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Black Parade Glam Crunch — Stomping Riff & Singing Solo
The album’s main Les Paul-with-Phat-Cats and JCM800 setup provides the appropriate dry, mid-forward crunch for the song’s glam-rock stomp. Exact song-specific controls were not published, so the lower-gain rhythm and slightly boosted solo settings are approximated from Ray Toro’s documented Black Parade studio rig. Source: Seymour Duncan’s Ray Toro interview and Equipboard’s The Black Parade gear page.
Signal Chain
Gibson Les Paul Standard with Seymour Duncan Phat Cats→Marshall JCM800 2203→Marshall 4x12→Output
GuitarGibson Les Paul Standard with Seymour Duncan Phat Cats
Tone
9
PickupBridge
TuningE Standard
Volume
10
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203
Bass
5
Gain
4.8
Mids
8
Master
7
Treble
6
Presence
5
Cab / IRMarshall 4x12
MicSM57-style dynamic
Mic PositionOff-axis, slightly toward cone edge
Notes
Leave more space between chords than on the band’s faster material. The riff should feel dry and cocky, with the solo only slightly more saturated.
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