Cemetery gates amp settings — Fender Champion 20

The Pantera guitar tone for “Cemetery gates”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 20 with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Cowboys from Hell (1990)

Original rig

Randall RG100ES solid-state head, Furman PQ-3 / MXR 6-band EQ, Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup

Aggressive, razor-sharp solid-state high-gain with scooped midrange and tight low-end bite

Amp settings — Fender Champion 20

CHANNELVoice: '65 Twin Clean

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	7
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

Direct into amp input; serves as primary gain and parametric EQ

Level 5 · Dist 7 · Low 7 · High 7 · Middle 3 · Mid Freq 6

Why these settings

The Fender Champion 20 only has Bass and Treble controls (mid and presence are null), so the Boss MT-2 acts as the core preamp and parametric EQ mimicking Dimebag's Randall and Furman PQ-3 setup. To prevent double-gain mud, the Champion 20 is set to its cleanest '65 Twin voice with amp gain kept low at 2 while the MT-2 provides all the saturation. On the MT-2, the Mid Freq is parked around 1-2kHz and scooped via Middle at 3 to deliver Dime's signature razor attack.

PRO TIPDimebag's guitars on Cowboys from Hell were tuned roughly a quarter-step flat (around A=425Hz-430Hz), so tune slightly flat to play along with the record, and dig hard into the bridge humbucker with a sharp pick angle for squeal-friendly harmonics.

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