The Katana Mini is Keeley’s oldest design made smaller and with tasteful updates including an additional feature.
The Katana started back in 2002 within the Time Machine Boost. It was a dual class A JFET design that gave players and incredible boost and sounded so good they never turned off. In fact they often ran two or three on stages like John Mayer!
Main Features:
• Mini Booster effect pedal
• Miniaturized version of Keeley’s first pedal design packed with modern features
• Cascading Dual JFET stages for tube-amp-like saturation
• 4 internally switchable modes
o Normal – up to 35db of clean boost
o Hi-Gain – adds drive for overdriven, saturated tones
o Hi-Cut – for a warmer tone, perfect to soften Strats or Teles
o Hi-Cut + Hi-Gain – offers thick, creamy tube-amp sounding boost with grit
• Compact mini format
• Made in Edmond, USA
• Powered by a regular 9V DC PSU (centre -, 2,1 mm, low ~65 mA current draw)
The Mini Katana boost provides over 35dB of boost. Enough for the most demanding players and sound reinforcement.
On top of that this Mini version of the Katana offers 4 Booster modes! With the dual micro switches you have a total of four sounds possible. Need drive, just flip the micro Hi-Gain Switch inside and you’ve got overdriven tone! Flip the Hi-Cut Switch on the inside and you have a warmer tone to soften any Strat or Tele. Flip both switches and you have the ultimate sounding boost, thick, creamy, tube-amp sounding, and plenty of volume on tap!
Obsessed with cleanest, most enjoyable tone boosted? Well, Before other people started using Blue LED’s and non-diode clipping stages, there was the TMB and Katana…. Cascading FET stages do the tube-amp-thing like nothing else!
Now made smaller, it will fit any board – any budget. Enjoy a tasteful update to the pedal that redefined clean boost in the boutique era!