I honestly feel the tone he caught for the great southern trendkill was his purest. The most straightforward tightest dryest tone. Absolutely perfect.

I've watched all of the Dimebag chasing tone videos, this one has become my favorite.

Saw pantera 3 times in australia,dime's live sound was huge,fat,sharp and so sweet sounding.just killer.almost like 2 dimes were playing.!!amazing talent.

Everyone wants Dimes tone, but it doesn't matter if you can't play like dime. No matter what he plays through it sounds like dime. Even when he plays through the tiny marshall amp still sounds huge.

Epic!❤

I think that if Ola and Eric joined forces we would get the best recreation of Dimebag’s tone and playing style. It would be interesting to see how to recreate this rig with current affordable equipment.

Thanks for the video dude. That amp with the MXR pre-EQ is perfect.

Grady is the man brother....and as much as we all mis dime and wish he was still here, we have alot of ppl like ola and yourself keeping his spirit alive

Awesome! I have everything except the PQ-4, I keep missing out on that one. Pq-4 gain should come down a bit to about 6-7.

Awesome stuff. Always wondered about that flanger sound on Hellbound.

Man, what a dream, awesome video

Honestly made my night.

There's something magical about the Doubler on the MXR. It just captures the essence of Dime's live sound and it is fucking tight as hell!!!!

Man this was great!!! Thanks brother!

Amazing work brother !

Love this walkthrough - thanks eric - delivering fire as always

This is very intuitive and the fact that you got gradient involved is pretty awesome. One of the things that guitar world also fucked up. Was dying bag actually never used any of the warhead amps he never liked them

Man, it's like traveling back in time. Great video. I've always wondered what those Randell heads would sound like going straight in. I believe you've answered that. Cheers

if anyone ever came close to dimebags actual tone it would be this guy right here @Eric Morettin

Seen dime performance here in Australia with pantera in 94 , to this day ive never heard a better live guitar sound, nor guitarist., long live the king absolute tragedy 😢😢

Awesome! Thank you for the confirmation on the silencer. I've heard so many conflicting ideas that he never used it in the loop, but, only the front, or vice versa. So, I always just had mine in the front. The reason why I never used it in the loop is bcuz of advice that it killed dynamics, but, that extra noise has gotta go. Thanks again Eric! Your videos are always pleasurable! Btw, kick freakin' ass on those Biohazard inlays!!

Love this video

Lol I bought the Amplitube Dimebag collection for like £30 and it sounds spot on, all fully tweakable too as if you had the full set up in front of you. Really don't need to splash out in this day and age unless you are gonna be doing lead for a Pantera cover band and you need to sound just like dime.

Great video!!!

Man this is the coolest video I have seen in a very long time, thank you so much for putting this together and sharing! With all of the technology and advancements of today I wonder what Dime would have moved on to gear-wise if anything. Fun to think about. Maybe Diezel? Or stay solid state and go Axe FX? Endorsements always sway and incentivize also lol. Long live Dime!! 🤘🏻

Nicccccccce. I've heard somewhere that he joined his Whammy and Crybaby together with a bit of dowel and glue and the tape on the neck pickups was so the thinner strings didnt get caught from divebombing 🤓

Wow - Cool video.

That flanger is the key! Sounds so good bro! What’s the estimated $ on that set up? It’s kind of killed my dreams of just having a Randal amp

I finally found an Aural exciter I'm going to buy it tomorrow but I just don't get what does it do. i couldn't hear any difference on your recording it's probably something that can be feeled live. I hope could share the aphex settings

Love this.

I think it might be good to profile these things on some software so that each part including the entire chain can be digitally archived. Lots of music history that could just disappear once it all breaks. As you also have all his original gear you could also settle the debate of what sounds best. Bill Lawrence USA Ceramic pickups vs Bill N Becky Wylde L500XL vs Seymour Duncan Dimebucker. Add in an EMG81 and Dimarzio X2N and you have a massive collection of rail pickups that are super high output.

Excellent 👌Accurate 🤘

When I hear Dimebag does the solo live for Strength Beyond Strength and 91 Moscow Domination solo its always harmonised how does he Harmonize the solos when it’s live?Apparently he uses his Whammy Pedal or His MXR Flanger.

You need a pedal to select just One channel on the amp. I have the same amp from back in the day, and ya, you need a pedal to switch modes.

Can you please do a Far Beyond Driven Rig

Great vid!!!!

Wow. This is without the 104 on? Nice!!!

You can here the PQ4 pushing too hard up front, never put it on level 10, I have dimes settings from Grady if you want them.

man ur lucky i wish i had the pedal:(

That MXR sounds exactly like the cd 😂

Hey what is the riff you played at 14:48 I heard it on another pantera video or something similar is it something you made or pantera related ?

Where is the rocktron in the signal chain?

Amazing how quiet his rig was side of stage. Brutal out front, but back stage and side on.. quiet as.

No offense to your playing, but you can hear how much tone came from his hands. Such a wild concept to consider when you replace a person in an exact replica setup.

Nice work on the rig!

Hi Eric, on the paper drawing there is also a reverb in the loop. Do you know what dime was using?

Where was the aural exiter in the signal chain?

ive never heard of the grey wire bill lawrence vs black im guessin? any info on these? i have a 20 year old or so one with a grey wire. one of the metal mounting pieces is broke but im sure i could rig something up. may wait till i get an ml shape guitar before installing it.

Thank you! Can you please tell me how he got some of those harmonized sounds like on that solo from Strength Beyond Strength?

The truth is Dime ALWAYS had a tube amp blended in with his Randall’s in the studio . Wizard tube amps are key to cowboys, vulgar , and trendkill stufio tones . Terry date and vinnie have told this over and over . You can’t get those tones with just solid state

Tune guitar

How about a budget version of this? Lol. Trying to replicate this with original stuff would be outrageous

I didn't see a whah-petal in the chain though? Great job otherwise! 🤘

So close. Just missing one VERY important thing..

Amm no closed

The Aphex 104 is it plung front or send return? Thanks

is there any alternative to the mxr flanger?

Get'cha pull!!!!!

Does this cover his clean tones from 92-01?

where did you get the mxr6 band settings from?

Is the Aphex out front or in the loop?

Great Job!!! DON'T EVER sell that rig...........

Ola could learn a thing or two from you haha

DO NOT ORDER FLANGER/DOUBLER FROM DBEffects! They screwed up the wiring of THE AC POWER cord going into my pedal so it died as soon as I plugged it in, and never took ownership of the fact. It's a shame because the working ones sound awsome. But awful customer service, considering fucking up the colours for live and neutral is a massive deal. I was going to send it back and not make waves, but the last attitude laden email, , and the vibe I get that they're money grabbing crooks, who probably wouldn't refund me even if I sent it back, means it's war! Most arrogant people who won't own up to their mistake even when I have a multimeter on it with photos! So, there's a video coming soon, with screen shots of emails, to show you how bad it could be. You make up your own mind, but til then, just stop! Buy a Mimiq instead!

Ahhh I miss the days when people searched for their own sound instead of forking out thousands to try to sound like someone else.

It’s amazing how much gear he needed to have such bad guitar tone