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Still Got the Blues (Live) amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Gary Moore guitar tone for “Still Got the Blues (Live)”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Live performances, 1990s tours (Still Got the Blues tour era) — slightly more aggressive and raw than the studio version

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard with PAF humbuckers, Marshall JTM45 Reissue head with Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab (EVM12L speakers), Marshall Guv'nor Mk I distortion pedal providing the drive (amp set clean), Ibanez TS10 for additional boost on some live dates

Warm, singing sustain with mid-forward saturation, thick neck-pickup lead tone, touch-sensitive dynamics with slight compression from the Guv'nor

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELCrunch — closest to clean-edge JTM45 character; do NOT use Brown or Lead as they add too much saturationBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Moore's JTM45 ran nearly clean with the Guv'nor pedal providing all saturation. Without a Guv'nor or similar mid-focused distortion pedal, the Katana's Crunch channel at low gain is the closest single-box approximation — it won't fully replicate the pedal's compressed singing sustain, but preserves the mid-forward warmth. Mids pushed to 8 recreates his cranked-mid Guv'nor setting. For the full live tone, acquire a Guv'nor reissue, Boss SD-1, or TS-style pedal and run the Katana on Clean channel with gain at 0-2.

PRO TIPRoll your neck pickup tone knob to 6 and dig in with your pick near the neck joint — Moore's sustain came from attack dynamics and letting notes bloom, not from gain. For the quieter rhythm sections, roll volume to 5-6 to clean up instantly without touching the amp.

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