Black Parade Defiance — Dense Rhythm & Rhoads-Inspired Lead
Ray Toro’s Black Parade studio chain centered on his Phat Cat-equipped Les Paul and Rob Cavallo’s JCM800, and current rig documentation still associates a sunburst Les Paul with this song. The lead is treated as a focused, harmonically rich extension of the rhythm tone; exact original controls were not published, so settings are approximated from the documented rig. Source: Seymour Duncan’s Ray Toro interview and Premier Guitar’s My Chemical Romance Rig Rundown (2025).
Real AmpE Standard
