Everlong amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Foo Fighters guitar tone for “Everlong”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Epiphone SG Standard. Studio version, The Colour and the Shape (1997)

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (heavy sections), Fender/Zinky ToneMaster (verses), Gibson Trini Lopez/ES-335 with PAF-style humbuckers

Aggressive mid-forward crunch with tight low end and speaker-pushing saturation

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana's Brown channel emulates a hot-rodded Marshall, which sits between the Mesa Recto's modern scoop and the original's mid-forward aggression. Pushed mids to 7 (original was 6) to compensate for the Katana's slightly scooped Brown voicing. Dropped presence to 5 from the original 6 because the Katana's Brown channel gets fizzy in the upper harmonics. Your SG's humbuckers match the original Gibson output closely, so gain stays at 6.

PRO TIPThe iconic 'Everlong' attack comes from Grohl's aggressive downstroke technique on the palm-muted riff—dig in hard with the pick angled slightly and mute tightly at the bridge to get that percussive chunk before the chord opens up.

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