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Call Me the Breeze amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Lynyrd Skynyrd guitar tone for “Call Me the Breeze”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Squire Bullet. Studio version, Second Helping (1974)

Original rig

Gary Rossington: Gibson Les Paul through Peavey Mace amp; Allen Collins: Gibson Firebird through Peavey amps. No notable pedals — amp-driven crunch with moderate gain.

Warm, punchy Southern rock crunch with strong mids, loose low-end, and a grinding yet articulate overdrive

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELCrunch amp typeBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	5
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	2

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana's Crunch channel emulates a pushed JCM800-style voice, which is more British than Rossington's Peavey Mace but shares the mid-forward grind. Mid pushed to 7 compensates for your Squier's brighter single-coil output versus Rossington's fat Les Paul humbuckers. Tone knob at 7 tames the Squier's ice-pick highs to approximate humbucker warmth. Gain at 5 delivers that crunchy-but-not-saturated breakup — Skynyrd's rhythm tone breathes and cleans up with pick dynamics.

PRO TIPDig in hard with your pick on the downbeats and lighten up on the upstrokes — Rossington's tone on this track lives in the dynamics between crunchy accents and cleaner in-between strokes. Roll your guitar volume to 7-8 for the verse to clean it up slightly, then slam it back to 10 for the solo sections.

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