No remorse amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Metallica guitar tone for “No remorse”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Kill 'Em All (1983)

Original rig

Marshall 100W heads (JCM800 / modified Super Lead), Electra Flying Wedge / Gibson Flying V, Boss DS-1/distortion boost for leads

Raw, aggressive early thrash crunch with tight palm muting, cutting treble bite, and prominent British midrange punch

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELBrown amp typeBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Brown amp type provides the high-gain modified Marshall roar essential for early Metallica without requiring an external drive pedal. Kill 'Em All featured more raw midrange bark than the scooped Mesa tones of later albums, so mids are kept at 6 while bass is held at 5 to keep fast downpicked chugs tight and prevent 1x12 flub. Katana 50 MkII lacks a physical presence knob on the faceplate, so treble is set to 7 to deliver the aggressive top-end pick bite.

PRO TIPUse aggressive, strict downpicking anchored right against the bridge saddles; the raw cut on this track comes from hard pick attack driving the front end rather than extreme preamp saturation.

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