I am going in raw

[Mincer]

I am happy that the Nextone sounded good. I am looking forward to trying out one myself.

 

[ErikH]

I am happy that the Nextone sounded good. I am looking forward to trying out one myself.

As long as you go in not expecting the bells and whistles in the front end like the Katana, you'll be alright. It likes the channel volumes turned up then use the master volume and power level to control the overall. Out of the box it's pretty basic. It takes connecting it to a computer and using the editor to get to presets and other fun power amp stuff. It's nice out of the box though. I did a full reset on mine after I got it and upgraded the firmware to the latest.

 

[Mincer]

As long as you go in not expecting the bells and whistles in the front end like the Katana, you'll be alright. It likes the channel volumes turned up then use the master volume and power level to control the overall. Out of the box it's pretty basic. It takes connecting it to a computer and using the editor to get to presets and other fun power amp stuff. It's nice out of the box though. I did a full reset on mine after I got it and upgraded the firmware to the latest.

With amps like this, you never get the full experience in the store because you don't have a handy computer to connect to.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Love to see a Kramer Gene Simmons Axe Bass or is it a Cort? Hard to spot. The headstock looks more like a Cort, i guess.

Yeah...it's a Cort....Still a pretty sweet looking & sounding bass...just way less $$

 

[Seashore]

As long as you go in not expecting the bells and whistles in the front end like the Katana, you'll be alright. It likes the channel volumes turned up then use the master volume and power level to control the overall. Out of the box it's pretty basic. It takes connecting it to a computer and using the editor to get to presets and other fun power amp stuff. It's nice out of the box though. I did a full reset on mine after I got it and upgraded the firmware to the latest.

How much crunch and gain can you dial in on a Nextone? The demo I heard only got up to a sort of indie-rock grit, but I liked the realism. I got to play a Katana recently and there's more than enough gain there but I'm not entirely sold on the basic sounds.

 

[Mincer]

How much crunch and gain can you dial in on a Nextone? The demo I heard only got up to a sort of indie-rock grit, but I liked the realism. I got to play a Katana recently and there's more than enough gain there but I'm not entirely sold on the basic sounds.

A Katana really needs the deep editing to get the most of it (for me, anyway).

 

[Seashore]

A Katana really needs the deep editing to get the most of it (for me, anyway).

Good point, I was just using the knobs on top. I didn't hate what I heard, but I could see myself getting sick of it. If there's more nuance to be dialed in via computer, my inner tone snob will probably be happy.

 

[ErikH]

How much crunch and gain can you dial in on a Nextone? The demo I heard only got up to a sort of indie-rock grit, but I liked the realism. I got to play a Katana recently and there's more than enough gain there but I'm not entirely sold on the basic sounds.

I can play Judas Priest and Iron Maiden on it without a pedal. There's plenty of gain on tap, even with adding more with the boost function (which can be a boost; clean, midrange, treble, or one of the several overdrives available, or a distortion or a compressor). Just a matter of what is assigned to the boost function.

 

[Mincer]

Good point, I was just using the knobs on top. I didn't hate what I heard, but I could see myself getting sick of it. If there's more nuance to be dialed in via computer, my inner tone snob will probably be happy.

What you have on the amp is like 1/10th of what you can do. They should have built the older amps (mine is a 50 MK II) with Bluetooth and had an iOS editor, as it is clumsy to set up a laptop just to edit sounds.