Paranoid amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Paranoid”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Epiphone SG Standard. Studio version, Paranoid (1970) — iconic main rhythm riff and solos

Original rig

1965 Gibson SG Special ('Monkey' with custom John Birch P90s) into modified Dallas Rangemaster treble booster into Laney LA100BL Supergroup 100W head (cranked mids/treble, bass cut) through Laney 4x12 cabs

Raw, mid-heavy proto-metal crunch with pushed upper midrange and tight, trimmed low-end

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster (or Naga Viper clone)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Boost 8 · Range 7

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 20 naturally has thick, dark low-mids compared to Iommi's cutting Laney Supergroup. Cut the bass to 3 and push the mid control to 8 to reproduce the tight low-end and biting core of the Dallas Rangemaster into Laney stack. If you acquire a treble booster later, run the amp on the Clean channel around gain 4-5 to let the pedal push the front end.

PRO TIPTony Iommi used plastic thimbles on his severed fingertips and light gauge strings down-tuned to E-standard for this record, picking heavily right beside the bridge saddles for maximum attack.

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