Floods amp settings — Estaban G-10

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Estaban G-10 with a Fender American Professional II Telecaster. Studio album version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — iconic solo

Original rig

Washburn Dimebag signature (Bill Lawrence L-500XL) into Randall RG100ES solid-state head, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, MXR 6-band EQ, DigiTech Whammy, MXR Flanger/Doubler

Aggressive, razor-sharp solid-state high gain with tight low end and doubled-tracking sustain

Amp settings — Estaban G-10

CHANNELOverdrive switch engagedBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Treble	7
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Distortion / High-Gain Preamp Pedal (e.g. MXR Dime Distortion or Boss MT-2)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Level 7 · Gain 8 · Bass 7 · Treble 7

02Analog / Digital Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Level 3

Why these settings

The Esteban G-10 is a basic practice amp with only Gain, Bass, and Treble controls (no mid, presence, or reverb controls physically exist on the faceplate). Engage the drive/overdrive switch with gain at 7 to capture as much clipping as the small speaker can handle without completely falling apart. A Telecaster bridge single-coil is significantly thinner and brighter than Dimebag's scorching Bill Lawrence L-500XL blade humbucker, so roll the guitar tone knob back to 8 to tame the single-coil icepick bite. Clean intro/outro: disengage the amp overdrive switch and roll guitar volume back to 7.

PRO TIPDimebag's signature sustain on this solo relies heavily on heavy, aggressive pick attack close to the bridge combined with wide, precise vibrato that shakes the entire neck to milk feedback out of high-gain passages.

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