Abigail amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII
The Motionless In White guitar tone for “Abigail”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Ibanez RG550. Studio album cut, Creatures (2010) — signature opening and breakdown rhythm riffs (Drop C)
Peavey 6505+ / 6534+ Lead Channel into Mesa Rectifier 4x12 cab, Ibanez/Schecter with active Seymour Duncan Blackouts humbuckers, Boss NS-2
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
In front before dirt to clamp high-output palm-mute stops
02Boss ML-2 Metal Core
Gain source — drives the aggressive 5150-style saturation directly into the Katana
03Boss GE-7 Equalizer
Post-distortion EQ shaping to tighten low-mids and push pick attack bite
Per the double-gain rule, the owned Boss ML-2 serves as the primary gain source to nail the razor-sharp 5150 metalcore clip, so the Katana's gain is backed down to 2. The RG550's passive V8 bridge pickup has slightly less output and compression than the active Seymour Duncan Blackouts used on Creatures, compensated by boosting ML-2 Dist to 7 and tightening lows with the GE-7. The Katana 100 MkII presence knob is retained at 6 to replicate the crisp power-amp sizzle of a Mesa 4x12 mic'd up close. Clean breakdown interlude: bypass the ML-2 and GE-7, kick on the CE-5 Chorus.
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