Adam's song amp settings — boss katana mini

The blink-182 guitar tone for “Adam's song”, dialed in for a boss katana mini with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Enema of the State (1999)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier, Fender Tom DeLonge Stratocaster (Seymour Duncan Invader bridge humbucker), no pedals — amp distortion only

Thick saturated high-gain with compressed palm mutes, mid-forward aggression, bright pick attack

Amp settings — boss katana mini

CHANNELBrownBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	6
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana Mini has no presence or reverb controls — the original used minimal reverb anyway. Your Les Paul's humbuckers are warmer and higher-output than DeLonge's Invader, so I dropped bass from 6 to 5 and pushed mids to 6 to retain that aggressive mid-forward cut. Brown amp type approximates the Mesa Rectifier's saturated modern voicing. Gain at 8 gets you into that compressed territory without losing note definition.

PRO TIPDeLonge's palm-mute attack came from picking right at the bridge saddles with medium-heavy picks (1mm+) and a light but consistent muting pressure — too heavy and you lose the chunk, too light and it gets flubby.

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