Members figjamaussie Posted August 28, 2011 Members Share Posted August 28, 2011 Around that era it was all Laney amps - he got them free from what I've read and they modified them for him. He dabbled with Marshalls in the very early days and later in the 80's. Think I saw a clip of him doing a 'Hot Licks' bit where he is using Mesa Boogies. Guitar wise, SG's mainly. Heard he used a strat to begin with when recording 'Black Sabbath', but the neck pickup failed so he switched to his back up SG. A luthier in Birmingham made him some custom SG's in the 70's with 24 frets and swappable pick ups through the back of the guitar. What I found most surprising is his use of regular and hot rodded P90 pick ups. Effects - just a rangemaster and a parachute wah for that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Frankyblues Posted August 29, 2011 Members Share Posted August 29, 2011 I prefer the first three albums ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZoomRmc Posted August 29, 2011 Members Share Posted August 29, 2011 In the 'paranoid' video, I think he's playing an sg through a couple of Ornage halfstacks... he always plays sg's, I think... In fact he never played Oranges, judging from his words. These are just the only amps that were in the studio where they shot a video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Small Stone Posted August 29, 2011 Members Share Posted August 29, 2011 Love me some Vol. 4. Supernaut is just the most badass riff ever, and Under The Sun might be Sabbath's heaviest riff. Iommi never liked Orange amps. The guy who founded Laney (Mr. Laney) started making amps for Tony in his shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted August 29, 2011 Members Share Posted August 29, 2011 Sg with p90's into a treble booster into a laney supergroup I think Yes, pretty much ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted August 29, 2011 Members Share Posted August 29, 2011 Looks like he deff used Marshalls at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members figjamaussie Posted August 29, 2011 Members Share Posted August 29, 2011 Looks like he deff used Marshalls at some point. During the 80's he switched to them and then to Mesa amps. While I'm not 100%, he was using Marshalls when Sabbath was known as Earth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Small Stone Posted August 29, 2011 Members Share Posted August 29, 2011 He also has a Laney signature head. The specs are a bit crazy: The GH100TI is equipped for out and out metal with 5 stages of gain permanently engaged and several cunning high gain modifications, this amplifier is the ultimate partner to one of the most influential players of all time.http://www.laney.co.uk/show_prod.php?prod=gh100ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WAWBanks Posted August 29, 2011 Members Share Posted August 29, 2011 I think chucknorris aka Phil has one of the Tony Iommi signature heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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