Twenty-five watts of reactive analogue power drives a custom eight-inch speaker in this compact home amplifier from BOSS, bringing the Katana series down to practice and bedroom volumes without losing the responsive feel of a tube design. The Katana-25 houses six amp characters ranging from clean tones through to high-gain brown sound, plus a voicing specifically tuned for acoustic-electric guitars. A Power Control switch drops output from full power to half a watt, delivering cranked-amp response at neighbour-friendly levels while maintaining the interactive dynamics that make valve amps feel alive under your fingers.
Over 60 BOSS effects run through the onboard processing, with up to five active simultaneously across delay, modulation, reverb, and drive categories. The Tone Setting section stores 20 factory presets and 10 user patches, with front-panel access to gain, volume, three-band EQ, tap tempo, and a built-in tuner. Bluetooth audio streaming turns a phone or tablet into a backing-track source, while the class-compliant USB-C port functions as a direct recording interface without driver installation. A headphone output mutes the speaker for silent practice, and the lightweight open-back cabinet keeps the whole package portable without sacrificing low-end response from the eight-inch driver.
The BOSS Tone Studio app opens deep editing of every parameter, grants access to the full effects library, and connects to BOSS Tone Exchange for downloading community-shared patches. Its Session function syncs with YouTube videos, automatically switching presets as a tutorial or playthrough progresses. Optional BOSS footswitches or the wireless EV-1-WL expression pedal add hands-free control over effects and channel switching, expanding the amp's live functionality beyond the front-panel controls.
Features
- 25-watt reactive analogue power amp with custom eight-inch speaker
- Six amp characters including acoustic-electric voicing and high-gain brown sound
- Power Control switch: 25 watts full power or 0.5 watts attenuated
- Over 60 BOSS effects with five simultaneous effect slots
- 20 factory presets plus 10 user memory slots with tap tempo
- Integrated Bluetooth audio streaming and class-compliant USB-C recording interface
- Headphone output for silent practice and monitoring applications
- BOSS Tone Studio app with Session function and Tone Exchange sharing



