Floods amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Gibson SG Standard 61. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)

Original rig

Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, Washburn Dime 333 or Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup, Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ, MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ

Tight, aggressive high-gain with scooped mids, razor-sharp treble attack, and controlled low-end thump

Amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

CHANNELBrownBRIGHToffBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	3
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Katana's Brown channel emulates high-gain Marshall-style voicing, which is tighter and more mid-present than the Randall's naturally scooped solid-state character. Mids dropped to 3 (vs original 4-4.5) to compensate for Brown's inherent mid-push. Bass reduced by 1 because your SG's humbuckers run hotter and warmer than Dimebag's blade-style L-500XL, which had a tighter low-end response. Boost engaged to add the front-end push that Dimebag's outboard EQs provided.

PRO TIPDimebag's pick attack was critical to this tone—use a heavy pick (1.0mm+) and strike the strings with a slight downward angle near the bridge to get that percussive, clanky initial transient before the gain compresses.

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