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For the love you of God amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

The Steve vai guitar tone for “For the love you of God”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige. Studio version, Passion and Warfare (1990) — lead/solo tone

Original rig

Ibanez JEM77FP (DiMarzio PAF Pro), Carvin X-100B / Bogner XTC prototype, TS9 (as clean boost), DS-1, Boss CE-2 Chorus, Boss DD-2 Delay, rack reverb

Singing, sustain-rich high-gain lead with lush delay and reverb — smooth attack, controlled saturation, ambient spaciousness

Amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

CHANNELBrown amp type (Marshall-voiced high-gain, closest to Carvin X-100B/Bogner XTC saturation)BRIGHToffBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	5
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	4
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Katana Internal Delay (Digital Delay block)

Set delay time to ~400-480ms; this is critical to the ambient wash — use Boss Tone Studio to dial precise ms if needed

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Level 4

02Katana Internal Modulation (Chorus block)

Subtle chorus for stereo shimmer — CE-1 or Analog Chorus model preferred in Tone Studio

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Level 5

Why these settings

The Katana's Brown channel nails the hot-rodded Marshall/Carvin saturation Vai used. Your RG652AHM's DiMarzio Air Norton neck pickup is slightly hotter than Vai's PAF Pro, so gain stays at 7 instead of 7.5 — any higher gets mushy. Enable the Boost for extra sustain and compression. The onboard reverb handles the ambient depth; stack delay at ~450ms for the signature swell-and-sustain sound.

PRO TIPVai's secret weapon on this track is volume knob swells into the delay — roll your guitar volume to 0, pick the note, then smoothly roll up to 10 for violin-like attacks that bloom into the reverb wash. Practice this on the slow melodic sections.

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