Shred amp settings — Line 6 XT Live

The Pantera guitar tone for “Shred”, dialed in for a Line 6 XT Live with a Ibanez RG550. Studio version, Cowboys From Hell (1990) — also cross-referenced with live Foundations Forum 1990 rig

Original rig

Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge humbucker, Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ, MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ, Boss Noise Gate

Aggressive, tight high-gain with searing upper-mid presence and harmonic clarity — NOT scooped

Amp settings — Line 6 XT Live

CHANNELBig Bottom (solid-state high-gain model closest to Randall RG-100)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	7
Presence	8
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Parametric EQ (Line 6 XT Live onboard)

Dime's 'frown' EQ shape — boost 400Hz and 800Hz, cut extreme lows and upper-mids at 3.2kHz. Place BEFORE amp model in signal chain.

Low 4 · Low-Mid (400Hz) 7 · High-Mid (800Hz) 7 · High (3.2kHz) 4 · Level 6

02Noise Gate (Line 6 XT Live onboard)

Essential for tight stops and eliminating noise between phrases

Threshold 5 · Decay 3

Why these settings

Your RG550's stock Ibanez humbuckers have similar hot output to Dime's Bill Lawrence L-500XL, so gain stays at 8. The Line 6 Big Bottom model replicates solid-state chunk better than the tube amp models — it has the tight, uncompressed low-end Dime's Randall delivered. Presence pushed to 8 recreates his signature attack clarity that cuts through the mix.

PRO TIPDime's pick attack was critical — use a heavy pick (1.5mm+), strike hard and close to the bridge for that percussive snap on palm mutes, then move toward the neck pickup area for smoother legato runs during the solo sections.

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