Thursday, March 19, 2026

39 thoughts on “Why Tony Iommi Switched His Amp Setup #tonyiommi #blacksabbath #ozzy #ozzyosbourne #guitar #rock

  • "He relied on Marshalls to produce the loud and powerful guitar tones live". Absolutely false. He used Laney 100w tube amps from the beginning and they were very powerfull. He didn't use Marshall until the 80s and it wasn't because they were more powerfull.

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  • I'm a little bit surprised that he got his first signature Amp in the 90's, like wasn't signature gear a thing till then? I feel like every f***ing guy who played at Glastonbury or some shit once has his own signature amp or guitar or something so how did it take Iommi more than 20 years of playing with the most influential metal band and all round probably one of the most influential bands of all time to get a signature amp? ????

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  • I mean even early on, he used Laneys live if he could get them. Occasionally he used Marshalls but this was more often when it was a festival with backlined equipment.

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  • 20 years for that by to get a signature and nowadays kids play a riff on their guitar on YouTube and gets a signature ????

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  • My 95’ Laney VC-50 is the favorite amp I’ve owned. The cleans are extremely clean, the dirty get dirty, and then dirtier, and even dirtier. I rarely go super dirty on it, but the headroom makes it a superb platform for front-in effects (even though it has an FX loop. )

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  • I had a laney and played through Marshall for me there was no Difference they still Sounded Similar to Me

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  • He also had a modified Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster as a fuzz/boost. Then P90 pickups and his guitar was tuned down to C or C#. Something crazy like that. Some guy modified his Treble Booster to make it sound better, and used that unit all the way to the 1980’s. I’d love to know what that guy did to the treble booster. Brian May used one as well.

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  • LOVE Tony!! The Laney stuff tho? Too screachy/noisey/outta control for me… I dig the EVH 5150 III, total beast, and I don't have to use a noise gate.

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  • I hate when this parasite does this. When someone passes, Raxxo wants to say how they were friends. Josh hated this POS like the rest of us.

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  • Ive still got the GH100TI and matching cab,serviced and signed by Tony's tec Mike Clement RIP.Its bloody loud????

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  • "He relied on Marshalls to produce the loud and powerful guitar tones live". Yeah I'm sure the Laney 100w supergroups just weren't loud enough lmao. He switched to marshalls in the 80s after his tech threw out his modded rangemaster.

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  • The Laney AOR was called the Marshall killer. I had one and it wasn’t better than my Marshall. I’m not into 6v6 tubes though. Later I got a GH100 head, which uses el34’s, for so cheap I just couldn’t pass it up. It was ok until, on a whim, I switched the tubes to a set of jj’s. That thing is a monster now. I still don’t like it more than my old traynors but it’s a great amp.

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  • I have 2 Line 6 Spider HD100 built by Bogner. You won't EVER need a pedal, EVERY effect in built-in. Absolutely amazing amp, I've played it through every type of 4×12 out there. I prefer my 1968 Marshall TV 4×12 with the old original Greenbacks bc of Eddie Van Halen. Everybody who has played through it has wanted one. It comes with 300+ built-in tones, including EVH, Zakk, Blackmore, Angus, etc. There is zero tones you can't get. Guitar Center has new ones for $800. I bought my 2nd one for $350 on Reverb.

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