Floods amp settings — Harley bentonn E40

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Harley bentonn E40 with a Ltd Sn 200. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — iconic clean outro solo section

Original rig

Washburn Dime 333 or Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup, Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, MXR 6-Band EQ, Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ, MXR Flanger/Doubler (subtle)

Warm, emotionally-driven clean tone with subtle modulation bloom — low gain, clear articulation, singing sustain from phrasing not distortion

Amp settings — Harley bentonn E40

CHANNELCleanBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Harley Benton E40 is a budget solid-state combo with no presence control — nulled that knob. Dimebag's Randall clean channel was set very low gain (around 2) for the outro solo warmth. Your E40's clean channel should stay pristine; mid pushed to 6 compensates for the E40's tendency toward scooped voicing versus the Randall's fuller midrange. Treble dropped to 5 to avoid solid-state harshness on clean settings.

PRO TIPThe magic of this solo is 100% in the fingers — use slow, wide vibrato and let notes ring into each other. Roll your tone knob to 7 to soften the attack and get that vocal, singing quality Dimebag achieved without any drive.

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