Axe-fx II does Iron Man :)

javajunkie

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Decided to learn the solo to Iron Man. I'm on an old British Metal kick.
The original has the solo on one side of the track, so I copied the other side and mixed it to mono (added some mastering processing to beef it up). All the lead guitar that was left was the room ambience. I soloed over that. I still have some were on getting the vibrato on those fast bends but it coming along. Got to learn the ending solo too.

 
Cool - great work!! Geezer is going off too!! I think Iommi used .008s or something very light tuned down + prosthetic fingertips...so I think his vibrato would be pretty hard to cop. It always sounded a bit 'weird' to me!
 
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This song is actually tuned up ~1/4 step. Weird. They probably did it to give it a little more energy. Yeah, lighter string would make those fast bends much easier. Did they even make .008s when that sounds came out :0)
 
javajunkie said:
Did they even make .008s when that sounds came out :0)
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The mighty web says yes!!
This is from a 'greatest tones of all time' article talking about Iron Man
"Iommi’s quest for an original tone led him to drive his Laney Supergroup 100 with a Vox Rangemaster Treble Booster. The result is a satisfyingly nasty and heavy sound, especially considering he was playing his SG strung with 0.008-gauge strings and in standard tuning!"

Don't know if it's true though!
 
That's funny. I didn't know about the treble booster, but when I made the tone I used the shiva lead and wound up putting a treble booster in front because it just sounded right.
 
Stringtheorist said:
Nice Sean. I've had little success so far trying to cop the Iommi tone with my Ultra. I'm going to try your formula.
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Shiva lead - drive 4, bass 4, mid 7.8, treb 6.4, no bright, pres 5, depth 0, master 9 - may sound different on the Ultra
Treb boost - drive 5, tone 2, level 10
cab - factory 44 (4x12 Recto V30 [own hammer]) - I also added a bit of room in the IIs cab block
a little reverb
 
javajunkie said:
Shiva lead - drive 4, bass 4, mid 7.8, treb 6.4, no bright, pres 5, depth 0, master 9 - may sound different on the Ultra
Treb boost - drive 5, tone 2, level 10
cab - factory 44 (4x12 Recto V30 [own hammer]) - I also added a bit of room in the IIs cab block
a little reverb
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Great. I'll give this a try tomorrow. Thanks! :)
 
I like! I have to convince by band to add a Sabbath song so I can finally add this iconic tone to the library. Sounds great.
 
Nice Job ..It really sounds like it was the original mix.
For the Guys wanting the Sabbath sound I was say thats it ..who would have thunk Shiva and treble boost...
 
steadystate said:
I like! I have to convince by band to add a Sabbath song so I can finally add this iconic tone to the library. Sounds great.
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I checked out the YBR vids on youtube after reading the Eruption thread - your Ozzy tribute was freakin' hilarious! What an awesome band! Let me know when you guys are coming to Australia - ha ha !
 
One of the 1st bands I really got into when I was young,meaning early 70's.Tone sounded great :)
 
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