It's been 4 years since the passing of Darrell Lance Abbott (that's Dimebag Darrell to the rest of us). He was one of those guitar chaps who was equally lethal in his riffs as well as his solos. I remember buying Pantera's Cowboys from Hell, paid $18 for an imported version of the cassette tape (which is now a fungus factory, gladly irrecoverable due to convenient misplacement- I currently own the CD version of it).Mr. Dimebag arguably made good of the Dean brand name which remained largely unknown prior to his distinguished appearance. I was into his playing because he was not one to foresake technicalities in combination with the heavy music genre.
RIP
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Erm. No offense. I believe its 4 years, not 6
none taken- thanks for the revision.
I for one am still trying to comprehend his scooped tone amp setting: devout of mid with extremities in bass and treble... in most times such a setting would come out as complete crap. He, however, gets it ripping through.
RIP, good sir. You left a legacy.
i'm not a scooped tone fan, it's largely the Frank Gambale influence rubbing on me but Dimebag's great definition lies with his amp technology as well: solidstate.
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