Boss announces Katana-500 bass head, Katana Cabinet 112 Bass and ME-90B
April 18, 2024 · 1 sources
Boss announced on April 18, 2024 the Katana-500 bass head, the matching Katana Cabinet 112 Bass and the ME-90B multi-effects pedal, expanding its bass amp and multi-effects lineup1.
The Katana-500 head is a 500-watt Class D amplifier with 60 Boss effects that can be swapped in and out of the Compression, Drive and FX sections, with deep edits performed in the free Tone Studio app1. Its front panel carries a four-band EQ, a Bottom control for the low end, a trio of Hi Cut settings for the treble, a Shape button for mid-scoop, bright and wide-range EQ curves, a Feel switch with Vintage and Modern settings, and a Blend dial nested with the effects for mixing in the dry bass signal1. A chicken-head dial shapes the sound when going direct to a desk or DAW, with three mic'd speaker emulations and three custom settings1. The Cab Resonance feature adjusts the output to pair with any speaker cabinet1. Around the back are two speaker outputs, a USB connection, inputs for an expression pedal and footswitch, a 1/4-inch output for headphones or direct recording, and an XLR out with groundlift; an optional MIDI dual adaptor adds Bluetooth for audio streaming and wireless Tone Studio edits1.
The Katana Cabinet 112 Bass is a small-footprint cabinet tuned to complement the head, loaded with an Eminence Neodymium Series woofer and a high-frequency tweeter with two switchable settings that can be turned off entirely1. The Katana-500 Head is priced at $799 and the Katana Cabinet 112 Bass at $6991.
The ME-90B is an all-in-one amp modeling and effects workstation for bass, with 61 effects, 10 bass preamp models built using Boss's AIRD technology, a small display and manual editing1. It has eight multi-function footswitches and an expression pedal, with effects categories grouped and selected by dial1. It runs in Manual or Memory mode, ships with 36 factory presets and has 36 user memory slots, and can run in mono or stereo1. It includes an effects loop, an XLR output for sending the signal direct to a PA, USB for home recording, a headphones output, and editing via Boss Tone Studio with space for three user-defined IRs1. The ME-90B is available now, priced at $3991.