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Crazy Train

Ozzy Osbourne

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Tone Snapshot

Pickup: Bridge humbucker, guitar volume and tone fully open

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Tone profile

Gain

Tightness

Brightness

Mid Scoop

Ambience

What makes this tone

Bright Attack
Delay

Signal chain

Guitar: Randy Rhoads' 1974 Gibson Les Paul Custom
Pickup: Bridge humbucker, guitar volume and tone fully open
Amp: 1975-76 Marshall JMP model 1959 Super Lead MKII 100W
Effects: MXR Distortion+ and MXR 10-band EQ

Adapt to my rig

Tone Character

Recorded tone character

Gain character

Bright, gritty distortion with less amp saturation than many recreations assume.

Bass

Lean.

Mids

Very prominent, boosted strongly by the MXR EQ.

Treble

Bright and aggressive.

Brightness / presence

Cutting but not maxed.

Compression

Moderate pedal/amp compression; triple-tracked solos add density.

Effects

MXR Distortion+ and MXR 10-band EQ are central; AMS digital delay/detune was added in the mix.

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Evidence / Sources

Tone character: bright, mid-heavy, crunchy, aggressive, harmonically rich, layered, cutting, dry

Guitar World's 2026 reconstruction is unusually specific and corrects a common myth: Randy's famous white Marshall had not yet arrived. Crazy Train was recorded through a rented stock mid-'70s JMP 1959, with much of the distortion and mid boost coming from the MXR pedalboard.

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