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Is This Love (2017 Remaster) amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Whitesnake guitar tone for “Is This Love (2017 Remaster)”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Gibson Les Paul Modern. Studio version (2017 Remaster of 1987 self-titled track), iconic clean intro/rhythm

Original rig

1961 Fender Stratocaster (in-between position), direct to console / Roland JC-120 clean, Lexicon PCM41 stereo chorus, studio plate reverb

Pristine, glassy '80s studio clean with lush chorus modulation and ambient plate reverb

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELClean Amp TypeBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Mid	4
Treble	7
Reverb	5
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE10 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Onboard Chorus (Katana MOD effect block)

Onboard digital FX; dial Katana MOD knob to roughly 10 o'clock with Chorus type selected

Rate 4 · Depth 7

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII Clean voice replicates the flat headroom of a direct console/JC-120 tone. To emulate the original single-coil Strat 'quack' on a Les Paul Modern, engage the coil-split push-pull pots in the middle pickup position, scoop the mids slightly to 4, and bump treble to 7 for top-end glass. Presence is omitted as the Katana 50 MkII faceplate lacks a presence knob.

PRO TIPPull the volume pots on your Les Paul Modern to split the humbuckers into single coils and select the middle toggle position to capture John Sykes' signature bright, out-of-phase Strat chime.

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