Floods amp settings — CXLWZ CXLWZ AGL -20

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a CXLWZ CXLWZ AGL -20 with a Aklot Blue carpet. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — main heavy rhythm and solo

Original rig

Randall Century 200 / RG100ES solid-state head, Furman PQ-3 preamp EQ, MXR 6-band graphic EQ, Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L500XL

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

Amp settings — CXLWZ CXLWZ AGL -20

CHANNELLead / High-Gain channel (or Drive switch engaged)BOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	9
Bass	8
Mid	2
Treble	9
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run in FX loop or in front to achieve Dimebag's extreme mid scoop)

100Hz 7 · 200Hz 6 · 400Hz 3 · 800Hz 2 · 1.6kHz 4 · 3.2kHz 8

02DigiTech Whammy / Pitch Shifter

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (required for the soaring +1/+2 octave squeals in the Floods solo)

Mix 10 · Pitch Shift 10

Why these settings

The CXLWZ AGL-20 is an unrecognized compact practice amp, so universal controls are dialed to emulate Dimebag's trademark solid-state scoop. Gain is pushed to 9 on the drive channel with mids severely cut to 2 and treble boosted to 9 to match the piercing bite of the original Randall and Furman PQ-3 rig. Clean intro: switch to the clean channel with volume backed down and mids brought up to 5.

PRO TIPDimebag used heavy downward pick attack right next to the bridge saddles combined with artificial pinch harmonics to produce that razor-sharp transient bite.

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