Floods amp settings — Marshall MG30GFX

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30GFX with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. 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 — Marshall MG30GFX

CHANNELOD2

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01DigiTech Whammy

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; essential for the ascending 1-octave and 2-octave pitch sweeps in the climax of the solo

Mix 10

026-Band Graphic EQ (MXR style)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; place before or in loop to replicate Dimebag's extreme razor-sharp mid-scoop and upper-mid bite

Gain 6 · 100Hz 6 · 200Hz 4 · 400Hz 2 · 800Hz 3 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 8

Why these settings

The Marshall MG30GFX's OD2 channel provides the heavy solid-state saturation needed to emulate Dimebag's Randall RG100ES without external dirt. To replicate his signature Furman and MXR outboard EQ mid-scoop, middle is pulled down to 3 while treble is pushed to 8 for razor-edge articulation. The JS22 high-output ceramic bridge humbucker pushes the preamp cleanly into aggressive harmonics. Outro clean section: switch to Clean channel, gain 3, middle 6, treble 6.

PRO TIPDimebag's screaming squeals rely heavily on hitting artificial pinch harmonics over the fret wire nodes directly above the neck pickup while aggressively dipping and pulling up on the whammy bar.

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