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Nananana amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL

The My chemical romance guitar tone for “Nananana”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 50XL with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (2010)

Original rig

Les Paul Standard / Gibson SG into Marshall JCM800 2203 and Wizard Modern Classic, boosted with Fulltone OCD and Boss BD-2

Aggressive, high-energy pop-punk crunch with prominent upper-mid bite and tight low end
Amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL
CHANNELVoice: '80s British (Marshall JCM800 voice)
GAIN 7 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 6 REVERB 1 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass5
Mid7
Treble6
Reverb1
Master5
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PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Why these settings

The Fender Champion 50XL features a dedicated '80s British voice that emulates the JCM800 crunch used on Danger Days. Because your Stratocaster uses single-coil pickups compared to Ray Toro's and Frank Iero's humbuckers, mid is boosted to 7 and treble kept at 6 to add body without piercing highs. The Champion 50XL has no physical presence knob, so it is omitted.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge saddles using heavy downstrokes on the octaves and main riff to match Ray Toro's punchy, percussive attack.

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