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Tony Iommi’s ‘Mob Rules’ Gear Details

Posted by admin in Monday, June 21st 2010   
Topics: Laney, Marshall, Mesa/Boogie, Tony Iommi/Black Sabbath, Tychobrahe    
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Voodoo!
I had another satellite radio inspirational moment yesterday when Sabbath’s “Voodoo” came on in the car. What a tune. Great singing and what a frickin’ nasty guitar tone. Sounded like uber-preamp gain with a cocked wah but not too fizzed out or mushy. So I went on the info hunt…
…and of course since no one [...]

Iommi Fans, Get the New Guitar Player Mag

Posted by admin in Wednesday, November 25th 2009   
Topics: Rangemaster, Tony Iommi/Black Sabbath    
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Great Tone Info!
After reading a disappointing interview with Tony Iommi and Edward Van Halen in Guitar World – how you interview those two guys and just end up with a b**ch session I have no idea – it was a pleasure to get the January 2010 Guitar Player with Tony on the cover. It’s a [...]

Tony Iommi’s Paranoid Gear

Posted by admin in Friday, February 27th 2009   
Topics: Laney, Rangemaster, SG, Tony Iommi/Black Sabbath    
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Treble Booster Was Key, Paranoid on a Les Paul

Tony back in the day, with ample Laneys.
There’s some good stuff on the Gibson.com website (are you listening, Fender?), though you have to spend time surfing to find it. Recently I tripped over a mid-2008 interview with Tony Iommi about recording Paranoid, a classic album with classic [...]