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Cowboys from Hell amp settings — Flamma Fx-150

The Pantera guitar tone for “Cowboys from Hell”, dialed in for a Flamma Fx-150 with a Keipro Classic. Studio version, Cowboys from Hell (1990)

Original rig

Randall RG100ES head + Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ + MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ + Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L500XL bridge pickup

Aggressive, razor-sharp solid-state high gain with heavily scooped mids and tight low-end attack

Amp settings — Flamma Fx-150

CHANNELRandall RG100/Century Solid-State Amp Model (or 5150 Lead block) + 4x12 V30 IRBRIGHTonBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	7
Mid	3
Treble	8
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Flamma Noise Gate Block

Essential in front to tighten aggressive palm-muted stops

Threshold 7 · Decay 2

02Flamma 6-Band Graphic EQ Block

Recreates Dime's outboard MXR/Furman EQ curve in front of the preamp

100Hz 8 · 200Hz 6 · 400Hz 3 · 800Hz 2 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 9

Why these settings

Dimebag's signature attack relies on solid-state clipping pushed by outboard parametric and graphic EQs rather than tube saturation. On the FX-150, use the high-gain solid-state or 5150-style model with the graphic EQ block in front cutting the 400-800Hz midrange while sharply boosting 3.2kHz. The Keipro humbucker needs volume and tone on 10 to replicate the high-output bite of the original Bill Lawrence L500XL.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm mute firmly over the bridge saddles and strike every 16th note with aggressive, hard downward-angled pick attack to produce the signature abrasive percussive chunk.

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