GuitarDistortedRiff
10's Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Pantera
Pantera · 1990s · metal
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Dean ML (likely Dime Slime or similar, as used by Dimebag Darrell in the 1990s studio recordings)
Pickups
Bill Lawrence L-500XL (bridge position, humbucker)
Amp
Randall Century 200 solid-state head
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 1996 (The Great Southern Trendkill). Dimebag was known to use the Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup into a Randall Century 200 head and Randall 4x12 cabs for heavy rhythm tones in this era. No evidence of live rig or alternate amp for this specific song's riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids3.5
Bass6
Gain8.5
Reverb0
Treble7
Presence7
Effects Chain
- MXR Six Band EQ · eq
- Furman PQ-3 Parametric Equalizer · eq
- Noise Gate (model unknown) · noise_gate
Dean ML (Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge) → MXR Six Band EQ → Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ → Noise Gate → Randall Century 200 head → Randall 4x12 cabinet
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- scooped mids
- aggressive palm muting
- razor-sharp attack
- high-gain saturation
- dry, no ambience
- crushing groove
- solid-state clarity
- focused low end
- cutting treble