Paranoid amp settings — Kinsman Vintage 10g
The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Paranoid”, dialed in for a Kinsman Vintage 10g with a Vintage V69. Studio version, Paranoid album (1970)
Gibson SG Standard → Dallas Rangemaster treble booster → Laney LA100BL (presence/mid/treble maxed, bass at 0, inputs overloaded for boost)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 8 |
| Bass | 2 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 9 |
| Presence | 0 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
The Kinsman Vintage 10g is a small solid-state practice amp with limited gain on tap—it cannot replicate the cranked valve saturation and treble booster of Iommi's rig. Gain pushed to 8 to extract maximum crunch from the preamp. Bass dropped to 2 (Iommi ran zero bass) to avoid mud on the small speaker. Treble at 9 and mid at 8 replicate his maxed treble/mid approach; the Rangemaster's treble push is approximated by the bright EQ and wide-open guitar tone knob. This amp lacks a presence control, so that's omitted. You will get a thinner, less saturated version of the tone—a boost pedal (even a cheap TC Electronic Spark Mini or Behringer TO800) would dramatically close the gap.
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