Floods amp settings — Line 6 Spider ll

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider ll with a Dean Vx. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — solo/outro section

Original rig

Washburn Dime 333 (Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge, SD '59 neck) → MXR 6-Band EQ → Furman PQ3 → Randall RG-100ES → chorus/delay for solo

Searing, liquid lead tone with scooped mids, high gain saturation, slight chorus shimmer and delay for the solo melody

Amp settings — Line 6 Spider ll

CHANNELInsane

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	7
Mid	4
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	1
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Spider II Built-in Chorus

Use the onboard modulation — subtle chorus adds the shimmer Dime had on the solo

Speed 3 · Depth 4

02Spider II Built-in Delay

Moderate slapback delay; keeps the solo singing without washing out

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Level 3

Why these settings

The Spider II Insane channel approximates Dime's scooped, high-gain Randall tone. Mids are set to 4 (vs Dime's 3) because the Spider's mid control is narrower and needs slight compensation to avoid fizz. Bass bumped to 7 to replicate the low-end thump from his EQ stacking. Your Dean's humbuckers are hotter than Dime's Bill Lawrence, so gain stays at 8 rather than maxed.

PRO TIPRoll your tone knob to 7 on the neck pickup — this tames the high-frequency fizz from the Spider's digital gain and gives you that creamy, vocal sustain Dime nailed on the outro bends.

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