Floods amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Vox Pathfinder 10 with a BC RICH Warlock. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — iconic clean outro solo

Original rig

Randall RG-100ES solid-state head, Dean ML/Washburn Dime 333 with Bill Lawrence L-500XL bridge pickup, MXR Flanger/Doubler (subtle), volume pedal for swells

Warm, glassy clean with subtle modulation bloom — emotional sustain, no breakup

Amp settings — Vox Pathfinder 10

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Treble	5
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The Pathfinder 10 has only gain, bass, treble, and volume — no mid, presence, or reverb. Dimebag's outro used the Randall's clean channel at gain 2 for pure warmth. The Pathfinder's gain at 3 keeps it clean but adds slight body since it has less headroom. Bass stays at 6 to match the original's warmth; treble drops to 5 (from 6) because the Vox voicing is brighter than the Randall solid-state. Neck pickup with tone rolled to 7 softens the Warlock's inherent brightness.

PRO TIPThe magic of this solo is volume swells and vibrato phrasing — use your guitar's volume knob to fade notes in from silence, mimicking Dimebag's volume pedal technique. Roll volume to 0, pick the note, then smoothly roll to 10.

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