Floods amp settings — Spider IV 15 Line 6
The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Spider IV 15 Line 6 with a Ibanez RG370fmz. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — iconic clean outro solo section
Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, Washburn Dime 333 with Bill Lawrence L-500XL (bridge) for heavy parts / neck pickup for clean outro, MXR Flanger/Doubler, Furman PQ-3 parametric EQ, MXR 6-band EQ
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 4 |
| Master | 5 |
The Spider IV 15 has no presence knob—use the Clean amp model to approximate Dimebag's warm Randall clean channel. Your Ibanez humbuckers are hotter than the L-500XL, so gain stays low at 2 to prevent breakup. Mid pushed slightly higher than the original's scooped baseline because the Spider Clean voice is already neutral—this adds the body Dimebag achieved with his EQ rack. Built-in reverb at 4 replaces the studio ambience.
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