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Cat Scratch Fever amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Pantera guitar tone for “Cat Scratch Fever”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Ltd F-50 cherry red. Pantera cover version, studio recording (1991 sessions)

Original rig

Randall RG100ES solid-state head, Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge humbucker, MXR Flanger, Dunlop Cry Baby wah

Tight, scooped high-gain metal crunch with razor-sharp pick attack and controlled low end

Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

CHANNELMetal 2000 (or '90s UK Modern if unavailable)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The LT25's Metal 2000 preset approximates Dimebag's solid-state Randall character better than tube-voiced models. Mids scooped to 3 replicates his signature V-shaped EQ. Your LTD's EMG-designed passive humbuckers are hotter than a standard passive, so gain stays at 8 rather than 9 to prevent mud. Bass at 6 keeps the palm mutes tight without booming through the 8-inch speaker.

PRO TIPDimebag picked extremely hard right over the bridge pickup with the pick angled sharply—this 'scratchy' attack is 50% of his tone. Practice aggressive downstrokes with the pick nearly perpendicular to the strings to nail the percussive chunk on the main riff.

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