Paranoid amp settings — Line 6 Spider

The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Paranoid”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider with a Harley Benton SC-Custom II. Studio version, Paranoid album (1970), standard E tuning

Original rig

Gibson SG Standard → Dallas Rangemaster treble booster → Laney LA100BL Supergroup (presence/mid/treble maxed, bass at 0)

Grinding mid-forward crunch with treble-boosted bite and thick sustain

Amp settings — Line 6 Spider

CHANNELCrunch

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	3
Mid	8
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Iommi ran zero bass on the Laney, but the Spider's Crunch channel is inherently thinner than a Laney Supergroup, so bass at 3 compensates. Mid pushed to 8 replicates his maxed mids plus the Rangemaster's midrange emphasis. Without a treble booster pedal, gain at 7 on the Spider's Crunch channel approximates the pushed-front-end saturation the Rangemaster provided.

PRO TIPDig in hard with your pick right over the bridge pickup pole pieces—Iommi's attack was aggressive and precise, which is where that iconic grind comes from. Lighter picking will lose the tone instantly.

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