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Electric Funeral amp settings — Laney LX15

The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Electric Funeral”, dialed in for a Laney LX15 with a Ibanez GRX70QA. Studio version, Paranoid (1970) — iconic wah-drenched main riff

Original rig

Gibson SG (bridge humbucker) → Dallas Rangemaster treble booster (modified) → Tycobrahe Parapedal / Vox Wah → Laney LA100 BL full stack

Dark, sludgy doom with wah-drenched riffs, heavy low-mids, and grinding sustain
Amp settings — Laney LX15
CHANNELDrive Channel (Drive switch ON)
GAIN 7 BASS 8 MID 7 TREBLE 6 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass8
Mid7
Treble6
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Standard Wah Pedal (Cry Baby / Vox)

RECOMMENDED — not owned; essential for the signature slow filter sweep on the main riff

Pedal Sweep 5

02Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster

RECOMMENDED — not owned; tightens low-end flub and drives the Laney preamp into classic Iommi fuzz-crunch

Boost 8
Why these settings

The Laney LX15 shares the dark, mid-heavy British DNA of Tony Iommi's original Laney LA100 BL, but lacks a Rangemaster to push its front end. Engage the onboard Drive channel at gain 7 to capture the heavy power-chord crunch directly from the amp. Keep the bass and mids high to fill out the 2x5-inch speakers, and back the bridge tone knob off slightly to 8 to avoid modern ceramic treble bite.

PRO TIPFor the iconic riff, Tony leaves a wah pedal engaged and rocks it slowly across the sweep rather than tapping it rhythmically; pick heavily near the bridge with downstrokes to get that authentic percussive doom thud.

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