Cemetary Gates amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL

The Pantera guitar tone for “Cemetary Gates”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 50XL with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Cowboys from Hell (1990) — clean intro/riff section

Original rig

Roland JC-120 (clean), Dean ML with Seymour Duncan '59 neck pickup, studio reverb

Glassy, shimmering clean with subtle stereo chorus shimmer and light reverb — pristine headroom

Amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL

CHANNELClean (Voice selector: position 1 or 2 for cleanest Fender-style voicing)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss CE-2 / Chorus (RECOMMENDED — not currently owned)

RECOMMENDED — The JC-120's built-in stereo chorus is central to this tone. A basic analog chorus pedal (Boss CE-5, TC Electronic Corona, or even a Behringer UC200 budget option) will get you 80% there. Without it, the tone will sound correct but lack the shimmering width.

Rate 3 · Depth 4

Why these settings

The Champion 50XL is a solid-state Fender with good clean headroom, making it a reasonable stand-in for the JC-120's pristine cleans. I raised mid to 6 (vs typical JC scooped settings) because the Champion's voicing is already slightly scooped — this compensates and adds the body Dime's tone has. Treble at 7 captures the glassy top without ice-pick. Your Ibanez's INF pickups are hotter than a vintage '59 humbucker, so gain stays conservative at 3 to maintain headroom.

PRO TIPPick closer to the neck joint (not over the neck pickup itself) and use the fleshy part of your thumb or pick at a slight angle — Dime's clean attack on this track is soft and round, not snappy. Let notes ring and bloom; the tone breathes.

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