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Into the Void amp settings — Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H

The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Into the Void”, dialed in for a Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, Master of Reality (1971) - signature intro/main riff

Original rig

1965 Gibson SG Special 'Monkey' (P90s, tuned C# standard: C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#) into a modified Dallas Arbiter Rangemaster treble booster (customized by John Birch) into cranked 100W Laney Supergroup heads and 4x12 cabs

Downtuned, thick, sludge-laden fuzz-drive with sharp upper-mid bite and tight low end

Amp settings — Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H

CHANNELHigh Treble (Input 1 - Top Left) with patched jumper to Normal

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	3
Mid	8
Treble	7
Presence	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez TS Mini

Used as a mid-focused treble/tightening boost pushing the Marshall into Laney/Rangemaster saturation

Tone 8 · Level 9 · Overdrive 2

02Boss RE-20 Space Echo

Bypassed — record riff is totally dry

Bass 5 · Treble 5 · Reverb Volume 0 · Repeat Rate 0 · Intensity 0 · Echo Volume 0

03EHX Big Muff Pi

Bypassed — Iommi used a modified Rangemaster rather than Big Muff fuzz; the TS Mini boost into the cranked SV20H matches the clip structure authentically

Volume 0 · Tone 0 · Sustain 0

04MXR Phase 90

Bypassed

Speed 0

Why these settings

The SV20H Plexi circuit shares the British EL34 architecture with Iommi's Laney Supergroup, but the original was tuned down to C# standard where an untightened Plexi bass control will turn to flub. Running the TS Mini with low Overdrive and high Level/Tone replicates Iommi's modified Rangemaster frequency clamp, keeping the front-end punchy. Bass on the Marshall is kept low at 3 while mids and high treble are pushed to recreate Tony's forward roar without low-end sag.

PRO TIPDown-tune your Les Paul 1.5 steps to C# standard (C#-F#-B-E-G#-C#) with light tension and play the main riff on the neck pickup; Iommi famously used the neck position for rhythm to get that dark, round thud cut through with treble-boost harmonic sizzle.

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