Planet Caravan amp settings — Marshall MG50GFX
The Pantera guitar tone for “Planet Caravan”, dialed in for a Marshall MG50GFX with a Harley Benton EX-84 Modern EMG VW. Studio version, Far Beyond Driven (1994) — Black Sabbath cover
Washburn Dime 333 or Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL pickups → Chorus/Flanger → Randall Century 200 or RG100ES solid-state head (clean channel with reverb)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 6 |
| Master | 4 |
Original used a Randall solid-state on clean with zero gain. Your MG50GFX Clean channel is darker and more compressed than the Randall's crystalline clean, so gain stays minimal at 2 for body without breakup. Your EMG active humbuckers are hotter and more compressed than Dimebag's passive Bill Lawrence pickups — roll tone knob to 6 and volume to 8 to soften the attack and reduce the modern edge. Mid dropped slightly vs original (5 vs 6) because the Marshall voicing is already mid-forward. The MG50GFX has no presence control — that field is null. Use the amp's built-in Chorus and digital reverb to approximate the swirling modulation and ambient space.
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