Walk amp settings — Marshall Code 50

The Pantera guitar tone for “Walk”, dialed in for a Marshall Code 50 with a Epiphone Epiphone Les Paul Tribute Ebony. Studio version, Vulgar Display of Power (1992), Drop D tuning

Original rig

Dean ML 'Dean From Hell' with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup → MXR 6-Band EQ (V-curve scoop) → Furman PQ-4 Parametric EQ → Rocktron Guitar Silencer noise gate → Randall RG100ES solid-state head → Randall 4x12 with Celestion G12T-75 speakers

Tight, aggressive, scooped-mid groove metal with surgical pick attack and massive low-end chunk

Amp settings — Marshall Code 50

CHANNELJVM OD2 (Marshall high-gain model, closest to tight solid-state attack)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	7
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Marshall Code Onboard Graphic EQ (use the built-in Studio EQ preset)

Critical for the V-curve scoop — place pre-amp in signal chain via Code's effects section

100Hz 7 · 250Hz 6 · 800Hz 2 · 1.6kHz 3 · 3.2kHz 6 · 6.4kHz 5

02Marshall Code Onboard Noise Gate

Essential for the tight, chunky palm mutes — Dimebag used a Rocktron Guitar Silencer

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

Why these settings

Your Les Paul's humbuckers are hotter and warmer than Dimebag's L-500XL, so gain drops from his 9 to 8 and mids stay lower at 3 to maintain the scoop. The Marshall Code's JVM OD2 model is mid-forward by nature, so the onboard graphic EQ is mandatory to carve the 800Hz-1.6kHz valley that defines this tone. The Randall's solid-state tightness is impossible to fully replicate with the Code's modeled tube response, but the noise gate compensates by tightening the attack.

PRO TIPTune to Drop D and anchor your palm mute directly over the bridge saddles—not floating above the strings. Dimebag's pick attack was percussive and precise; dig in hard on the downstrokes and let the noise gate chop the decay. The tone lives in the right hand.

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