The Ballad of Buck Ravers amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII
The Samurai guitar tone for “The Ballad of Buck Ravers”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, Cyberpunk 2077 Original Soundtrack (2020)
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier / Orange Rockerverb, ESP/LTD guitars with humbuckers, minimal pedals (tuner, noise gate)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
01Valenton Dapper Mini (Noise Gate section)
Essential for tight stops between palm-muted chugs—Refused uses very precise rhythmic attacks
02Valenton Dapper Mini (Overdrive section)
Use as a clean boost to tighten the Brown channel's low end—mimics the TS-in-front-of-Rectifier trick
03Joyo R-14 Atmosphere Reverb
OFF—this track is bone dry, no reverb on the recording
The Katana's Brown channel emulates a modded Marshall—close to Rectifier aggression but less scooped. I dropped mids to 4 (Rectifier territory) and pushed treble to 7 for the biting attack Refused gets. Your Jackson's high-output humbuckers match their ESP setup well, so gain at 8 delivers without mud. The Dapper's OD section as a boost tightens the low end the way Refused's techs run a TS into their Mesas.
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