Struggle to make the Boss Katana 110 combo sound nice

[Thrillho_12]

Title says it all really.

 

I think all the features of the amp make it a good practice amp. You can try out loads of effects and it has a lot of versatility in different use cases.

 

But I just don't really like the way it sounds a lot of the time. I find it super hard to dial in a nice tone that doesn't sound farty or overly buzzy. I've saved patches but never been truly convinced by any of them as a plug and play tone.

 

Am I doing something wrong? Are there any killer patches out there that I'm missing? Or do I just need to admit that it's not quite for me and move on.

 

As ever, advice and expertise is very much appreciated. 

 

 

[Downunderwonder]

As a practice amp you need to accept the limited output volume. I think it's likely your ugly tones are the results of

 

Overdriving the preamp.

Overdriving the speaker. 

Both.

 

Try dialing everything back a bit.

[Thrillho_12]

Shall give this a go. Though I don't think I'm putting much strain on it at all. I have noticed that pretty much any gain at all makes it a bit flabby.

[ebenezer]

I tried one, and I couldn't find a nice tone.