Floods amp settings — Fender 2

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Fender 2 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — iconic solo

Original rig

Washburn Dime 333 / ML (Bill Lawrence L-500XL) -> Furman PQ-3 -> MXR 6-Band EQ -> Randall Century 200 II Solid-State Head -> Randall 4x12 Jaguar cabs

High-gain, razor-sharp solid-state saturation with mid-boosted preamp front end scooped at the power stage, smooth sustaining decay, and studio delay/reverb

Amp settings — Fender 2

CHANNELDrive / LeadBOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Parametric / 6-Band Graphic EQ

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; essential for Dimebag's exact pre/post EQ shaping

Level 7 · Mid Cut (1kHz) 2 · High Boost 8

02Digital Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; critical for the solo's spacious decay

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Level 5

Why these settings

The Fender practice amp is an unrecognized model with a basic two-band layout, so mid and presence controls are nulled. To approximate Dime's razor-sharp solid-state bite without outboard EQs, drive the amp's lead channel hard while pushing both bass and treble to simulate his signature scooped high-gain profile. A dedicated EQ pedal and delay will dramatically close the gap to the recorded studio solo.

PRO TIPDimebag's pick attack relies on aggressive downstrokes using heavy, sharp picks held close to the tip, allowing effortless pinch harmonics across the entire fretboard.

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