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A friend's band plays down at a local blues bar, and the venue has amps for the bass and guitar, along with the drum set. The guitar amp is a Katana, and most bands just plug in and go. Guitar players bring their pedal boards of course.

I have been using a Boss Katana 100 watt amp with a foot switch on and off for the last five years depending on what type of music I'm playing. The sound is adequate. Can't be compared to my Carr Rambler or other tube amps I own. The pluses are they are light weight, inexpensive, and I don't care what happens to it. It's a little banged up but still works fine. If and when it stops working, I will throw it out, save the Boss footswitch and buy another one.

Rob, you should be proud... you fed a family for close to a month!

Well, in any event, I did say I was being careful....

I was watching a local battle of bands contest. Each band played for 45 minutes and all were impressive. One guy pulled out a Marshall half stack and another band, the guy was using a Boss Katana. Both were decent volumes and both sounded good. I have six gigs coming up that require me to carry my gear up 2 full flights of stairs. The idea of a Katana amp being light and easy to carry has me wondering if I might want to consider a Boss (or still had my Quilter). One drawback to this modeling amps is these amps are "disposable" amps. Once they go bad, they get replaced. There is no amp tech going to be able to fix them. I'll still be lugging my 40W Marshall DSL up the stairs this weekend. Its not super heavy, but its enough....

Rob, this may have more than one meaning.....

thanks, it was great guitar!

But how does it sound, now, Steiner? Quickish ancedote: Headed to a party in my S-10 about thirty-five years ago. Rutting season, and I was being careful! Middle of nowhere, small herd pops out of the scrub pines to my right. I t-boned a large doe. Stove in the front end, radiator Swiss Cheesed. Truck, with the headlights still on, sits there steaming like the Union Pacific's Big Boy. This is pre-cell phone days. I have about ten miles to hike back to town. About that time a car, big Buick Estate Wagon, rolls up from the other direction. I wave, and the car stops about twenty-five yards past me, about where I hit the deer. Great! A ride home. Two Good Ol' Boys pile out of the Buick, pitch the deer into the back...and take off. I got home at about 3:00 a.m.

Someday I might get it re sprayed

I highly doubt it 🥴

There is a reason why I have the pros work on my 535. Electronics through a tiny opening with my sausage fingers don't go well. If I'm not mistaken, aren't Heritages all buffed and polished prior to electronics? This could be a reason why, especially on exposed electronics on hollow/semi-hollow bodies.

I don't know if simply buffing would have fixed it, but the advantage of nitro is that it could have been resprayed with clear and then buffed out. I don't know that Heritage would do it but Arnie Hileski or Dave Teske might have been able to do it.

And I’m a lucky guy that has an LW 150 they’re pretty rare!!!! Funny thing, though it’s really not as light as you would think. It’s still about 8 pounds or so.

Well, Brent, you could’ve saved yourself a lot of trouble by just taking it to Heritage after disassembling it. They would’ve buffed it out for you.

Because it increases the value!

I'm really not impressed by them. I will stick with my heavy ones with the beefier neck. Just my personal taste. I really don't like the original dropping prices. Not good for the resale value, not that I have plans to part with either of mine.

Oh yeah Rich!!! It’s a real joy!!!

Thanks Scott!!!

Thank you Tim!!!

@brentrocks...Brother, you are the original 'fix-it dude' when it comes to battered Heritage guitars. Like your former broke-neck 535 of a few years back, this restored CC 535 came out great!

I don't think that any of us have been privy to the current practice. Some years back they had the LW series which we saw, and of course we are familiar with the Millennium. I don't remember seeing any H150 body blanks with chambers when we visited back in August. Tim Pierce just did a video about his special guitar and their new Standard II guitars.

Any info on the type of chambering Heritage is using? Trashedman

Rapid and drastic changes in temperature and/or humidity check lacquer.

Those are some nice licks 😅