Hollow amp settings — boston ga-10

The Pantera guitar tone for “Hollow”, dialed in for a boston ga-10 with a donner dlp-124. Studio version, Vulgar Display of Power (1992)

Original rig

Randall RH-100 solid-state amp, Dean ML with Bill Lawrence XL500L bridge humbucker, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, MXR M109 6-Band EQ, MXR Flanger/Doubler

Massive scooped high-gain with tight low-end, aggressive highs, and doubled thickness

Amp settings — boston ga-10

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	10
Bass	7
Mid	2
Treble	8
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Boston GA-10 is a basic 10-watt practice amp with limited headroom and gain—it cannot replicate Dimebag's wall-of-Randalls saturation or the parametric EQ shaping that defined his tone. I've maxed gain and pushed treble/bass while scooping mids to approximate the 'frown' EQ curve. Without an external overdrive or EQ pedal, you will get a thin approximation at best. A Boss DS-1 or cheap 6-band EQ pedal would dramatically close the gap.

PRO TIPDimebag's pick attack was critical—use a thick pick (1.0mm+), strike hard near the bridge, and palm-mute aggressively to get that percussive chunk; the Donner's ceramic humbuckers will respond better to forceful picking than light strumming for this tone.

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