PUMP UP THE VOLUME!
MONSTER DOWN-TUNING
fter losing his fingertips to an industrial accident, Tony Iommi had a battle to keep playing guitar. On the tour, Sabbath began playing in E b to reduce string became the first Sabbath album recorded entirely in C# standard. A lucky by-product was the monstrous down-tuned effect. They didn’t wear it out by simply chugging on the low C#, though. Most of the riffs are played higher on the neck, with really low notes dropped in occasionally for flavour.
