Paranoid amp settings — Leem Pro multi amplifier

The Black sabbath guitar tone for “Paranoid”, dialed in for a Leem Pro multi amplifier with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Paranoid album (1970)

Original rig

Gibson SG Standard (bridge humbucker) → Rangemaster treble booster (modified) → Laney LA100BL with presence/mid/treble on 10, bass on 0

Aggressive mid-forward crunch with sizzling treble bite and no low-end mud

Amp settings — Leem Pro multi amplifier

CHANNELOverdrive / High Gain channel (if available)BRIGHTonBOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	2
Mid	9
Treble	8
Presence	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Treble Booster / TS-style Overdrive (e.g., Joyo Vintage Overdrive, TC Electronic Cinders)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The Rangemaster boost is critical to Iommi's tone; without it you'll lack the upper-mid snarl and sustain. A basic treble booster or TS-clone set with low drive and high tone gets you 75% there.

Drive 3 · Tone 8 · Level 7

Why these settings

Your Squier Strat's single-coil bridge pickup is thinner and brighter than Iommi's SG humbucker, so I dropped treble from 10 to 8 and raised bass from 0 to 2 to compensate for the output difference. The Leem is an unspecified budget multi-amp, so I'm assuming a generic solid-state EQ response—push mids hard to 9 to replicate the Laney's aggressive midrange bark. Without a boost pedal, the tone will lack the compressed sustain and harmonic saturation that defines this track.

PRO TIPDig in hard with your pick right over the bridge pickup pole pieces and use all downstrokes on the main riff—Iommi's attack is percussive and relentless, and that picking position with a Strat bridge single-coil will get you closer to the cutting aggression than playing near the neck.

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