BOSS Ktn-Mini Katana Portable Guitar Amplifier, A Compact, Go-Anywhere Amp That Runs On Batteries – Rich, Full Sound
Serious Rock DNA Forged Into A Compact, Battery-powered amp
BOSS Katana amps have received accolades from guitarists everywhere for their fantastic sound and feel, onboard effects, and great value. Now, the Katana-Mini makes serious Katana tone accessible in a small, go-anywhere amp that runs on batteries. Offering sound quality that far exceeds other amps in its class, this miniature powerhouse features an authentic multi-stage analogue gain circuit for big, expressive sound, plus a traditional analogue EQ and an onboard tape-style delay. Ultra-compact and travel-ready, the Katana-Mini delivers inspiring Katana tone anywhere you want to play.
- Great Katana tone in a highly portable amp
- Rich, full sound that far exceeds other amps in its class
- Authentic multi-stage analog gain circuit and three-band analog tone stack
- Three versatile amp types: Brown, Crunch, and Clean
- Built-in tape-style delay for warm ambience
- Aux input for jamming with music from a smartphone
- Phones/recording output with cabinet voicing
- Runs on six AA-size batteries or optional AC adapter
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Specially Designed for Top-Quality SoundUnlike typical small, battery-powered guitar amps that offer so-so sound quality, the Katana-Mini produces big, full tone that inspires you to plug in and play for hours at a time. BOSS’s comprehensive design approach includes a custom speaker, advanced hardware, refined circuitry, and special component selection, which all work together to produce maximum sound quality in a minimum footprint. The amp also incorporates BOSS’s decades of research in energy efficient design, providing class-defying power and punch from only six AA-size batteries. | Inspiring Tones, Ready to RockThe Katana-Mini’s all-analogue input circuitry includes multiple gain stages that drive three classic sound settings, offering the same cascaded gain approach found in high-end amp designs. This is what gives the Katana-Mini its satisfying tone and quick, interactive feel, with distortion that’s easily controlled with input volume and picking strength. Inspired by BOSS’s flagship Waza amp, the Katana-Mini’s Brown setting delivers expressive, high-gain tones rich with harmonics, perfect for heavy riffs and soaring solos. Crunch provides overdrive that’s ideal for rock rhythms and bluesy leads, while Clean offers up crisp, sparkling tones with punchy dynamic response. | Analogue Tone Stack and Onboard DelayIn contrast to the limited EQs found in other small amps, the Katana-Mini comes equipped with a genuine three-band analogue tone stack. This provides natural sound shaping via familiar bass, mid, and treble controls, just like the tone stack in a full-size stage amp. In addition, you can enhance your sound further with the Katana-Mini’s cool tape-style delay. Using the dedicated time and level knobs, it’s simple to dial in everything from subtle reverb-like ambience to long, warm delay repeats. | Jam at Home or Grab and GoThanks to the Katana-Mini’s advanced-yet-compact design, you can plug into serious guitar tone any time and any place. Weighing just under three pounds, it sits easily on a tabletop or shelf at home. And with the integrated handle and battery operation, it’s easy and convenient to grab the amp and play anywhere you want, indoors or out. With the aux input, you can even plug in your smartphone and jam along with your personal music library or tracks streamed from the web. And for private practice and recording situations, you’ll want to take advantage of the phones/recording output, which features special cabinet voicing for real mic’d amp tone. |
| Weight: | 1.5 kg |
| Dimensions: | 30.48 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm; 1.5 Kilograms |
| Model: | KTN-MINI |
| Batteries Included: | 4 AA batteries required. (included) |
Apesar de muito pequeno consegue-se tirar um som fixe com uma guitarra elctrica. pottil leve e trabalha a pilhas e com uma boa autonomia, alm disso tem um preo a condizer.
Goi gbup rhe mountains and needed something portable. This little amp kicks a$$ !! Heavy palm mute quality ! You may have to actually dial back the heaviness.. battery powered metal machine !
This amp is amazing, I’ve been playing for some time now and getting this amp was just as important as getting the guitar itself, this amp is definitely worth it’s money. The jump in sound quality from my old amp to the new one was great. If your looking for an amp that isn’t too expensive ($200 and above) but has genuinely good quality, this amps for you
Muy bueno para casa sin molestar a nadie. Proporciona un buen sonido a volumen bajo y las diferentes distorsiones y el delay van muy bien.
achet pour aller en vacances ou jouer dans la chambre plus discrtement…
son franchement correcte pour l a taille aile prix
trs contant de cet achat pour cette utilisatio
Es bonito, manejable, y relamente suena bien para tocar en casa y divertire con los amigos.
No es para ensayo en locales, pero para uso domstico genial.
For its diminutive size, it sounds pretty decent.
It serves the purpose well for a good sounding practice amp, that I can grab and run out the door with my guitar.
If good means thunderous enough for a concert hall, then this probably isn’t what you should be looking at. However, if you’re looking for something lightweight, decent sounding and adequate for smaller settings then this amp will suffice.
I like that I don’t need a power supply, and it has the necessary 1/4″ input for either a wireless device or cable. And, I can attach a BOSS power supply adaptor.
O amplificador tem um som excelente funciona super bem. O unico problema a utilizar transformador, que mesmo com o original da roland cria bastante rudio esttico. Com pilhas tudo ok.
Muy buen amplificador viene con 3 canales el la distorsin funciona excelente tiene buen sonido el limpio es bastante bueno bsicamente lo compre por esos canales, es amplificador para practicar, es ligero no viene con cargador compr este EAGLEGGO Adaptador, y funciona.
The sound quality is remarkable for such a small and cheap item. It’s light and plastic, but the electronics must be very good. The Gain control is especially good. It reveals the authentic voice of the guitar. Volume is plenty for private practice. The unit has a reverb with variable echo delay. That helps you tune the sound but this is not an amp you will be using for performance, so don’t worry about Fx. Battery operated or get the (sold separately) AC plug-in.
The packaging is perfect and it looks almost like new. thank you.
Non aspettatevi il suono di un ampli valvolare o la potenza per suonare fuori di una stanza media (magari giusto qualche performance davanti a poche persone: sono 7 watt rms).
Detto questo, le dimensioni sono minime, pesa pochissimo e ve lo portate dove volete (funziona anche a batterie). Il suono e’ decente con ovvie carenze sulle frequenze basse, visto il piccolo altoparlante. In stile katana, c’e’ il canale clean, il crunch e il distorto. C’e’ anche un delay, scelta abbastanza strana perche’ come prima cosa solitamente si mette un riverbero. Comunque a questo prezzo in queste dimensioni e’ sicuramente fra i migliori. Raccomandabile procurarsi l’alimentatore visto che non e’ incluso.
Great amp for practicing and travel. Good sound, but understand, this is a battery operated portable amp; not a Marshall stack. It has its purpose. For the sound quality, lightweight and small size, it’s pretty dang good. I will say that I bought this while on sale for less than $100. If you spend more, you could be disappointed. Better options out there at that price point.
This amp did not disappoint. Amazing sound and quality. It runs forever off of the double aa batteries.
Se si suona principalmente in casa il top, molto leggero e sound soddisfacente
Does what it says on the tin and doesn’t take up much room.
For such a small amp it gives a great sound. Reasonably loud in a small room – select crunch and rock out!
It came with batteries but I’ve also bought the adapter as there is nothing worse than having to hunt round for replacement batteries.
Pleased with my purchase and would recommend.
I was surprised by how small and light the unit was. Which is great for mobility. I play electric acoustic and it gives a nice clean sound. It’s perfect for travel and practice.
Tres bien recu emballage tres protecteur
Pour l ampli fabrication tres correct et soign.
Le son est super plus que largement suffisant pour travailler. Et pouquoi un ampli plus important pour la suite. Very well.
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!
Must give the appropriate power with the item. If you are playing with back track from phone the sound changes with the type of sound too. That’s must not. Overall the clean sound is soo good.
On the clean setting had to turn up the gain higher than I would normally do to get a reasonable volume from the amp. The sound was ok but a bit lacking in warmth and depth. The other two settings don’t suit the music I play. My guitar is a semi hollow body PRS.
Surprisingly compact. I’m about to see how quickly I can up the volume enough to upset the neighbours.
Bought this Amp for practice at home, I have the Katana 2×12 100W as my main Amp. Wasn’t expecting much from this little fella to be honest but was pleasantly surprised! It packs a punch for such a small Amp with a really great clean tone and the Crunch and Brown channels being a little bonus on top which also sound pretty good. I highly recommend this Amp if you are in need of a practice Amp that will not annoy the neighbours to much but is a lot of fun to use! 🙂
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YOU CAN TAKE THESE ANYWHERE AND PRACTICE
SOLD MY OTHER AMPS AND GUITARS
IF YOU DONT HAVE ROADIES THIS IS THE WAY TO GO
Compact but great sounding practice amp with a few effects. Easily loud and clear toned enough even for small gigs. Fab!
For such a small lightweight piece of equipment, this amp was perfect for my travels abroad to practice with. I have an electric violin.. This is also really useful for carrying around to students houses to give lessons too.. Very happy.
je viens de l’acqurir, je suis guitariste depuis plus de 50 ans il me fallait un petit amplis guitare avec la possibilit, d’accompagner mes arrangements dans de petits espaces et mon ge (74 ans) le matriel que je possde est trop lourd, trop encombrant et trop puissant
j’ai dcouvert ce petit amplis et je suis surpris des sons et de la puissance du mini Katana il est parfait pourtant j’ai jou sur Fender, Marschal, et bien d’autres qui ne rendent pas la mme qualit de sons faible puissance
Je le recommanderait donc tous les guitaristes dbutant ou pas le rapport qualit prix est incomparable, je savcais que je pouvais compter sur la socit BOSS pour fournir un matriel impeccable
Wanted an amp for when I want to have a play in the house, need to be quiet but do not want a horrible, flat, one dimensional tinny sound. Was instantly amazed at the full sound you can get with this. I play better when I can get in the zone, hearing my guitar sound like it will 9n stage.
This amp allowed me to put my multi-fx in front of it and get ‘my sounds’. Ultra value for money but don’t let yourself be tricked into thinking that means it sounds cheap. It IS cheap but sounds waaaaay better than the price would have you expect.
Never remotely gigable and not going to work for most practising with others unless, like me you sometimes run through some songs with a singer (no mic) with an unplugged acoustic guitar.
Cannot recommend highly enough for the right scenario.
I bought the Fender Frontman 10G despite reading mixed reviews. I ended up returning it. The clean sound was good, the overdrive, not really. Plus it was big, relatively speaking—big like the Roland Cube 40, which I used throughout the 80s and into the early 90s, along with an assortment of Boss pedals.
Which reminded me—what about Roland/Boss? And that led me directly to this gem. It’s not as compact as the Marshall mini, but still a lot smaller than the Fender. But the sound—the “Clean” is perfect, and you can dirty it up ever so slightly by pushing the gain if you choose. The “Crunch” has a great, thicky beefy sound, perfect for blues. And the “Brown”—holy guacamole. It absolutely rips, like you were playing through a huge stack.
My only quibble is that they didn’t include a power supply, so you’re forced to use 6 AA batteries from the get go. The Boss power supply, the PSA-120s, costs a whopping $35, almost half the price of the amp itself.
But that’s a minor quibble. The amp itself is the best practice amp I’ve ever owned. And that includes my old Roland Cube 40.
Sounds cheap,wireless transmitter a gimmick very small speakers,not for me so I returned i
Really pleased with this versatile little practice amp – nice sound and very loud for its size. I bought an insulated lunch bag to keep it in which is a perfect fit –
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I am really impressed by this small amp, it fits on my book case and gives me all the sounds I need for practise at home.
I tried a couple of power supplies but they cause the amp to hum so I’ve stuck with rechargeable batteries which seem to last for about 10 hours or so on each charge.
This must be the best value guitar amp in history.
Unbelievable sound from such a small and cheap amp.
It’s all plastic – no leather covering or tweed grill – that’s what keeps the price down – but this doesn’t, compromise the sound quality in any way.
Trust me and buy one.
You won’t believe your ears.
Crisp, clear and very, very loud…
of course it is, it’s a BOSS, enough said..!!!
Boss Katana…una garanzia. Piccolo, leggerissimo, versatile per la possibilit di usarlo ovunque anche con batterie stilo, i suoni sono belli e credibili (suona davvero bene), la connettivit bluetooth e quella wireless con la chitarra, sono solo alcune delle eccellenti caratteristiche di questo piccolo ampli. Posso solo dire che un acquisto di cui non ci si pu assolutamente pentire. Consigliatissimo !!!!!!
I already have an orange mini crush for practicing.. But this killer is awesome!
Pros-
Stylish, Light weight, great build & sound quality.
Cons-
Comes with 6 AA alkaline batteries only. Power Adapter has to be purchased seperately( PSB-1U or PSA230IN)
C’est la solution pour jouer chez soi sans se faire des enemis a travers les murs…un super delay, une super son, une alimentation a pile pour le transport partout, ma prs en est folle…bref parfai
Have larger Boss amps but this one’s perfect for practice. Unbelievable sounds for something so small. Patch input through your pedals and rock on. Using a signal booster with acoustic magnetic sound hole pickup works fine too. This is a bargain!!
Buono per principianti alzando il volume distorce facilmente, ma il proporzione al cono molto piccolo.
This is a super useful little battery-powered amp. If that’s what you need, you should get one.
The price seems a little high for what is essentially a toy. I wish it were about $25 less expensive. Of, at the current price, I wish it came with rechargeable batteries and a charger.
Got this for my kid to practice guitar in his bedroom. The amp works great, sound quality is very good, and it has a good feature set, especially the option for battery power and plug-in power.
Lo voy a usar para ensayar en el trabajo a la hora de come
El sonido brinda este amplificador es muy bueno para su precio, se pueden lograr varias configuraciones y si deseas ms volumen puedes conectarlo a unos parlantes o monitores, lo nico malo es que es complicado obtener un adaptador de corriente que no de un efecto buzz, el voltaje del adaptador importa bastante y parece que si no es el oficial siempre habr un ligero zumbido.
This is a tiny little amp that doesn’t take up a lot of room to keep. I’m no expert as I bought this as a gift for my husband but the sound quality in my opinion is repellent. Perfect for playing the guitar in the house without being too loud to disturb the neighbours.
I was skeptical, before I purchased this amp. I did look at other reviews here as well as on Youtube. I am impressed. I play mostly metal (Iron Maiden, Exodus, Megadeth) For what this is….a practice amp, I am happy.
I have Mesa Boogie, Line 6 Spider and Crate….those are for playing out or recording. This MINI, is perfect for road travels, warming up and just practicing, when you don’t want to wake up the entire house.
That being said, I play Jackson guitars with Seymour Duncan pickups. The “Brown” setting gives me modest crunch and distortion. Clean channels are very good. You won’t be getting a lot in terms of effects, yet for it’s size….it’s really good. Not to mention, it’s light weight and build pretty well.
Now, it does NOT come with a power supply. I ordered Roland’s separately. It gives a louder “buzz” than using batteries. You won’t be doing recording through this though.
I am very happy with it.
Love the Brown Sound switch (big VH fan!) and the delay fits the bill perfectly
Actually sounds alright! I use it mainly on the clean channel with a little delay as a reverb. Can go a lot louder then you think as well.
Me ha gustado su tamao y su sonido que es muy bueno. El detalle de poner un tornillo para derivar a tierra el ampli grande, la mayora no tienen y se mete mucho ruido. Podra venir con un alimentador de red por el precio que tiene, tampoco me gusta que se fabrique en China.
Tried the mini Lion, best looking by far but too much mid… Blackstar Fly 3, ideal size and great delay I but couldn’t find a balance between the clean/breakup volume… Katana mini had the most realistic range in tones from clean, OD and heavy distortion (brown sound). I was able to find a volume level between clean & breakup/OD without having to mess with the volume knob every time. BTW tone is subjective, maybe one of the other’s I reviewed would be better for your style of play?
Powerful amp for size and Watts ideal for probably busking. Comes with free batteries !
Lo compr tras devolver un Vox amplug AC30 que no me convenci por su calidad de sonido.
Lo utilizo principalmente para tocar con auriculares por la noche y la calidad del sonido es impresionante, al igual que el sonido a travs del altavoz
Tengo tambin un Katana 50 MK2 como ampli principal y la verdad es que me ha sorprendido lo bien que suena para lo pequeo que es.
It has to be one of the only battery amps with 3 band eq which is very important to me. I’d give it a 5 if it had some kind of Bluetooth technology, but otherwise it’s a great amp.
Paired it with a Zoom MS-50G pedal and a wireless transmitter for an ultra small practice setup that’s extremely convenient and doesn’t take up any space.
Great sound by itself and even better with the Zoom.
Has an Aux in to play along but I would have liked a Bluetooth connection for even easier playing along to a backing track.
Of you want to record an album or play a professional gig, then you might want something bigger. But, this is great for jamming and for a minimalist practice setup that’s mobile. I got a wireless receiver and it’s awesome. The sound quality very acceptable. It’s not loud enough to keep up with a drum set.
My only wish is that it felt and looked a little higher quality. I would have spent an extra $10-15 for that, but that doesn’t subtract any stars.
Small compact, great sound perfect for home practice without upsetting my apartment neighbors, and definitely has the ability to be loud enough to do so.
Very clear sound with nice tones via the inbuilt crunch, delay and ‘brown tone’ you can also use headphones and plug in pedals, simply a great mini practice amp!
All the three channels sound like they need to and the delay effect is a nice bonus. It lasts around 10 hours on the batteries for me but make sure you buy a 9V/2A adapter so you can plug it in too.
It takes pedals well as well.
Go for this one if your budget is 10k and especially for hard rock and metal because the others in this price range just don’t do it this well.
Love this thing <3
Simply stunning “amp” SOUND and tweakabilty for such a tiny box. Perfect for a quick jam.
I have *sort of* the acoustic equivalent of this and it’s amazing. I was astonished that the Katana mini was even smaller. It looks like nothing and my initial response was buyers remorse. However, after plugging in my guitar and giving it a blast, I was lucky that my windows were intact. It sounds brilliant.
I had a Katana 100 watt but I was only using it in the house so I got rid of it and I’m so glad that the Katana mini is so great AND compact.
Awesome amp for home practise. No hum or buzzing even at high gain and distortion. For the size this little one has good sound and clarity. The aux and line out are very helpful. Value for money. Got it in two days with proper packing. Happy with the pruchase
Value for money…very good for practice…Sound quality is also very good for its size….must buy if anyone is looking to have a small practice amp…any genres like metal/hard rock/alternative metal can be played with this amp..
An amazing sound, if you can afford to pay a bit more (than say 50 for the Blackstar) I highly recommend it. I was blown away by the sound quality, crunch/gain settings, volume range and even a reverb! Without all that, even just as a clean practice amp, it’s amazing. I bought it so I could teach people in their gardens, due to covid, but may well end up being my go-to amp at home too. The sound quality is that of a much bigger and more expensive amp. *****