Paranoid amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The Black sabbath guitar tone for “Paranoid”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Paranoid album (1970)

Original rig

Gibson SG Standard with humbuckers into Laney Supergroup 100W head, Dallas Rangemaster treble booster in front

Aggressive mid-forward British crunch with tight low-end and cutting treble bite

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

CHANNELDirty

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	6
Master	6

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Guitar

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Why these settings

The Orange Crush 20 is warmer and less scooped than the Laney Supergroup, so mid is pushed to 7 to recover the aggressive bark. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Iommi's SG humbuckers, so bass drops to 4 to prevent flabbiness and treble stays moderate at 6 to avoid ice-pick harshness. The Dirty channel provides enough gain to approximate the Rangemaster-into-Laney saturation without needing an external pedal.

PRO TIPDig in hard with your pick near the bridge and use all downstrokes on the main riff — Iommi's attack is percussive and aggressive, and the single coils will respond with more bite when you commit to each stroke.

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