Amp settings
Boss Katana MKII settings for 29 songs
Exact Boss Katana MKII settings for the songs players ask for most — knob values, presets and pickup choices, from 255 tone adaptations on ToneAdapt.
General entry for the BOSS Katana MkII guitar amp series (second generation, line launched 2019, now discontinued and replaced by Gen 3). Pick the model-specific entry if you know your model: Katana-50 MkII, 100 MkII, 100/212 MkII or Artist MkII. Shared by every MkII model: Tube Logic design; five amp types on the AMP TYPE knob (ACOUSTIC, CLEAN, CRUNCH, LEAD, BROWN), each with a VARIATION voicing for ten tones; GAIN, VOLUME, BASS, MIDDLE, TREBLE and MASTER knobs; a POWER CONTROL switch with STANDBY, 0.5 W and two higher settings (25 W/50 W on the 50-watt models, 50 W/100 W on the 100-watt mode
Modes
Clean · Crunch · Lead · Brown · Acoustic
Most popular songs on the Boss Katana MKII
Master of Puppets
Metallica
Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Mid 3 · Treble 7
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Gain 8 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 4.5 · Treble 7
Holy Wars
Megadeth
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Hotel California
Eagles
Gain 5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Raining Blood
Slayer
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 7
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Gain 8.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
Gain 6.5 · Bass 3 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Gain 4.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Back in Black
AC/DC
Gain 4 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 5
Rooster
Alice in Chains
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
1979
The Smashing Pumpkins
Gain 4 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Gain 6 · Bass 6 · Mid 5 · Treble 7
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Gain 1.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 4.5 · Treble 7.5
Lithium
Nirvana
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 5.5 · Treble 5.5
Man in the Box
Alice in Chains
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 6.5 · Treble 7
War Pigs
Black Sabbath
Gain 6 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Creep
Radiohead
Gain 7 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Heart-Shaped Box
Nirvana
Gain 6.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
Gain 8 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Fade to Black
Metallica
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5 · Treble 6
Plug In Baby
Muse
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 7.5
I Need You
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Gain 5 · Bass 5.5 · Mid 6 · Treble 6.5
Seek and destroy
metallica
Gain 8.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 3.5 · Treble 7
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
Gain 5 · Bass 4 · Mid 6 · Treble 7
Victim
Avenged Sevenfold
Gain 7.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 5 · Treble 6.5
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
Gain 1.5 · Bass 5 · Mid 7 · Treble 6
Head in the Ceiling Fan
Title Fight
Gain 5.5 · Bass 6 · Mid 7 · Treble 6.5
Any song, dialed in on your Boss Katana MKII
Pick a song and ToneAdapt adapts the original tone to your Boss Katana MKII, your guitar and its pickups — including songs not listed here.
All 29 songs A–Z
Every song with Boss Katana MKII settings on ToneAdapt.
#
- 1979 · The Smashing Pumpkins
B
- Back in Black · AC/DC
C
- Crazy Train · Ozzy Osbourne
- Creep · Radiohead
E
- Enter Sandman · Metallica
F
- Fade to Black · Metallica
H
- Head in the Ceiling Fan · Title Fight
- Heart-Shaped Box · Nirvana
- Highway to Hell · AC/DC
- Holy Wars · Megadeth
- Hotel California · Eagles
I
- I Need You · Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Iron Man · Black Sabbath
K
- Killing in the Name · Rage Against the Machine
L
- Lithium · Nirvana
M
- Man in the Box · Alice in Chains
- Master of Puppets · Metallica
P
- Plug In Baby · Muse
R
- Raining Blood · Slayer
- Rooster · Alice in Chains
S
- Seek and destroy · metallica
- Smells Like Teen Spirit · Nirvana
- Stairway to Heaven · Led Zeppelin
- Sultans of Swing · Dire Straits
- Sweet Child O' Mine · Guns N' Roses
T
- Take Me Out · Franz Ferdinand
V
- Victim · Avenged Sevenfold
W
- War Pigs · Black Sabbath
- Whole Lotta Love · Led Zeppelin
Frequently asked questions
What songs sound good on the Boss Katana MKII?
The most-adapted songs on the Boss Katana MKII are Master of Puppets (Metallica), Enter Sandman (Metallica), Holy Wars (Megadeth), Hotel California (Eagles), Raining Blood (Slayer). Each has exact settings on this page.
Can ToneAdapt give me Boss Katana MKII settings for any song?
Yes. Search any song in ToneAdapt, pick the Boss Katana MKII as your amp, and it researches the original tone and adapts it to your Boss Katana MKII, guitar and pickups.