I'm broken amp settings — Fender Champion 40

The Pantera guitar tone for “I'm broken”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Jackson JS32 Kelly. Studio version, Far Beyond Driven (1994)

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — Fender Champion 40

CHANNELChannel 1 (Clean)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

Primary gain and EQ source directly into the clean channel

Level 6 · High 7 · Low 8 · Middle 4 · Mid Freq 6 · Dist 7

Why these settings

The Boss MT-2 serves as the primary gain engine, replicating Dimebag's high-gain solid-state Randall bite into the Champion 40's pristine clean channel. Because the Champion 40 lacks a physical mid knob, the semi-parametric Mid and Mid Freq controls on the MT-2 do the heavy lifting to dial in the focused, aggressive midrange attack. Setting the amp gain to 2 prevents harsh double-distortion while keeping the attack razor-sharp.

PRO TIPDimebag used high-output ceramic bridge pickups and heavy palm-muting with aggressive downpicking close to the bridge; strike the strings with the edge of a heavy pick for that signature percussive snap.

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