Floods amp settings — Boss GT-1

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — iconic solo tone

Original rig

Washburn Dime 333 / ML (Bill Lawrence L-500XL) -> Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ -> MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ -> Randall Century 200 II Solid-State Head -> Randall 4x12 Jaguar cabs

High-gain, razor-sharp solid-state saturation with mid-boosted preamp front end scooped at the power stage, smooth sustaining decay, and studio delay/reverb

Amp settings — Boss GT-1

CHANNELSOLID (Solid-State High Gain) amp model + 4x12 cabBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	8
Mid	3
Treble	8
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01FX1 Block (Parametric EQ / PQ-3 Voicing)

Placed before the amp block to push ~1.2kHz into the preamp like Dime's Furman PQ-3

Low-Mid Freq 6 · Low-Mid Q 7 · Low-Mid Gain 8 · Level 7

02Noise Suppressor (NS)

Essential to clamp high-gain hiss between staccato phrases

Threshold 7 · Release 3

03FX2 Block (Chorus)

Subtle doubling width for the solo

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · E.Level 3

04Delay Block (Standard Delay)

Set to roughly 420ms for the iconic soaring solo repeats

D.Time 5 · F.Back 4 · E.Level 4

05Reverb Block (Plate Reverb)

Post-amp spacious stereo tail

Time 6 · Tone 5 · E.Level 4

Why these settings

The Boss GT-1's SOLID preamp model replicates Dimebag's Randall solid-state bite perfectly without tube sag. The pre-amp mid boost from the EQ block combined with the post-amp mid scoop produces the razor-sharp harmonic squeals and fluid sustain on the JS22 stock ceramic bridge pickup. Main riff/outro backing: bypass the chorus and delay blocks, leaving the dry high-gain scoop.

PRO TIPDig in hard with the edge of a heavy pick right next to the bridge pickup to induce the high-register artificial pinch harmonics Dime relies on throughout the solo.

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