Amp settings
Boss Katana 100 Gen 3 settings for 84 songs
Exact Boss Katana 100 Gen 3 settings for the songs players ask for most — knob values, presets and pickup choices, from 774 tone adaptations on ToneAdapt.
BOSS KATANA-100 Gen 3 (KTN-100 3), third-generation Katana introduced May 2024: 100-watt Class AB combo built on the BOSS Tube Logic amplifier architecture (evolved Tube Logic sound in Gen 3) with one custom 12-inch speaker. AMP TYPE knob with six original types: ACOUSTIC, CLEAN, PUSHED (new in Gen 3), CRUNCH, LEAD and BROWN, each with a VARIATION button for 12 tones. Five effect sections (BOOSTER, MOD, FX, DELAY, REVERB) run at once; each has a button that selects one of three types (green/red/orange) and a depth knob, giving 15 panel effects, and BOSS Tone Studio (USB-C, or the optional BT-D
Modes
Acoustic · Clean · Pushed · Crunch · Lead · Brown
Most popular songs on the Boss Katana 100 Gen 3
Master of Puppets
Metallica
Gain 9 · Bass 6 · Mid 3 · Treble 7.5
Walk
Pantera
Gain 8.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 3.5 · Treble 7.5
Holy Wars
Megadeth
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Raining Blood
Slayer
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Hotel California
Eagles
Gain 5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Gain 3.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
Gain 6.5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Back in Black
AC/DC
Gain 4 · Bass 4 · Mid 7.5 · Treble 4.5
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
Gain 8 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
1979
The Smashing Pumpkins
Gain 4 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 6.5
Floods
Pantera
Gain 8.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 4 · Treble 7.5
Rooster
Alice in Chains
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
War Pigs
Black Sabbath
Gain 6 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 8 · Treble 7
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Everlong
Foo Fighters
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Layla
Derek and the Dominos
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Gain 6 · Bass 6 · Mid 5 · Treble 7
Seek & Destroy
Metallica
Gain 8.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 2 · Treble 8
Paranoid Android
Radiohead
Gain 7 · Master 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 7
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Gain 4.5 · Master 7 · Bass 4.5 · Mid 7
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
Gain 5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 6
Creep
Radiohead
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Man in the Box
Alice in Chains
Gain 7.5 · Master 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 6.5
Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Wonderwall
Oasis
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
One
Metallica
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 3 · Treble 7
R U Mine?
Arctic Monkeys
Gain 6.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Gain 5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gain 4 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Somewhere I Belong
LINKIN PARK
Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 5 · Treble 6
Mayonaise
The Smashing Pumpkins
Gain 6.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Any song, dialed in on your Boss Katana 100 Gen 3
Pick a song and ToneAdapt adapts the original tone to your Boss Katana 100 Gen 3, your guitar and its pickups — including songs not listed here.
All 84 songs A–Z
Every song with Boss Katana 100 Gen 3 settings on ToneAdapt.
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- 1979 · The Smashing Pumpkins
A
- Alive · Pearl Jam
- All This Time · Sting
B
- Back in Black · AC/DC
- Battle of Tredem · Netherwalker
- Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) · Deftones
- Beware of Darkness (2014 Remaster) · George Harrison
- Billie Jean · Michael Jackson
- Black Magic Woman · Santana
- Blackened · Metallica
- Blind · Korn
C
- Change (In the House of Flies) · Deftones
- Comfortably Numb · Pink Floyd
- Cowboys from Hell · Pantera
- Crazy Train · Ozzy Osbourne
- Creep · Radiohead
- Creeping Death · Metallica
- Crossroads · Cream
D
- Demolition Lovers · My Chemical Romance
- Do I Wanna Know? · Arctic Monkeys
E
- Englishman In New York · Sting
- Enter Sandman · Metallica
- Everlong · Foo Fighters
F
- Fade to Black · Metallica
- Floods · Pantera
- Floods outro · Pantera
- Fortress Around Your Heart · Sting
G
- Gimme All Your Lovin' · ZZ Top
- Gravity · John Mayer
H
- Hard To Handle · The Black Crowes
- Head in the Ceiling Fan · Title Fight
- Heart-Shaped Box · Nirvana
- Highway to Hell · AC/DC
- Holy Wars · Megadeth
- Hotel California · Eagles
I
- If I Ever Lose My Faith In You · Sting
- Iron Man · Black Sabbath
- Is This Love (2017 Remaster) · Whitesnake
K
- Kilby Girl · The Backseat Lovers
- Killing in the Name · Rage Against the Machine
- Knights of Cydonia · Muse
M
- Man in the Box · Alice in Chains
- Master of Puppets · Metallica
- Mayonaise · The Smashing Pumpkins
- Mr. Brightside · The Killers
- Mr. Crowley · Ozzy Osbourne
- My Own Summer (Shove It) · Deftones
- My Way · Limp Bizkit
N
- No More Tears · Ozzy Osbourne
O
- One · Metallica
P
- Paranoid Android · Radiohead
- Plug In Baby · Muse
- Pride and Joy · Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Pride and Joy · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- Purple Halo · The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Purple Rain · Prince & The Revolution
R
- R U Mine? · Arctic Monkeys
- Raining Blood · Slayer
- Rooster · Alice in Chains
S
- Safe In Your Skin · Title Fight
- Say It Ain't So (2024 Remaster) · Weezer
- Seek & Destroy · Metallica
- Slow Dancing in a Burning Room · John Mayer
- Smells Like Teen Spirit · Nirvana
- Smoke on the Water · Deep Purple
- Somewhere I Belong · LINKIN PARK
- Stairway to Heaven · Led Zeppelin
- Still Got the Blues (Full Version) · Gary Moore
- Sultans of Swing · Dire Straits
- Superstition · Stevie Wonder
T
- Take a Look Around (GH Version) · Limp Bizkit
- Take Me Out · Franz Ferdinand
- Tears in Heaven · Eric Clapton
- Territory (Remastered) · Sepultura
- The Thrill Is Gone · B.B. King
- Too Much Time On My Hands · Styx
U
- Unholy Confessions · Avenged Sevenfold
W
- Walk · Pantera
- War Pigs · Black Sabbath
- Welcome to the Jungle · Guns N' Roses
- Whole Lotta Love · Led Zeppelin
- Wonderwall · Oasis
Frequently asked questions
What songs sound good on the Boss Katana 100 Gen 3?
The most-adapted songs on the Boss Katana 100 Gen 3 are Master of Puppets (Metallica), Walk (Pantera), Holy Wars (Megadeth), Enter Sandman (Metallica), Raining Blood (Slayer). Each has exact settings on this page.
Can ToneAdapt give me Boss Katana 100 Gen 3 settings for any song?
Yes. Search any song in ToneAdapt, pick the Boss Katana 100 Gen 3 as your amp, and it researches the original tone and adapts it to your Boss Katana 100 Gen 3, guitar and pickups.