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Only Angel amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Harry Styles guitar tone for “Only Angel”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Harry Styles (2017)

Original rig

Fender Telecaster / Gibson Les Paul into cranked vintage Marshall Plexi / Fender Bassman with tape echo and subtle room reverb

Classic Rolling Stones-inspired 70s glam rock crunch with prominent upper-mid bite and tight low-end snap

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELCrunchBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII Crunch amp type emulates the British Plexi/JCM style crunch heard on the track without needing external dirt pedals. Since your Stratocaster single coils are brighter and thinner than the vintage humbuckers and hot Tele pickups used on the session, midrange is pushed to 7 with treble rounded to 6 to retain thickness without harshness. Boss DS-2 and JHS Chorus remain bypassed to avoid muddying the natural amp overdrive and dry classic rock rhythm punch.

PRO TIPDig in with hard, aggressive downstrokes right above the bridge pickup; roll the Strat's tone knob slightly back to 8 or 9 to tame the bridge single-coil icepick while retaining that distinctive 70s glam-rock snap.

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