Floods amp settings — Boss GT-100

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Boss GT-100 with a Epiphone SG Standard. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — main high-gain rhythm and solo tone

Original rig

Randall Century 200 / RG100ES solid-state head, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, MXR 6-band graphic EQ, Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL pickup

Aggressive razor-sharp solid-state high gain with heavily scooped mids, tight sub-bass, and piercing top-end sizzle

Amp settings — Boss GT-100

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	8
Mid	2
Treble	8
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss GT-100 Parametric EQ Block (Furman PQ-3 style)

Placed pre-amp to recreate Dimebag's aggressive 1kHz notch and upper-mid boost

Low-Mid Freq 8 · Low-Mid Q 7 · Low-Mid Gain 1 · High-Mid Freq 7 · High-Mid Q 6 · High-Mid Gain 8 · Level 6

02Boss GT-100 Noise Suppressor Block

Essential to clamp the extreme high-gain hiss and keep staccato riffs tight

Threshold 7 · Release 2

Why these settings

The SG Standard's Alnico humbuckers have warmer mids than Dimebag's ultra-hot, blade-style Bill Lawrence L500XL, so the parametric EQ block aggressively scoops around 800Hz-1kHz while pushing the 3-4kHz presence region. The R-Fier model on the GT-100 supplies the dense harmonic saturation of Dime's cranked solid-state Randall rig. Clean intro/outro: switch amp model to Clean Twin with onboard chorus and analog delay enabled.

PRO TIPDig in hard near the bridge with an extra-heavy pick angled sharply against the strings to capture the signature percussive pick 'chirp' and razor-sharp attack characteristic of Dimebag's playing.

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