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Cowbkys from hell amp settings — Gear4music 15w tweed bass combo amp

The Pantara guitar tone for “Cowbkys from hell”, dialed in for a Gear4music 15w tweed bass combo amp with a Cort Cort Action Bass Plus. Studio album track, Cowboys from Hell (1990) - Rex Brown bass tone

Original rig

Charvel/Spector 4-string bass (active EMG PJ pickups) into Ampeg SVT-CL / SVT-810E blended with SansAmp Bass Driver DI, played aggressively with fingers/pick

Punchy, tight low-end with aggressive upper-mid clank and bright attack to lock with Dimebag's riffs

Amp settings — Gear4music 15w tweed bass combo amp

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	7
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI

RECOMMENDED — not owned

Drive 5 · Presence 7 · Blend 7 · Bass 6 · Treble 7 · Level 6

Why these settings

Rex's tone relies on massive mid presence and top-end clank to cut through the heavy rhythm guitars without getting lost. The Gear4music 15W tweed bass combo has a basic 3-band EQ (no separate gain or presence controls), so pushing the middle to 8 and treble to 7 injects the necessary bite, while keeping bass around 6 keeps the small speaker from flubbing out. Blending both the P and J pickups on your Cort Action Bass Plus provides both low fundamental weight and focused bridge snap.

PRO TIPPluck aggressively directly over or just ahead of the bridge pickup with heavy finger attack (or a stiff heavy pick), letting the strings lightly strike against the frets to generate Rex's signature percussive metallic grind.

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