War pigs amp settings — Vox Vt40+

The Black sabbath guitar tone for “War pigs”, dialed in for a Vox Vt40+ with a Dean Ml select fluence. Studio version, Paranoid (1970) - Main Riff

Original rig

1965 Gibson SG Special 'Monkey' (P-90s) into modified Dallas Arbiter Rangemaster treble booster into cranked 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 — Vox Vt40+

CHANNELCALI CLEAN (Clean model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Reverb	1
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Jim Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95

Bypassed for main rhythm riff; engage during intro accents and guitar solos

02KSR Ceres One

Gain source (Crunch/Rhythm mode) running direct into clean amp input

Gain 6 · Bass 5 · Middle 7 · Treble 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

Per double-gain prevention, the Vox VT40+ is placed on the flat CALI CLEAN model at low gain to let the KSR Ceres One handle preamp saturation. Active Fishman Fluence pickups are hotter and tighter than Iommi's vintage P-90s, so Ceres gain is held at 6 with the guitar tone slightly rolled back to 8 to shave modern top-end sizzle. The Vox VT40+ has no dedicated presence knob, so upper-mid cut is dialed directly on the Ceres tone stack.

PRO TIPUse a firm, heavy downstroke attack near the bridge, and tune down slightly flat or relax string tension to capture Iommi's loose, distinctive percussive thud.

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