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Primal concrete sledge amp settings — Roland 80X

The Pantera guitar tone for “Primal concrete sledge”, dialed in for a Roland 80X with a Dean Custom zone 2. Studio track, Cowboys from Hell (1990)

Original rig

Dean ML (Bill Lawrence L500XL / DiMarzio Super Distortion) -> MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ -> Furman PQ-3 / PQ-4 -> Randall RG100ES / RG100HT solid-state head -> Randall 4x12 cab (Celestion G12H-100)

Hyper-aggressive, razor-sharp scooped solid-state high-gain with cutting top-end bite and ultra-tight low end

Amp settings — Roland 80X

CHANNELJC CleanBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	6
Presence	5
Reverb	0
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01MXR Fullbore Metal

Engage the built-in Gate button and Scoop button

Volume 6 · Gain 8 · Low 7 · Mid 2 · High 8 · Freq 6

Why these settings

Because the MXR Fullbore Metal is an aggressive high-gain distortion pedal acting as the primary gain and EQ engine, the Cube-80X is set to its pristine JC Clean channel with amp gain kept low (2) to avoid double-gain mush. Dimebag achieved his razor-sharp attack using solid-state Randall amps and deep parametric mid-cuts; setting the Fullbore's Mid to 2 with the Scoop switch engaged and Freq around 1 o'clock mirrors his Furman PQ-4 and MXR 6-band EQ scoop. Highs are kept prominent on both the pedal and amp to capture the iconic brittle top-end bite of Cowboys from Hell.

PRO TIPPrimal Concrete Sledge is tuned down a whole step (D standard) — tune D-G-C-F-A-D and pick with heavy downstrokes near the bridge saddles using a rigid, sharp pick to replicate Dime's machine-gun percussive attack.

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