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Cat Scratch Fever amp settings — Line 6 POD Go

The Pantera guitar tone for “Cat Scratch Fever”, dialed in for a Line 6 POD Go with a ESP LTD KH-202 Kirk Hammett. Studio version, Reinventing Hell: The Best of Pantera compilation (2003) — originally a Ted Nugent cover, Pantera's version recorded circa 2000 with Dimebag Darrell's signature rig

Original rig

Randall Century 200 / Randall RG100ES solid-state head, Dean ML guitar with Seymour Duncan/Bill Lawrence pickups, MXR 6-band EQ (scooped mids), Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, Dunlop Cry Baby wah, minimal effects — dry, tight, aggressive tone

Scooped, razor-sharp high-gain rhythm with tight low-end thump and aggressive pick attack — the signature Dimebag tone

Amp settings — Line 6 POD Go

CHANNELLine 6 Badonk (Diesel VH4-style) or PV Panama (5150-style) — both capture the tight, scooped modern high-gain Dimebag used; set Amp Model to one of theseBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Parametric EQ (POD Go block)

Place BEFORE amp block to simulate Dimebag's MXR/Furman EQ scooping — cut mids around 400-800Hz, boost lows and highs

Low Freq 7 · Low Gain 6 · Mid Freq 4 · Mid Gain 2 · High Freq 7 · High Gain 6

02Noise Gate (POD Go block)

Essential for tight palm-muted chugs — Dimebag ran a tight gate

Threshold 5 · Decay 3

Why these settings

The POD Go's PV Panama or Badonk models nail Dimebag's solid-state-like tightness. Mid at 3 creates the signature scoop — his tone was NOT mid-forward. The parametric EQ block before the amp replicates his rack EQ setup that defined the Pantera sound. Your KH-202's EMG-designed pickups are hot and compressed like Dimebag's Deans, so no gain compensation needed.

PRO TIPDimebag's attack came from aggressive downpicking with the pick angled sharply — dig in hard right over the bridge pickup for that razor-wire chunk, and keep your palm mutes tight and consistent for the galloping rhythm parts.

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