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GuitarInferred5
Back In Black
AC/DC
Tone Snapshot
Pickup: SG bridge humbuckerTone profile
Gain
Tightness
Brightness
Mid Scoop
Ambience
What makes this tone
- Crunch
- Tight Low End
- Bright Attack
Signal chain
- Guitar: 1971 Gibson SG Standard
- Pickup: SG bridge humbucker
- Amp: 1970s four-input 100W Marshall 1959 Super Lead
- Effects: No conventional distortion pedal
Tone Character
Recorded tone character
Gain character
Moderate cranked-Marshall crunch, far less saturated than modern hard rock.
Bass
Tight and restrained.
Mids
Strong and open.
Treble
Clear and biting without fizz.
Brightness / presence
Lively and immediate.
Compression
Natural amp/SVDS companding gives punch while preserving strong picking dynamics.
Effects
No conventional distortion pedal; the Schaffer-Vega Diversity System adds boost, compression/expansion and tonal colour.
Evidence / Sources
Tone character: dry, open, punchy, mid-forward, crunchy, dynamic, clear, unsaturated
The key is less gain than many recreations use. The Back in Black sources support the Super Lead/JTM50 pairing and Schaffer-Vega system rather than the common simplified JTM45-only story.
Effects
No conventional distortion pedal; the Schaffer-Vega Diversity System adds boost, compression/expansion and tonal colour.
Original Gear
Guitar
1971 Gibson SG Standard (Angus Young primary lead/rhythm reference)
Amp
1970s four-input 100W Marshall 1959 Super Lead blended with a Marshall JTM50, into Marshall 4x12 cabinets
Channel
Cranked vintage Marshall lead input, with Schaffer-Vega wireless/preamp adding drive and compression
Pickup
SG bridge humbucker
