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500 Watts of Cutting Katana Tone





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The BOSS Katana-500 Bass Head packs 500 watts of gig-ready low-end power into a compact and portable package, refining the Katana bass formula with a host of cutting-edge features. This head’s refined preamp circuitry and massive 500-watt Class D power section dish out a clear, full-bodied foundation for you to tweak with the Katana-500’s immensely flexible 4-band EQ, low-end shaping Bottom knob, and 3-position Hi Cut switch. Next, the Katana-500 head’s dedicated Drive and Compressor controls grant you plenty of grit and punch, while the Vintage/Modern switch transforms your signal from old-school warmth to modern clarity with the click of a switch. Picky about your bass cabs? The Katana-500 Bass Head’s state-of-the-art Cab Resonance automatically optimizes your head’s tone for your respective cab. Furthermore, a versatile output section including dual XLR speaker outs, USB, a miked speaker-emulated line-out, and headphone out ensure that this head excels in any setting, from straight-into-DAW bedroom recording to sold-out stages. Top it all off with a veritable library’s worth of effects via the BOSS Tone Studio, and the Katana-500 Bass Head elevates BOSS’s Katana bass offerings to an entirely new level of performance and power.





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Enhance your tone with expansive equalization controls





Sweetwater’s discerning tone tweakers can’t help but be impressed by the Katana-500 Bass Head’s robust assortment of equalization options. First up, a 4-band active EQ covers all your bog-standard sonic shaping duties, with the option to precisely target your tone’s midrange using three low-mid and high-mid frequency options. A dedicated Bottom knob then allows you to optimize your low end for respective stages.





On the opposite end, the Katana-500 Bass Head boasts a trio of Hi Cut settings to tame your trebles. Finally, a specialized Amp Feel knob gives you access to both a Vintage and Modern tonal profile, making it a breeze to instantly swap over from warm old-school thump to a crisper, clearer, and more contemporary profile with an extended frequency range ? a feature Sweetwater’s gigging bassists favor, as it makes stark stylistic swaps during your set list as easy as clicking a button.





1-click Cab Resonance optimization





Every speaker cabinet sports its own unique frequency response and impedance curve, which can go a long way in shaping your head’s tone ? and not always for the best. Luckily, the BOSS Katana-500 Bass Head features cutting-edge Cab Resonance technology to perfectly calibrate the head’s output stage circuitry to meld with your cab’s respective sonic profile, sharpening up your sound with enhanced feel, deeper lows, and superior high-end definition. Best of all, this technology is completely automatic ? simply click on the Katana-500 Bass Head’s dedicated Cab Resonance switch and let BOSS’ innovative processing technology do the rest.





Powered by the BOSS Tone Studio





The BOSS Katana-500 Bass Head supports a variety of timeless BOSS effects, with deep customization to further enhance and define your sound using the BOSS Tone Studio software. Simply connect the Katana-500 Bass to your computer via USB to gain access to more than 60 BOSS effects, with the option to swap out settings and types for the Katana-500 Bass Head’s Comp Drive, and FX knobs. Whenever your setup starts to feel stale, load up the BOSS Tone Studio to entirely transform your Katana-500 Bass Head’s FX section and inspire yourself with a fresh new assortment of bold BOSS tones.





BOSS Katana-500 Bass Amplifier Head Features:


Compact bass amplifier head, combining refined Katana preamp circuitry with a clear, rich, and massive-sounding 500-watt Class D power amp section


4-band active EQ section, with 3 low-mid and high-mid frequency options to sculpt your sound


3-position Hi Cut switch smooths over your signal’s treble response


Bottom knob to optimize your low end


Amp Feel switch instantly transforms your tone from the old-school warmth of Vintage to the cutting precision of Modern


Dedicated Drive and Comp knobs to add punch and grit to your tone


Cab Resonance button automatically optimizes your tone respective to your cab’s frequency response using cutting-edge processing


Impart extra clarity to your sound by adding in your direct tone with the Blend knob


Shape button modifies your head’s voice with wide-range, mid-scooped, and bright profile curves


Pad switch to accommodate high-power active pickups


USB functionality gives you access to direct computer recording and BOSS Tone Studio software, with over 60 BOSS effects to explore


Tone Studio allows you to swap out and switch to alternate effect types on the Comp, FX, and Drive knobs


Built-in Memory control makes it a cinch to instantly recall a previous preset


Robust output section includes dual XLR speaker outs, an XLR line-out, and a headphone out


Additional jacks available to pair up your expression pedal or GA-FC footswitch