Ray Toro is the American lead guitarist and one of two backup vocalists for My Chemical Romance. He has been known to play Gibson Les Paul guitars with Seymour Duncan pickups through Marshall amplifiers.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in My Chemical Romance's Ray Toro's Guitar Rig.
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Guitars
- Gibson Les Paul Standard (Seymour Duncan Phat Cat SPH90-1 P90-style pickups in it)
- Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus
- Gibson Les Paul Standard with Seymour Duncan JB SH-4 in the bridge position and the neck pickup is stock
- Gibson Les Paul Junior (see the Dead! Live in Mexico video)
- Toro has said in interviews that he is considering adding Fender Tele/Strat to his rig
- Epiphone Sheraton II (black. seen in live video)
- Gibson or Epiphone Explorer - it appears to be the Epiphone, with changed pickups (Korina)
- Gibson Les Paul Custom
- Epiphone Wilshire (white. Seen in Every Snowflake video. Prob the Iero Phantomatic)
- Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Ruby Burst 1976
- Gession Les Paul Knock-Off
Amps and Cabinets
- 2 Dave Friedman amps (Ray said in 2011 interview they are similar to JCM800's)
- Marshall modded JCM800
- Metropoulos Plexi replica
- Marshall Vintage Modern
- Marshall JCM 2000 DSL100 amplifier heads
- Marshall 1960A and 1960AX checkered cabinets 4x12"
- Randall RM100 (used in the past)
- Crate BV300H and Randall Cyclone seen in videos
- Hiwatt amplifier head
Effects and More
- Dunlop Rotovibe (according to Dunlop site)
- MXR EVH Phase 90 (according to Dunlop site)
- Dunlop Crybaby wah
- Boss GE-7 EQ pedal
- Boss Pitch Shifter (Ray says this is to do harmonies)
- Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble
- Electro-Harmonix POG Polyphonic Octave Generator (Toro called this one of his favorite pedals, in a 2011 Guitar World interview)
- Furman Power Conditioner
- Fulltone Clyde wah (2011 pic)
- Ernie Ball Volume pedal (2011 pic)
- Voodoo Lab Ground Control (2011 pic)
- Boss Phaser
- Boss Chromatic Tuner
- EHX Big Muff
- MXR Carbon Copy pedal
- Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer pedal
- Budda Wah pedal (likely the first version)
- Custom Built Pedal Board and rack by Dave Friedman & Rack Systems
- MXR Smart Gate Pedal
- Tone Freak Naked Over Drive Pedal
- TC Electronic Harmonizer Pedal
- ZVex Super Duper Overdrive Pedal
- Bullet Cable
Strings and Picks
- Dunlop Nickel Plated Steel Electric Guitar Strings - Medium Heavy
- .011-.052 S.I.T. strings
- Dunlop Tortex yellow picks (appears to be the sharp ones. Custom printed. Seen in 2011)
- Dunlop black nylon 1 mm picks
