![]() You should avoid it being too high to prevent the tone from sounding loose and muffled, but you need it high enough to ensure it sounds full. ![]() It’s a good idea to start with this on 5 for most songs and work from there. The bass control adjusts how full the tone sounds by affecting the low-end frequencies. For the most part, you’ll need fairly balanced EQ settings. Tony Iommi’s tone in Black Sabbath is full but still has a lot of clarity. Some amplifiers have separate bass, mids and treble controls and others have a single EQ/ tone control to help shape how bright and full the guitar sounds. Again, you’ll need to set the drive setting on the pedal on around 7 to start with and work from there. ![]() In this case, you can use a distortion, or possibly overdrive depending on the type of pedal, run through a clean amp. The other option is to use a pedal for the gain instead of your amplifier. If you have a tube amp then you’ll need to crank it very high to achieve the right level of distortion, especially if your amp has a lot of headroom. This will give you plenty of distortion and sustain, but should prevent it from becoming too heavy. If you have a solid state amp (most reading this probably will have this type), then you’ll want to start with your gain setting on around 7 for most songs. There are two main types of amplifier: solid state and tube (valve), and the settings you need will depend on which type you’re using. Tony Iommi used a lot of gain (or drive) to create a tone which was suited to ’70s metal. Before we look at some examples for specific songs, I think it’s a good idea to go through the amp settings which underpinned Black Sabbath’s overall tone.
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