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Stairway to Heaven amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Stairway to Heaven”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Led Zeppelin IV (1971) — guitar solo

Original rig

1959 Fender Telecaster (bridge pickup) into a cranked 1959 Supro 1690T Coronado (1x12 mod)

Biting, mid-forward vintage tube overdrive with bright top-end snap and tight low end

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELCrunch amp typeBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Katana Onboard Booster (Blues Driver / BD-2 voice)

Onboard booster assigned via BTS or panel button to add vintage sag and sustain

Drive 3 · Tone 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII Crunch amp type paired with its onboard Blues Driver booster emulates the small, cranked Supro tube breakup accurately without needing external pedals. Mids are boosted to 7 to recreate the focused midrange of Page's Supro and Telecaster, while the Strat bridge pickup needs tone at 8 to shave off excessive ice-pick highs. For the clean fingerpicked intro, switch amp type to Clean with the booster turned off.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge saddles with a medium-thin pick to nail the sharp, vocal attack and harmonic chime of Page's Telecaster lead.

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