The great southern trendkill amp settings — Boss ME-80
The Pantera guitar tone for “The great southern trendkill”, dialed in for a Boss ME-80 with a Dean Razorback. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill album (1996)
Washburn Dime 333 with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup → Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ → Randall RG-100ES solid-state head
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 3 |
| Treble | 8 |
| Presence | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
01Boss ME-80 Parametric EQ (internal)
Critical for Dime's tone — boost 2-3kHz range aggressively, cut sub-100Hz mud. Place before amp model in signal chain.
02Boss ME-80 Noise Gate (internal)
Tighten palm mutes and kill hum between riffs — essential for Pantera's precision.
Your Dean Razorback with stock humbuckers has similar output to Dime's L-500XL, so no gain compensation needed. The ME-80's R-FIER model approximates the tight, solid-state aggression of the Randall. The key is the parametric EQ — Dime's tone was defined by external EQ boosting upper-mids while scooping low-mids, not just amp settings. Without this EQ work, the tone will sound generic.
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