Angus Young

Some of his favorites are early ’68 Gibson SG which had the fret inlays modified to the lightning bolts, and a selection of early to late 1960’s SG’s.

Used on let there be rock and dirty done dirty cheap

Used on “Back in Black” with Celestion G12-65s, Neumann U67 & U87, and Schaffer-Vega Diversity System.

At 0:24 in this video, one can see Angus Young playing a Gibson ES-355 in cherry red.

You can just make out the amp behind Angus. It’s a 2 input plexi front which means it’s a master volume 2203.

On this Picture you can actually see Angus Young playing a black Gibson Les Paul Custom, Paris 1982.

In this video Angus Young discusses his journey and approach to playing the guitar. He started by observing his brothers and emulating rock and roll records. He also talks about his early influences, including blues artists and rock and roll pioneers and demonstrates different guitar techniques on a Gibson SG Junior 60's Electric Guitar.

In 1977 Angus Young appeared holding a 1977 Music Man Stingray I on a poster in a Swedish magazine. https://d1w8cc2yygc27j.cloudfront.net/5960585680420880019/7993131781795576692.jpg here's another picture of the whole band with musicman gear

Spanish: En esta imagen se ve como Angus posa con una Epiphone SG coreana (La marca está escondida, pero es facil ver que es un clavijero de una Epiphone) English: In this picture, Angus is holding a korean Epiphone SG (The brand is hidden, but is easy to see that's a Epiphone headstock)

You can see Angus holding a red Hagstrom h2n

In this rig rundown from September 2016 (Rock or Bust tour) Angus' guitar tech starts talking around 15:00 about the use of a Rocktron Hush to reduce noise from Angus's older amps. He states that it is on a very low setting and is "barely on" as Angus can feel it in his playing if the pedal is turned up too high.

This was used by Angus on his Back in Black Tour but after a while didn't like the extra pick up and had it taken out. He also had a whammy bar equipped to the guitar. He then painted it black and had a large square chuck taken out the back to put his wireless pack in. In January 2016 during the Rock or Bust tour his guitar was fixed so he no longer had a square pack in it.

The photograph from Equipboard shows Angus Young of AC/DC with a Gibson ES-335, highlighting his early use of this semi-hollowbody electric guitar.

9:25 "Let's start over here with my power first, ah huh, ok, this good your gonna love this ready, this is called a Kikusui, ok, its a japanese power supply".

According to the Marshall website Angus uses Marshall JTM45's

his guitar was built in 1981 by UK guitar luthier John Diggins, and it was presented to Angus just prior to the Monsters of Rock concert in Donington that same year. Angus obviously liked the guitar since he ended up using it for the gig in Donington. The guitar featured mahogany body and neck, lightning flash inlays, white biding on neck and headstock, gold-plated hardware, and two Jaydee Hooligan pickups.

The 90s saw Angus (and vale Malcolm Young) deviate to Wizard Amplifiers, amps built by AC/DC’s amp tech at the time, Rick St. Pierre. The Wizards are based off of Marshall circuits, but with modern built quality and reliability, Angus’ vintage Marshalls struggling to keep up with the hours of intensive playing, night after night.

Angus Young used only Ernie Ball Super Slinky guitar strings (.009-.042) for his electric guitars.

13:05 "Yes the Schaffer replica. This is the first tour he's ever used them, so it's not like he's been using them hidden for 40 years. I don't know what you want to know about these things but I can tell you what it does for me for Angus its not its not his definative tone, I mean you can't say that."

As arguably the most iconic SG player of all time, it makes sense that Gibson would give Angus Young of AC/DC a signature SG. The Angus Young Signature was modeled on the SGs of the mid-to-late '60s, complete with larger style pickguard and lyre vibrato. Uses a '57 Classic and an Angus Young Signature Humbucker

The Angus Young Signature SG introduced in 2000, was fittingly the first ever artist signature SG model. While not a direct copy of any particular SG that Angus used, it was styled generally after the 1966-1971 Batwing style SGs Angus played most often in his early career. However, one feature was inspired by a specific SG of his; the neck profile of his very first SG, which was very thin. The body design was borrowed from the contemporary SG Standard. Earlier examples tend to be lighter in color and more brownish-red, while later examples are darker. This model was discontinued in 2008.

In 2010, two new Angus Young Signature SGs were introduced. Again, the USA model was not based directly on any one SG Angus owns, but an amalgamation of features from several. However, the Custom Shop model was a direct replica of a circa 1970 SG Standard (Gibson incorrectly calls it a '68 and implies it was his first SG, which it wasn't) that Angus had almost entirely rebuilt by JayDee guitars in 1984, with distinctive lightning bolt inlays. This became his number one guitar for the Who Made Who tour, and was frequently used on the Stiff Upper Lip and Black Ice tours as well. However, while the original likely features the stock T-Tops, the Gibson replica features Seymour Duncans similar to what Angus uses in his other SGs on recent tours.

this guitar has been used in the new power up album, and possibly other albums too.

Angus Young used Fender Extra Heavy Picks.

Brian Ray posts, "Reposting this excellent shot of Angus Young playing the new Gibson Brian Ray '63 SG at AC/DC's recent show in Prague. I'm beyond blow away."

A Strobotuner can be seen on top of the amp.

His backup is a 1970 SG Custom that he used on the Back in Black world tour during the early ’80s. The guitar originally had a natural walnut finish, was loaded with three humbuckers, and had a Maestro vibrato. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5C7GKGxICg

In the video "AC/DC - Back In Black (Capital Center, Landover MD, December 1981)" by acdcVEVO on YouTube, Angus Young is seen playing a Gibson SG 'Standard' similar to the 1987 model known as 'Shuji'.

He also used cabinets fitted with Celestion G12M speakers and Neumann U 47 microphone.

The SVDS is a revolutionary Guitar Wireless System designed in the early '70s by Ken Schaffer and manufactured by Cetec Vega. Many popular artists of the '70's had an SVDS, a key component on the big stages. (http://www.solodallas.com/the-schaffer-vega-diversity-system-the-original-1977-unit/#more-4582)

Around 19:58 in this Rock or Bust rig rundown, Angus' guitar tech says they use JJ brand tubes, and that they are all EL34s.

At Live At Donington, we can see clearly that Angus played on a Gibson SG' 61 Reiusse. In fact, his SG have a Historic' 61 Truss Rod cover (Les Paul engraved) and an ABR1 bridge.

In the live performance of "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" at Donington on August 17, 1991, visible Mesa/Boogie 4x12 cabinets can be seen behind Angus Young and the band.