Boss Katana Artist MkII 100W Guitar Amp Head

The Boss Katana Artist MkII Head brings you the premium sound and features of the flagship Katana Artist MkII combo in a powerful, 100-watt amplifier head format. Cover any style with five amp characters and five variations, and colour your tones with a wide range of onboard Boss effects. Shape your voice with exclusive panel controls, including a three-way Contour switch, Global EQs, an adjustable Solo boost with dedicated delay, and five selectable Air Feel settings. And rock the stage with a roaring presence using the companion Katana Cabinet 212 Waza or your favorite external speaker cabs!

Key Features

• Professional 100-watt amplifier head with enhanced tone and exclusive features.
• Tube Logic design approach produces class-defying power, authoritative punch, and cutting presence.
• Robust analogue class-AB power amp section delivers authentic tone and highly-musical response.
• Five amp characters with five variations, plus Booster, Mod, FX, Delay, and Reverb sections with three variations in each.
• Three-way Contour for shaping the overall tonal colour and Global EQ switch with three settings (customizable in Boss Tone Studio).
• Solo boost with onboard level control (dedicated delay and EQ can be applied to the Solo boost in Boss Tone Studio).
• Integrated dual amp expansion functions for GA-FC/GA-FC EX control and true stereo effects.
• Boss Tone Studio editor software for customizing sounds with over 60 Boss effects, pre and post EQs, dedicated Pedal FX, and more.
• Series/parallel effects loop and power amp input for preamps, modellers, and multi-effects.
• Eight Tone Setting memories for storing and recalling all amp and effect settings.
• Power Control for achieving cranked-amp tone and response at low volumes.
• Mic’d cabinet emulation on the line, USB, and phones/recording outputs.
• Shape the cabinet emulation with five onboard Air Feel settings (three presets and two settings configurable in Boss Tone Studio).
• Download and share Livesets at Boss Tone Exchange.
• External control support via GA-FC/GA-FC EX foot controller, footswitches, expression pedal, and MIDI.
• Three speaker outputs: two 16-ohm and one 8-ohm (8-ohm maximum load supported).

Specifications

• Rated Power Output: 100W

Connectors

• Input Jack: 1/4-Inch Phone Type
• Powe Amp In/Dual Link Jack: 1/4-Inch Phone Type
• Line Out Jack: 1/4-Inch Phone Type
• Send Jack: 1/4-Inch Phone Type
• Return Jack: 1/4-Inch Phone Type
• Speaker Out 16 Ohms A Jack: 1/4-Inch Phone Type
• Speaker Out 16 Ohms B Jack: 1/4-Inch Phone Type
• Speaker Out 8 Ohms Jack: 1/4-Inch Phone Type
• Rec Out/Phones Jack: Stereo 1/4-Inch Phone Type
• Exp Pedal/CTL Ch1/Ch2 Jack: 1/4-Inch TRS Phone Type
• GA-FC/CTL Solo/Dual Link Jack: 1/4-Inch TRS Phone Type
• Aux In Jack: Stereo Miniature Phone Type
• USB Port: USB B Type
• MIDI In Connector
• AC In Jack

Weight & Dimensions

• Dimensions: 631 (W) x 246 (D) x 296 (H) mm
• Weight: 12.4 kg / 27 lbs 5.4 oz

Options (Sold Separately)

• Footswitch: FS-5L, FS-6, FS-7
• Expression Pedal: Roland EV-5, EV-30, FV-500L, FV-500H
• GA Foot Controller (GA-FC, GA-FC EX)
• Amplifier Stand: BAS-1