Cocaine amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

The Eric clapton guitar tone for “Cocaine”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, Slowhand (1977)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (later signature model with Vintage Noiseless pickups and active mid-boost) into Fender Twin Reverb; live versions use Dumble-modified '57 Bandmaster

Warm, slightly gritty clean with controlled breakup, smooth midrange, touch-sensitive dynamics

Amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

CHANNELCrunchBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Clapton's Strat with mid-boost into a clean Fender creates warm breakup with prominent mids. Your Telecaster's bridge pickup is brighter and more cutting than his Strat, so I've selected the neck+middle position and rolled tone to 7 to approximate his smoother voicing. The Katana's Crunch channel emulates a pushed Fender-style amp; mid is boosted to 7 to compensate for the Katana's more neutral voicing versus a real Twin's natural compression.

PRO TIPClapton's touch-sensitive dynamics are central to this tone—dig in with your pick for the main riff attack, then lighten up during verses to clean up naturally; rolling your volume knob to 7-8 during softer passages replicates his 'woman tone' cleanup technique.

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