I'm Broken amp settings — EVH 5150III 50W

The Pantera guitar tone for “I'm Broken”, dialed in for a EVH 5150III 50W with a Fender Player Plus Stratocaster. Studio version, Far Beyond Driven (1994) - main rhythm riff

Original rig

Dean ML (Bill Lawrence L500XL) -> Furman PQ-4 -> MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ -> Randall Century 200 solid-state head -> Randall 4x12 cab

Aggressive, razor-sharp solid-state high gain with boosted mid push into the front end and high-end sizzle

Amp settings — EVH 5150III 50W

CHANNELRed (Lead Channel)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

Mutes high-gain hiss between staccato riff chugs

Threshold 7 · Decay 2

02Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

Clean boost tightening the low end and adding attack to compensate for single-coil pickup output

Drive 0 · Tone 7 · Level 9

03Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer

FX loop — emulates Dimebag's Furman/MXR post-gain EQ curve with scooped lower-mids and spiked upper treble sizzle

100Hz 7 · 200Hz 6 · 400Hz 3 · 800Hz 2 · 1.6kHz 4 · 3.2kHz 7 · 6.4kHz 8 · Level 5

Why these settings

The EVH 5150III Red channel supplies immense tube saturation, so gain is kept at 6 while the TS9 acts as a tight front-end boost to make up for the lower output of the Strat bridge pickup. Dime's signature tone came from solid-state clipping and radical outboard EQ, so the GE-7 in the loop sculpts the scoop around 800Hz and injects the piercing 3.2kHz-6.4kHz bite. Resonance on the 5150 rear panel should be set to 6 to retain tight low-end punch without flub.

PRO TIPDig in with a heavy pick (1.0mm+) right against the bridge saddles using aggressive downward attack, keeping your palm mute extremely tight against the bridge to replicate Dimebag's percussive solid-state tracking.

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