War Pigs amp settings — Line 6 Spider V 30 MkII

The Black Sabbath guitar tone for “War Pigs”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider V 30 MkII with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Paranoid album (1970)

Original rig

Gibson SG Special ('Monkey') with P-90/John Birch pickups → Dallas Rangemaster treble booster → Laney LA100BL Supergroup

Thick, grinding doom crunch with pronounced midrange bark and controlled low end

Amp settings — Line 6 Spider V 30 MkII

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	8
Treble	5
Presence	6
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Built-in Treble Boost (or 'Classic Dist' set low)

Use Spider V's built-in boost effect to simulate Rangemaster pushing the amp — set tone high to compensate for Strat's brighter voicing

Drive 4 · Tone 7 · Level 6

Why these settings

Your Strat's single-coil bridge pickup is thinner and brighter than Iommi's SG humbuckers, so mid is pushed to 8 (vs original ~6) and treble dropped to 5 to avoid ice-pick harshness. Bass lowered to 4 to keep the low end tight on a smaller 30W speaker. Roll guitar tone to 6 to tame the single-coil bite.

PRO TIPIommi's doom weight comes from picking hand position — anchor your palm closer to the bridge and use downstrokes with the thick part of the pick angled slightly for that grinding attack. Stay on the low E and A strings; the higher strings sound too bright for this tone.

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