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Solo Tone

You Shook Me All Night Long

AC/DC

Guitarrock1980s

Original Gear

GuitarGibson SG Standard (early 1970s, likely 1970-1971, with vibrola removed)
AmpMarshall 1959 Super Lead (1976) with Celestion G12-65 speakers

Amp Settings

gain5.5
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording for 'Back In Black' (1980). Angus Young used his main Gibson SG Standard into a Marshall 1959 Super Lead head, with a Schaffer-Vega Diversity System wireless unit (which acted as a preamp/boost/compressor). No effects pedals used except the Schaffer-Vega system, which was integral to the recorded tone. No evidence of time-based or modulation effects in the solo. Pickup selector set to bridge for the solo. Settings estimated from era, genre, and typical Marshall usage, as no direct numeric settings for this song/solo are available.

Tone Character(10)
classic British crunchtight, punchy attacksinging sustaindynamic, touch-sensitive responsebright and articulateraw, uncompressed feelbridge pickup biteclear note separationslight compression from wireless preampno audible time-based or modulation effects

Difficulty

The solo requires intermediate-level technique, including expressive bends, accurate vibrato, and dynamic picking to match the song's punchy, articulate feel. While not extremely fast or complex, it demands control and musicality.

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