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Our lips are sealed amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

The The go gos guitar tone for “Our lips are sealed”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Luna athena ATH HBG SUN. Studio version, Beauty and the Beat (1981)

Original rig

Fender Twin Reverb / Music Man HD-130 (common Go-Go's live rigs), Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul (Caffey used both), minimal effects — clean amp tone with studio compression and chorus

Bright, chiming clean with sparkle and definition — new wave jangle, no breakup

Amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

CHANNELCLEAN amp typeBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	3
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Katana onboard CHORUS (MOD section)

Select CE-1 or Chorus variation in MOD section — subtle shimmer, not seasick wobble. Keep it low in the mix.

MOD knob (Rate) 4 · Depth (via Tone Studio) 5

Why these settings

Your Luna has humbuckers where the original used single coils, so treble is pushed to 7 and mids to 6 to recover that jangly cut. Gain stays very low — this tone is studio-clean with zero breakup. The Katana's CLEAN amp type is Fender-voiced, which matches the original Twin Reverb platform perfectly.

PRO TIPUse a light pick (0.60mm or thinner) and strike the strings closer to the neck pickup for that airy, slightly softer new wave attack — heavy picking will make humbuckers sound too aggressive for this tone.

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