War pigs amp settings — Marshall Mg10

The Black sabbath guitar tone for “War pigs”, dialed in for a Marshall Mg10 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, Paranoid album (1970)

Original rig

Gibson SG Standard (bridge humbucker) → Dallas Rangemaster treble booster → Laney LA100BL Supergroup (cranked)

Thick, grinding mid-forward crunch with dry attack and minimal low-end mud

Amp settings — Marshall Mg10

CHANNELOD (Overdrive)

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The MG10 is a solid-state practice amp with a scooped, fizzy voicing compared to the warm Laney tube saturation. Mids pushed to 7 compensates for the MG's natural mid-scoop; bass dropped to 4 keeps the small speaker from farting out. Your Strat's single coils are brighter and lower output than Iommi's SG humbuckers, so gain is maxed and treble kept moderate to avoid ice-pick highs. Tone knob at 7 warms the bridge pickup slightly.

PRO TIPIommi's attack comes from picking directly over the bridge pickup with the fleshy part of the thumb grazing the string immediately after the pick strike—this 'palm muting without fully muting' gives that percussive chunk on the riff's downbeats.

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