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Another Day amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

The Dream Theater guitar tone for “Another Day”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Images and Words (1992)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ head, Ibanez RG550 with DiMarzio humbuckers (bridge), TC Electronic 2290 delay, light chorus

Liquid, singing lead tone with boosted mids, smooth highs, tight compression, and sustain for days

Amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	3
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Hotone Ampero (Compressor block)

Light compression for sustain and even dynamics—Petrucci uses TC HyperGravity live

Level 6 · Sustain 5 · Attack 4

02Hotone Ampero (Tube Screamer / OD block)

Used as a clean boost to tighten low end and push mids—emulates Petrucci's Keeley Red Dirt approach

Drive 2 · Tone 5 · Level 7

03Hotone Ampero (Chorus block)

Subtle stereo widening—place in FX loop or post-amp in signal chain

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Mix 3

04Hotone Ampero (Digital Delay block)

Set delay time ~380-420ms for the melodic solo sections—place in FX loop

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Mix 4

Why these settings

Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Petrucci's humbuckers, so I raised mid +2 and dropped treble -1 vs his original settings. The tone knob at 6 rolls off the ice-pick highs that single coils produce at high gain. The Katana's Lead channel gets closest to the Mark IIC+ saturation, but use the TS-style boost block to tighten the low end—the Katana's Lead voice is slightly looser than a Mesa.

PRO TIPPetrucci's legato phrasing on this solo relies heavily on left-hand hammer-ons and pull-offs with minimal picking—keep your picking hand light and let the compression and gain sustain the notes. Roll your tone knob down to 5 during the highest-register bends to avoid shrill overtones.

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