Is the Boss Katana the newest Fender Mustang III?

[DetroitBlues]

Not sure how many of you remember this, but when Fender rolled out the Mustang series, those amps had a pretty solid following. Cheap, loud, and honestly sounded pretty decent for digital modeling. If I remember right, the Mustang III was the 100-watt 1x12 combo where you could flip through patches for different tones and effects.

I’m pretty sure our long-departed brother Rhoadscholar was an early adopter and gigged a Mustang III all the time.

Now I’m seeing more and more people running the Boss Katana 100...another 100-watt 1x12 combo.

Feels like it’s the next wave of “good enough to gig, won’t cry if it dies” amp tech.

Line 6 → Peavey Vypyr → Fender Mustang → Boss Katana… the evolution of cheap “tube-ish tone” amps?

Am I missing any stops along the way?  (I'm omitting the expensive types such as Fractal, Kemper, and Neural DSP)

 

[kennyv4]

I like the 100 watt Katana amp. I bought the first generation model and gigged with it for quite a few years with no issues.  The amp is worth the money and I recommend buying the control pedal for the amp. 

[TalismanRich]

I've been going to a local blues bar to see some friends play, and the bar has a backline available.  Some nights are jam session nights, others have regular bands.   They keep some Boss amps for guitars,  and a Hartke bass combo amp.   

It seems that most guitar players bring along their own amps if it's a working band.   For the jams,  it seems the Boss works out.   The bass players just use the Hartke.

I've never played one, though.

 

Years ago I got a Peavey Transformer 112.   It's still downstairs.   It wasn't bad.  I used my Classic 30,  but our keyboard player used it for a while since it had rotary emulation which gave it a Leslie sound.