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Stranglehold amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Ted Nugent guitar tone for “Stranglehold”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio version, Ted Nugent debut album (1975), Sound Pit Atlanta — single take with overdubbed harmonized feedback

Original rig

1964 Gibson Byrdland → 4x Fender Twin Reverbs + 4x Dual Showman cabs, no pedals

Warm, slightly crunchy sustain with controlled feedback, balanced EQ with present mids, articulate but not harsh

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELCrunchBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Original was a hollow-body Byrdland (low output, bright, feedback-prone) through clean Fender Twins cranked for volume — the breakup came from sheer SPL and guitar resonance. Your Les Paul has hotter humbuckers and thicker mids, so I dropped treble by 1 vs typical Fender settings and raised mid +1 to compensate for the Katana's Crunch voicing being tighter than a cranked Twin. Gain at 6 replicates the edge-of-breakup character without modern saturation.

PRO TIPNugent's signature sustain on this track came from standing close to his speaker cabs and letting the Byrdland's hollow body feed back controllably — with your Les Paul, back off the volume knob to 7-8 for rhythm to clean up the attack, then roll back to 10 for lead sustain and let notes bloom naturally.

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