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Great southern trend kill amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Pantera guitar tone for “Great southern trend kill”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Jackson JS32 Dinky. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — recorded in C# standard tuning

Original rig

Randall Century 200 / RG100ES solid-state heads, Dean ML with Dimebucker, Digitech Whammy, MXR Flanger, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ in loop

Razor-sharp scooped high-gain with tight low-end, chainsaw upper-mids, and aggressive pick attack
Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
CHANNELMetal 2000 model
GAIN 9 BASS 6 MID 3 TREBLE 7 REVERB 0 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain9
Bass6
Mid3
Treble7
Reverb0
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Mustang LT25 built-in Noise Gate

Essential for tight palm mutes — engage via Fender Tone app or onboard menu

Threshold 6

02Mustang LT25 built-in Graphic EQ

Post-amp EQ block — mimics Dime's Furman PQ-3 mid-scoop with 800Hz cut and upper-mid presence boost

100Hz 6 · 200Hz 4 · 400Hz 3 · 800Hz 2 · 1.6kHz 5 · 3.2kHz 7 · 6.4kHz 6
Why these settings

The Mustang LT25's Metal 2000 model approximates high-gain solid-state voicing similar to Dime's Randalls. Your Jackson's humbuckers are hotter than a Dimebucker, so gain at 9 rather than 10 prevents mud. Mid at 3 creates the signature scoop without losing note definition — the built-in EQ block does the heavy lifting for that razor-wire 3kHz presence Dime achieved with his rack EQ. Treble at 7 compensates for the Mustang's darker voicing compared to Randall's ice-pick top end.

PRO TIPDime's pick attack is 80% of this tone — use a thick pick (1.5mm+), angle it slightly, and strike the strings hard directly over the bridge pickup pole pieces for maximum harmonic content and that percussive 'chunk' on palm mutes.

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