No Buses amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII
The Arctic Monkeys guitar tone for “No Buses”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Ibanez AZ2204. Studio version, Who the F*** Are Arctic Monkeys? EP (2006)
Fender Stratocaster into Fender-style clean amp (likely Fender Twin or similar), no significant pedals — raw, direct tone with light room ambience
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 7 |
The Katana's Clean type approximates Fender-style voicing well. Your AZ2204's Seymour Duncan Hyperion humbuckers are hotter and warmer than Turner's Strat single coils, so I dropped bass by 1 and kept treble at 7 to restore the jangle. The position 2 (bridge+middle) on your 5-way gives the thinnest, most single-coil-like sound available, and rolling tone to 7 tames any harshness from the bridge coil.
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