Riff Tone
Burn Bright
My Chemical Romance
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Custom (Ray Toro, likely 1978 Black model)
AmpFender Deluxe Reverb (studio clean tones on The Black Parade sessions)
PickupsGibson humbuckers (stock, late 1970s)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
mid5.5
treble7
reverb4
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2006 (The Black Parade sessions). Ray Toro used the Les Paul Custom into a Fender Deluxe Reverb for clean tones. Frank Iero's clean tones are sometimes layered, but main riff clean is Ray Toro. No evidence of live-specific gear or alternate guitars for this section.
Tone Character(10)
chimey and clearbell-like attackwarm but presentarticulate single-note linesslight amp reverb for spaceno audible breakupdynamic picking responseFender-style clarityno modulation or delaystudio-polished clean
Difficulty
The riff requires accurate clean picking and dynamic control to maintain clarity and articulation, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast runs.
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Original Gear
GuitarGibson Les Paul Custom (Ray Toro, likely 1978 Black model)
AmpFender Deluxe Reverb (studio clean tones on The Black Parade sessions)
PickupsGibson humbuckers (stock, late 1970s)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
mid5.5
treble7
reverb4
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 2006 (The Black Parade sessions). Ray Toro used the Les Paul Custom into a Fender Deluxe Reverb for clean tones. Frank Iero's clean tones are sometimes layered, but main riff clean is Ray Toro. No evidence of live-specific gear or alternate guitars for this section.
Tone Character(10)
chimey and clearbell-like attackwarm but presentarticulate single-note linesslight amp reverb for spaceno audible breakupdynamic picking responseFender-style clarityno modulation or delaystudio-polished clean
Difficulty
The riff requires accurate clean picking and dynamic control to maintain clarity and articulation, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast runs.
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