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Tony Iommi’s ‘Mob Rules’ Gear Details

Tony Iommi’s ‘Mob Rules’ Gear Details

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 […]

June 21, 2010 | By | Reply More
Iommi Fans, Get the New Guitar Player Mag

Iommi Fans, Get the New Guitar Player Mag

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 […]

November 25, 2009 | By | Reply More
Tony Iommi’s Paranoid Gear

Tony Iommi’s Paranoid Gear

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 […]

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