Iron Man amp settings — Sanchez GM-815
The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Iron Man”, dialed in for a Sanchez GM-815 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Paranoid (1970)
1965 Gibson SG Special (P-90 bridge pickup) into custom Dallas-Arbiter Rangemaster treble booster into Laney Supergroup LA 100 BL with Laney 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Dallas-Arbiter Rangemaster Treble Booster (or clone)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; slam front of amp to get authentic 1970 Iommi bite
The Sanchez GM-815 is a basic solid-state practice amp with standard 2-band EQ (mid and presence are unavailable on the faceplate, so mid and presence are set to null). Set the amp's drive channel gain to 7 to replicate the cranked Laney Supergroup saturation with your bridge single-coil. Roll the Strat's tone knob down to 8 to thicken the single-coil bite closer to Iommi's P-90 sound.
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