Welcome to the black parade amp settings — East coast EastCoast EC-15GRII
The My chemical romance guitar tone for “Welcome to the black parade”, dialed in for a East coast EastCoast EC-15GRII with a Johnson ST-554. Studio version, The Black Parade (2006) — main rock explosion rhythm
Rob Cavallo's Marshall JCM800 100W + Gibson Les Paul (Seymour Duncan JB / Phat Cat) + Boss GE-7 / TS9 boost
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 2 |
| Master | 5 |
01Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; tightens low-end and adds authentic JCM800 front-end saturation
The EC-15GRII's drive channel carries the full crunch today without pedals, so keep gain at 7 to capture the heavy Marshall saturation without pushing the 8-inch speaker into flub. Since the Johnson ST-554's bridge pickup is a single coil with less midrange heft than Ray Toro's Duncan JB humbucker, bump the mid control to 6 and roll bass back to 5 to keep the palm mutes articulate rather than boomy. If you add the recommended TS9 later, leave its drive at 0, dim the level, and drop the amp gain to 5 for an even tighter modern rock cut. For the clean piano intro section, switch to the EC-15GRII clean channel with guitar volume rolled back to 7.
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