Category Archives: Dimebag Darrell Abbott
Official Website:
www.dimebagdarrell.com
Endorsements:
DR Handmade String
Seymour Duncan
Dunlop
Motörhead – Ace of Spades (Feat. Dave Grohl, Phil Anselmo & More)
Phil Anselmo paying tribute to Lemmy Kilmister Motörhead at The Monster Energy Ride for Dime Dimebash 2016 at Lucky Strike Live – featuring Dave Grohl on guitar, Dave Lombardo on drums, and Robert Trujillo on bass.Oh, and here's an article Rolling Stone just wrote about it: bit.ly/dimebashrollingstone*heavy breathing*
Posted by Lucky Strike Live on Saturday, January 23, 2016
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Remember that time Dave Grohl hopped on stage to do Wish You Were Here with Machine Head's Robb Flynn & crew? Cause we're pretty sure we blacked out from excitement and missed the whole thing. Such is life…Thanks to all who helped make The Monster Energy Ride for Dime Dimebash 2016 a reality. The level of talent that flows through our humble venue is unbelievable. You are all rockstars.
Posted by Lucky Strike Live on Saturday, January 23, 2016
MACHINEHEADxPANTERAxNEWLEVEL
Posted by Scott McPhail on Saturday, January 23, 2016
My good friend Marzi Montazeri killing it on This Love at Dimebash \m/
Posted by Ken Jaslow on Friday, January 22, 2016
Benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up & Shout Cancer Fund. Tickets available here: bit.ly/dimebash2016
Performances from members of : ✦Pantera ✦Slayer
✦Alice In Chains✦Black Label Society✦Machine Head
✦Hatebreed ✦Stone Sour✦Type O Negative
✦Danzig✦King’s X✦Devil Driver
✦Prong✦ Kyng✦Armored Saint
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Sadly, today is the 11th anniversary of the death of Pantera’s guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott. Articles, posts, pictures, and memories are being posted or re-posted all around the internet and we will bring some of them here to share with you.
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Metal Hammer:
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Dimebag Darrell
Guitar Player:
How Dimebag Darrell Was Buried with One of Eddie Van Halen’s Guitars
Guitar World:
Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell Compiles His Ultimate Compilation CD
Loudwire.com:
11 Years Ago: Dimebag Darrell Slain Onstage
Revolver Mag:
Listen to Dimebag Darrell’s Isolated Guitar Tracks for Pantera’s “Walk”
Ultimate Classic Rock:
The Day Dimebag Darrell Was Killed
Van Halen News Desk:
“Dime was an original, he deserves the original” -Eddie Van Halen
NBC News Columbus:
‘Dimebag’ Darrell’s murder remembered as one of music’s most heart-wrenching…
Oct
Hi-Voltage™ DR Strings featured on Dime’s Dean Electric Guitars
DR Strings is proud to announce the partnership of select Dean Guitar models with factory equipped Hi-Voltage™ Dimebag Darrell Signature Guitar sets.
Dean Guitar models such as the Dimebag, Razor Bolt, Razorback and Stealth Floyds will be shipped globally to retailers with DR’s Hi-Voltage™ series, Dime’s strings of choice. Released in 2003, DR’s Hi-Voltage™ were the first guitar strings to utilize a protective wire treatment for longevity, durability and strength without sacrificing edge or tone.
Vinnie Paul, Darrell’s brother and band mate in Pantera and Damageplan, welcomes the partnership. “DIME knew the importance of every aspect of playing the guitar. That’s why he used DR, the best strings out there!!”
Based in Emerson, New Jersey, DR Strings maintains the highest quality standards and construction methods. On the forefront of new wire and coating technologies, DR Strings offers an extensive selection of guitar and bass strings for electric, acoustic, and other folk instruments. DR Strings are proudly Made in the USA with All-American materials for over 25 years.
For more info on Dimebag Darrell, please visit www.dimebagdarrell.com.
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Aug 20 is Dime’s birthday and stories, pictures, and videos surfaced all around the web today in recognition of this. Take a look and some of it below.
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Metal Insider’s Top 5: Non-Pantera Tracks Featuring Dimebag Darrell
Loudwire: Remembering Dimebag Darrell: Rock + Metal Musicians Pay Tribute to the Pantera Legend
Guitar World: 18-Year-Old Dimebag Darrell of Pantera Shreds in 1984 — Video
Guitar World: Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell Chooses His 12 Favorite Songs in 1993 Guitar World Interview
From Shinedown:
New interview with Pepper Keenan by Loudwire (Darrell wasn’t even brought up beforehand):
Loudwire: Would you rather have lunch with a music icon who has passed away or a music icon who is still alive? And who would it be?
Pepper: Well, I’d like to have lunch with [Dimebag] Darrell. That would be awesome to do that again. Let me tell you he would have been a blast on the Motorboat Cruise or any of those things. Oh my God, he’d be hanging out with me out there, doing shots with the kids and making them go f—ing apes—t.…
Limited run of 100 pieces. Please contact deanusa@deanguitars.com for order/dealer inquiries.
The USA Dean Dimebag Darrell Commemorative ML Guitar is one of the most recognizable guitars in the world; seen on countless stages across the globe and heard on Dime’s recordings for decades. Dean Guitars has now proudly recreated this iconic guitar for you.
Limited to only 100 pieces worldwide, this extremely collectable guitar follows the specifications as Dimes Original “Dean From Hell.”
Key features include a solid mahogany body; set mahogany V shaped neck with rosewood fingerboard and mild roll over cream binding. Top mounted Floyd Rose tremolo system, vintage Style Grover Tuners, Switchcraft pickup selector switch, DBD Traction knobs, neck angle, and the same approximate weight as Dimes original DFH.
Each instrument is painstakingly finished with a hand airbrushed Lightning Bolt motif in exacting detail to Dime’s beloved Dean From Hell.
No detail has been overlooked; Dean has even replicated the signature “The Dean From Hell” that was handwritten by Dime himself on the headstock logo that adorns his original ML as well.
A limited edition custom hardshell case and a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Dime’s brother Vinnie Paul round off this amazing instrument.
More info here.…
Enter for a chance to win one of three prizes. Go here to enter: http://smarturl.it/dimedrgiveaway. Giveaway starts today, ending on Sunday, June 7, 2015
First Prize Winner:
Pantera “Far Beyond Driven” T-Shirt
and CD, plus DR Strings T-Shirt,
Black DR Leather Strap, and
4 Dimebag Darrell Signature Sets (9-50)
Second Prize Winner:
Dimebag Darrell T-Shirt,
Guitar Lesson – Play-Along Book,
and 3 Dimebag Darrell Signature sets (9-50)
Third Prize Winner:
DR Strings T-Shirt and 2 Dimebag Darrell Signature Sets (9-50)…
Here are some videos and photos from the event.
Zakk Wylde performing “In This River” which was written for Dime by Zakk.
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DIME ICON is a free exhibit that will showcase over a dozen of Dimebag Darrell’s reissued guitars from Official Dean Guitars Page, and feature a Dime Tribute by Nick Bowcott!
For more info on Rock On The Range go here.
Pics from the Icon Exhibit:
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As originally posted on vh1.com here.
Compiling a list of the most influential modern metal guitar players is intimidating. There was no way to do this without pissing a bunch of people off. I did my best to quantify which guitar players’ mark was being felt the most by the up and coming generation of new bands and musical movements in the realm of all things heavy. Whose legacy stood the test of time? Why is player “A” more influential than player “B”? Is there empirical evidence to support these arguments? These are the burning questions. There are some tremendously phenomenal players who did not make this list because their significance will not be known for some time. There are some players who made a big splash initially, but stature has waned in recent years. There are some genres like Black Metal where I had difficulty pinpointing 1 or 2 specific players that stood out among the slew of pioneers.
It (arguably) all started when Tony Iommi lost his fingers in a machinist accident, but metal guitar has come a long way in 50 years. Enjoy this list in all of its imperfect glory!
1. Dimebag Darrell – Pantera, Damageplan
Dimebag Darrell is definitively the most influential metal guitarist of the last 25 years. He is to the 1990s what Eddie Van Halen was to the ’80s and Jimi Hendrix was to the ’60s. His precise thrash chops are on full display on tracks like “Shattered” and “F-cking Hostile”, and yet Dime also knew how to keep the riffs simple and grooving with iconic songs like “Walk” and “5 Minutes Alone”. This sparse, low-end, bluesy chug was the blueprint for post-thrash, nu-metal, and metalcore in the subsequent years. From the solid-state behemoth crunch, signature squeals, and peerless lead playing, everything he did was 100% his own style. Despite his monumentally vast influence, we still have not found the heir apparent to Dimebag’s throne. He is irreplaceable, and I am just thankful for the legacy he left. RIP.
To see all 20 guitarists included and why they were picked and where, go here.…