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November Rain amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Guns N' Roses guitar tone for “November Rain”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, Use Your Illusion I (1991) — iconic outro solo

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Standard (Kris Derrig '59 replica, neck pickup with tone rolled back) → Marshall Silver Jubilee 2555 (Lead Channel) → studio delay and plate reverb

Singing, vocal-like lead tone with warm sustain, rounded highs, mid-forward crunch, and lush ambience

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELLead amp typeBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE5 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Katana Built-in Delay

Set delay time to roughly 380-400ms for soaring solo repeats (onboard Katana FX)

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Effect Level 4

02Katana Built-in Booster (Blues Drive / TS)

RECOMMENDED — enable Katana internal Booster block to tighten single coils and add singing sustain

Drive 0 · Tone 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII lacks a presence knob and runs a neutral digital power section, so we use the Lead amp voice with mids boosted to 7 to replicate the Marshall Silver Jubilee bite. Because you are using single coils instead of Slash's Alnico II humbuckers, rolling your Strat's neck tone knob down to 5 rounds off the glassiness and creates that famous 'woman tone' vocal quality. Amp gain is kept at 6 to maintain smooth, singing sustain without turning fizzy.

PRO TIPPick smoothly using heavy downward pressure and rely on wide, slow finger vibrato on the sustained bends; rolling your neck tone knob to around 5 is the absolute secret to dialing in Slash's vocal warmth on a Strat.

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