Floods amp settings — Randall RG100SC

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Randall RG100SC with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)

Original rig

Randall RG-100ES head, Washburn Dime 333 with Bill Lawrence L-500XL (bridge), Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, MXR 6-band EQ, Rocktron Hush noise gate, DigiTech Whammy, Dunlop Cry Baby

Tight, scooped, aggressive high-gain with razor-sharp articulation and controlled low-end

Amp settings — Randall RG100SC

CHANNELHigh Gain (single-channel solid-state)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1

Use as a clean boost only—Dist at 0, Level at 6 to push the front end for tighter attack. The RG100SC already has the gain you need; stacking distortion will mud it up.

Tone 4 · Level 6 · Dist 0

Why these settings

Your RG100SC is the same Randall solid-state lineage as Dimebag's RG-100ES—you're already in the ballpark. The Epiphone's Probucker humbuckers are slightly warmer and lower-output than the L-500XL, so I kept mids at 2 (Dimebag's signature scoop) but pulled tone knob to 8 to retain some top-end cut. Without the Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ Dime used for surgical 800Hz cuts, your scoop will be less precise—the DS-1 as a clean boost helps tighten the attack.

PRO TIPDimebag's 'Floods' solo articulation came from extremely precise palm-muting control and pick attack—he played with the pick angled hard and close to the bridge. Practice the legato runs with your picking hand barely grazing the strings near the saddles for that tight, defined note separation.

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