Toxicity amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII
The System Of A Down guitar tone for “Toxicity”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Fender Mustang. Main riff and heavy chorus, Toxicity (2001)
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (Red Modern) + Marshall JCM800, Gibson SG Special (bridge humbucker), Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 5 |
01Boss DS-1 Distortion
Used as a tight front-end boost into the Katana Brown channel to sharpen pick attack
The Katana 50 MkII Brown amp type provides the saturated Mesa/Marshall hybrid roar, while presence is left null because the 50W panel lacks that physical control. To compensate for the Fender Mustang single coils against Daron Malakian humbuckers, bass is boosted to 7, treble is dialed back to 7, and the DS-1 is staged as a low-gain boost to tighten the bottom end. For the clean intro and verses, switch the amp to the Clean voice and engage the Small Clone with Depth switch up.
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