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Thank You for the Venom Guitar Tone Settings
My Chemical Romance · 2000s · punk
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Epiphone Les Paul Custom (likely Frank Iero) or Gibson Les Paul Standard (likely Ray Toro)
Pickups
Humbuckers (Epiphone/Gibson stock or Seymour Duncan, exact model unknown)
Amp
Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 (most likely, based on era and band interviews)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 2004. Gear inferred from band interviews and era; no direct studio documentation for this specific song's riff, but all sources agree on Les Paul + Marshall stack for Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge sessions.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass6
Gain8
Reverb1
Treble7
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- Distortion pedal (model unknown, possibly Boss DS-1 or Marshall Guv'nor) · distortion
Guitar → Distortion pedal (if used) → Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 (with light spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- tight and saturated
- aggressive palm-muted chugs
- articulate pick attack
- focused midrange punch
- crisp top-end bite
- controlled low end
- minimal ambience
- modern punk/metalcore edge
- fast alternate picking clarity
- slightly scooped but not hollow