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Far Beyond the Sun amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Yngwie Malmsteen guitar tone for “Far Beyond the Sun”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Rising Force (1984)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (scalloped neck, DiMarzio YJM pickups) → DOD 250 Overdrive/Preamp (boost mode) → Marshall Super Lead 100W

Trebly, violin-like neoclassical shred with razor-sharp clarity, aggressive upper-mids, and singing sustain — lives entirely in the upper register

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELBrownBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	3
Mid	7
Treble	8
Presence	7
Reverb	1
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss Katana Built-in Booster (or TS-style OD block via Tone Studio)

Replicates DOD 250 boost function — minimum gain, maximum level to push the amp's front end for singing sustain without adding pedal dirt

Drive 1 · Tone 7 · Level 10

Why these settings

The Katana's Brown channel approximates Marshall Super Lead voicing. Yngwie's tone is brighter than typical Marshall crunch — treble at 8 and presence at 7 recreate that violin-like cut. Your Player Strat has lower-output pickups than his hot-wound YJMs, so gain sits at 6 rather than 4-5 to compensate for the output difference. Enable the built-in Booster via Tone Studio to replicate the DOD 250's clean-boost function.

PRO TIPYngwie uses the neck pickup for leads with tone wide open — counterintuitive for shred, but the neck's warmth combined with the amp's treble-heavy EQ creates his signature vocal quality. Pick hard directly over the neck pickup and use heavy vibrato on every sustained note.

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