Floods amp settings — Headrush Prime

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Headrush Prime with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 50s. 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 — Headrush Prime

CHANNELSolid State High Gain / '89 SL-100 Drive blockBRIGHTonBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	8
Presence	8
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Parametric EQ Block (Furman PQ-3 emulation)

In front of amp model to replicate Dime's signature pre-amp mid scoop and razor-sharp treble push

Low Freq 2 · Low Cut/Boost 6 · Mid Freq 8 · Mid Cut/Boost 2 · High Freq 7 · High Boost 8

02Whammy Block (Pitch Shifter)

Set to 2 Octaves Up; use expression pedal to sweep into the climax of the solo

Position 0 · Range 10 · Mix 10

03Doubler / Short Delay Block

Placed after amp model to mimic the MXR Flanger/Doubler studio track doubling

Time 2 · Feedback 1 · Mix 4

Why these settings

Your Les Paul 50s has warmer, lower-output PAF-style humbuckers compared to Dime's ultra-hot, ceramic Bill Lawrence L-500XL. To compensate, push the HeadRush pre-EQ gain and treble higher while pulling mids aggressively around 1kHz to achieve that biting solid-state attack. Clean outro: bypass the high-gain amp and pitch block, switching to an acoustic/clean sim block with lush chorus and reverb.

PRO TIPDime achieved the singing, endless harmonics in this solo using an inverted whammy dive technique combined with picking right above the bridge pickup and digging in hard with a sharp, heavy pick.

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