Eye in the Sky amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII
The The Alan Parsons Project guitar tone for “Eye in the Sky”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Ibanez RG550. Studio version, Eye in the Sky album (1982)
Gibson ES-335 → Fender Deluxe Reverb, clean/edge-of-breakup, studio-compressed
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 7 |
Your RG550's humbuckers are hotter and brighter than Bairnson's ES-335, so treble drops from the original 6 to 5 and presence from 5 to 4 to avoid ice-pick highs. The neck pickup with tone rolled to 6 softens the RG's aggressive attack to approximate the 335's woody warmth. Volume at 8 adds touch sensitivity for the dynamic swells in the song.
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