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I Write Sins Not Tragedies Guitar Tone Settings
Panic! At the Disco · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Gibson Firebird V
Pickups
Mini-humbuckers (stock Firebird V pickups)
Amp
Marshall JCM2000 Dual Super Lead
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2005. Guitar and amp confirmed for the album era; no explicit pedalboard photos from the studio, but live pedalboard from the same era is referenced. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass6
Gain5.5
Reverb2.5
Treble7
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter · phaser
- T-Rex Engineering Replica · delay
Gibson Firebird V → Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter → T-Rex Replica Delay → Marshall JCM2000 Dual Super Lead (with light digital reverb)
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- bright and articulate
- mid-forward attack
- slightly compressed
- clear note separation
- moderate gain crunch
- controlled low end
- dynamic response
- present top end
- not overly saturated