Hollow amp settings — Marshall Code 50

The Pantera guitar tone for “Hollow”, dialed in for a Marshall Code 50 with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Vulgar Display of Power (1992)

Original rig

Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup → MXR 6-band EQ → Furman PQ-4 parametric EQ → Randall Century 200 solid-state head → MXR Flanger/Doubler

Shimmering, atmospheric cleans with flanger modulation building to scooped, tight high-gain crunch with pronounced low-end and cutting highs

Amp settings — Marshall Code 50

CHANNELJCM800 model (for verses/clean sections switch to Clean model; for heavy sections use JCM800 with gain pushed)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	7
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

016-Band Graphic EQ (Mooer GE200 Pro)

Place before amp input. Dimebag's 'frown' shape boosted 400-800Hz while cutting extreme lows and upper mids. This adds punch and pre-gain.

100Hz 3 · 200Hz 5 · 400Hz 7 · 800Hz 7 · 1.6kHz 5 · 3.2kHz 4

02Flanger (Mooer GE200 Pro)

Subtle flanger provides the shimmering texture on clean sections. Keep rate slow for that liquid, swirling quality. Can run into amp input or FX loop.

Rate 2 · Depth 5 · Regen 3 · Mix 4

03Chorus/Doubler (Mooer GE200 Pro)

Mimics the MXR Flanger/Doubler thickening effect. Use a short-delay doubler or chorus to widen the sound. FX loop preferred.

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Mix 5

04Noise Gate (Mooer GE200 Pro)

Tight gate keeps the scooped tone from getting muddy during palm mutes and rests.

Threshold 4 · Decay 3

Why these settings

The Marshall Code's JCM800 model gets you closest to Dimebag's tight, aggressive solid-state voicing. Your Pacifica's Alnico V humbucker in the bridge is hotter than a typical single coil but cooler than Dimebag's L-500XL, so the EQ pedal boost compensates. The Code is already mid-forward vs the scooped Randall, so I dropped mids to 3 and pushed bass/treble to recreate that signature scoop. Amp gain stays low at 2 because the GE200's EQ is pushing the front end—the gain comes from that boost, not the preamp.

PRO TIPFor the clean intro, switch to the Code's Clean model with gain at 1, flanger and chorus active, and roll your guitar volume to 7—Dimebag's cleans breathed because he backed off the guitar, not the amp. When the heavy section hits, stomp to the JCM800 preset and dig in hard with your pick angled for maximum attack.

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