Floods amp settings — Vox VT40X

The Pantera guitar tone for “Floods”, dialed in for a Vox VT40X with a Epiphone Les Paul Studio. Studio version, The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) — main rhythm/solo high-gain tone

Original rig

Randall Century 200 / RG100ES solid-state head + Furman PQ-3 / MXR 6-band EQ + Bill Lawrence L500XL loaded Dean ML

Aggressive razor-sharp solid-state high gain with heavily scooped mids, tight sub-bass, and piercing top-end sizzle

Amp settings — Vox VT40X

CHANNELUS HIGAIN (Soldano/Mesa modern voicing)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	8
Mid	2
Treble	9
Reverb	1
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Overdrive/Distortion Effect

Used as a tight front-end boost to emulate Dimebag's outboard parametric EQ push

Drive 3 · Tone 8 · Level 8

02Onboard Delay Effect

Engage for the iconic solo section

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Level 4

Why these settings

The Vox VT40X uses the 'US HIGAIN' amp model to capture the extreme saturation of Dimebag's solid-state Randall rig without requiring external pedals. The mid knob is aggressively scooped down to 2 while treble is pushed to 9 to replicate the surgical high-frequency sizzle of the Furman PQ-3. Les Paul humbuckers have warmer low-mids than Dime's L500XL, so keeping the onboard drive tone high compensates for the pickup difference. Clean intro: switch amp model to DELUXE CL with reverb and subtle chorus.

PRO TIPUse an extremely hard, sharp pick (like a 1.14mm+ Jazz III or Tortex) and pick forcefully right next to the bridge saddles to generate the percussive, razor-sharp pick attack essential to Dimebag's tone.

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