Real AmpTuning: E StandardPickup: NeckHigh GainAmbientEmo
Black Parade Cabaret Shift — Tele Clean & Octave-Weighted Assault
Ray Toro specifically recalled using one of Rob Cavallo’s Telecasters for the song’s clean verses. The heavier passages use the album’s main Les Paul/JCM800 foundation, with the kind of lower-octave guitar-synth reinforcement Toro said was used for heavy riffs; exact settings are approximated from the documented studio palette. Source: Seymour Duncan’s Ray Toro interview.
Signal Chain
Vintage Fender Telecaster→Hiwatt clean head→British 4x12→Dark Plate Reverb→Output
GuitarVintage Fender Telecaster
Tone
7.5
PickupNeck
TuningE Standard
Volume
9
AmpHiwatt clean head
Bass
5
Gain
2.8
Mids
6.5
Master
7
Treble
6
Presence
4.5
Cab / IRBritish 4x12
MicCondenser microphone
Mic PositionSlightly distant and off-axis
EffectDark Plate Reverb
Mix
3.5
Decay4.5
Notes
Make the clean section theatrical and slightly distant, then keep the heavy guitars controlled enough that the orchestration and vocals remain intelligible.
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