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cowboys from hell amp settings — Mooer GE150

The pantera guitar tone for “cowboys from hell”, dialed in for a Mooer GE150 with a Gibson Kirk Hammett Les Paul Standard. Studio album cut, Cowboys from Hell (1990) — signature main rhythm riff

Original rig

Dean ML (Bill Lawrence L-500XL) -> MXR 6-Band EQ / Furman PQ-3 -> Randall RG100ES solid-state head -> Randall 4x12 cab

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

Amp settings — Mooer GE150

CHANNELCALI DUAL (or high-gain US modern block) + 4x12 Cab IRBOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01DS/OD Block (Pure Boost / Tube Drive)

Used as a clean pre-gain EQ boost to tighten the low end before the amp model

Gain 1 · Tone 7 · Level 8

02EQ Block (Parametric / Graphic EQ)

Recreates Dimebag's Furman/MXR mid-scoop post-gain: pull around 800Hz-1kHz and push the upper-mid bite

100Hz 6 · 800Hz 2 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 8

Why these settings

Dimebag used an ultra-hot Bill Lawrence L-500XL blade pickup, so your Gibson Les Paul humbuckers need an onboard clean boost block up front to hit the amp model with equal compression. The Mooer GE150 replaces the Randall solid-state bite by running a tight high-gain amp model paired with a deep post-gain mid-scoop around 800Hz. Treble is pushed to 8 to reproduce the razor-sharp ceramic attack of his original Furman PQ-3 preamp EQ.

PRO TIPDimebag's attack comes entirely from heavy, precise downward pick angle right next to the bridge saddles—use an extra-heavy, sharp pick and strike hard with the edge for that signature metallic scrape.

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