Sound Like Black Sabbath | BY Busting The Bank

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In this episode of Sound Like, Rabea and Matt try to sound like Metal Godfathers Black Sabbath By Busting the Bank!
Rabea takes on the role of iconic riff legend Tony Iommi, running through a Gibson SG Modern, Laney Black Country Amplifier and an array of pedals, while Matt Upgrade his bass rig to a Fender American Performer P-Bass and Ashdown Studio Combo! Let us know how you think the guys did? How close can they get while Busting The Bank?
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[@IGarrettI]

Tip: Tonny got his heavy tone from playing his riffs on the E string. Seems like no difference but when you actually try it you get one step closer to the Sabbath tone

[@JoseHenrique-xg1lp]

Overwound P90s, treble booster, laney amp. As far as I know you're good to go

[@neilpye6089]

@@JoseHenrique-xg1lp fairy liquid bottles. Moulded with a soldering iron and aged leather to grip the strings and chop your middle fingers off.

[@stanislavmigra]

@@JoseHenrique-xg1lp yes, for the first couple of albums. Later on he switched to hummies (because of all the buzz and feedbacks). But here they played the old stuff, which was p90. As for trebble booster, you need something with wider range, as his was modded for this. So the sound is fuller.

[@JoseHenrique-xg1lp]

@@stanislavmigra Yeah when I saw them live in 2016 Iommi played his custom Jaydee SGs but no Gibsons.

[@iPhoneeditor]

He played riffs in a variety of positions based on the songs set and what strings he had for live play. Thicker strings and he'd play the riffs he could on the higher strings so as to deal with less tension on his fingertips when playing for prolonged periods.

[@jarthursands]

Best part of the shopping sequence is always the sneaky Danish Peter appearances...

[@artwizardsam3238]

Yess!

[@nathanteske7886]

Did you notice he had a role of toilet paper in hand🤣

[@jarthursands]

@@nathanteske7886 I did NOT, I'll Have to go back and look again!

[@nathanteske7886]

@@jarthursands yeah it was an industrial role like for public bathrooms

[@SamFisher338]

Tony used P90s most of the time until about 1975. His tone and equipment varied quite a bit throughout the years. During the 80s he used Marshalls and even Mesas. Then his 2000s-2010s sound is his high gain signature pickups and signature Laneys. He also often uses a very short delay engaged all the time to make his sound fuller. Not to mention his technique with vibrato on power chords and lots of trills. And extra light strings!

[@josephwalton487]

4 years after and I am still talking to my phone during that part like, uh.. he used p90s in the early days.

[@Roonagu]

Damn, that part a 7:38 - 7:42 sounded just like original.

[@adiohead]

🤣

[@steliosthemagicguy]

Flaming them 😂😂

[@gabriellima9012]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oisinmcphillips2090]

That war pigs tone was so sick

[@CodyAlushin]

It was pretty spot on. LOVED it

[@philfyphil]

Love that song, going to record it one day.

[@vonslagle]

Tony Iommi used an SG Special with P-90’s on the first 4 Sabbath albums with the exception of “Wicked World” which he used a Stratocaster

[@iPhoneeditor]

I thought it was a tele but it was definitely a fender. It broke though so he borrowed an SG special and finished the album with it and never looked back.

[@Lagmire]

Yup his number 1 guitar was a white (cream?) Strat and a pickup died on it while recording the first album so he switched to his backup which was a p-90 loaded SG.

[@vonslagle]

Lagmire Devine Intervention

[@theccarbiter]

I’m pretty sure he used the p90s as his mainstay for the first 6 albums and on technical ecstasy and forward it was humbuckers

[@RoachDoggJr2112]

It's actually the opposite. Every track on S/T was a strat except for Wicked World.

[@jeffreyalbert6560]

Sound like Boris Johnson without busting the fridge...

[@garmen-]

Impossible

[@RealMNeutral31]

🤣🤣🤣🤣!

[@sercastamere9853]

Sound like Joe Biden withou-- wai... wuh? Wuhsgoin on? Corn pop? Nah, you ain't black

[@666bruv]

​@@sercastamere9853not sure how this is relevant

[@StopTheRot]

@@666bruvjust the right-winger feeling they need to parrot their media-skewed bile. That’s how it’s relevant.

[@MrKapeji]

Sounded good to me, so many comments asking for something else without even commenting on this effort, seems to make the whole exercise pretty pointless really.

[@hyperluminalreality1]

I was wondering why this sounds like a guitar plugged straight into a Gorilla GG-25 amp. The sizzling 80's style harmonic distortion is not like Iommi's toothy, fuzzy tones. I think a pat of it is the volume they are restricted to, and that they are using transistors to get the gain as opposed to heaily overdriven 12AX7 preamp tubes further overdriving the EL34 power amp tubes.

[@CorbCorbin]

They don’t sound like the first two albums, but some of it is the bass. Rabea had more of the Sabotage sound going.

[@nitegoat1369]

@@hyperluminalreality1 Agreed. What they should have done, was crank the amp, and add the Sabra until the right amount of Iommi's wooliness was achieved. Also, dial in plenty of plate reverb with a short analog delay.

[@alucardhellsing3147]

Sounds like Randy Rhoads “BY” busting the bank please!!!

[@kerrykroger7323]

Marshall 1959 or 800 white Les Paul Custom, lots of MXR pedals...

[@kerrykroger7323]

Oh and Randy's Fingers...

[@eeshsinger]

Kerry Kroger or a jackson rhoads V

[@kerrykroger7323]

maybe but his favorite was the alpine white 74 les paul custom....

[@KeeperOfPoops]

Gibson Les Paul Custom + Jackson Rhoads RR Marshall Silver Jubilee MXR Distortion + MXR M118 Flanger (flying high again) MXR Micro Chorus MXR 10 Band EQ EHX Micro POG (Over the mountain solo)

[@richard.featherstone]

C'mon guys, Google Black Sabbath 1970, look at the images, find the on stage ones - P90s

[@musicplaylists59]

He used P90s for the first few albums and then changed to humbuckers

[@musicplaylists59]

and ironically i'm pretty sure all the riffs they played in this video was from his P90 era lol

[@DaveDoingDaveThings]

Just be glad he didn't just grab the first guitar with EMGs in it as usual😂

[@ProtonJimmy]

@@musicplaylists59 Would have liked SOMETHING that wasn't from Paranoid for once, like where's the Sabotage riffage? Or Master of Reality

[@williamrusso3130]

Exactly. It's the classic Sabbath sound. He didn't start using humbucker-equipped SGs until the later Ozzy albums. I know he at least used them on on every album up to "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". The next 3 albums, I'm not sure. The Dio albums were definitely humbuckers.

[@skurk3448]

Please, for god sake do Sound like Ritchie Blackmore without busting!

[@niklase5121]

Yeah, Sounds Like Deep Purple (I suggested for a longer time a couple of years ago) And maybe with more than one purple guitarist. It would be interesting how to sound like steve morse on a buget as well

[@PNWGuitar]

The OG Prog master

[@tomfoolery2082]

Ritchie Blackmore , yes sir u got my vote .

[@alfredschau8922]

035

[@stevieboy444]

Agreed. Without & by busting. By busting would have to include the cost of lessons....obviously!

[@sakimiyu4169]

just so people aren't out of the loop, the last excerpt they played is N.I.B from the album Black Sabbath (just for those who don't know cos it didn't say)

[@djdan105]

Thanks bruv!

[@thewitchfindergeneral4015]

Geezer would play with his plucking hand on near the 15th fret instead of the traditional playing near the pickups, as well as he used the same amp as tony (Laney Supergroup) cranked to give it that warm fuzzy sound in the early days, just some tips :)

[@homeworldmusic]

This is the most convincing "sound like" demo I've seen. Well done, guys.

[@ithemba]

It's also the easiest and closests to the without busting the bank. Iommis tone isn't that hard and the sabbra cadabra does a hell of a job emulating both the Laney and the rangemaster. Get any SG, that pedal and a clean tube amp with greenbacks and you good.

[@ThePFRG]

The Hendrix BBTB is pretty goddamn close.

[@andertons]

We are glad you enjoyed the video as much as we did! The godfathers of metal will be happy... ;)

[@KeeperOfPoops]

@ScappahNikolai yeah, the BY busting take on Voodoo Child couldn't have been more pitch perfect!

[@ThePFRG]

@@KeeperOfPoops Voodoo Child was pretty bad though lol. Right tone but literally no one moves the wah right. Only person I've seen get it right is Pilky27

[@nickofzo]

I can't remember a sound like video without the quote: "To be fair"

[@clicheguevara9917]

to be honest, i reckon you are right in all fairness. your comment is kitted out, so its quite a bit of content for the words, to be fair

[@Rickenbacker325]

It’s got to be said To be fair to be fair

[@themetalhammer9406]

7:38 - 7:42 When your drummer didn't show up at the gig, but you have to play the song

[@jaysonmakesmusic]

Sound like Eric Johnson with or without busting the bank 👀👀

[@orangatang6325]

i've been asking them for that for all over a year

[@PNWGuitar]

By busting would be Bananas

[@PLLskipOnPURPLE]

Rabea scared to play like EJ lol. Jk Rabea

[@pandabearguy1]

Is such a thing even possible

[@frankieconcepcion7860]

Squier Classic Vibe Strat, Fender Bassbreaker 30R, Fuzz Face, Fender MTG Tube Distortion, Xotic Ep Booster, Tone City Angel Wing, Tone City Tape Machine All for right around 1,500 Quid

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

1:28 After a quick Google search, he DID use P90s. In the early days he played a red SG with P90s with clear pickup covers.

[@chrisandreou6546]

Sound like Alice in chains by busting the bank

[@widowmaker5544]

G&L Rampage and Gibson Les Paul Friedman JC Head and Cab Dunlop Rotovibe (for Rooster) MXR M222 Talkbox (for Man In The Box) Dunlop JC95 Wah (for the guitar solo in Man In The Box) Walrus Julia Chorus (for Hung On A Hook) MXR Dyna Comp (also for Hung On A Hook) and a Warwick or Spector bass for Mike Starr with any amp i guess, but it'd help for "Would?"

[@3badthebad]

Chris Andreou that's a good one

[@rockstar6790]

I really want this to happen. It would also be great if they cover William DuVall's rig as well

[@TheSectric]

@@widowmaker5544 what is the point of commenting stuff like this? We know what gear he uses buddy

[@widowmaker5544]

@Sectric i was only helping

[@jennyhardman5494]

Obviously rabea has been playing sabbath tracks for a LONG TIME! well played guys!

[@scottmckeeth]

When they just used the Sabbra Cadabra with it's gain cranked, Bea Paranoid sounded exactly like the record

[@sebastionhawk5565]

Back in 82-83, I was in a band, called Ground Zero. We played a LOT of Sabbath. And, What I used was a les Paul custom(76) straight into a peavy centurion head with the gain up high, compressor on, and scooping the mids, high low and high treble, with the "frequency" knob turned up high. The cabinet was a Sonic with 4 x 12 celestions...It totally nailed sabbath tone.

[@Martyr9991]

For people who are interested in a good treble booster for the Iommi sound, I would extremely highly suggest the Naga Viper. It can go between full Rangemaster, clean itself up and take away the distortion in the Rangemaster, and you can also add some of the other frequencies back in like Iommi's modded rangemasters so that you can get the thicker/fuzzier distortion tones. It's great for a whole bunch of different uses as well.

[@roebuckmckinney]

I've been looking for a treble boost. Thanks.

[@sid35gb]

Err the Naga viper is built into the sabbra cadabra along with a genuine laney pre amp.😎

[@sakimiyu4169]

the Naga Viper also works well for Brian May

[@lucabuchignani1141]

i cant stand people who hate on the modern type gibsons. can’t you see they sound amazing?! props for including that in ur vid guys

[@f61ss]

Will you ever do a sound like Rory Gallagher? Why is he avoided when it comes to guitar playing? The man was brilliant.

[@aaronlowther1]

Rory is the man. If you're good enough to be a hero to Brian May, and the man who gave him the formula for treble boosters and AC30, then you deserve some recognition.

[@sakimiyu4169]

Insert a Fender Stratocaster into a Vox AC15 with a Catalinbread Nagaviper

[@Changeproductions21]

Hell yeah!!! Rory really doesn't get enough love!

[@natemca4079]

Who else gets excited when one of these pops up in their feed?! Always awesome...love the process, and love how you flit around different genres, eras etc!

[@mishkatrahman20]

So glad you played NIB! An underrated classic

[@yetanotherbassdude]

Rabea, at 1:25 you are absolutely right. Iommi played a '65 SG Special with P90s for much of the classic era Sabbath. There are a few tunes that Iommi says were recorded on a Les Paul or an SG Custom, but most of Sabbath, Paranoid, Masters Of Reality, etc is all P90 goodness! With as much gain and fuzz as Sabbath had, the difference between that and PAFs isn't going to be big though.

[@widowmaker5544]

I swear to jesus i'm gonna buy grammarly and shut it down cos i'm sick of getting these adverts before my sound like videos! can we have a sound like Steel Panther BY Busting the bank, just to see if you can do better than last time that or Meshuggah

[@PNWGuitar]

Just get youtube premium?

[@rickc2102]

Or if you skip to the end of the video, then replay it, it'll have no commercials on the replay. ✌

[@skruffy79]

@@rickc2102 🤘😮👍

[@PNWGuitar]

It was cheaper for me actually. I use google play for music and I got both together for less than play itself

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

@@PNWGuitar Why not ad block and ad block +? I run both.

[@ray.watts.44]

Sounds brilliant to me. Although after listening to Sabbath for nearly 50 years my ears aren't what they used to be :) Great job guys.

[@bustercampfiresongs]

Yeah. Tony wears out the 12th position. Use the E-string as often as possible. Makes a huge tonal difference.

[@GutekZ]

Yeah, not playing all these riffs on the E string makes them sound wrong.

[@zachbrown8421]

Still sounds pretty damn close tho. But yea if he would’ve played on the 6th string it would’ve sounded dead on Sabbath

[@msmoniz]

Yeah I cringed when I saw him playing Paranoid in the 7th position. It's played at the 12th on the low E/A strings. It may be a slight tonal difference, but its enough that that you do notice it when you compare the timbre of the voicings.

[@EndlessFebruary]

would love to see you do ‘how to sound like the darkness BY busting the bank’!!?

[@mkaali]

4:49 Wild Danish Pete appeared!

[@marygaleac]

P90s on the Paris video, humbuckers on Paranoid and Jaydee humbuckers in his Jaydee Old Boy. SG greatest guitar known to man.

[@tomaburque]

Tony used very light strings because of his hand injury. I would not recommend anybody use an 8 - 32 set today, but that was part of his sound.

[@garnetbezanson1404]

Billy gibbons uses 7s

[@JJMewett]

@goobtuber it really kinda pisses me off when people say that about light gauge strings. Its all about style of playing and plenty of people get massive, fat tones out of light gauge strings. Its about what makes playing comfortable but like there is no sacrifice of any sound between heavy and light gauges cause I have heard tinny and weak sounds coming from 11s on a strat and earth crushing sounds come out of a set of 8s

[@RUTJA.]

@@JJMewett I just changed 11-60 strings to 9-42 and can get massive tone with lighter gauge, just changed my playing style and amp settings. Whit lighter strings i can get closer to Iommis tone with les paul.

[@JJMewett]

@goobtuber Oh dude I'm not like mad lol it's just this common idea that seems to be perepetuated in the guitar world when people like Iommi and billy gibbons and many others have proven that it makes very little difference- being a great player is really the most key part of tone 🤣🤣

[@jackthomson5047]

Glad you added geezer in there. Massive for Tony's sound.👍👍 Sounded good.

[@NBTKDA]

How about sound like Ghost by busting the bank? I feel like you pretty much nailed the early Iommi sound on this one, nice work!

[@melvoid01]

If you have Ghost you have everything

[@Majorbanjo]

Wow....maybe my favorite so far......love the busting the bank versions.....

[@joelhorton581]

Whenever I get really into a band they always seem to appear on sounds like and it’s the greatest thing ever

[@gaztayplays1210]

Tony's tone is actually incredibly bright he would use the Treble, mids, and presence on 10 the bass on 0 and no gain it was all from his Modified Dallas Rangemaster which didn't cut all the low ends and he would play through the bass channel the heavy sound comes from his playing style and the bass following the riff. During Sabbath's last tour he didn't use the Laney TI boost he used a TC Electronic Spark but now he uses a custom vintage Dallas rangemaster. He did use modified P90s on the first few albums but he uses Custom Jaydee SG and the pickups are technically Humbuckers but they have 18 magnets and are as bright as his old P90s the reason why they are humbuckers is because with the Treble booster it would pickup so much buzzing it was unplayable at times.

[@whatidoissecret28]

interesting approach to recreating sabbath's sound, I think it was pretty close. in the early years Iommi did use SGs with P90s, he switched to humbucker-ish pickups in the mid-late 70s at the end of the Ozzy era. he also played in standard tuning before master of reality, that record onward was when he started detuning. he obviously used laney amps but I saw something the other day about him actually using the bass channel and would cut the bass back, idk how accurate that is but sounds like it makes sense. the treble booster was used for overdrive and overall boost left on all the time until someone threw it away in 79, he used other boosters since then to try and get close. he used other amps to record with such as marshall and vox in the studio. sometimes he would substitute the laney with mesa boogies during the 80s and there are some photos of him using an orange. he did an ad for sunn but it's unsure if he ever actually used them. his main pedal has been a wah but he experiments with other effects all the time

[@rollingon5566]

sound like king gizzard and the lizard wizard would be dope. also thanks for doing a by busting on sabbath, your without busting is amazing dude

[@mike-rink]

I thought this got really really close, well done. Would love to see a "Sound like Neil Young" without busting.

[@kerrykroger7323]

Fender Deluxe and a les paul with a bigsby, Used Constantly??

[@andertons]

Glad you enjoyed the video! We can definitely add that to our list of suggestions.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

@Kerry Kroger it doesn't have to be a les paul, any guitar with P90's and a bigsby can work well

[@kerrykroger7323]

But you have to use the bigsby CONSTANTLY....

[@andreasschon4922]

Gretsch white Falcon aswell!

[@RC32Smiths01]

Black Sabbath is amazing! Quite literally the greatest Metal band of all time! Cheers for the showcase and accuracy!

[@Notpetedoherty]

Gary moore by busting the bank would be awesome

[@joedaffern7523]

Rabea was right about the pickups. Tony, in the early Sabbath days, used a ‘65 SG special with P90’s that were custom wound to give higher output. Along with custom, light gauge string sets he would tune three half steps down to C# standard in order to make the sound “larger” and to make it easier for him to fret and bend the strings due to the accident that he had with his fingertips.

[@MourningVulture1]

All the doomy snobs are gonna be yelling about this one not being perfect. I’m definitely one of them though.

[@Balltongue84]

Sound like Ghost!

[@juliAnarchist]

May i suggest. For the next sound like, have matt and rabea pick a rig, and chappers and the captain another and see who gets it better. Alice in Chains *BY* busting maybe? By maybe i mean please.

[@mojobag01]

Strings, action, tunings, scooping the bass and not the mid, chordal bends, chugging and damping - these are the things that make the Iommi sound. Oh, and playing in the right positions so you get lovely long ringing sustain on bass strings.

[@acemew3255]

It actually says “Buusutaa” which is basically how booster is written/pronounced in Japanese Source: I’m studying Japanese

[@max12fisher]

AceMew im pretty sure it says pooster

[@acemew3255]

I’m not sure if this was a joke or you didn’t read my comment at all

[@mattwhornby]

Nice! Good to know - my Translate app gave me like 5 different answers depending on the angle haha

[@maidenthe80sla]

バ = Bu ス= su タ= ta The "u" is silent between certain consonants, so it should be pronounced "Boosta". No expert though, as I am learning Japanese as well.

[@Metallion98]

Exactly. Google translate messed up. Pooster is of course funnier but it does say booster (ブースター). Pooster would be プースター. The app was having trouble telling the ゛from a ゜:)

[@TheElrondo]

Yezzzzz....Paranoid was the first record i ever bought back then and got played to death on a pure record player chassis without housing from the junk yard... Great one Boizzz.

[@cortical1]

So, the Pooster's job is to push things out. Makes sense.

[@totomaiden08]

This just sounded amazingly good. It’s ready to go out and play with Ozzy

[@srh361]

In the beginning it was most definitely an SG with p90s! How could you miss that?? I was so hoping for p90s! Sounds great but kinda a fail by not being p90s.

[@elonmust7470]

Yeah me too

[@RICKYBUBSJULIAN]

You guys don't understand how excited I was to see this on my homepage! THANK YOU

[@jaffajedi4911]

Sound like the Cult :-) btw you guys rock

[@stevesmith3990]

One of my first gigs was Black Sabbath at Hammersmith Odeon in early '81 on the Heaven and Hell tour, 39 years ago next month - ahh!

[@joem9360]

Episode 2 of suggesting ‘sounds like Peter Green from to older days of Fleetwood Mac’

[@carsonrodriguez9326]

Finally! Please do a Randy Rhoads by busting soon too.

[@joeykelly5642]

Iommi definitely used P90's in the early albums - both in the studio and on the stage. That's probably why you guys couldn't nail the sound, along with the fact that you basically used two treble boosters.

[@thomasraven]

The Catalinbread Naga Viper is the Rangemaster treble booster without the Laney amp stuff added to the Sabbra Cadabra. The Laney TI-Boost has both, not just the treble booster circuit. As a big Iommi fan, I've tried most of them including a Rangemaster clone I built myself and the Naga Viper sounds great. Sadly, no one will ever get Tony's exact Rangemaster sound because his box (it wasn't a pedal) was modified and it got indiscriminately discarded at some point.

[@MrBladle]

Great video guys, to get any closer, Rabea is going to need to cut-off his fingers and glue some plastic on the ends when he plays!

[@williamhill6386]

Or he could move up from the 7th position on the A string to the 12th position on the low E string, the way Iommi intended. Hehehe

[@brianswelding]

I was gonna say the same thing LOL. Wanted to see if anyone else commented on that detail before I did though. 🤘

[@philt8641]

You guys did an excellent job of replicating what I've heard over a thousand times over. The Laney did it, reminds me alot of my old Orange AD30, the gain structure is just right. Well done :)

[@caomhankelly3956]

Sound like Lynryd Skynryd without busting the bank (70s era)

[@13AK98]

No Freebird for you. LOL

[@izzy574]

Sometimes less is more. Great job. Black Sabbath was my first concert back in 1980-81 in Chicago for their Heaven and Hell album with Ronnie James Dio. WHEW! WILL never forget that night. 🎸🎶

[@swedeinla]

Love this series you guys are doing, both versions:).....Maybe you should do a "Does busting the bank actually sound better than NOT busting the bank"....hehe

[@tomkeyes8680]

Excellent Job guys! Sounds pretty darn close and with tha , I say CHEERS from the USA...... TK

[@GetThrashed1]

Sound like Ritchie Blackmore by busting the bank!!!

[@kamilkashaf2766]

Yes!

[@claytonduguay9617]

Changing the jack position is the best part of the SG Modern! Most SGs look stupid with straight cables poking straight out of the body. Pretty common mod on custom/expensive SGs. Please do BOSTON BOSTON BOSTON BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jameswalker9380]

Was that Danish Pete doing a Hitchcock like cameo?

[@JustMikeH]

Something I rarely see mention about replicating Tony's sound using the lightest gauge strings you can find. Due to pain related to using a prosthetic finger tip on his amputated finger, he sought out the thinnest strings he could find. Adding to that unique sound he also downtuned those thin strings, which is directly contrary to what modern guitarists do.

[@xSGTxPEPPERx]

Sound like Robin Finck and Trent Reznor of NIN please!!!

[@GuyRorschach]

They got the bass and the amp down but you can't play N.I.B. without a wah pedal and some kind of fuzz or overdrive pedal to simulate them cranking the amp to make up for the tone loss from the wah pedal. I use a Dunlop Geezer Butler signature bass wah, a JHS Muffaletta and a Moog Minifooger Drive.

[@hondansx1000]

Wish you could've done some of the later Sabbath stuff like the Dio or Tony Martin era

[@iPhoneeditor]

Sound doesn't change a whole lot honestly overall but it would have been great to hear those riffs. Was looking forward to heaven and hell.

[@hondansx1000]

@@iPhoneeditor imo it does enough once you get into the Tyr and Headless cross albums. But then again when you compare those sounds to other bands at the time, i guess nothing new was done...it was just BS adapting to the times

[@iPhoneeditor]

@@hondansx1000 just had a quick gander and for those I have to agree, Headless cross sounds a lot more like a conventional 80's power metal type of sound and Tyr doesn't even sound like an SG to me. But to me these are pretty niche and don't represent Sabbath as most people know them. If you're going for a more classic and well known Tony Iommi sound you'd likely shoot for things like the Black Sabbath, Paranoid, and Masters of Reality albums. My personal favorite is actually the Live Evil album with Dio as there is just this bite and sinister nature to the guitar sound, it's especially present on the Black Sabbath track for that album and the intro for it is really cool too.

[@Mezziah777]

Tune to E flat and plug in a good chorus pedal and you're set.

[@malungtvnews]

that might have been humbuckers

[@nathanmontover1436]

Another great show. Am I the only one who was surprised at the sound of the SG straight into the Laney? I'd expect a high end amp and a high end Gibson to sound pretty good straight away. M and R did a good job hiding their disgust, but it just sounded thin and uninteresting. If that's the core sound Iommi had to work with I have even more respect for his ability to create tone.

[@mojorisin3717]

Couple suggestions, sound like kingfish, frusciante, king krule, Jimmy page (tele version), Eric Gales, Keith Richards 🤘

[@widowmaker5544]

Cristone Ingram is an absolute legend! i love his rendition of Purple Rain! by the way there's a rolling stones sound like already

[@KeeperOfPoops]

they already did Sound like John Frusciante without busting the bank and it was the worst sound like ever! they also made up with a John Frusciante BY busting the bank

[@Officialshayne]

Keeeeef😎

[@TomL-]

He also played with super light strings which i think contributed to the sound. 8's tuned down to C# have a voice of their own. P90's may have been closer....but his iconic Old Boy had custom made Birch humbuckers that were epoxy filled. I think your sound was pretty damn close with the Sabbra Cadabra! Loved the video, wish it was longer, lol.

[@crutchleyx]

Kind of want to google "Pooster" to see what comes out - but also kind of don't

[@rickc2102]

😂🤣

[@Knoxvillemoto]

"To see what comes out"? Ohhh I think we all know what comes out.

[@wingracer1614]

"Yeah they come to snuff the poosterrrrrrrrr, oh yeah."

[@ruatonim]

Wow, for not blowing the walls out that tone is very good.

[@shpalman7]

"I'm not goin any furver until I hear Alan say that we're heavy metal"

[@Ibanez-nt5rq]

My name is Vim Fuego and my guitar speaks for me!

[@jasonwalker9694]

only one sauseege? but it says "sausagees"

[@katiebrawn5853]

agree with earlier comment. Ritchie Blackmore, Deep Purple years, and Rainbow years by and without busting...Are you up to the challenge Rabea?

[@AS__77]

Sound like Black Crowes!!!!

[@KeeperOfPoops]

Gibson ES335 Vox AC30 Way Huge Angry Troll Linear Boost Amplifier Way Huge Red Llama Overdrive Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz EHX Big Muff Way Huge Superpuss Analog Delay Strymon El Capistan Tape Echo Strymon Lex Rotary pedal Fulltone Clyde Wah

[@IPushHard]

"My name is Lucifer Please take my hand.." Still some of the best shit Ive ever heard.

[@vincentdumolard3243]

Dudes you should do a sound like powerwolf without busting ! It could be really cool

[@jarobkid]

Rabea looking incredible! Keep up the good work sir 💪

[@andrewpappas9311]

Day 2 of asking for a Sound Like K-On, it’s be an interesting challenge for you guys and there are some really killer riffs in that anime. Also waiting on a Sound Like Ghost, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Brian Setzer and a Sound Like Rush/Alex Lifeson By Busting (as the Without Busting one was a bit weak-sounding so to speak)

[@KeeperOfPoops]

and i'll second Ghost, The Doors, Stray Cats, Rush BY busting and also i'd ask for Jeff Williams and Alex Abraham/RWBY without busting the bank, cos actually i'll tell a fact! i once got the Guitar Tone from the RWBY Song I Burn out of a fender combo, i think it was a champion... i gunned the gain, scooped the mids, cranked the bass and treble, and i rolled off a bit of the volume on my double humbucker guitar

[@GuitarTalkWithBrian]

I love that you guys used the SG Modern, the trimmed down version of the ‘19 HP - sounded great with plenty of options for other sounds. I got a LP ‘19 HP, loved it so much, I bought a second! People really seem to dislike options in a guitar, but they’ll go nuts on pedals!

[@SRone45]

Sound like Blur Sound like My Chemical Romance Sound like Judas Priest Sound like Nirvana under 500 Sound like Pearl Jam by busting Sound like Ritchie Blackmore

[@honeyfrost3355]

@the3-dkiller1 in what world do you get a shotgun for under $500

[@DrFearCo]

Sean King you can definitely buy a shotgun for less than $500

[@honeyfrost3355]

@@DrFearCo I guess it depends on the state you are in

[@KeeperOfPoops]

Nirvana on a budget: Squier HH Jazzmaster, Fender Champion 100, Boss DS1

[@SRone45]

@@KeeperOfPoops I'm thinking more Squier HH Bullet Mustang since he didn't play a Jazzmaster. You could even do an HSS Strat. He played Strats a lot more than people think.

[@jadefire1985]

That amp has a specific boost pedal, by Laney, called the black country TI Boost. Its probably on the shelf at the back.

[@mannebeffen]

Please do "Sound like Eric Johnson without busting the bank"

[@glennwhitlock1272]

Very nice. You guys have the best job ever. Saw Danish Pete sneaking around. Thought he might have gone back to Sweden to spend the festives with family by now.

[@peik5569]

Alter bridge by busting? Shinedown?

[@easyriderm1314]

Great sound! I have the Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra. Have several, and I think they are fantastic. Bea, your playing is out of sight, as always!

[@a456987]

Do Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

[@karlmcintyre214]

Totally agree on the heaviness subject. Sabbath west so brutally heavy for the era, they truly harnessed the Heavy metal sound

[@ImAFutureGuitarHero]

Here's a bit of a strange suggestion for a Sounds Like episode: Portishead. They're obviously not guitar based, but the guitar that is in their songs has some cool tones, especially in songs like Glory Box, All Mine and Roads.

[@mishastone]

Jarrod G [ImAFutureGuitarHero] great suggestion.

[@AZWings]

Nailed it. Good job gents. Happy holidays!

[@chriseegee]

Sound like Uli Roth Scorpions

[@shawnking7929]

Come on guys...the readily available concert in Paris in 1970 clearly shows Tony's P-90 equipped SG as well as many other videos from that era. He used P90 equipped guitars (as well as a Strat on the first record) at least on the first 4 albums. Also worthy of mentioning, Tony plays the E-chord on Paranoid on the 12th fret (root note on the 6th string) which remarkably changes the tone.