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Tears dont fall amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

The Bullet for my valentine guitar tone for “Tears dont fall”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Ibanez RG550. Studio album version, The Poison (2005) - Main heavy rhythm riff

Original rig

Peavey 5150 / Mesa Dual Rectifier blend, Gibson Flying V / ESP with EMG 81 active pickups, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer (boost), Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

Aggressive, tight mid-focused 2000s metalcore rhythm distortion with fast palm-muted tracking

Amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

CHANNELBrown amp typeBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

Essential for clamping fast-decay palm-muted stops and killing hiss

Threshold 7 · Decay 2

02Boss GE-7 Equalizer

Front input boost: tightens low-end flub and mimics the classic TS9 mid-hump pushing the Katana front end

100Hz 4 · 200Hz 5 · 400Hz 6 · 800Hz 7 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 6 · 6.4kHz 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Katana 100 MkII's Brown amp type replicates the saturated bite of the original 5150/Rectifier wall of sound, with presence dialed to 6 on the panel to capture that modern high-gain cut. Rather than using the ML-2 which alters the amp's core voicing, the amp carries the primary high-gain drive while the GE-7 acts as a mid-focused overdrive boost to mimic Matt Tuck's TS9 pushing hot EMG 81s into the preamp. Clean intro: switch amp type to Clean, kick on the CE-5 chorus, and add subtle RV-6 hall reverb.

PRO TIPDrop C tuning creates heavier string slack, so angle your pick slightly downward and strike close to the bridge saddles with firm palm muting to achieve that ultra-tight, percussive chug without bass flub.

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