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Cowboys From Hell amp settings — NUX Mighty 30se

The Pantera guitar tone for “Cowboys From Hell”, dialed in for a NUX Mighty 30se with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Cowboys from Hell (1990) — main solo tone

Original rig

Washburn 333 Dimebag Darrell Signature with Bill Lawrence L500XL bridge pickup → Furman PQ-4 Parametric EQ → MXR Six Band EQ (Blue Script) → Randall RG100ES solid-state head into Randall 4x12 cab

Tight and percussive, scooped mids, razor-sharp harmonics, high-gain saturation with articulate note separation, dry and direct

Amp settings — NUX Mighty 30se

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss HM-2W Heavy Metal

Standard mode, not Custom mode — Standard delivers the tighter mid-scoop closer to Dime's Randall voicing. Run into amp clean channel with amp gain at 2-3 if using this pedal as primary gain source instead of amp's Lead channel

Level 7 · Low 5 · High 7 · Dist 6

Why these settings

The Randall RG100ES is a solid-state head with a naturally scooped, tight voicing — your NUX Mighty 30se's Lead channel can approximate this but runs warmer in the mids. Cut mid to 3 (vs the original's 4) to compensate for the NUX's fuller midrange. Treble pushed to 8 recovers Dime's razor-sharp attack. The HM-2W can substitute if you want the gain from a pedal instead — in that case switch to the Clean channel on the NUX and drop amp gain to 2.

PRO TIPDimebag's pick attack was critical — use a heavy pick (1.0mm+), strike hard near the bridge, and palm-mute aggressively on the chug sections to get that percussive chunk before the solo sections open up.

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