Paranoid amp settings — NUX MG-30
The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Paranoid”, dialed in for a NUX MG-30 with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50s. Studio version, Paranoid (1970) - main rhythm track
Gibson SG Special (P-90s) into modified Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster into Laney LA100BL Supergroup head and Laney 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 8 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Presence | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
01NUX MG-30 EFX Block: Red Dirt / Boost (Treble Booster model)
In front of amp model to replicate the Dallas Rangemaster driving the vintage British frontend
The MG-30 uses the Plexi 100 model to capture Tony Iommi's non-master-volume Laney Supergroup preamp crunch. Because your Les Paul humbuckers have thicker low-mids and less high-end bite than Iommi's P-90s, the bass is trimmed to 4 while mids and treble are pushed high. The internal boost block acts as the Dallas Rangemaster to shave excessive flub and introduce upper-mid grit before hitting the amp.
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