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Reject Yourself amp settings — Boss Katana 50 Gen 3

The Killswitch Engage guitar tone for “Reject Yourself”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 with a Ibanez RG421. Studio version, As Daylight Dies (2006) — main rhythm tone

Original rig

Caparison Dellinger/Angelus guitars (EMG 81/85) -> Maxon OD808 -> Soldano SLO-100 / Framus Cobra blend -> Mesa 4x12 cab

Aggressive, tight modern metalcore rhythm with punchy low-mids and bite
Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 Gen 3
CHANNELBrown amp typeBRIGHToffBOOSTon
GAIN 6 BASS 6 MID 7 TREBLE 6 REVERB 0 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass6
Mid7
Treble6
Reverb0
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Onboard Booster (Screamer)

Engage the onboard green Booster set to Screamer / OD

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8
Why these settings

The Katana 50 Gen 3 lacks a physical presence knob so it is nulled. We use the Brown amp type paired with the onboard Screamer boost to emulate Adam D's classic boosted high-gain head setup, keeping amp gain at 6 while pushing mids to match the focused Caparison/EMG bite through your passive Ibanez Quantum pickups. Clean interlude: switch to the Clean amp type with boost bypassed and neck pickup selected.

PRO TIPAggressive palm muting right against the bridge saddles is essential to get the tight, staccato percussive chug signature of the As Daylight Dies rhythm tracks.

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