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Teenagers amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20MFX

The My Chemical Romance guitar tone for “Teenagers”, dialed in for a Harley Benton HB-20MFX with a Harley benton Progressive series. Studio version, The Black Parade (2006)

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Standard '60s (bridge pickup) → Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 (Ultra Gain channel) → Marshall 4x12 cabinet

Mid-forward dirty glam-rock crunch with bite, restrained low-end

Amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20MFX

CHANNELOverdrive

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	5
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The HB-20MFX Overdrive channel is voiced darker and more compressed than the Marshall's Ultra Gain, so mids are pushed to 7 (vs 6.5 original) to preserve bark, bass is cut to 4 (vs 5 original) to prevent muddiness in the solid-state voicing, and treble is pulled to 6 (vs 7 original) since the amp's top-end is harsher. Gain is set to 5 to match the original's loose, dirty-but-not-saturated character — this tone should crunch rather than compress.

PRO TIPPlay the power-chord riff with a relaxed grip and let the strings ring openly rather than palm-muting tight — the groove lives in the chord decay and the stomp rhythm, not in note separation or chugging precision.

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