Amp settings
Boss Katana settings for 358 songs
Exact Boss Katana settings for the songs players ask for most — knob values, presets and pickup choices, from 9,536 tone adaptations on ToneAdapt.
General entry for the BOSS Katana guitar amp family when the size and generation are not specified: Katana-50, Katana-100, Katana-100/212, Katana-HEAD and Katana-Artist across three generations, MkI (2016), MkII (2019) and Gen 3 (2024). Amps built on BOSS's Tube Logic design with a Class AB power amp: 50-watt 1x12" combo, 100-watt 1x12" and 2x12" combos, 100-watt head, and Katana-Artist combos with a custom 12" Waza speaker. Amp types on every generation: ACOUSTIC, CLEAN, CRUNCH, LEAD and BROWN (derived from the BOSS Waza brown sound). MkII adds a VARIATION button that gives each type a second
Modes
Acoustic · Clean · Crunch · Lead · Brown
Most popular songs on the Boss Katana
Master of Puppets
Metallica
Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 3 · Treble 7
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7.5 · Treble 7
Walk
Pantera
Gain 8.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 3.5 · Treble 7.5
Hotel California
Eagles
Gain 4 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 5 · Treble 7
Holy Wars
Megadeth
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Back in Black
AC/DC
Gain 4 · Bass 4 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 5
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Gain 4.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Raining Blood
Slayer
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
Gain 6.5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 8 · Treble 7
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Gain 7 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Gain 6 · Bass 6 · Mid 5 · Treble 7
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
Gain 8 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gain 4 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Creep
Radiohead
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
1979
The Smashing Pumpkins
Gain 4 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 6.5
War Pigs
Black Sabbath
Gain 6 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Man in the Box
Alice in Chains
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 7
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Gain 1.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 4.5 · Treble 7.5
Layla
Derek and the Dominos
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Gain 4.5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Rooster
Alice in Chains
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
Gain 5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Do I Wanna Know?
Arctic Monkeys
Gain 1.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Heart-Shaped Box
Nirvana
Gain 6.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Paranoid Android
Radiohead
Gain 1.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Alive
Pearl Jam
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Plug In Baby
Muse
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
The Thrill is Gone
B.B. King
Gain 1.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 6
Lithium
Nirvana
Gain 7 · Bass 6 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 6.5
R U Mine?
Arctic Monkeys
Gain 6.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Any song, dialed in on your Boss Katana
Pick a song and ToneAdapt adapts the original tone to your Boss Katana, your guitar and its pickups — including songs not listed here.
All 358 songs A–Z
Every song with Boss Katana settings on ToneAdapt.
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- ...And Justice for All · Metallica
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper · Blue Öyster Cult
- (Oh) Pretty Woman · Van Halen
- 115 · Kevin Sherwood & Elena Siegman
- 18 And Life · Skid Row
- 1979 · The Smashing Pumpkins
- 1979 (Remastered 2012) · The Smashing Pumpkins
- 27 · Title Fight
- 3's & 7's · Queens of the Stone Age
- 505 · Arctic Monkeys
- حبك يا مريم · Christiane Najjar
A
- A Candlelit Dinner With Inamorta · Asking Alexandria
- Aerials · System Of A Down
- Afterlife · Avenged Sevenfold
- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love · Van Halen
- Albatross · Corrosion of Conformity
- Alchemy (Live) · Philip Sayce
- Alive · Pearl Jam
- All Along the Watchtower · The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Alrighty Aphrodite · Peach Pit
- American Idiot · Green Day
- Animal I Have Become · Three Days Grace
- Animals · Nickelback
- Are You Dead Yet? · Children of Bodom
B
- Baby (feat. Ludacris) · Justin Bieber
- Babydoll · Dominic Fike
- Back in Black · AC/DC
- Bark at the Moon · Ozzy Osbourne
- Barracuda · Heart
- Basket Case · Green Day
- Bat Country · Avenged Sevenfold
- Battery · Metallica
- Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) · Deftones
- Beat It · Michael Jackson
- Before I Forget · Slipknot
- Belief · John Mayer
- Billie Jean · Michael Jackson
- Bittersweet Memories · Bullet for My Valentine
- Black Dog · Led Zeppelin
- Black Hole Sun · Soundgarden
- Black Magic Woman · Santana
- Blackened · Metallica
- Bohemian Rhapsody · Queen
- Born Under A Bad Sign (Mono Mix) · Albert King
- Breathe (In the Air) · Pink Floyd
- Breed · Nirvana
- Brothers In Arms · Dire Straits
- Brown Sugar (Live At Stadia Delle Alpi, Turin, Italy / 1990 / 2009 Remaster) · The Rolling Stones
- Bulls In The Bronx · Pierce the Veil
C
- Call Me the Breeze · Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Can't Stop · Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Cemetary Gates · Pantera
- Cemetery Gates · Pantera
- Chameleon · High Fade
- Champagne Supernova (Remastered) · Oasis
- Cherub Rock · The Smashing Pumpkins
- Cigarettes & Alcohol (Live at Manchester Academy) · Oasis
- Cigarettes & Alcohol (Remastered) · Oasis
- Cigarettes and alcohol · Oasis
- Cirice · Ghost
- Clavado en un Bar · Maná
- Cliffs of Dover · Eric Johnson
- Cocaine · Eric Clapton
- Come As You Are · Nirvana
- Comfortable Liar · Chevelle
- Comfortably Numb · Pink Floyd
- Comfortably Numb (Live at Pompeii 2016) · David Gilmour
- Cosmic · Avenged Sevenfold
- Cowboy Song · Thin Lizzy
- Cowboys from Hell · Pantera
- Crazy Train · Ozzy Osbourne
- Creep · Radiohead
- Creeping Death · Metallica
- Crossroads · Cream
- Crystal Mountain · Death
D
- Dammit · blink-182
- Dance of Death · Iron Maiden
- De Música Ligera · Soda Stereo
- Decode · Paramore
- Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend · Powerwolf
- Diabolical Majesty · Revocation
- Diamond Eyes · Deftones
- Dirty Diana · Michael Jackson
- Disposable Heroes · Metallica
- Do I Wanna Know? · Arctic Monkeys
- Domination · Pantera
- Don't Let Me Down · The Beatles
- Dread and the Fugitive Mind (2019 Remaster) · Megadeth
- Dreams · Fleetwood Mac
- Duality · Slipknot
E
- Electric Sunrise · Plini
- Emergency · Paramore
- En Remolinos · Soda Stereo
- End of Beginning · Djo
- Enter Sandman · Metallica
- Entombed · Deftones
- Eruption · Van Halen
- Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) · Santana
- Even Flow · Pearl Jam
- Everlong · Foo Fighters
- Every Breath You Take (Remastered 2003) · The Police
- Everything Changes · Staind
- Eye of the Tiger · Survivor
F
- Fade to Black · Metallica
- Far Behind · Candlebox
- Feeling Lonely · boy pablo
- Fishnets · Treaty Oak Revival
- Float On · Modest Mouse
- Floods · Pantera
- Flying Whales · GOJIRA
- For Whom the Bell Tolls · Metallica
- Frances Limón · Los Enanitos Verdes
- Free Bird · Lynyrd Skynyrd
G
- Get Out Alive · Three Days Grace
- Glycerine (Remastered) · Bush
- Gravity · John Mayer
H
- H. · TOOL
- Head in the Ceiling Fan · Title Fight
- Heart-Shaped Box · Nirvana
- Heaven · Bryan Adams
- Helena · My Chemical Romance
- Hell Above · Pierce the Veil
- Hells Bells · AC/DC
- High Hopes · Pink Floyd
- Higher · Creed
- Highway to Hell · AC/DC
- Ho Hey · The Lumineers
- Hold the Line · Toto
- Holy Diver · Dio
- Holy Wars · Megadeth
- Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (2004 Remix) · Megadeth
- Hosanna · Hillsong UNITED & Brooke Ligertwood
- Hot for Teacher · Van Halen
- Hotel California · Eagles
- Hourglass · Lamb of God
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9qYxsJA13c&list=RDh9qYxsJA13c&start_radio=1 · unknown artist
- Hysteria · Def Leppard
I
- I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor · Arctic Monkeys
- I Just Want To Make Love To You · Etta James
- I Love Rock 'N Roll · Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- If I could be a constellation · kessoku band
- If You Can't Ride Two Horses At Once...You Should Get Out Of The Circus · Asking Alexandria
- In Dying Days · As Blood Runs Black
- Iris · Goo Goo Dolls
- Iron Man · Black Sabbath
- Is This Love (2017 Remaster) · Whitesnake
- It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) · AC/DC
J
- Jambi · TOOL
- Jane! · The Long Faces
- Johnny B Goode. · Church Berry
- Johnny B. Goode · Chuck Berry
- Junkhead · Alice In Chains
K
- Keep It Moving · Turnstile
- Kickstart My Heart · Mötley Crüe
- Killing in the Name · Rage Against the Machine
- Killing in the Name (Live at 2000 Democratic National Convention) · Rage Against the Machine
- Knights of Cydonia · Muse
- Knives and Pens · Black Veil Brides
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door · Guns N' Roses
L
- La Grange · ZZ Top
- Laid to Rest · Lamb of God
- Lay It Down · Ratt
- Layla · Derek and the Dominos
- Like a Stone · Audioslave
- Like Light to the Flies · Trivium
- Limelight · Rush
- Lithium · Nirvana
- Little Sister · Queens of the Stone Age
- Little Wing · The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Live Forever (Remastered) · Oasis
- Live Wire · Mötley Crüe
- Livin' It Up · Limp Bizkit
- Living After Midnight · Judas Priest
- Lose Yourself to Dance · Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams
- Love You to Death · Type O Negative
- Lover, You Should've Come Over · Jeff Buckley
M
- Man in the Box · Alice in Chains
- Mandinka · Sinéad O'Connor
- Master of Puppets · Metallica
- Mayonaise · The Smashing Pumpkins
- Memento Mori · Lamb of God
- Midnight Rendezvous · Casiopea
- Mississippi Queen · Mountain
- Money for Nothing · Dire Straits
- Monkey Wrench · Foo Fighters
- Monster · Skillet
- Morning Glory (Remastered) · Oasis
- Mr. Brightside · The Killers
- Mr. Crowley · Ozzy Osbourne
- My Curse · Killswitch Engage
- My Hero · Foo Fighters
- My Own Prison · Creed
- My Own Summer (Shove It) · Deftones
N
- Natural Born Killer · Avenged Sevenfold
- Needles (Live) · System Of A Down
- New Level · Pantera
- Nightmare · Avenged Sevenfold
- No More Tears · Ozzy Osbourne
- No Vacancy · Treaty Oak Revival
- Nothing Else Matters · Metallica
- November Rain · Guns N' Roses
- Nutshell · Alice In Chains
O
- On the Hunt · Lynyrd Skynyrd
- One · Metallica
- One Last Breath · Creed
- One Step Closer · LINKIN PARK
- Orion · Metallica
- Out Getting Ribs · King Krule
P
- Pain Remains I: Dancing Like Flames · Lorna Shore
- Panama · Van Halen
- Paradise City · Guns N' Roses
- Paranoid · Black Sabbath
- Paranoid Android · Radiohead
- Parisienne Walkways · Gary Moore
- Plug In Baby · Muse
- Plush · Stone Temple Pilots
- Pneuma · TOOL
- Pour Some Sugar On Me · Def Leppard
- Praise (feat. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore) · Elevation Worship
- Pride and Joy · Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Pride and Joy · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- Psychosocial · Slipknot
- Purple Haze · The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Purple Rain · Prince & The Revolution
R
- R U Mine? · Arctic Monkeys
- Radio · Alkaline Trio
- Raining Blood · Slayer
- Rapp Snitch Knishes (Instrumental) · Christian Rowell
- Re: They Have No Reflections · Bring Me The Horizon
- Recreant · Chelsea Grin
- Reptilia · The Strokes
- Repulsive In It's Splendid Beauty · Crowbar
- Ride the Lightning · Metallica
- Rock and Roll · Led Zeppelin
- Roman Holiday · Fontaines D.C.
- Rooster · Alice in Chains
- Rose of Sharyn · Killswitch Engage
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town · The Killers
- Run To You · Bryan Adams
S
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath · Black Sabbath
- Sad But True · Metallica
- Santeria · Sublime
- Scar Tissue · Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Scream · Avenged Sevenfold
- Scuttle Buttin' · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- Seek & Destroy · Metallica
- seisyun complex · kessoku band
- Seize the Day · Avenged Sevenfold
- Self Esteem · The Offspring
- Send the Pain Below · Chevelle
- Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) [2024 Remaster] · Journey
- Seven Nation Army · The White Stripes
- Sextape · Deftones
- Shape of You · Ed Sheeran
- She's Gone · Steelheart
- Shepherd of Fire · Avenged Sevenfold
- Should I Stay or Should I Go · The Clash
- Silverflame (Live at Roskilde Festival 2016) · Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
- Since I've Been Loving You · Led Zeppelin
- Sixpounder · Children of Bodom
- Skinny Love · Bon Iver
- Slaughterhouse 2 (feat. Chris Motionless) · Knocked Loose & Motionless In White
- Slaves of Pain · Sepultura
- Slide Away · Oasis
- Slow Dancing in a Burning Room · John Mayer
- Smells Like Teen Spirit · Nirvana
- Smoke on the Water · Deep Purple
- Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas) · Santana
- Snowblind · Black Sabbath
- So Far Away · Avenged Sevenfold
- Some Might Say · Oasis
- Something · The Beatles
- Somewhere I Belong · LINKIN PARK
- Soothsayer (dedicated to Aunt Suzie) · Buckethead
- Spanish Eddie · The Aristocrats
- Sparks · Coldplay
- Square Hammer · Ghost
- Stairway to Heaven · Led Zeppelin
- Stand By Me · Oasis
- Stars · Hum
- Still Got the Blues · Gary Moore
- Still Got the Blues (Full Version) · Gary Moore
- Still Got the Blues (Live) · Gary Moore
- Still Loving You · Scorpions
- Stinkfist · TOOL
- Stop & Stare · Treaty Oak Revival
- Sultans of Swing · Dire Straits
- Sunshine Of Your Love (Live at the Los Angeles Forum, Inglewood, CA - April 26, 1969) · The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Supersonic · Oasis
- Swallow · Casiopea
- Sweet Child O' Mine · Guns N' Roses
- Sweet Home Alabama · Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Symphony of Destruction · Megadeth
T
- T.N.T. · AC/DC
- Take Me Back To Eden · Sleep Token
- Take Me Out · Franz Ferdinand
- Taking Life · Suffokate
- Tears in Heaven · Eric Clapton
- Tennessee Whiskey · Chris Stapleton
- That Was Just Your Life · Metallica
- The Four Horsemen · Metallica
- The God That Failed · Metallica
- The Grudge · TOOL
- The Kids Aren't Alright · The Offspring
- The Look · Roxette
- The Number of the Beast (2015 Remaster) · Iron Maiden
- The Pretender · Foo Fighters
- The Scientist · Coldplay
- The Stage · Avenged Sevenfold
- The Summoning · Sleep Token
- The Thrill is Gone · B.B. King
- The Unforgiven · Metallica
- The Wind Cries Mary · The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Them Bones · Alice In Chains
- This Charming Man (John Peel Session 9/14/83) · The Smiths
- Thunderstruck · AC/DC
- Time · Pink Floyd
- Tornado of Souls · Megadeth
- Tornado Of Souls (2004 Remix) · Megadeth
- Toxicity · System Of A Down
- Tuesday's Gone · Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Tunnel of Love · Dire Straits
U
- Unchained · Van Halen
- Unholy Confessions · Avenged Sevenfold
- Until the Day I Die · Story of the Year
V
- Vicarious · TOOL
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) · The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
W
- Wait and Bleed · Slipknot
- Waiting Hare · Buckethead, Serj Tankian & Shana Halligan
- Walk · Pantera
- Walk with Me In Hell · Lamb of God
- War Pigs · Black Sabbath
- We Serve (feat. Travis Greene) · J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise
- We're Not Gonna Take It · Twisted Sister
- Welcome Home (Sanitarium) · Metallica
- Welcome to the Jungle · Guns N' Roses
- Whatsername · Green Day
- When I Come Around · Green Day
- When You Were Young · The Killers
- Where Am I? · Title Fight
- Where the Streets Have No Name · U2
- Wherever I May Roam · Metallica
- Whole Lotta Love · Led Zeppelin
- Wicked Game · Chris Isaak
- Wild Side · Mötley Crüe
- Wish You Were Here · Pink Floyd
- With or Without You · U2
- Wonderwall · Oasis
- Woohoo · Fleshwater
Y
- Yank · Wali
- Yellow · Coldplay
- Yoru Wo Nobashite · Sundae May Club
- You Give Love a Bad Name · Bon Jovi
- You Really Got Me · Van Halen
- You Shook Me All Night Long · AC/DC
- You've Got The Nerve · Bad Nerves
Z
- Zombie · The Cranberries
Frequently asked questions
What songs sound good on the Boss Katana?
The most-adapted songs on the Boss Katana are Master of Puppets (Metallica), Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses), Walk (Pantera), Hotel California (Eagles), Enter Sandman (Metallica). Each has exact settings on this page.
Can ToneAdapt give me Boss Katana settings for any song?
Yes. Search any song in ToneAdapt, pick the Boss Katana as your amp, and it researches the original tone and adapts it to your Boss Katana, guitar and pickups.