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Whole Lotta Love amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Led Zeppelin guitar tone for “Whole Lotta Love”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, Led Zeppelin II (1969)

Original rig

1959 Gibson Les Paul 'Number One' into Vox Super Beatle amp heads with Rickenbacker Transonic cabinets; earlier takes used Supro Coronado 1690T. Occasional Sola Sound Tone Bender fuzz, Maestro Echoplex EP-3 tape delay.

Cranked vintage breakup with full low-end, bright upper-mid bite, dynamic and responsive grit

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELCrunchBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana Crunch channel approximates the Vox Super Beatle's pushed Class-A breakup. Gain stays moderate at 5 because Page's saturation came from cranked amp volume, not preamp distortion—the Crunch channel saturates earlier than the original. Mids raised to 6 vs a scooped Fender-style setting because Vox and the Katana Crunch voice share forward mids. Tone knob rolled to 8 tames the Epiphone's slightly hotter Probucker output vs Page's PAFs.

PRO TIPDig in hard with your pick near the bridge for that aggressive attack on the riff, then lighten your touch on sustained notes—Page's tone breathes because of dynamics, not gain.

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