I bought the 60 and then immediately upgraded to the 200. I was a Helix guy for years so this just feels natural to me. Very reminiscent of the old Flextone series I always loved. I have tube amps and other plugin options as well as different modelers, and the Catalyst has become my fav go to solution. Well done Line 6.

@leoolivero963

11 ай бұрын

I also bought the 200 after a month with the 60. Now I struggle to go back to single speaker anything.

Dagan is an awesome Presenter (I think that's what Brits call host). He's fair, thorough, and can play his ass off. When he gives his opinion on stuff it comes across as authentic and reliable. Keep up the good work, Dagan. Love the channel!

@judgegroovyman

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree and always entertaining and pleasant to listen to.

@74Matty

Жыл бұрын

we just say host

Clever move by Line 6. Hard to improve on Helix so an amp range to compete with Katanas…👏👏👏👏👏

@mikeg.9238

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this definitely reminds me of a Katana, i used to have the line 6 spider 4 Jam amp. I absolutely hated it , was way to confusing and too many buttons and knobs to figure it out. I ended up selling it and bought the Katana , way more simplified!

I’m always relieved when Dagan has made a video of a product I’m checking out. He plays like I hope to play some day.

Excellent video, I've loved Line 6 stuff since my first Pod 20 years ago.

Back to the Pod/Pod2 philosophy of a few cool sounds/fx but with HX models. Well done Line6.

The clean with boost is the sound in my head. Gotta get one of these.

If you're using something like a quad cortex and looking for a speaker to play through, using this with the FX loop as an input from the modeler is a great solution rather than laying down $799 for a good attenuator and a cab. Plus a great backup should the modeler hick-up during a gig. Would have preferred to see a bluetooth midi option to eliminate a midi cable though.

Ordered a Catalyst60 yesterday. This is way better than my Spider2 amp and my Pod 2.0 which will soon be donated to a young guitarist.

Man I truly hope digital amp modeling/solid state technology keeps improving as new tubes are becoming harder to come by both price and availability...

I myself ALWAYS supported Line 6....very cool

Man I was deadset on getting a Katana, but this thing has definitely thrown a spanner in the works! Finally Boss has real competition in this space!

@jimmyjames7946

Жыл бұрын

I bought the 100mk2 katana and absolutely love it!! Couldn't be happier.. but it was a hard decision between the 2. The catalyst is only one out there that sounds as good or maybe better depending on taste.. I'm really happy with boss . Have used there stuff for years and it's bullet proof so far.. 🤘🤘can't go wrong with either!! Cheers

I've had the Catalyst 200 for a few weeks. This thing and my strat are in love. The amp sounds so good i may just keep it. I sold my Katana Mk2 head and cab shortly after getting it.

@jimmyjames7946

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! We're all so proud of you. Keep up the great work 👍👍

@74Matty

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmyjames7946 what great work?

@iancurrie8844

Жыл бұрын

@@74Matty keep up the great work Matty. We are proud of you!

@thedcrthriko

10 ай бұрын

@@iancurrie8844 what great work?

Great video!

Good, thorough demo! Sounds good, versatile. Cheers!

Sound great!

I'll be renting one while house-sitting next week - looks/sounds promising.

Bravo line 6 catalyst is a beast

Great tones and effects, but I have to go with the high gain. That overdriven sound is excellent.

This looks like a real contender!

I usually hate solid state amps,but this one sounds good. I’m going to go tmrw to try one out. I’m normally a fender hot rod guy, but hate the weight and the drama that comes with those amps. Hot rods have quality issues as well.

Brilliant 👍

Video for 2022 Kramer Pacer Classic?

Is this amp (in clean mode), in your opinion, good setup for a pedal system and not rely on the internal drives?

GOOD EVENING YOU THERE GUYS.SUCCES.

Now we have both Boss katana and Line 6 Catalyst, of course i think there would be new hybrid analogic and modeling style Amps, next i think would be a new Marshall, Vox and Fender joining on competition against Boss Katana in this style of amps.

What's the Amp that models the power tubes? It's a modeling Amp but you can switch among 6l6, el84, and 2 others. Can't remember.

They really nailed that liquidy tube sizzle

Great review thanks . My dilemma, to buy a Catalyst or Spider Mk2 ? - please can you do a comparison video aimed at a new guitarist. Many thanks 🇬🇧

I have the Katana artist 2 and think I'll try the Catalyst 100. For the price, how can you go wrong. I also have helix floor

Well sht.. I just bought Katana 100 mk2 like two days ago :D. And I'm perfectly happy with it too, but there's a change I might have waited for the Catalyst had I known it exists

@israeltamezmusic2545

2 жыл бұрын

I’m returning my katana for this

@Mattseak

2 жыл бұрын

@Nick Vondo yeah I agree, no use going after the new shiny object just yet, though I'm sure anyone how buys a Catalyst will also be happy with it

@auntjenifer7774

2 жыл бұрын

Shit ! I just got the new line 6 stereo amp spider V mk 2 amp and I'm happy as heck with it so far with just the few things I have figured out how to do, like using the drum loops for practice and dialing in the killer tones this thing has ! A big plus is that you can use this amp for bass and accoustic guitar and use the looper to have bass and accoustic guitar with a drum track ! It's great and full of killer tones !

@davidbarlow431

2 жыл бұрын

The catalyst isn't as good as the katana.

@dustinarnold79

2 жыл бұрын

It certainly sounds better out the box

I have a Spider III, 75w x 1 12" celestion, and for my purposes, it is one bad ass amp. I record at home, and do all the music so with the Spider III I can find just the exact tone I need, from either the presets, or I can create just what I want. So when everyone poo poos on Line 6, chances are they have never played one. This Catalyst seems really a cut above, and I feel the old wallet getting warm. BTW, how much are they selling for?

Is there an acoustic setting?

I had a friend that recently purchased a hot Rod deluxe sounded beautiful as expected if you don’t mind the rattle coming from one of the power tubes sounded like a chandelier hanging loosely from the ceiling it was under warranty from GC he brought it back they gave him another brand-new HRD the same thing happened a very noticeable rattle coming from a power tube it really put a bad taste in the mouth about dealing with tube amps These newer solid-state amps are really closing the gap it might be the way to go !?!?

@markerf16

9 ай бұрын

Went through many hot rods with same issues. Changing tubes doesn’t always help. I’m done with them.

Is this amp suitable for pop punk pub gigging or are there better options in a similar price range? Bit gutted it’s only two channels rather than four ☹️

Will the catalyst amp charge my G10 Relay like my V120 ?

Sounds good tbf. shame theres no head, im fond of my 212 haha

Hot damn! Now Dagan has his very own Lee! Just kidding man, no offense intended. :-) This thing rocks. May have to reconsider a pending purchase...

Great sounds! Is the 100 watt model much better than the 60 watter? Considering the price and weight?

@tyeames1903

10 ай бұрын

They sound the same Catalyst is roughly 40 dollars less than the katana.

I still have a flextone111 which this looks to be in the mould of.

Would love to hear a Les Paul through this amp.

It would be great if each amp came with a "Ross Bailey" to stand there and dial it in while I played it :)

Cooooool

Katanas getting some competition after many years

Now that Bill Lawrence, I know it's a L500XL, but is it a Becky and Bill (Wilde Pickups) or is it from Bill Lawrence pickups? Looks like Wilde as it doesn't have the name...which means it's the original. I think lol

What I feel this amp needs is an FBV foot controller

I want it

Seems like their are alot off katana fan boys that can't stand that line 6 came out with something that sounds better out the box than the katana

Tones, volume controls for apartment living, price and DYNAMICS... I'm in...😎👍

This is awesome sounding and I find it funny how people talk shit on line 6 when really they have great products. I own a line 6 spider v mkii and I used to own the spider 3 half stack ... I also own a boss katana mkii 50 but I wish I got the 100 as the 50 has no effects loop. My one question is this catalyst a solid state or tube? I'm sure it's solid state

@jessetate9701

2 жыл бұрын

Ss amp bro

@gwhiz3708

2 жыл бұрын

This is cutting edge line 6 technology. It’s called solid tube state. It also has a hidden channel called whizzy for the fizzy because we all know line 6 is the master of fizz!

Did Yamaha have find someone who's the same height as you to show this?

Just got mine. Has some unique tones for sure, with the classic tube response. But for the life of me I can't dial in my Marshall tone. Have a DSL40C which I love. But too big to carry around for small impromtu sessions. So i've been searching. Have the PG Spark. Have the Blackstar HT5R. And now the L6 Catalyst. None give me the full, cabinet sound of the Marshall. Not even close. I think since these others don't have a "Resonance" boost (which I have on 8 on the DSL) everything sounds thin. Anybody know what I'm talking about and/or have suggestions? Looking for the full sound in a small footprint.

@doctorskull8197

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this very valuable piece of information! That’s all I need to know to NOT get a Catalyst. That Marshall tone you mentioned is exactly what I want in a light weight package. I guess that’s just not possible, yet. I’ll just have to wait around for the next version in the Catalyst. (Catalyst II, maybe)?

@Hoagiemon

2 жыл бұрын

I miss that 4/12 90lb. cab sound also, but I don’t play at those sound levels anymore. Most everyone complains about modelers and small one speaker amps missing that air pressure coming from 4 speakers. So far, no one’s been able to replicate that with technology.

@rosskrause3926

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hoagiemon On my first generation Peavey Vypyr 1-12" 75 watt combo amp I unplugged the stock speaker and installed a input jack to the stock speaker wires and now I can plug my 2-12" 0r 4-12" cab in and it sounds amazing now if you need a bigger sound..

@Hoagiemon

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosskrause3926 it’s almost impossible to replicate all those speakers without actually plugging into them like your doing. That’s a good workaround.

I love my boss katana but now I’m questioning everything 😂

Nice amp, I must admit I've got my spider V sounding like this amp

Dagan is like, " yep, yeah, uhhu.....lol". He just wants to jam it.

Dagan, when you told him that the crunch sounds good, your face was saying that it sounds like a hi gain… not like a crunch at all…

no more stereo sound bummer only on the 212 combo

Does it take pedals well?

@PMTVUK

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah!

@aaronyoung8491

2 жыл бұрын

If it did they would be showing it.

@rickeymitchell8303

2 жыл бұрын

No

@rickeymitchell8303

2 жыл бұрын

@Nick Vondo never said they can't said No to if they'd take them well the amp is brittle and harsh as I see degans goofy ass day wooooow so much gurth and bass response 🤡

@auntjenifer7774

2 жыл бұрын

Doubtful, but really what digital amp does take over drive and distortion pedals and sound good !?

sounds good but the effects selection is long winded compared to the katana, too many push button, hold button, turn that selector .just give it proper dials!

So many missed opportunities. Why not put the controls like the Katana Artist? It immediately makes it seem mo upscale and like it’s designed for compete with the more expensive artist. Footswitch sound be bundled. Doesn’t cost a lot to make but it makes the amp much more useful for the player.

Well what do you know. I've been saying that it's only a matter of time before Line 6 puts Helix models into their amps for a few years now, and every time I say this I get called an idiot for all sorts of ridiculous reasons.

Line 6 rep is taller than Dagan !!! That's a first 😂

Now does it have a noise gate?

@TheToneshack

2 жыл бұрын

It does indeed.

Missed opportunity. Wish they had included Helix integration. MIDI is not user friendly. Somebody who buys a Helix for its ease of programming and the Catalyst for its simplicity isn't gonna want to dive into MIDI programming to make them work together. Still interested but Line 6's left hand seems to be unaware of their right.

They should add more tones and effects

I love this amp and i love Line 6 products, but i think Katana is so mutch better! Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹

I was about to go for the Cat because of the better and warmer sound but it’s kinda sad you can only have one effect at once. In the katana you can have up until 3 at once + delay and reverb so its sad cause the cat had way more potential

I use my spider 5 mkii alot especially when I want to use my looper because my katana mkii 50 don't take the looper in front of the amp unless u on freaking clean bs. Plus my katana don't take my iPad smh which is total bs because alot of people only have apple products like iPhone and ipads... so to use the katana tone studio I need to use my old android phone that the battery dies quickly. Plus I just bought the iPad before the katana so I could use it on both amps but I couldn't and I couldn't even use my old android phone until after I ordered an adapter online to hook it from the ethernet... cable to the adapter to the phone shit I would of bought a laptop or a android tablet if I knew all that bs and it's like a mini c or something so I have to get another adapter with a regular c and female USB smh to go to this new android phone .... so yeah boss katana isn't always as great as people say especially if u got the mferin 50 ... I'd say buy the 100 if u use a looper lol

Should’ve put controls on front rather on back like Boss katana

@rickeymitchell8303

2 жыл бұрын

Nah

HELLO GUYS CAN,T YOU TRY THE NEW GIBSON 4 FROM SLASH.PLEASE. HEY THIS IS WITH ME JOHNNY.P FROM HOLLAND.SUCCES

Had Catalyst for one day. Returned to the store. Felt cheap. A toy at best. Vox Cambridge is far superior IMO.

Too fiddly for live use, sounds good though, but, I'll stick to my katana with the librarian app for gigs

That guy looks like jack osbournes brother

Ya this is line 6 attempting to compete with the boss Katana's.

@krumple4skin548

2 жыл бұрын

Line 6 have been making amps like this since the 90's

@Rocktalk101

2 жыл бұрын

@@krumple4skin548 So I am assuming by your comment you think I did not know that but I did know that FYI. My comment is just that this is line 6 attempting to compete with the boss katana series of amps nothing more nothing less. And it is not trying to take anything away from line 6 either it is just my thoughts on it.

@krumple4skin548

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rocktalk101Rodger that . these type of amps are a dime a dozen these days

@shanthalperera5216

2 жыл бұрын

@@krumple4skin548 Also note Roland (Boss-Roland) has been making amps since the 70s. With the Katana, Boss found a niche that has proven to be very lucrative and everyone wants a piece of the pie.

@krumple4skin548

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanthalperera5216 yes the old jc 120 though ive seen alot of small boss amps here i thibk from the early 80s.

When I was a kid and didn't know anything about anything I used to drool over a Line 6 amp. Now, I'd only use them to break hotel windows.

Ha! They basically took the Powercab box, ripped Boss Katana off, there you go, Katalyst amp!

Bye katana

I’m sure it’s just post editing, but this sounds kind of harsh to me. IMO Katana MK2 amps are better when it comes to effects editing.

I'll keep my Katana and they can keep the copy. 🎸

@spiderman0863

2 жыл бұрын

I agree Road Dog

@Max_94

2 жыл бұрын

If it has the hx amp technology, this will definitely sound better.

@jessetate9701

2 жыл бұрын

@@Max_94 yea I had the helix this sounds like the amps in the helix 299 with the hx technology this will feel responsive like tube amp

@vaughnfontenot4535

Жыл бұрын

Line 6 did it first tho😂 this is the copy but yea I like the boss better

@City2x

Жыл бұрын

You do realize that all amps are copies of the same idea right?

You guys kinda look like identical..

The older Fender Mustangs are still the best.

Should have used a warm sounding guitar for this harsh amp

Too much bass on boutique

Line6 distortion still sounds…. My Roland Cube still sounds better, i think.

Buy tube amps y’all

@richardbirch5744

2 жыл бұрын

LOL. But consider the features, versatility AND weight differential. From a weight perspective, these amps are light and won't break anyone's back. 60w 1x12: 26lbs, 100w 1x12: 32lbs; 100w 2x12: 42lbs. You find me any 2x12 all valve amp that only weighs 42lbs!! And you won't need to spend £100 plus to retube it. I've had loads of valve amps and I still have three, but at my age I just can't carry them anymore.

@robertcarey3383

2 жыл бұрын

Now that you can't buy tubes.....that may not be a option much longer

@doctorskull8197

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardbirch5744 yes! I’m tired of lugging heavy gear, especially when it’s 3AM and I’m a little tipsy🍺🍺

@davem4131

Жыл бұрын

I had a mesa 25watt recto verb and ended up using the gt100 boss through the clean channel for low Lou me playing as mesa need cranking. So basically tune amps need opening up which is not great for the neighbours

Lame copy for more money but without the all analogue front end. Not as many concurrent effects and no compressor? No thanks.

Same old thang, my fender tone master sounds better

@julian4672

2 жыл бұрын

If course it will be better considering the price range. But for the cost, this and the katana did great.

@rubentrevino6288

2 жыл бұрын

@@julian4672 went back and reheard the catalyst, it sounds better than katana

sounds icepicky to me......lost in the mix

*Just more garbage to pile up in the ocean.* 🌊

Sounds like a dog fart in a glass jar... And I'm being kind...

I have not heard a decent metal tone out of this amp in any any video. The Catalyst is a Katana copy anp that does not have the tone of the Katana. Garbage....

@johnbgood52

2 жыл бұрын

Found the 12-year-old.

@ToddzillaGuitars

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnbgood52 :)

Yuck

Just came in to comment.. No line6 anything gents and ladies.. Just don’t. This video didn’t happen, it’s not real... Go spend good money and skip this entirely

@xamislimelight8965

2 жыл бұрын

What if I told you things that say Line 6 arent always bad? Just like things that say Fender or Gibson arent always good.

@petepaul615

2 жыл бұрын

@@xamislimelight8965 If you were to say that in reply to me, I wouldn't be able to argue a conclusive point. These things are objective subject to the intended idea and concept.. Line6 is basically trash, I apologize if it offends but us my view. I have extensive gear and do not bad mouth many brands or efforts publicly I believe the brand is poor money spent as a upgrade is enviable.. Never spend good money after bad on gear mate I promise

@richardbirch5744

2 жыл бұрын

@@petepaul615 That's the biggest load of prejudiced ill-informed bunkum I've ever heard. I currently have a Line 6 Pod Go and it's superb through headphones, my Headrush FRFR108 and through the FX return of my amps. I've used valve amps for most of my life - everything from Fender Blackface/Silverface twin reverbs and Orange to Vox AC30 top boost (6 input) , Marshall JCM800, JTM45, Super 100. I still have 5 amps - Marshall JCM200DSL401 (with Classic Lead 80), Valvestate Mk1, Laney Cub 12R (with Vintage 30) , VC30-210 plus 1x12 extn cab, and Vox Valvetronix AD120VTX with AD212 cab. And I'd gig with the Line 6 Pod Go any day of the week!

@petepaul615

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardbirch5744 You started w the line including prejudice?! Now I know you're full of shite ! Ah ha ha ha Line6 is terrible gear on the real good sir. Couldn't care less more then I do now about what amps you've owned ! What's that got to do w anything line6 mate ?! Cause your bedroom sounds good w line 6 ?! Kk, enjoy man. Who cares what I say, I spike my truth big baller, your line6 gear is pure shite regardless of the good gear you threw away.... Maybe it's not gear that's your issue, Maybe it's your ear good Sir Carry on

@soulsweet40

2 жыл бұрын

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