Into the void amp settings — Blackstar HT5R MkII
The Black sabbath guitar tone for “Into the void”, dialed in for a Blackstar HT5R MkII with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Master of Reality (1971), tuned down 1.5 steps to C# Standard
1965 Gibson SG Special (P-90s) into modified Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster into cranked Laney Supergroup LA100BL 100W heads and 4x12 cabs
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 1 |
| Master | 6 |
01Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster Clone (or Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run direct into amp input)
The HT-5R MkII has no presence knob and features an ISF control which should be set around 8 (British/Laney voiced). Because a dedicated treble booster/fuzz pedal is recommended to capture Iommi's front-end Germanium saturation, the amp is kept on its clean channel with gain low to prevent muddy double-gain stacking. If playing purely through the amp without pedals, switch to the Overdrive channel with Voice out, set Gain to 7, Bass to 5, Mid to 9, Treble to 8, and ISF to 8.
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