Re: BOSS Katana amps-the next best thing?
Posted: 02 Dec 2018, 22:07
When I retired some years back I promised myself I would get me a quality acoustic guitar by Martin or other premium brand. I scoured the music shops trying a lot of guitars out but given the prices I was not really happy with the sounds of many I tried. I thought I would like a Martin D28 or maybe an 0028 .
I started looking further afield and came across Blueridge guitars made in China. They did a historic series with forward shifted x bracing and all the right solid woods. There was a story going around that they had bought up stocks of woods that Martin used for their guitars and Martin were not happy.
I ended up with a guitar that looks very much like a D45 , that's sounds fabulous and cost me £870 with hard case. The D45 were about £5000 + at the time. I still have that Blueridge and appears the new ones now go for £2000 approx. Whilst a proper D45 is a glorious guitar , I am very pleased with the choice and cost of the Blueridge and intend keeping it. The sound is great.
I also have a Boss Katana 100w Combo and find it's a great amp straight out of the box with a really good speaker.
I started looking further afield and came across Blueridge guitars made in China. They did a historic series with forward shifted x bracing and all the right solid woods. There was a story going around that they had bought up stocks of woods that Martin used for their guitars and Martin were not happy.
I ended up with a guitar that looks very much like a D45 , that's sounds fabulous and cost me £870 with hard case. The D45 were about £5000 + at the time. I still have that Blueridge and appears the new ones now go for £2000 approx. Whilst a proper D45 is a glorious guitar , I am very pleased with the choice and cost of the Blueridge and intend keeping it. The sound is great.
I also have a Boss Katana 100w Combo and find it's a great amp straight out of the box with a really good speaker.