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I'm Not Okay (I Promise) amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The My Chemical Romance guitar tone for “I'm Not Okay (I Promise)”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Epiphone Les Paul Custom. Studio version, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)

Original rig

Frank Iero: Orange Rockerverb MkII + Epiphone Les Paul Custom ('Pansy') with Seymour Duncan pickups, Boss Blues Driver. Ray Toro: Marshall JCM2000 (later JCM800) + Epiphone Les Paul with JB SH-4, Boss Chorus Ensemble

Chunky, scooped high-gain with tight palm mutes and aggressive pick attack

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELBrownBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	4
Mid	3
Treble	8
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana's Brown channel emulates a hot-rodded Marshall, which lands between Iero's Orange warmth and Toro's Marshall bite. Mids are scooped to 3 to replicate the articulate palm-mute clarity both guitarists achieve. Bass stays at 4 to avoid flubby low-end on downtuned power chords while retaining chunk.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm firmly on the bridge saddles and pick aggressively close to the bridge—the MCR tone lives in the attack transient, not sustain. Dig in hard on the downstrokes for that percussive chunk.

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