Paranoid amp settings — Marshall JVM410H

The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Paranoid”, dialed in for a Marshall JVM410H with a PRS Custom 24. Studio album version, Paranoid (1970) - main rhythm track

Original rig

Gibson SG Special ('Monkey' SG with custom John Birch 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 — Marshall JVM410H

CHANNELCrunch Orange (or Crunch Red)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; with this pedal into Crunch Green, set amp gain to 4

Boost 7

Why these settings

The JVM's Crunch Orange mode delivers the pushed JCM800/Plexi crunch that replicates Iommi's cranked Laney Supergroup without needing an external drive. Since your PRS Custom 24 humbuckers are warmer and carry more low-end than Iommi's P-90s, keep Bass trimmed to 4 and push Mids to 8 to nail the tight, cutting attack of the original Rangemaster boost. Resonance should be set around 4 to prevent modern low-end rumble.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge with medium-heavy downstrokes to emulate Iommi's sharp plastic fingertip attack and accent the rhythmic chug.

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