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Floods amp settings — Sonicake Pocket Master

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Sonicake Pocket Master with a ESP LTD M-1000. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — iconic solo tone

Original rig

Washburn Dime 333 / 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 mids, tight low end, singing sustain, and ambient stereo delay/reverb
Amp settings — Sonicake Pocket Master
CHANNELHigh-Gain Amp Model (e.g. Modern High-Gain / Soldano or 5150 model) + 4x12 V30 IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff
GAIN 8 BASS 6 MID 3 TREBLE 7 REVERB 0 MASTER 7
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain8
Bass6
Mid3
Treble7
Reverb0
Master7
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PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Overdrive / Boost Block (TS-Style)

Tightens low-end flub and emulates Dime's front-end Furman PQ-3 pre-distortion mid push

Drive 0 · Tone 7 · Level 8

02Noise Gate Block

Essential for clamping high-gain hiss between phrases

Threshold 6 · Decay 3

03Delay Block (Digital Delay)

FX loop post-amp position; set to roughly 450ms for the solo's spacious trail

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Mix 4

04Reverb Block (Hall Reverb)

FX loop post-delay; creates the deep studio atmosphere

Decay 6 · Tone 5 · Mix 3
Why these settings

The Sonicake Pocket Master digital high-gain model covers Dime's aggressive saturation, but requires mid-scooping on the amp block (set to 3) compensated by a front-end overdrive boost with Drive at 0 to mimic the Furman PQ-3 pushing the input. The LTD M-1000's high-output bridge pickup provides the necessary bite and harmonic sensitivity for his wide vibrato and pinched squeals. Intro clean tone: bypass the overdrive and switch to the Clean amp block with Delay/Reverb active.

PRO TIPDimebag executed the iconic ascending solo squeals using open-string natural harmonics followed immediately by wide whammy bar pulls and aggressive, wide vibrato from the wrist rather than fingers.

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