better than the others.

Blackstar and boss katana are really my prefers. The fender and the Marshall rings like toys

My opinion
1.marshall
2.fender
3.boss
4.blackstar

This is exactly how all amp comparison videos should be.

Great review, that's how you show what one or more amps can do.

Boss katana mk2 50 vs blackstar Id core 40, which is a better choice?

Blackstar was the best one

Yup i think the Boss is the leader here.

So who is the winner??

Blackstar's high gain is insanely good! Might be the tiebreaker against Boss. Also, Marshall was such a disappointment.

High Gain for president with lots of Summer Sharks all over there
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Had a katana and to be honest never felt like it was easy to get the best out of it. On a budget it’s an easy win, but that Blackstar surprised me- it doesn’t work like the rest. Emulating specific tube types is clever stuff and the architect software opens up deep editing. I’d like to give one a try, maybe but some drive pedals in front too

I think we can all agree that Marshall needs to stick to making tube amps

I have an itching feeling the Marshall sounds like shit in this comparison cause the cabinet simulation was on... who would run a digitally mic'd up 2x12 simulation through a real life mic'd up 1x12 speaker?... I think those are meant for the dry direct USB out

Same goes for the Fender, with it's 68 cabinet emulation. Just check Ola's review and demo of the Marshall and hear the difference when played straight out the 1x12 speaker

And without any surprise, the two best sounding amps in this review are the Boss and Blackstar, why? Cause they don't have cabinet sim's ( only on when connected through they're outs )

This would've been a near perfect review if it weren't for this one MAJOR mistake. Now I think everyone here's under the impression the Marshall and Fender sound horrible

Honestly they don't even sound that different from 100 dollar amps

Well, nice vid in my eyes (and ears). At the first glance the Boss and Blackstar would sound gentle to my ear, sometimes warm and mellow. However, even a -lets say - nasty sounding amp, such as the Marsh, would sound differently in a band context... an perhaps might cut through.

The Blackstar is just so smooth.

Blackstar had the best dirty voicing of all of them to my ears.

Kat has the edge overall. Although the Marshall was getting some decent tones.

Obrigado por mostrar as diferenças, ia comprar um marshall, mas achei o som do blackstar muito bonito, mudei de ideia

Katana have done the best job of getting tube-like tones.

i think the blackstar checked the most boxes in terms of sound making it pretty universal. and id say marshall the least. id say in order from best to worst id say blackstar, katana, mustang, marshall.

Marshall - Katana - Fender - Blackstar

Marshall

Great demo..guess I'm biased as an owner of numerous blackstar amps but listening to this demo has me thinking I made the right choice

is it me or does the bass knob on the katana sound like its not doing anything on the distorted tone

The Marshall sounded closest to actual Deftones. Great riff choice btw.

That said, the Katana sounds the most generic-less unique- than the others, but also sounds the best overall.

I think Boss takes the cake , man

Very creative video man... Tks.

I must be the odd one out, I was reading the comments while listening. The two that made me look up to check because they sounded good were the katana and fender. The ones that sounded bad enough to make me look were the blackstar and marshal. To each their own lol

bro that fender 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

I got the lt 50 and katana mk1, well, it is not difficult to get tonnes of usable tones. Nah, only the factory presets are boxy. You just need to create your own settings and it is good.

Katana sounds a bit like my marshall oirigin 20-ice picking. There are some nice tones too.

But in the end i kept the LT 50, there are a lot of surprises if you spend sometimes to tweet the compressor and 5 band EQ. With 20 amp sims and all the effects, its hard to get boring with it. Some of the amp sim works well with most pedals.

I acknoledged the Avril Avril Song🤩😍🐀

So, the Katana and the Silverline are modelingamps? Exactly what kind of amps are they modeled after?

I am sure about BOSS KATANA!!..Extremely powerfull and best quality sound considering Clean and Drive definately..

That is probably the best amp comparission video I've ever seen! Right on mate!

Marshall sounds like shit..Blackstar ALL the way

you have to turn off the cab emulation on the Marshall, it's for direct recording only

jimmy eat world

The blackstar wins for me, only because aside from eq, it has other voicings, so the possibilities are quite endless.

Boss 😍👍👌

Wanted to like the Fender or Marshall, but it’s the Boss or Blackstar…IMO

Cool. *a nux mighty lite buys* poor i am

Boss Katana embarrassing the rest of the modeling amp industry