THE BLACK SABBATH SOUND | The Sound of Metal

In this episode we discuss "The Black Sabbath Sound". We found the gear that Tony Iommi used, try our best to replicate the sound, and compare it with the original. How do you think we did?

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[RCAvhstape]

Rhett: "We could a whole 'nother video on Geezer Butler's bass tones." YES YES YES

[Ranmann]

Sabbath is so overshadowed by ozzy and tony nobody ever talks about how geezer and bill are one of the greatest rhythm sections in all of music

[rockstarcoder]

Really wish you'd interview Tony Iommi -- get him to share the music creation process, talk about music, music theory, etc.... so many of these legends are getting up there.

[ShredBird]

A comment on ghosting from an electrical engineer (me): When you take AC wall voltage and convert it to DC, it's usually not perfectly stable, there is a ripple on it at the frequency (or twice the frequency depending on how it's rectified) of the wall voltage. This DC voltage is then used to bias and power the amplifier stages. The amplifier stages' gains are sensitive to the DC biasing, which has a ripple on it, causing the gain to have a ripple on it as well, which modulates in your tone. For amplifiers, the amount which power supply noise/harmonics bleed into your output is known as the "Power Supply Rejection Ratio".

Very cool that something that would be considered a flaw in any other engineering application is aesthetically pleasing in this one, very cool that some of the modelers are starting to incorporate that as well.

I'd be happy to talk about it more if you'd like, just shoot me a message.

EDIT: It's worth noting that because the UK runs a 50 Hz grid, if you want authentic ghosting, you'd have to plug in overseas (or buy an inverter that produces 50 Hz) 😜

[radoslavkasparec]

Rick: "And in order to mimic Tony's signature sound even better, we're gonna cut off tips of Rhett's fingers."
Rhett: "Yeah, yeah... WHAT?!"

[davebasch]

Ill never forget an early written description of Tony's guitar style:
" graveyard rhythms"

[Johannore]

Anyone who says "Sabbath is my favorite metal band of all time" is for shure just a great guy.

[fluxerflixer]

Geezer’s bass sound and style, IMO, was just as important as Toni’s guitar sound and style.
These videos are epic, TY!

[patrickmccutcheon]

Sabbath sound isn’t just Tony’s guitar, it’s Bill’s drum sound and definitely Geezer too.

[guillermoalfredochamorroca]

Not a lot of people talk about the Geezer's bass tone on N.I.B.

[chrisf]

Imagine the level of anguish he must have felt as a young guy, chopping off his fingers on his last day of work before he was supposed to go on his first tour. It must have seemed like the end of the world.
A lot of people have been through hell, but I like to think that while Tony was there he kicked the devil in the nuts and stole his leather jacket.

[itkojecockot]

"Master Of Reality" is literally the best sounding record of its probably the heaviest album of 1971

[RhettShull]

Bottom line is, it’s hard to beat an SG into that Laney.

[rockguitarmodes]

I think Tony Iommi is one of the most underrated guitar heroes the U.K. has produced. We all hear about Clapton, Page, Beck, Kossoff and Green but this guy created a whole style of music that didn’t exist before

[thomashumphrey]

When you first heard Sabbath as a kid or adolescent, you were like, holy shat I've never heard anything like that before. It's almost like you are instinctively drawn to its crushing riffs and elemental profundity.

[themightymcb]

Rick's sound was definitely closer imo, but honestly neither of the tones sounded like sabbath until that bass track came in. You guys weren't kidding, Geezer really was the backbone of Sabbath's sound.

[Karlgolden]

Such a dirty iconic tone man! Great video Rick and Rhett 🙌

[waytoomanyguitars]

I'm 55 years old. I still remember a friend of mine playing me "Into the Void" when I was in high school. One of those times where my mind was completely blown wide open. That opening riff... holy crap!!

[RCSmiths]

Tony and Geezer have some of the most insane tones and sounds for their time, ones that defined metal! Great to see you and Rhett do more collaborations!

[AAB-nwbj]

I think we need an episode of "what makes this song great" about Planet caravan