10s amp settings — fender princeton chorus 250

The pantera guitar tone for “10s”, dialed in for a fender princeton chorus 250 with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)

Original rig

Washburn Dime 333 Dimebolt (Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge) → MXR Flanger/Doubler → Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ → MXR 6-Band EQ → Randall RG-100ES solid-state head

Scooped mids, tight aggressive low end, saturated high-gain distortion with flanger swirl, singing sustain on solo sections

Amp settings — fender princeton chorus 250

CHANNELDistortion channel (if available) or Drive inputBRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	7
Mid	3
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01High-Gain Distortion Pedal (RECOMMENDED — Boss MT-2 or MXR Super Badass)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Essential for Dimebag's tone. The Princeton Chorus is a clean platform amp and cannot produce this gain level on its own. This pedal becomes your primary distortion source.

Level 7 · Low 6 · High 7 · Mid 3 · Dist 8

02Chorus (owned)

Use as flanger substitute. Dimebag used MXR Flanger/Doubler always on for thickness and swirl. Your chorus approximates the modulation but lacks the jet-sweep. Set subtle — this adds width, not obvious wobble.

Rate 4 · Depth 6

03Wah (owned)

Not used on this track. Leave off or parked heel-down if you want slightly darker filtering.

N/A 0

Why these settings

The Princeton Chorus is a clean solid-state amp with scooped Fender voicing — it cannot produce Dimebag's saturation without a high-gain pedal. Amp gain set to 3 keeps the platform clean so the distortion pedal handles all grit. Mids dropped to 3 to match Dimebag's signature scoop; bass raised to 7 for the tight low-end thump. Your Les Paul's humbuckers are hotter than the L-500XL, so the distortion pedal gain at 8 (not 10) prevents mud.

PRO TIPTune to D standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) and slightly flat (~A=437Hz) to match the original pitch. Dimebag's attack came from aggressive downpicking directly over the bridge pickup — dig in hard with the pick angled slightly for that percussive chunk on the rhythm sections.

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