floods amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 40

The pantera guitar tone for “floods”, dialed in for a Positive Grid Spark 40 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Iconic solo tone, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)

Original rig

Randall RG100HT / Century 200 solid-state heads, Furman PQ-3 / MXR 6-band EQ, Washburn Dime 3 with Bill Lawrence L500XL humbucker, DigiTech Whammy, MXR Flanger/Chorus, delay/reverb

High-gain scooped solid-state lead with sharp razor bite, smooth sustain, and atmospheric delay/reverb

Amp settings — Positive Grid Spark 40

CHANNELTreadplate (Mesa Dual Rectifier model) in Spark AppBRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	2
Treble	7
Reverb	4
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Spark Digital Delay Block (FX Loop)

Set delay time to roughly 360ms for the spacious solo repeats

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Level 4

02Spark Modulation / Chorus Block (FX Loop)

Subtle stereo chorus to double and widen the melodic solo lines

Rate 4 · Depth 6 · Tone 5

Why these settings

Dimebag used ultra-scooped solid-state Randall amps with high-output Bill Lawrence humbuckers. To compensate on a Squier Strat with single coils, mids are scooped deeply to 2 on the high-gain Treadplate model while bridge tone is rolled back slightly to 8 to avoid ice-pick highs. Delay and subtle chorus inside the Spark app recreate the doubled, layered studio solo sound.

PRO TIPFor the climax squeals, use heavy bridge-pickup pick harmonics at the 2nd and 5th frets on the G string while executing wide, aggressive whammy/finger vibrato.

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