Dimebag Darrell
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In the video, we see the real guitar Dimebag where the presenter explains the guitar characteristics, and that part of it shows that it uses Super Distortion of Dimarzio in the neck position.
In the official live video for "Primal Concrete Sledge," Dimebag Darrell is seen playing the Dean Dimebag Concrete Sledge ML with a reversed headstock.
In this Screenshot of the "revolution is my name", a Pantera music video, Dimebag Darrell of Pantera, Tres Diablos, and Damage Plan, is seen with his Randall Warhead amps behind him.
In an interview with Guitar World after the release of "Vulgar Display of Power", when asked about his effects he responds, "It’s pretty simple, actually. I run my guitar out into a Furman PQ-4, MXR Blue six-band EQ, into my Rocktron Hush 2-B noise gate, and into the amps. And that’s about it."
In this video Dimebag can be seen playing a Fender Stratocaster.
According to this 1994 interview with Guitar World Magazine, Dimebag Darrell uses a Digitech Whammy pedal to affect the feedback on the song "Good Friends And A Bottle Of Pills," as well as a few other tracks. " I discovered the pure feedback wasn't quite enough, so I added a Digitech Whammy Pedal to the equation, which helped produce a sound that was completely fucked up!" he said.
Dimebag Darrell was spotted playing a white Jackson RR3 Rhoads guitar during a rare bar gig with a local band.
Dimebag Darrell can be seen with Randall RG100ES in this photo.
This photo from U.S. Music Corporation shows an ad for Randall amps featuring Darrell "Diamond, Dimebag" Abbott of Pantera and Damageplan. This ad lists that he uses the Randall 200 125 watt Solidstate head with a combination of Randall 412JB Guitar Cabinets 412CB Guitar Cabinets. These items can also be seen in many of the sources for this page.
In this picture, Darrell can be seen with a Fender Telecaster.
This photo from U.S. Music Corporation shows an ad for Randall amps featuring Darrell "Diamond, Dimebag" Abbott of Pantera and Damageplan. This ad lists that he uses the Randall 200 125 watt Solidstate head with a combination of Randall 412JB Guitar Cabinets 412CB Guitar Cabinets.
Dimebag Darrell can be seen playing one of his signature Dean guitars in this photo, the Dime O Flame.
This detailed gear diagram of Dimebag Darrell's Pantera stage setup includes two Digitech Whammy WH-1s.
In this photo, one can see Dimebag Darrell holding his signature guitar by Washburn.
In this article from Guitar World, they write that Darrell collaborated in designing this amp, but was killed before the official release of it. "Dime started using a Krank Revolution stack onstage with Damageplan, but he also started collaborating with Krank amp designer Tony Dow on a new model that became known as the Krankenstein. Dime called it a “super hot-rod hell-raiser version” of the Revolution. 'I got rid of everything in my rack,' Dime said. 'Now I go straight into the Krank and let it blaze. The less shit you run through, the more pure your tone is. I always thought that I had to have my six-band EQ and my PQ4 and jack everything up to high hell. Now I plug in and let it rip.'"
Dimebag Darrell can be seen with a Washburn Culprit in this photo.
Dimebag is holding a black Gibson Les Paul
Somewhere in Texas inside Dimebag Darrell's lock up is a small selection of pedals Dimebag used over the years
A Furman PQ-3 can be seen in this detailed gear diagram of Dimebag Darrell's Pantera stage setup.
In the video "Dimebag Darrell 1993 (Walk Solo)" by Antonio Reyes, Dimebag Darrell is seen using a Marshall MS-2 Micro Stack, positioned to his left and visible several times throughout the footage.
“I’ve been playin’ the strings of strength since 1995. I like the way DR Strings feel and react, you can really get a grip on them. They’re great for everything, from big ol’ string bends, to huge whammy bar dives, perfect for blood curdling harmonic screams and just straight out heavy chunky riffin’. They also stay in perfect tune and remain fresh and bright for an amazingly long time.”
Dimebag Darrell was known to use a Jackson RR5 Rhoads Ivory guitar for playing and jamming at bars and parties during his later years, as seen in the provided image.
In the video "Dimebag Darrell - Guitar Lessons Young Guitar 35th - Part 1," Dimebag Darrell can be seen using the Washburn Cracked Mirror guitar.
Dimebag Darrell used an Aria Pro II ZZ Deluxe as his "Spare Dime" guitar, as evidenced by the details in the attached image.
He used a Charvel San Dimas very briefly during Pantera's glam era, seen in this video at 2:43.
Dimebag Darrell used the MXR ZW44 Zakk Wylde Overdrive as a boost for solos, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on TinyPic.
“My old man showed me how to play barre chords, and that's when things started getting really heavy,” remembered Dimebag of his early years playing. But I think the turning point came when I discovered an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Fuzz. Feedback! Distortion! Dude, that was all she wrote.”
In an interview from this article by HP Newquist, originally published in GUITAR Magazine (September 1995):
What about effects?
Diambag Darrell: Honestly, I go straight through my stack with just a couple of rack things. Live I just have my soundman out front. He does my delays – his choice of the delays, I don’t’ care, just put the fucking echo on there when it’s needed. We do have the delays all time out. He also does some Harmonizer stuff to double the runs on some of the songs off of Cowboys From Hell so that it sounds like we have two guitars playing. Through my rack I have an MXR flanger/doubler. It’s not really an effect because it’s on all the time, and my tech and I work tight on that sound."
Dime's signature wah pedal. Dunlop designed the pedal in conjunction with Darrell.
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