Floods amp settings — Marshall Valvestate VS100

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Marshall Valvestate VS100 with a B.C rich Gunslinger. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — iconic outro solo tone

Original rig

Washburn Dime ML (Bill Lawrence L-500XL) -> Furman PQ-3 -> MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ -> Randall Century 200 II Solid-State Head -> Randall 4x12 Jaguar cabs

High-gain, razor-sharp solid-state saturation with scooped post-EQ mids, searing treble bite, and long sustaining ambient decay

Amp settings — Marshall Valvestate VS100

CHANNELOverdrive 2 (OD2)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	9
Bass	7
Mid	3
Treble	8
Reverb	5
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01MXR 6-Band EQ / Graphic EQ

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; put in FX loop to carve Dime's extreme 'V' curve

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

02Digital Delay (Boss DD-3 or DD-7)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; set in FX loop for 420ms studio solo repeats

E.Level 5 · F.Back 5 · D.Time 6 · Mode 7

Why these settings

The VS100 uses OD2 with the Contour control set around 8 (fully clockwise scoops mids) to emulate Dimebag's solid-state Randall bite. Because you own no pedals, amp gain is set to 9 on OD2 to capture the searing saturation and natural sustain of the solo. Adding an EQ in the FX loop down the road will allow you to achieve Dimebag's extreme pre-boost and post-scoop curve perfectly.

PRO TIPDimebag used heavy, aggressive vibrato with the whammy bar and sharp, high-angle picking near the bridge pickup to make high-register bends scream through solid-state clipping.

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