Paranoid amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Paranoid”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio album version, Paranoid (1970) - main rhythm track

Original rig

Gibson SG Special (P-90 pickups) into modified Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster into Laney LA100BL Supergroup head & Laney 4x12 cab

Raw, mid-forward vintage British crunch with biting upper-mid bark and tight, trimmed low-end

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELCrunch amp typeBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	4
Mid	8
Treble	7
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Dallas Rangemaster (Treble Booster)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Boost 8

Why these settings

The Katana 50 MkII lacks an external treble booster, so engage the internal Booster on the Crunch voice to replicate Tony Iommi's Laney-pushed-by-Rangemaster saturation. Because your Epiphone humbuckers are warmer than Iommi's biting P-90s, keep the bass trimmed at 4 and push the mids and treble to cut through with vintage bite. If you acquire a treble booster pedal later, switch the Katana to the Clean voice and drop amp gain to 3.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge saddles with downstrokes to emphasize the fast, percussive attack of the iconic E5 power chord rhythm.

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