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What guitar does Tony Iommi play?

Tony Iommi uses the Gibson Custom replica of his 1964 "Monkey" SG Special in the studio, and has said he plays a couple of Epiphone Tony Iommi SG Specials. He records through a Kemper Profiler loaded with his Laney tone, used his own Laney TI100 design on 13, and has played La Bella strings since 1990.

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What guitar does Tony Iommi play?

His most famous guitar is the left-handed 1964 Gibson SG Special known as Monkey. He says he now uses the Gibson Custom Shop replica of it in the studio, and his site lists a JayDee Custom called Old Boy as his main guitar from the Heaven and Hell era on.

What amp does Tony Iommi use?

Laney, since the first Black Sabbath album. He used his own signature Laney TI100 on 13, and his live rig page lists eight Laney GH 100 TI heads. For his recent studio work he told Guitar World his guitars went through a Kemper Profiler with his Laney tone sampled into it.

What strings does Tony Iommi use?

La Bella, since 1990. His site says La Bella reinforces the ball end of some of his ultra-light sets, and he has signature La Bella sets for D# and C# tuning.

What treble booster did Tony Iommi use?

A modified Dallas Rangemaster, which he used on the early Sabbath records until it was thrown away in 1979. Laney's TI-Boost recreates it and was designed to be part of his rig on Black Sabbath's final tour.

What record changed Tony Iommi's life?

He told Vinyl Writers that a best-of LP by The Shadows, bought with his pocket money, made him want to play in a band, and that Hank Marvin was his idol.

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Tony Iommi founded Black Sabbath in Birmingham in 1968 and wrote the riffs that defined heavy metal; his first solo album in 21 years, From the Dark, arrives in October 2026. This guide covers the Gibson and Epiphone versions of his "Monkey" SG, his Laney TI100 and TI-Boost, the Kemper Profiler he records with, his La Bella strings and the record that made him want to play.

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