Darrell Lance Abbott – better known as Dimebag Darrell – was Pantera’s trailblazing guitarist, and redefined metal in the ’90s with monster-truck-sized riffs and leads that helped shape the groove metal genre.
Armed with his signature Dean ML guitars – particularly the lightning bolt-painted model dubbed “Dean From Hell” – Dimebag forged a razor-sharp tone that’s equal parts aggression and clarity.
Squealing harmonics, wide vibrato, and lightning-fast alternate picking became his trademarks, as showcased on classic albums Cowboys from Hell, Vulgar Display of Power, and Far Beyond Driven.
Celebrated as one of metal’s greatest of all time, Dimebag’s playing continues to influence metal and hard rock guitarists decades after his untimely passing.
Latest about Dimebag Darrell
The Black Label Society frontman is one of the most electric players around and yet with Wylde Audio about to drop its first acoustics, maybe we should rethink that
We revisit the thrash icons’ catalog from A Fistful of Metal to Cursum Perficio
Lifelong partner Rita Haney and Dean Guitars founder Dean Zelensky discuss their five-year struggle to claim back the Pantera icon’s designs, and the secret guitar shapes to come under the Dime Guitarz banner
Anthrax lifers Scott Ian and Charlie Benante weigh in on returning to sub-four-minute thrash songs and contemplating the end on Cursum Perficio
Until very recently, the Pantera guitar icon’s longtime girlfriend and estate trustee, Rita Haney, was the only one who had seen the designs
Dimebag used the original Flanger/Doubler rack unit as an always-on tone thickener
Rex Brown looks back on the sonic arms race inside Pantera – and the Ampeg rig that tipped the balance in his favor
The firm is a collaboration between the Pantera guitarist’s estate and Dean Zelinsky, the luthier behind his most famous axes
