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What guitar does Dimebag Darrell play?

Dimebag Darrell played his blue 1981 Dean ML and Washburn Dime models through Randall solid-state amps, later Krank. He said he ran a blue MXR six-band EQ and a Furman PQ-4 for gain, a Rocktron Guitar Silencer, an MXR Flanger/Doubler, a DigiTech Whammy and a Dunlop Cry Baby wah, with a Bill Lawrence bridge pickup.

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What pedals did Dimebag use?

He said he ran a little blue MXR six-band EQ and a Furman PQ-4 for gain before the amp, a Rocktron Guitar Silencer to tame noise, an MXR Flanger/Doubler rack unit, two DigiTech Whammy pedals and a wah. He also named an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, a Dunlop Cry Baby and an MXR flanger.

What guitar does Dimebag Darrell play?

He called his blue 1981 Dean ML with the Kiss stickers his main guitar, with a tobacco-burst Dean for D tuning. After Dean closed in 1994 he played Washburn models including the Dime 3, Dime 333, Culprit and Stealth, then returned to Dean for the Razorback.

What amp did Dimebag Darrell use?

He said he stuck to Randall solid-state amps: RG100 and Century 200 heads into Randall 412JB and 412CB cabinets, three Randall stacks at once on Far Beyond Driven, and later the Warhead and Warhead X2. In 2004 he moved to Krank, which made his Krankenstein.

What pickups did Dimebag Darrell use?

In a 2004 Guitar.com interview he said: "I'm using the Dimebucker, made by Seymour Duncan," with Seymour Duncan '59s in the neck position.

What strings did Dimebag Darrell use?

DR Strings, which he said he had played since 1995, later as a signature Hi-Voltage set. He listed .009 to .046 gauges for standard and drop D, and a .009 to .050 set for guitars tuned down a whole step.

What records influenced Dimebag Darrell?

For Guitar World in 1993 he picked songs from Blizzard of Ozz, British Steel, Machine Head, Heaven and Hell, Highway to Hell, Love Gun, Kill 'Em All, Hell Awaits, Van Halen and ZZ Top's Fandango!, among others.

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Dimebag Darrell (1966 to 2004) was the Pantera and Damageplan guitarist behind Cowboys from Hell, Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven. This legacy guide collects his Dean and Washburn guitars, Randall and Krank amps and cabinets, pickups, strings, and the pedals and rack gear he named himself (MXR, Furman, Rocktron, DigiTech, Dunlop), from his own interviews and Guitar World columns, plus the metal records he told Guitar World shaped his playing.

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