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Cowboys from Hell
Pantera
Tone Snapshot
Pickup: Bill Lawrence L500XL high-output bridge humbuckerTone profile
Gain
Tightness
Brightness
Mid Scoop
Ambience
What makes this tone
- High Gain
- Scooped Mids
- Full Low End
- Bright Attack
Signal chain
- Guitar: Dean ML / Dean From Hell-era guitar
- Pickup: Bill Lawrence L500XL high-output bridge humbucker
- Amp: Randall RG-100ES solid-state head with Furman/MXR EQ
- Effects: Furman PQ-3 and MXR six-band EQ
Tone Character
Recorded tone character
Gain character
High-gain solid-state distortion with a tight, grinding attack.
Bass
Big but controlled.
Mids
Deeply scooped.
Treble
Very bright and aggressive.
Brightness / presence
High, sharp and immediate.
Compression
Strong, fast solid-state compression.
Effects
Furman PQ-3 and MXR six-band EQ are key parts of the gain/EQ architecture; ambience is minimal for the main riff.
Evidence / Sources
Tone character: scooped, grinding, sharp, tight, chunky, dry, aggressive, fast
Guitar World identifies the RG-100ES as the core Cowboys From Hell amp and explains how the pre-EQ stages add both gain and the extreme carved-mid character.
Effects
Furman PQ-3 and MXR six-band EQ are key parts of the gain/EQ architecture; ambience is minimal for the main riff.
Original Gear
Guitar
Dean ML / Dean From Hell-era guitar
Amp
Randall RG-100ES solid-state head with Furman/MXR EQ gain shaping
Channel
High-gain distorted channel
Pickup
Bill Lawrence L500XL high-output bridge humbucker
