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Break Stuff amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Limp Bizkit guitar tone for “Break Stuff”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, Significant Other (1999) — main heavy rhythm riff

Original rig

Mesa Boogie Dual/Triple Rectifier and Diezel VH4, PRS/Ibanez custom guitars tuned to C# Standard, Ibanez TS9/Maxon boost

Crushing scooped nu-metal high-gain with punchy low-end and razor-sharp attack

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELBrown amp typeBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808

Used as a clean boost into the amp input to cut flub and tighten pick attack

Overdrive 0 · Tone 7 · Level 9

02MXR Ten Band EQ

Placed in front to carve the iconic 500Hz-1kHz mid-scoop and push sub-chug before the preamp

31.25Hz 4 · 62.5Hz 5 · 125Hz 7 · 250Hz 5 · 500Hz 3 · 1kHz 4 · 2kHz 6 · 4kHz 7 · 8kHz 6 · 16kHz 5

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII Brown voicing provides the saturated, aggressive modern gain structure of Borland's Rectifier and Diezel blend. The TS808 acts strictly as a front-end pre-gain tightener with Overdrive at 0, while the Katana's mid is pulled back to 4 and enhanced with the MXR EQ to carve out the classic nu-metal mid-scoop without losing high-end bite. The Katana 50 faceplate lacks a presence control, so top-end sizzle is dialed in using amp treble at 7 and the pedal EQ.

PRO TIPTune down to C# Standard (C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#) with heavy-gauge strings (at least 11-52) and anchor your palm-muting tight against the bridge saddles to keep the rapid, staccato chugs percussive.

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