Cementery Gates amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby
The Pantera guitar tone for “Cementery Gates”, dialed in for a M-VAVE Cube Baby with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Cowboys From Hell (1990) — distorted riff/rhythm section
Randall RG100ES solid-state head, Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge humbucker, Furman PQ-4 parametric EQ, MXR 6-Band EQ, Rocktron Guitar Silencer
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 3 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01M-VAVE Cube Baby (built-in Noise Gate)
Essential for Dimebag's tight, silent stops — engage the noise gate to kill string noise between riffs
02M-VAVE Cube Baby (built-in EQ block if available)
Dimebag used external EQs to scoop low-mids and boost upper-mids for cut. If Cube Baby has a parametric/graphic EQ block, cut 400-800Hz and boost 2kHz
The Cube Baby is a compact modeler — select its tightest high-gain amp model. Your GRG170DX has an Infinity R ceramic humbucker which is hotter and brighter than Dimebag's L-500XL, so I dropped mid to 3 (vs original ~4) and kept treble at 7 rather than 7.5 to avoid ice-pick fizz. The original Randall solid-state was inherently tight with fast transients — digital modeling replicates this well, but engage the noise gate hard to match Dimebag's dead-silent stops.
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