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K. amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

The Cigarettes After Sex guitar tone for “K.”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Cigarettes After Sex self-titled album (2017)

Original rig

Epiphone Blues Custom 30W 2x12 combo amp, Fender Jazzmaster or similar offset guitar with single coils, heavy spring reverb

Dreamy, dark clean tone with heavy reverb, rolled-off highs, warm and atmospheric

Amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

CHANNELCleanBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	4
Treble	3
Presence	2
Reverb	8
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE4 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Epiphone Blues Custom is a warm, Fender-style clean amp with natural tube compression. Your Katana's Clean channel is more neutral and brighter, so treble is dropped to 3 (vs typical 5-6) and presence kept very low at 2 to avoid the sparkle that would kill this vibe. Your GIO's humbuckers are hotter and warmer than Gonzalez's single coils, so gain stays minimal at 2 to keep it glassy clean—the neck humbucker with tone rolled to 4 approximates that dark, pillowy Jazzmaster neck pickup sound.

PRO TIPPlay with your fingers or a very light pick attack near the neck pickup—this tone lives in the soft, almost muted dynamics. The reverb is doing 60% of the work here; if the Katana's built-in reverb feels too bright, use BOSS Tone Studio to swap it for a Hall or Modulated reverb with pre-delay around 30-50ms for that cavernous, slow-bloom atmosphere.

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