Riff Tone
House of Wolves
My Chemical Romance
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Elitist Les Paul Custom (Frank Iero, studio recording)
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 (studio recording, The Black Parade era)
PickupsEpiphone stock humbuckers (Alnico Classic, likely bridge position)
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass5.5
mid6.5
treble7
reverb1
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording for 'House of Wolves' (2006, The Black Parade). Gear inferred from era and album session sources. No explicit pedalboard or amp setting data for this specific song/section found in sources.
Tone Character(10)
tight, aggressive rhythm crunchpercussive palm-muted chugsarticulate attackmid-forward punchsaturated, compressed distortionmodern punk/rock biteclear note separation under gainslightly scooped highsminimal ambiencefocused, in-your-face sound
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or complex chord voicings.
Sources
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Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Elitist Les Paul Custom (Frank Iero, studio recording)
AmpMarshall JCM800 2203 (studio recording, The Black Parade era)
PickupsEpiphone stock humbuckers (Alnico Classic, likely bridge position)
Amp Settings
gain7.5
bass5.5
mid6.5
treble7
reverb1
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording for 'House of Wolves' (2006, The Black Parade). Gear inferred from era and album session sources. No explicit pedalboard or amp setting data for this specific song/section found in sources.
Tone Character(10)
tight, aggressive rhythm crunchpercussive palm-muted chugsarticulate attackmid-forward punchsaturated, compressed distortionmodern punk/rock biteclear note separation under gainslightly scooped highsminimal ambiencefocused, in-your-face sound
Difficulty
The riff requires fast, accurate alternate picking and tight palm muting at a high tempo, but does not involve advanced lead techniques or complex chord voicings.
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