Floods amp settings — Cort CR15

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Cort CR15 with a X-500 Spira. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — main distorted riff

Original rig

Washburn Dime 333 with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup, Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, MXR 6-band graphic EQ, Boss noise gate

Tight and percussive, scooped mids, aggressive palm muting, high-gain saturation, razor-sharp clarity, solid-state crunch

Amp settings — Cort CR15

CHANNELClean (amp used as clean platform for pedal gain)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Treble	6
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ultimate Drive (Joyo/clone OCD-style)

Main gain source — amp stays clean. HP/LP switch to HP if available for tighter low end.

Drive 8 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Cort CR15 is a small solid-state practice amp with only bass/treble EQ and no mid or presence knobs. It cannot reach Dimebag's high-gain saturation alone, so your Ultimate Drive becomes the gain source while the amp stays clean. Bass is set moderate (5) to avoid flub through the small speaker; treble at 6 for bite without fizz. The original Randall RG-100ES was scooped and aggressive — your OCD-style pedal with drive at 8 and tone at 6 approximates the tight, saturated crunch.

PRO TIPDimebag's attack came from aggressive downpicking with the pick angled slightly — dig in hard near the bridge for that percussive chunk, and palm-mute tight to get the signature 'chug' without mud.

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