Paranoid amp settings — Line 6 Helix Floor

The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Paranoid”, dialed in for a Line 6 Helix Floor with a Fender Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster. Studio album version, Paranoid (1970) - main rhythm track

Original rig

Gibson SG Special (P-90s) 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 — Line 6 Helix Floor

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Helix Block: Treble Booster (Dallas Rangemaster model: 'Dhyana Drive' or 'Deranged Master')

Placed first in chain into clean normal channel per double-gain prevention rule

Boost 8 · Range 7 · Level 7

Why these settings

Iommi ran a modified Dallas Rangemaster slammed into the Normal channel of a Laney Supergroup with the amp bass cut completely and mids/treble pushed high. Because your Hendrix Stratocaster has brighter, thinner single-coils than Iommi's P-90 SG, keep the Strat's bridge tone rolled slightly back to 8, add a touch of low-end (bass 2) to compensate for the single-coil low-end deficiency, and let the Treble Booster block generate the signature grainy saturation over the clean amp model.

PRO TIPPick forcefully right near the bridge saddles using heavy downstrokes; the percussive, biting attack of the iconic opening riff comes from heavy pick dynamics driving the treble booster's germanium circuit.

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