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Alison Hell amp settings — Boss Katana 50 Gen 3

The Annihilator guitar tone for “Alison Hell”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 with a Jackson Warrior. Main rhythm riff, studio version, Alice in Hell (1989)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 2203 boosted by Boss OD-1, Gibson/Epiphone Flying V (bridge humbucker)

Tight, aggressive thrash with pronounced upper-mids, razor-sharp pick attack, controlled low-end, and surgical note definition

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 Gen 3

CHANNELBrown amp typeBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Booster (Boss OD-1 / Overdrive model)

Engage the Katana's internal Booster assigned to standard OD

Drive 1 · Tone 5 · Level 9

Why these settings

The Katana 50 Gen 3 uses the Brown amp type to emulate a hot-rodded Marshall JCM800 power section. Engaging the onboard Booster block mimics Jeff Waters' classic OD-1 front-end push to tighten the bass while keeping amp gain at 6 to preserve tracking clarity. Bass is kept back at 4 and mids are pushed to 7 to replicate the surgical thrash punch of the record. Clean intro: switch to Clean amp type with Booster off.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm mute firmly over the bridge saddles and use a heavy, sharp pick with forceful downward slant to replicate Jeff Waters' ultra-tight, machine-gun picking attack.

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