Floods amp settings — Nux Mighty amp 40 mkii

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Nux Mighty amp 40 mkii with a Ibanez Gio GRG120QASP. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)

Original rig

Dean ML with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup → Furman PQ-3 Parametric EQ → MXR 6-Band Graphic EQ → Randall RG100ES solid-state head

Scooped, aggressive high-gain with sharp presence and tight low-end

Amp settings — Nux Mighty amp 40 mkii

CHANNELUSA

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	9
Bass	7
Mid	3
Treble	8
Presence	8
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Nux Mighty 40 Mk II 'USA' channel approximates the Randall's tight solid-state voicing. Gain pushed to 9 compensates for missing external EQ pedals that shaped Dime's scoop. Mid dropped to 3 replicates the graphic EQ scoop; bass raised to 7 and presence to 8 restore the punchy low-end and cutting highs those pedals provided. Your Ibanez Gio humbuckers are lower output than the L-500XL — bridge pickup wide-open delivers enough heat.

PRO TIPPalm-mute attack is everything here — dig in hard on the low strings with your picking hand resting firmly on the bridge saddles to get that percussive chug, then let sustained notes ring completely open for the contrast Dime built into every riff.

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