Cowboys from Hell amp settings — NUX MG-300
The Pantera guitar tone for “Cowboys from Hell”, dialed in for a NUX MG-300 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Cowboys from Hell (1990)
Randall RG100H solid-state head, Dean From Hell with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, MXR 6-band EQ, Rocktron Hush noise gate — tuned standard (quarter-step flat)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 9 |
| Bass | 9 |
| Mid | 3 |
| Treble | 8 |
| Presence | 8 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01NUX MG-300 Noise Gate (built-in)
Essential — Dime's rig was extremely noisy from the stacked EQ gain, he used a Rocktron Hush. Set gate tight to kill hiss between riffs.
02NUX MG-300 Parametric EQ (built-in)
Pre-amp position — this replicates the Furman PQ-3 and MXR 6-band stacking that was critical to Dime's gain structure. Boost lows and highs, cut mids around 800Hz.
Your Strat's single-coil bridge pickup is significantly lower output and brighter than Dime's white-hot Bill Lawrence L-500XL humbucker. Compensate by pushing gain +1 higher than the original amp setting, boosting bass +0.5 to add low-end meat the single-coil lacks, and using the parametric EQ block aggressively to fatten the signal before the amp model. The MG-300's high-gain solid-state models (Metal OD, Fireman) get you closest to the Randall's transistor attack.
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