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The lost battalion amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Sabaton guitar tone for “The lost battalion”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, The Last Stand (2016)

Original rig

Kemper Profiler / Marshall JCM800 & EVH 5150 profiles, ESP/Caparison guitars with EMG active humbuckers, Ibanez TS9 boost

Punchy, modern European power metal rhythm crunch with tight palm mutes and aggressive upper-mid bite
Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII
CHANNELBrown amp typeBRIGHToffBOOSTon
GAIN 6 BASS 6 MID 7 TREBLE 7 REVERB 1 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain6
Bass6
Mid7
Treble7
Reverb1
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Onboard Booster (TS / Screamer type)

Engage Katana onboard Booster effect (Green/Yellow TS mode) to tighten low-end

Drive 0 · Tone 6 · Level 8
Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII Brown amp type provides the modern 5150/Marshall high-gain saturation Sabaton uses in the studio. Because the Epiphone Les Paul Classic has passive humbuckers compared to Sabaton's hotter active EMGs, the onboard TS boost cuts flubby bass before the preamp while mid and treble are pushed for percussive bite. Note that the Katana 50 MkII panel does not feature a physical Presence knob, so it is omitted.

PRO TIPAnchor your picking hand firmly against the bridge saddles for heavy, precise palm muting on the driving rhythm pulses to let the synthesized machine-gun drum groove punch through.

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