![]() The rear panel also features a 1/8-inch auxiliary input for an external sound source. The amp’s USB jack also can be used to send audio from the amp to a computer for recording and to play back audio from a computer. A rechargeable lithium battery is built into the transmitter, which can be recharged via the dock on the amp’s top panel, or with a mini USB cable connected to a transmitter and the amp’s rear panel USB jack or an external USB charger. ![]() There are also a 1/8-inch headphone/recording output jack and a ¼-inch input should you choose not to use the wireless transmitter. When powered by AC, the amp delivers 30 watts of output, which drops down to 20 watts when the amp is powered by batteries to conserve battery life.Īll of the amp’s controls are conveniently mounted on the top panel and consist of knobs for amp type (brown, lead, crunch, clean and acoustic), gain, volume, bass, middle, treble, boost/modulation, delay/FX, reverb and master, plus nine buttons for boost/modulation, delay/FX, reverb, tap tempo, Bluetooth linking, power on/off and engaging channel A, channel B or front panel settings. With its wireless design, compact, lightweight packaging and ability to operate with batteries, the Katana-Air offers guitarists the ultimate experience in play-anywhere power and convenience.įEATURES Thanks to its elongated rectangular shape and carrying handle, the Katana-Air looks like a micro amp head, but lo-and-behold I discovered that a pair of three-inch speakers are mounted below the controls behind the front panel’s black metal grill. Yet, here we are more than 40 years after the first mass-produced wireless systems for guitar were introduced, and Boss announces the Katana-Air amplifier, promoted as “the world’s first totally wireless guitar amplifier.” In addition to the way-cool factor of its wireless operation, the Boss Katana-Air is an impressive compact, portable amp for practice and recording, loaded with features like five different amp models, 58 different types of built-in effects, stereo audio streaming via Bluetooth, battery or AC power and the ability to control, edit and program the Katana-Air via an iOS or Android smartphone or tablet with the free Boss Katana-Air app. The concept of a guitar amp with a built-in wireless receiver seems so obvious that it’s hard to imagine that no one else thought of manufacturing one before now.
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