Floods amp settings — Fender Super 60

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Fender Super 60 with a Fender Telecaster deluxe. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — iconic clean intro/verse section

Original rig

Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, Washburn Dime 333 with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge humbucker, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, MXR 6-band EQ, volume pedal for swells

Crystalline, shimmering clean with subtle modulation and volume swells — spacious and haunting

Amp settings — Fender Super 60

CHANNELClean (Normal channel)BRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Presence	5
Reverb	4
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8

Why these settings

Original used a Randall solid-state clean channel which is scooped and hi-fi. Your Fender Super 60 has warmer tube cleans with natural mid presence, so mid stays at 6 rather than scooped, and treble drops to 5 to avoid the Fender sparkle overpowering the haunting quality. Gain at 2 keeps it pristine. Without a volume pedal, you lose the signature swells — use your guitar volume knob manually for the effect.

PRO TIPThe magic of this tone is the volume swells creating that orchestral fade-in on each chord. Roll your Tele's volume to 0, strike the chord, then smoothly roll up to 8 over about 1 second — practice the timing until the attack disappears completely.

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