Perfect weapon amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII
The Black veil brides guitar tone for “Perfect weapon”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Ibanez RG550. Studio cut, We Stitch These Wounds (2010) — main rhythm riff
Peavey 6505+ / Mesa Dual Rectifier into 4x12 cab, EMG 81 bridge humbuckers, Tube Screamer boost, Drop C# / Drop D tuning
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 5 |
01Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
Essential in front to clamp palm-mute chugs tightly
02EHX Soul Food
BOOST — clean overdrive boost tightening the Katana's Lead preamp gain
03Boss GE-7 Equalizer
Tightens flub at 100Hz while pushing modern metalcore bite at 1.6kHz
The Katana 100 MkII Lead voicing emulates a cascaded high-gain 5150-style front end, allowing the amp to act as the primary gain source. We run the EHX Soul Food with drive near minimum and volume high to tighten the low-end flub exactly like Jake Pitts' front-end Tube Screamer. The GE-7 shapes the signature modern metalcore profile by trimming sub-bass rumble and accentuating 1.6kHz attack. Clean interlude: switch to Katana Clean type and engage the Boss CE-5 Chorus.
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