This Love amp settings — Yamaha THR10II

The Pantera guitar tone for “This Love”, dialed in for a Yamaha THR10II with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio version, Vulgar Display of Power (1992)

Original rig

Randall Century 200 solid-state head, Gibson Les Paul Standard with Bill Lawrence XL-500 (bridge), MXR 6-band EQ for gain staging, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ

Aggressive scooped mids with tight low-end punch and articulate high-gain saturation — solid-state clarity, not tube warmth

Amp settings — Yamaha THR10II

CHANNELHI GAIN (Modern amp model)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	7
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01THR Remote App — Compressor (built-in)

Use the THR Remote app to add light compression — tightens attack like Dimebag's EQ-driven gain staging

Sustain 4 · Level 6

02THR Remote App — Noise Gate (built-in)

Essential for tight palm mutes and silence between riffs at this gain level

Threshold 5

Why these settings

The THR10II's HI GAIN model emulates a modern high-gain amp with solid-state-like tightness that suits Dimebag's Randall tone. Your Les Paul Standard 50s is actually period-correct — Dimebag used a Les Paul in the studio for this album's thicker rhythm tones. Mids scooped to 3 replicates the signature 'frown' EQ curve. The THR lacks external EQ pedal capability, so use the app's built-in compressor to approximate the tight, punchy attack his MXR EQ provided.

PRO TIPFor the clean intro sections, switch to the CLEAN model with gain at 2 and add a touch of chorus via the app — Dimebag's clean tone on 'This Love' is glassy and wide, not bone-dry. Pick near the neck pickup for those arpeggiated clean passages, then slam the bridge pickup and dig in hard when the heavy riff drops.

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