Tone library / My Chemical Romance / Demolition Lovers

Demolition Lovers amp settings — Orange Crush 12

The My Chemical Romance guitar tone for “Demolition Lovers”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 12 with a Fender Squier. Studio version, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (2002) — main heavy rhythm and outro lead

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 / JCM2000 DSL, Epiphone Les Paul Standard (Seymour Duncan JB pickup), Ibanez TS9 / Boss DS-1

Raw, mid-forward early-2000s post-hardcore crunch with aggressive high-mid bite

Amp settings — Orange Crush 12

CHANNELOverdrive switch engaged (Gain high)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	7
Master	5

Don’t have a Orange Crush 12? See this song on other amps → Match your own rig →

Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds the raw, saturated edge of early MCR recordings

Tone 6 · Level 7 · Dist 7

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 12 has a naturally thick low-mid response, so keep bass moderate at 5 and push treble and mids to 7 to match the Marshall's aggressive upper-mid cut on single-coil pickups. Gain is set to 8 on the amp's dirty section to achieve the heavy post-hardcore crunch without an external pedal. Clean intro section: roll the guitar volume down to 3-4 on the neck pickup.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge with a heavy pick (1.0mm+) to emulate the biting harmonic attack of Ray Toro's humbucker-driven rhythm tracks.

Get this tone on your amp

These settings are for a Orange Crush 12. ToneAdapt matches any song to whatever amp, guitar and pedals you own — first match is free.

Get ToneAdapt on Google Play

More tones for the Orange Crush 12

Enter SandmanMetallica Harness Your HopesPavement Helter skelterThe beatles Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne ForgottenThe Plot In You Long cool womanThe hollies

Find your amp

Browse

Orange Crush 12 settingsALL SONGS FOR THIS AMP Demolition Lovers on other ampsSAME SONG, YOUR AMP My Chemical Romance tonesALL SONGS Fender Squier tonesSAME GUITAR Tone libraryEVERYTHING

Song, artist and gear names are used to identify the tone being matched; ToneAdapt is not affiliated with or endorsed by the artists or manufacturers mentioned. Settings are AI-generated starting points — trust your ears.