GuitarDistortedRiff
Sleep Riff Guitar Tone Settings — My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Epiphone Les Paul Elitist (Ray Toro's main studio guitar for The Black Parade era)
Pickups
Seymour Duncan JB (bridge), Seymour Duncan '59 (neck) humbuckers
Amp
Marshall JMP head into Marshall 4x12 cabinet (studio recording, The Black Parade era)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2006. Ray Toro used the Epiphone Les Paul Elitist with Seymour Duncan pickups into a Marshall JMP head for the main riff sections. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for the studio recording. No evidence of additional layering or alternate guitars for the main riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass6
Gain7.5
Reverb1.5
Treble7
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (likely Russian or NYC reissue) · fuzz
Epiphone Les Paul Elitist (bridge pickup) → Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi → Marshall JMP head → Marshall 4x12 cabinet (with light spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- tight, saturated distortion
- chunky, palm-muted power chords
- aggressive, mid-forward attack
- singing sustain on single notes
- articulate pick attack
- controlled feedback in transitions
- thick, compressed wall of sound
- slightly scooped but present mids
- crisp, defined highs
- dense, layered rhythm texture