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Cowboys from hell amp settings — Meteoro G35

The Pantera guitar tone for “Cowboys from hell”, dialed in for a Meteoro G35 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Cowboys from Hell (1990) - Main Riff

Original rig

1981 Dean From Hell (Bill Lawrence L500XL bridge humbucker) -> Furman PQ-3 / PQ-4 -> MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ -> Rocktron Hush -> Randall RG100H solid-state head into Randall 4x12 cabs

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

Amp settings — Meteoro G35

CHANNELClean ChannelBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tank-G (Noise Gate Block)

Essential to clamp down tight percussive chugs like Dimebag's Rocktron Hush

Threshold 7

02Tank-G (Amp Model Block - High Gain Solid State / Metal)

Provides the core scooped high-gain distortion into the clean amp input

Gain 8 · Tone 7 · Volume 6

03Tank-G (EQ / Tone Shaping)

Replicates the extreme mid-scoop of the Furman PQ-3 and MXR 6-Band EQ

Bass 7 · Mid 2 · Treble 8

Why these settings

The Tank-G acts as the primary high-gain preamp and EQ shaping unit, so the Meteoro G35 is set to its clean channel with gain low to avoid muddy double-distortion. To compensate for the single-coil bridge pickup on the Fender Player Strat compared to Dimebag's high-output Bill Lawrence L500XL humbucker, the digital preamp gain and bass are pushed higher while rolling off highs slightly at the amp to avoid shrillness.

PRO TIPUse an ultra-heavy, pointed pick and dig hard into the strings near the bridge with strict palm muting to achieve Dime's signature razor-sharp, percussive attack.

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