10's amp settings — Marshall mg30gfx

The Pantera guitar tone for “10's”, dialed in for a Marshall mg30gfx with a Ibanez gio grgr131ex bkf. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — main heavy rhythm and solo

Original rig

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

Aggressive solid-state high-gain crunch with deeply scooped mids, razor-sharp pick attack, and tight low-end tracking

Amp settings — Marshall mg30gfx

CHANNELOD2

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	8
Mid	2
Treble	8
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Parametric EQ (e.g. MXR 6-Band or Furman PQ-3 style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; essential for Dimebag's surgical pre-amp mid scoop and high-end bite

Low 7 · Mid Cut 2 · High 8 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Marshall MG30GFX naturally carries a British mid-forward voice, so you must heavily scoop the mid knob down to 2 to replicate Dime's Randall solid-state EQ curve. OD2 provides the required cascaded saturation without external pedals, while pushing bass and treble to 8 matches the sharp bite of his Bill Lawrence L-500XL pickup. Note that the MG30GFX faceplate lacks a presence knob, so upper-harmonic sizzle is handled entirely by the treble control. Clean verse/intro: switch channel to Clean with built-in chorus enabled.

PRO TIPDig in hard with a sharp, heavy pick angled slightly toward the bridge to capture Dimebag's aggressive percussive transient attack.

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