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War pigs amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25

The Black sabbath guitar tone for “War pigs”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, Paranoid (1970) - Main Riff

Original rig

1965 Gibson SG Special 'Monkey' (P-90s) into Dallas Arbiter Rangemaster treble booster into Laney LA100BL Supergroup 100W head and 4x12 cab

Dark, heavy, British tube crunch driven by a mid-focused treble boost with tight low end and aggressive bite
Amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
CHANNEL70S ROCK amp model
GAIN 7 BASS 5 MID 8 TREBLE 7 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass5
Mid8
Treble7
Master6
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01OVERDRIVE

Onboard stomp block used as a clean treble/mid boost to emulate Tony Iommi's modified Rangemaster into the front end.

Gain 2 · Tone 8 · Level 9

02PLATE

Onboard REV block set subtle to match the Regent Sound studio room ambience.

Decay 3 · Mix 2
Why these settings

The '70S ROCK' model captures the British power-amp crunch of Iommi's cranked Laney Supergroup. Because humbuckers on your Les Paul Classic are darker and hotter than Iommi's P-90s, the onboard OVERDRIVE is set with low drive and high tone/level to mimic his Rangemaster's upper-mid push and keep the bottom end tight. Keep mids elevated on the encoder menu to deliver Sabbath's signature heavy core without turning muddy.

PRO TIPHit power chords with aggressive, heavy downstrokes right near the bridge saddles to maximize string cut and harmonic bark.

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