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Sad Statue amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The System Of A Down guitar tone for “Sad Statue”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Harley Benton Fusion-III HH. Studio version, Mezmerize (2005)

Original rig

Gibson SG (bridge PAF humbucker) into modded high-gain Marshall JMP 100W split head, dry without pedals

Tight, percussive high-gain with aggressive palm-mute definition, midrange punch, dry and unprocessed

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELBrown amp typeBOOSToff

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

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Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII Brown amp type captures the hot-rodded Marshall JMP saturation used on Mezmerize without needing external pedals. Mids are boosted to 7 to replicate Daron Malakian's aggressive upper-mid punch, while bass is kept tight at 5 to prevent low-end flub in Drop C tuning. Presence is omitted as the Katana 50 lacks a physical presence knob.

PRO TIPTune to Drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D) and strike downstrokes near the bridge with a stiff pick (1.0mm+) to maximize the percussive, machine-gun chug on the verse riff.

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