For “I’m Broken” from Pantera’s Far Beyond Driven (1994), Dimebag tuned down slightly more than one and a quarter steps from standard tuning. So Dime tuned his guitar from low to high: C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#, and tuned all notes plus 40 cents. If you have been trying …
For “Primal Concrete Sledge” from Pantera’s Cowboys from Hell (1990) album, Dimebag tuned his low E string down slightly more than one and a quarter steps from standard tuning and tuned the rest of the strings down to somewhat more than a quarter-step from standard tuning. So from low to …
For the tuning for “Walk” from Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power (1992), Dimebag Darrell tuned down slightly more than one and a quarter steps from standard tuning. Dime would tune his guitar from low to high: C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#, and then tune all notes plus 40 cents.
The tuning for “Becoming” from Pantera’s Far Beyond Driven (1994) album is tuned down slightly more than one and a quarter steps from standard tuning. So Dimebag tuned his guitar from low to high: C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#, and tuned all notes plus 40 cents. Dimebag used his …
The songs on Pantera’s album Far Beyond Driven (1994) are either tuned down slightly more than a quarter-step from standard tuning or are tuned down slightly more than a one and a quarter-steps from standard tuning. So Dimebag would tune his guitar from low to high: D#, G#, C#, F#, …
“Cowboys From Hell” from Pantera’s Cowboys from Hell (1990) album is tuned down slightly more than a quarter step from standard tuning. So Dimebag tuned his guitar from low to high: D#, G#, C#, F#, A#, D#, and tuned all notes plus 40 cents. Here is the beginning of the …
Dime used La Bella strings before switching to Dimebag Darrell Signature Series DR strings. Cowboys From Hell (1990): La Bella Strings Since 1995 Dimebag Darrell has used Dimebag Darrell Signature Series Hi-voltage Electric Guitar Strings by DR Strings. By the time The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) came out, Dime was …
Dimebag used a Green .88mm Dunlop Standard Tortex pick during his time with Pantera and Damageplan. Dimebag’s guitar tech Grady Champion (Dime’s tech for 13 years), scratched his Tortex picks with a dart to help improve the grip of the pick for Dimebag’s live performances. Rex Brown, the bassist for …
The guitar Dimebag was playing when he died was a 2004 Dean ML 79. It was black with a Floyd Rose tremolo and made in Korea (serial number E110291). The guitar had a Dimebucker in the bridge position, the neck pickup was taped (like the Dean From Hell), and the …
Dimebag Darrell used electrical tape on both edges of the pickup bobbin to prevent the high and low E strings from getting caught underneath the bobbin from aggressive playing (especially from extreme Floyd Rose dive bombs). Satchel, the guitarist for Steel Panther, does the same thing to the neck pickup …