Floods amp settings — Harley benton HB-80R
The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Harley benton HB-80R with a Harley Benton SC-Custom II. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)
Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, Washburn Dime 333 with Bill Lawrence L-500XL (bridge), MXR 6-band EQ, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, noise gate
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 3 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Noise Gate (RECOMMENDED — not owned)
RECOMMENDED — critical to Dimebag's tight, staccato rhythm attack. A Boss NS-2 or TC Sentry gets you there. Without gating, palm mutes will bloom and sustain instead of snapping shut.
026-Band EQ (RECOMMENDED — not owned)
RECOMMENDED — Dimebag's signature scoop came from stacking EQ pedals before the amp, not just amp EQ. An MXR 6-band or Boss GE-7 placed before the amp input replicates his gain-staging technique.
Your HB-80R is a solid-state combo like Dimebag's Randall, which is fortunate — the response character is similar. I dropped mids to 3 to replicate the classic Dime scoop (original sources cite mids around 2-3 with EQ pedals adding further cuts at 400-800Hz). Your SC-Custom II's humbuckers are hotter than the L-500XL's tight, focused output, so I kept gain at 7 rather than pushing higher to avoid mud. The tone is dry — zero reverb.
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