Floods amp settings — Peavey 5150

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Peavey 5150 with a ESP LTD JH-600 James Hetfield. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)

Original rig

Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, Washburn Dime 333 with Bill Lawrence L-500XL (bridge) / Seymour Duncan '59 (neck), DigiTech Whammy, Korg ToneWorks AX30G (chorus/delay)

Warm, singing lead tone with liquid sustain, scooped mids for the solo section, melodic and vocal-like with harmonic squeals

Amp settings — Peavey 5150

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Randall RG-100ES is a tight, scooped solid-state amp. Your 5150 is tube-driven with more aggressive mids and compression. I dropped mids to 4 (vs Dime's ~5) to approximate the Randall's scoop, and pulled gain back to 7 because the 5150's lead channel saturates harder than the Randall. The EMG 81/60 set in your JH-600 runs hotter than Dime's passive Bill Lawrence, so this compensates for the output difference.

PRO TIPDime played this solo with his fingers positioned closer to the neck pickup for a rounder attack—avoid picking directly over the bridge. Roll your tone knob to 7 to tame the EMG's high-end bite and get closer to that vocal, singing quality he achieved with the '59 neck pickup.

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