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Teenagers amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkIII

The My Chemical Romance guitar tone for “Teenagers”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkIII with a Ibanez GRX70QA. Studio album cut, The Black Parade (2006)

Original rig

Marshall JCM800 / DSL + Les Paul (humbuckers) with light overdrive for classic glam-punk crunch

Mid-forward, punchy 70s glam-rock crunch with tight low-end and vocal upper mids

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkIII

CHANNELCrunchBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkIII lacks a physical Presence control, so presence is nulled out. Setting the Amp Type to 'Crunch' captures the British Marshall crunch heard on The Black Parade, while pushing Mids to 7 ensures the punchy shuffle riff cuts through on the Ibanez Infinity R bridge humbucker.

PRO TIPUse tight, bouncy palm-muting near the bridge saddles on the intro shuffle to get the percussive, chugging attack of the album track.

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