Cemetery Gates amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Pantera guitar tone for “Cemetery Gates”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Cowboys from Hell (1990) - heavy rhythm tone

Original rig

Dean ML (Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge humbucker) -> Furman PQ-3 / MXR 6-Band EQ -> Randall RG100ES solid-state head

Aggressive, razor-sharp solid-state distortion with heavily scooped mids and tight low-end punch

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELOD2

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	8
Mid	2
Treble	9
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez Tube Screamer

BOOST — run in front of OD2 to tighten the low end and add high-mid pick attack like Dime's outboard EQs

Drive 0 · Tone 7 · Level 9

Why these settings

The Marshall MG30CFX's OD2 channel provides the saturated solid-state clipping Dimebag favored, while the Tube Screamer acts as a clean boost with Drive at 0 to replicate his Furman EQ pre-amp push. Because a Player Strat single-coil lacks the output and beef of an L-500XL humbucker, bass is boosted to 8 and mids are heavily scooped to 2 to get the signature aggressive V-shape EQ. Clean intro: switch to Clean channel and bypass the Tube Screamer.

PRO TIPDimebag's attack came from aggressive picking using heavy, rigid picks; angle your pick slightly downward and strike close to the bridge saddles to maximize high-end bite and pinch harmonic squeals on single-coils.

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