So, I got kinda curious about all those ‘sneaky amps’ that is “hidden” within the Boss Katana guitar amplifier. And for that sake, those five amp styles available from the physical knob – what are they based on? Did some searching and didn’t really find a compiled list so I created one. And once that was done, well why not publish it here – hopefully there are other Katana owners that would be interested in this. Anyways here it is:
Support - KATANA-100 MkII Updates & Drivers. Connect KATANA Mk II and Mac with USB cable. Turn on KATANA Mk II. Go to Applications and open the BOSS - KATANA Mk II folder, then double-click BOSS TONE STUDIO for KATANA Mk II(.app) inside the folder.; Selection screen of connecting device will appear for the first time you run the software.
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GT-100 Name – Katana LED
FULL RANGE (Original BOSS amp) – Acoustic JC-120 (Roland JC-120) – Clean TWEED (Fender Bassman) – Crunch 5150 (Peavey 5150 Lead) – DRIVE Lead SLDN (Soldano SLO-100) – Brown
The sneaky amps (GT-100 name – Original amp name)
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Acoustic
Custom – Original BOSS amp
JC-120 Clean – Roland JC-120
NATURAL CLEAN – Original BOSS amp CLEAN TWIN Clean – Fender Twin Reverb
Crunch
TWEED Crunch – Fender Bassman 4×10
COMBO CRUNCH – Original BOSS amp STACK CRUNCH – Original BOSS amp PRO CRUNCH – Original BOSS amp DELUXE CRUNCH – Fender DeLuxe Reverb VO DRIVE – Vox AC-30TB Drive sound VO LEAD – Vox AC-30TB Lead sound MATCH DRIVE – Matchless DC-30 left input Boss Katana 100 Review
Lead
5150 DRIVE – Peavey EVH 5150 Lead channel
HiGAIN STACK – Original BOSS amp XTREME LEAD – Original BOSS amp CORE METAL – Original BOSS amp BG LEAD – Mesa Boogie IIb combo amp lead sound BG DRIVE – Mesa Boogie IIb with treble shift on MS1959 I – Marshall Plexi channel I MS1959 I+II – Marshall Plexi with channels paralleled R-FIRE VINTAGE – Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Ch2 Vintage mode R-FIRE MODERN – Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Ch2 Modern mode T-AMP LEAD – Hughes & Kettner Triamp 3 BGNR UB – Bogner Uberschall ![]()
Brown
SLDN – Soldano SLO-100
POWER DRIVE – Original BOSS amp ORNG RB – Orange Rockerverb
You can download a liveset from Vguitarforums to access all the sneaky amps except the “CUSTOM amp”. Just import this liveset and use/tweak the included tone settings based on those amps to your liking, then you can save it to your Katanas preset slots or your own liveset. This liveset includes all the sneaky amps and separate BRIGHT settings – a total of 30 variations.
Another option is Gumtowns Katana FxFloorBoard editor that gives direct access to 29 amps. It also has a bunch of other nice features – follow the link to read all about it. There’s been some compability problems with the new Katana firmware updates but it works as it is for both Mac and Windows.
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