Amp settings
Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 settings for 141 songs
Exact Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 settings for the songs players ask for most — knob values, presets and pickup choices, from 1,665 tone adaptations on ToneAdapt.
BOSS Katana-50 Gen 3 (KTN-50 3), third-generation Katana introduced May 2024: 50-watt Class AB combo with a custom 12-inch speaker, built on BOSS Tube Logic. AMP TYPE knob with six types (Acoustic, Clean, Pushed, Crunch, Lead, Brown; Pushed is new in Gen 3), each with a VARIATION button voicing for 12 tones. Gain, Volume, Bass, Middle and Treble knobs; no Presence knob. Five simultaneous effect sections (Booster, Mod, FX, Delay, Reverb), each with its own knob and a button that cycles three stored types (15 on the panel), plus Tap tempo; over 60 effect types in BOSS Tone Studio, where Contour
Modes
Acoustic · Clean · Pushed · Crunch · Lead · Brown
Most popular songs on the Boss Katana 50 Gen 3
Master of Puppets
Metallica
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 4 · Treble 6
Walk
Pantera
Gain 8.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 3.5 · Treble 7.5
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7.5 · Treble 7
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Hotel California
Eagles
Gain 5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Holy Wars
Megadeth
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Raining Blood
Slayer
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 3 · Treble 7
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Gain 1.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 4.5 · Treble 6
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
Gain 6.5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 8 · Treble 7
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
Gain 8 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Back in Black
AC/DC
Gain 4 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 5
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Gain 3.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 8 · Treble 6
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Creep
Radiohead
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gain 4 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Man in the Box
Alice in Chains
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 7
1979
The Smashing Pumpkins
Gain 4 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Layla
Derek and the Dominos
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Do I Wanna Know?
Arctic Monkeys
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Gain 4.5 · Bass 4 · Mid 7 · Treble 8
Heart-Shaped Box
Nirvana
Gain 6.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Rooster
Alice in Chains
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
Gain 5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Gain 6.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 8 · Treble 6
R U Mine?
Arctic Monkeys
Gain 6.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Floods
Pantera
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5 · Treble 7
Plug In Baby
Muse
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7
Everlong
Foo Fighters
Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Paranoid Android
Radiohead
Gain 1.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Beat It
Michael Jackson
Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7.5
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
Deftones
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 4 · Treble 7
Any song, dialed in on your Boss Katana 50 Gen 3
Pick a song and ToneAdapt adapts the original tone to your Boss Katana 50 Gen 3, your guitar and its pickups — including songs not listed here.
All 141 songs A–Z
Every song with Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 settings on ToneAdapt.
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- ...And Justice for All · Metallica
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper · Blue Öyster Cult
- 10s · Pantera
- 1979 · The Smashing Pumpkins
- Группа крови · Kino
- גשם חזק · Monica Sex
A
- Adventure of a Lifetime · Coldplay
- Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love · Van Halen
- Alive · Pearl Jam
- Aneurysm · Nirvana
- Animal I Have Become · Three Days Grace
- Anthem, Pt. 2 · blink-182
- Are You Dead Yet? · Children of Bodom
- Arrhythmia (I Hope You Stay) · The Runarounds
- Arrhythmia (I Hope You Stay) (From The Runarounds Original Series) · The Runarounds
B
- Back in Black · AC/DC
- Back to the Old House · The Smiths
- Basket Case · Green Day
- Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) · Deftones
- Beat It · Michael Jackson
- Black Hole Sun · Soundgarden
- Blue Sky · The Allman Brothers Band
- Bohemian Rhapsody · Queen
- Breed · Nirvana
C
- Californication · Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Cemetary Gates · Pantera
- Cherub Rock · The Smashing Pumpkins
- Cliffs of Dover · Eric Johnson
- Come As You Are · Nirvana
- Comfortably Numb · Pink Floyd
- Cowboys from Hell · Pantera
- Crazy Train · Ozzy Osbourne
- Creep · Radiohead
- Creeping Death · Metallica
- Crossroads · Cream
D
- Do I Look Worried · Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Do I Wanna Know? · Arctic Monkeys
- Don't Cry · Guns N' Roses
- Dragon Ball Z - Perfect Cell's Theme · Geek Music
E
- Earrings · Malcolm Todd
- Edge of Desire · John Mayer
- Enter Sandman · Metallica
- Entombed · Deftones
- Eruption · Van Halen
- Even Flow · Pearl Jam
- Everlong · Foo Fighters
- Every Breath You Take (Remastered 2003) · The Police
F
- Fade to Black · Metallica
- Floods · Pantera
- For Whom the Bell Tolls · Metallica
- Free Bird · Lynyrd Skynyrd
G
- Go with the Flow · Queens of the Stone Age
- Gunslinger · Avenged Sevenfold
H
- Head in the Ceiling Fan · Title Fight
- Heart-Shaped Box · Nirvana
- Highway to Hell · AC/DC
- Holy Wars · Megadeth
- Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (2004 Remix) · Megadeth
- Hotel California · Eagles
K
- Keep on Growing (Live At Beacon Theatre) · Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Kickstart My Heart · Mötley Crüe
- Killing in the Name · Rage Against the Machine
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door · Guns N' Roses
L
- Layla · Derek and the Dominos
- Lithium · Nirvana
- Locomotive (Complicity) · Guns N' Roses
- Love Hurts · Nazareth
M
- Man in the Box · Alice in Chains
- Master of Puppets · Metallica
- Mayonaise · The Smashing Pumpkins
- Money for Nothing · Dire Straits
- Monkey Wrench · Foo Fighters
- Monster · Skillet
- Mr. Brightside · The Killers
- My Own Summer (Shove It) · Deftones
N
- Na Falochronie · Emigranci
- Nightmare · Avenged Sevenfold
- Nightrain · Guns N' Roses
- November Rain · Guns N' Roses
- Nutshell · Alice In Chains
O
- One · Metallica
P
- Paradise City · Guns N' Roses
- Paranoid Android · Radiohead
- Parisienne Walkways · Gary Moore
- Plug In Baby · Muse
- Pride and Joy · Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Purple Rain · Prince & The Revolution
R
- R U Mine? · Arctic Monkeys
- Raining Blood · Slayer
- Restless Mind (feat. Avery Anna) · Sam Barber
- Ride the Lightning · Metallica
- Rooster · Alice in Chains
- Run To You · Bryan Adams
S
- Safe In Your Skin · Title Fight
- Samo pijan mogu (Live) · Brkovi
- Santeria · Sublime
- Seek & Destroy · Metallica
- Seize the Day · Avenged Sevenfold
- Selfless · The Strokes
- Send the Pain Below · Chevelle
- Seven Nation Army · The White Stripes
- She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (2019 Mix) · The Beatles
- Skinny Love · Bon Iver
- Sleep Walk · Jeff Beck
- Slow Dancing in a Burning Room · John Mayer
- Smells Like Teen Spirit · Nirvana
- Smoke on the Water · Deep Purple
- Soothsayer (dedicated to Aunt Suzie) · Buckethead
- Stairway to Heaven · Led Zeppelin
- Sugar (Clean Version) · System Of A Down
- Sultans of Swing · Dire Straits
- Sunshine of Your Love · Cream
- Supersonic · Oasis
- Sweet Child O' Mine · Guns N' Roses
- Sweetness · Jimmy Eat World
- Symphony of Destruction · Megadeth
T
- T.N.T. · AC/DC
- Take Me Out · Franz Ferdinand
- Tears in Heaven · Eric Clapton
- The Red · Chevelle
- The Thrill is Gone · B.B. King
- The Trooper (2015 Remaster) · Iron Maiden
- This Charming Man · The Smiths
- Tornado of Souls · Megadeth
U
- Under a Glass Moon · Dream Theater
- Under the Bridge · Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Unholy Confessions · Avenged Sevenfold
W
- Walk · Pantera
- War Pigs · Black Sabbath
- Warm Safe Place · Staind
- Welcome to the Jungle · Guns N' Roses
- When I Come Around · Green Day
- Whole Lotta Love · Led Zeppelin
- Wicked Game · Chris Isaak
- Wonderwall · Oasis
Y
- Yellow Ledbetter · Pearl Jam
Z
- Zombie · The Cranberries
Frequently asked questions
What songs sound good on the Boss Katana 50 Gen 3?
The most-adapted songs on the Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 are Master of Puppets (Metallica), Walk (Pantera), Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses), Enter Sandman (Metallica), Hotel California (Eagles). Each has exact settings on this page.
Can ToneAdapt give me Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 settings for any song?
Yes. Search any song in ToneAdapt, pick the Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 as your amp, and it researches the original tone and adapts it to your Boss Katana 50 Gen 3, guitar and pickups.