Michael Jackson guitar and bass tones and amp settings
Settings for 4 Michael Jackson song pages: Beat It and Billie Jean. Each page has the knob values for the reference amps and, where a source documents it, the gear on the record.

The amps on the records
- Beat It (guitar): Steve Lukather, Fender Deluxe
Each song page cites the source for its gear.
Song pages
Each page has every knob for the reference amps, the parts that change, and the gear on the record. The knobs here show its main amp settings.
- Beat It (Michael Jackson) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Beat It (Michael Jackson) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
Photographs: “Close-up view of guitar strings showcasing details”, Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.