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Good girl amp settings — Boss Katana 50 Gen 3

The Jared James Nicols guitar tone for “Good girl”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio version, 'Good Time Girl' from self-titled album Jared James Nichols (2023)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Custom 'Old Glory' (single Seymour Duncan P-90/Silvertone pickup) + Blackstar Artisan/JJN-20 / vintage Marshall Super Lead, driven directly by fingerstyle attack

Raw, punchy, overdriven blues-rock crunch with immediate pickless transient attack and harmonic bite
Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 Gen 3
CHANNELBrown amp typeBOOSToff
GAIN 6 BASS 6 MID 7 TREBLE 6 REVERB 2 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass6
Mid7
Treble6
Reverb2
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Why these settings

The Katana 50 Gen 3 uses the Brown amp voice to mimic cranked British tube roar without external pedals. Because your Les Paul standard humbuckers have a slightly fatter low-mid response than Jared's single P-90 dogear, treble is pushed to 6 and guitar tone rolled slightly back to 8 to match his raw top-end rasp while keeping the mids dominant. Note that the Katana 50 faceplate has no presence knob, so presence is omitted.

PRO TIPDitch the pick completely and dig in aggressively using your thumb and index finger meat and fingernails—Jared's signature punchy dynamic compression comes entirely from his pickless right-hand attack.

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