Floods amp settings — Harley Benton 20-R

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Harley Benton 20-R with a Harley Benton TE-70 Black Paisley. Studio 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 — Harley Benton 20-R

CHANNELOverdrive channel (OD switch engaged)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	7
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01DigiTech Whammy / Pitch Shifter

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; essential for the octave-up squeals and pedal-sweep lines in the solo

Mix 10 · Pitch 10

02MXR 6-Band EQ / Parametric EQ

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; Dimebag scooped 800Hz–1kHz while violently boosting 1.6kHz–3kHz bite

100Hz 6 · 200Hz 5 · 400Hz 3 · 800Hz 2 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 8

03Boss DS-1 or High-Gain Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; run into clean channel with amp gain at 2 to bypass practice amp fizz

Tone 6 · Dist 7 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Harley Benton 20-R lacks Dime's Randall saturation and parametric EQ shaping, so engage the amp's OD channel with gain at 7 to capture solid-state aggression without collapsing the 8-inch speaker. The TE-70 bridge single-coil is lower output than Dime's hot Bill Lawrence L-500XL blade, requiring treble dialed back to 7 and mids cut to 3 to simulate his signature scoop without harsh top-end shrillness. If you add the recommended distortion and EQ pedals later, switch the 20-R to its clean channel with gain set to 2. Clean outro: disengage the OD switch, roll guitar volume to 7, and turn onboard reverb up to 6.

PRO TIPDimebag's pitch-harmonic squeals in the Floods solo require aggressive downpicking right over the bridge pickup while lightly catching the artificial harmonic node with the edge of your thumb, immediately followed by a wide, violent wrist vibrato.

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