Planet Caravan amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX
The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “Planet Caravan”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Gibson Flying V. Studio version, Paranoid (1970)
1965 Gibson SG Special ('Monkey') with P90s, Laney Supergroup 100W (cranked clean/low gain), studio Leslie/vibrato speaker, studio plate reverb/tape echo
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 4 |
| Reverb | 4 |
| Master | 5 |
01Phaser / Rotary (e.g. MXR Phase 90 or Uni-Vibe)
RECOMMENDED — not owned (bypass the owned Behringer HD300 as the song is strictly clean; use onboard MG chorus/phaser FX if available)
Planet Caravan is an entirely clean, mellow jazz-style track, so keep the Marshall MG30CFX on the Clean channel with low gain and leave the Behringer HD300 heavy distortion pedal bypassed. The Flying V humbuckers have more bottom end than Iommi's P90s, so rolling the guitar tone back to 4 and cutting the amp treble provides that dark, smoky flute-like character. Note that the MG30CFX faceplate has no presence control, and its onboard reverb should be dialed lightly for studio space.
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