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10's amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb

The Pantera guitar tone for “10's”, dialed in for a Fender Twin Reverb with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — matching the iconic heavy rhythm riff and solo tone

Original rig

Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, Washburn Dime 333 (Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge humbucker), Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, MXR 126 Flanger/Doubler, Rocktron Hush noise gate

Scooped mids, razor-sharp articulation, tight percussive attack, aggressive solid-state high-gain saturation with cutting top-end bite
Amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb
CHANNELNormal Channel (Clean)BRIGHToff
GAIN 2 BASS 6 MID 5 TREBLE 5 REVERB 0 MASTER 4
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain2
Bass6
Mid5
Treble5
Reverb0
Master4
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Jim Dunlop Cry Baby 535Q Wah

Leave bypassed for the main riff; engage for the expressive solo passages

Boost 0 · Volume 5 · Q 7

02MXR Fullbore Metal

Primary gain source; engage the onboard Gate switch and leave the Scoop button off to precisely shape the mid frequency via the Freq/Mid knobs

Volume 6 · Gain 8 · Low 7 · Mid 2 · Freq 5 · High 7
Why these settings

The ultra-clean, high-headroom Fender Twin Reverb acts as a neutral canvas with gain set low to prevent harsh double-gain clipping. Dimebag's signature RG-100ES solid-state distortion and PQ-3 parametric scoop are generated entirely by the MXR Fullbore Metal with aggressive mid-cutting at 800Hz-1kHz. To compensate for the Stratocaster single coil's thinness compared to a Bill Lawrence L-500XL humbucker, the guitar tone knob is rolled back slightly to 8 while boosting the pedal's low-end and gain. Clean intro: bypass the MXR Fullbore Metal and switch to the neck+middle pickup.

PRO TIPDimebag used heavy, hard-edged picks (Dunlop Tortex 0.88mm) and struck the strings with a sharp downward angle right near the bridge saddles to achieve that instantaneous, percussive chug and squealing harmonic response.

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