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Still Got the Blues amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Gary Moore guitar tone for “Still Got the Blues”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Lead guitar, Still Got the Blues (1990) studio cut

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard ('Stripe') + Marshall Guv'nor overdrive + Marshall JTM45 Reissue prototype + Roland SDD-320 Dimension D

Thick, singing, mid-forward blues-rock lead with violin-like sustain and smooth, rolled-off highs

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELClean amp typeBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808

Used as a warm mid-push into the main distortion block

Drive 3 · Tone 4 · Level 7

02Boss DS-1 Distortion

Primary gain source replicating The Guv'nor's singing saturation; keep tone dark to avoid fizz

Tone 3 · Level 6 · Dist 7

03MXR Ten Band EQ

Shapes the mid-hump and tames higher ceramic harmonics

31.25Hz 5 · 62.5Hz 5 · 125Hz 6 · 250Hz 6 · 500Hz 7 · 1kHz 8 · 2kHz 6 · 4kHz 4 · 8kHz 3 · 16kHz 2 · Gain 5 · Volume 5

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII runs on the Clean voice with low gain to act as a pedal platform, letting the DS-1 provide the core Guv'nor-style saturation without double-gain mud. The ceramic pickups on the Jackson JS32 are brighter and hotter than vintage PAFs, so the 4kHz/8kHz sliders on the MXR EQ and the guitar's tone knob are rolled down to replicate the warm, fluty neck tone. The TS808 stacks into the DS-1 to provide the mid-focus and infinite singing sustain Gary got from pushing the JTM45 prototype.

PRO TIPUse the fleshy pad of your picking hand fingers or pick close to the neck pickup while applying a wide, slow, continuous wrist vibrato to achieve that signature vocal, violin-like sustain on held notes.

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