Cemetary Gates amp settings — rockjam rj 20

The Pantera guitar tone for “Cemetary Gates”, dialed in for a rockjam rj 20 with a Squier Contemporary Stratocaster. Studio version, Cowboys from Hell (1990) — clean fingerpicked intro/verse riff

Original rig

Dean ML with Seymour Duncan '59 neck pickup → Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ → MXR 6-Band EQ → Randall RG100ES solid-state head

Glassy, warm clean with subtle shimmer — bell-like clarity with soft treble edge and controlled low-end

Amp settings — rockjam rj 20

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Treble	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The RockJam RJ20 is a small practice amp with only gain, bass, treble, and volume controls — no mid, presence, or reverb knobs. The original Randall RG100ES was a powerful solid-state with a naturally scooped, tight voice; your RJ20 is looser and smaller-sounding, so I've pulled bass down from the original 5.5 to 4 to avoid mud through the small speaker, and kept treble at 6 for clarity without harshness. Gain stays very low (2) to keep it clean — the RJ20 breaks up early and ugly past 4.

PRO TIPDimebag's clean tone relied heavily on the neck pickup's warmth rolled back slightly — your Squier's neck humbucker is hotter than a '59 PAF, so rolling the tone knob to 7 tames the ice-pick highs and gets closer to that woody, bell-like sustain. Pick near the neck for extra warmth.

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