Buddy holly amp settings — Boss Katana mini X
The Weezer guitar tone for “Buddy holly”, dialed in for a Boss Katana mini X with a Harley Benton St-20. Studio version, Weezer (Blue Album) 1994
Gibson Les Paul Standard/Custom with PAF humbuckers → Marshall JCM800 cranked for natural tube saturation
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
The Katana Mini X's Brown channel emulates a cranked Marshall, matching the JCM800 original. Your ST-20's single coils are brighter and lower output than Cuomo's PAF humbuckers, so I raised mids +1 to compensate for the thinner midrange and rolled treble back -1 to avoid ice-pick highs. Tone knob at 6 warms up the single coils to approximate humbucker smoothness.
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