Angus Young's Gear
The image shows a rack believed to belong to Angus Young, featuring the Marshall 9001 Tube Preamplifier, used during his live performance at Donington.
In this performance of you shook me all night long, Angus uses the SG Junior. You can see it clearly at 0:31.
Angus uses this cabinet on rehearsals of Flick of the Switch tour. It's show in point 0:17 on the right side of the screen.
This is Angus Young's go to guitar. He uses it on just about all of his tours along with some other SG's. It is a 1965 Gibson SG, originally red with vibrola, but then it was painted black. Recently he used this guitar on the Rock or Bust tour.
Angus Young is associated with the 1964 SG Standard Reissue with Maestro Vibrola, as highlighted in the Long & McQuade listing for the Gibson Angus Young Signature SG.
This pic is from Hämeenlinna, Finland 22.7.2015 and in this picture you can see how there in the backround is wall of these cabinets. Angus uses half of them and his nephew Stevie uses another half.
This photo shows Angus Young's rack setup, featuring the Mesa/Boogie 295 Stereo Simul-Class Power Amp, reportedly used at Donnington.
Angus Young has been known to use a Marshall JTM50 amplifier in the studio, alongside other models like the JTM45 and JMP50, according to SoloDallas.com. While he often recorded with 100-watt amps, the JTM50, equipped with EL34 tubes, is part of his diverse setup for capturing his signature tone.
This photo shows Angus with a non-master JMP Super Lead.
Used on “Powerage”, but this time with Celestion G12-65s and U 47 mic.
Used on “Back in Black” with Celestion G12-65s, Neumann U67 & U87, and Schaffer-Vega Diversity System.
Around 17:15 in this rig rundown of the Rock or Bust tour, Angus' tech mentions that they have two or three Marshall Super Bass heads (production years not mentioned) that get cycled in and out of the 9+ head rig that they use.
You can see it behind Angus in his home with a JCM800 on top of it.
1:04 Trace Foster (Angus Youngs Guitar Tech) "This guitar is a 1967, SG ok, he thought it was a little bit older but we dated it off the serial number"
57 clasic is located in neck position of signature Angus Young guitar by Gibson.
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
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En esta imagen se puede apreciar como Angus utiliza una Gibson SG Les Paul
Around the 15:34 mark in this Rock or Bust tour rig rundown of Angus, his tech shows two Radial Engineering JD7 units (one backup) that are used to send his guitar signal to "amps galore". Each head has it's own channel so that his tech can turn them on or off independently, and check phase.
He also used cabinets fitted with Celestion G12M speakers and Neumann U 47 microphone.
11:21 "Shure Axient thats wireless, by far idon't know if you are familiar with these, the axient actually, it stores frequencies."
In the YouTube video by André Heiji Kozuma, it is clarified that Angus Young's main touring guitar is not a 1967 model but a Gibson 1963 Les Paul SG Custom Reissue with a Maestro Vibrola. The video includes a serial number check, providing detailed evidence of the specific guitar model he uses.
Used live during the "Razors Edge" era 1990-1991
Used on “Back in Black” with Celestion G12-65s, Neumann U67 & U87, and Schaffer-Vega Diversity System.
11:21 "Shure Axient thats wireless, by far idon't know if you are familiar with these, the axient actually, it stores frequencies."
In the Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" video, at the 10:43 mark, Angus Young is seen using the Meyer Sound CP-10 equalizer during a live performance setup.
At 1:18 you can clearly see the Sommer Cable The Spirit LLX Silent II
Angus Young used Chrome Schaller tuners in his 2010 Custom Cherry SG in this Reverb listing
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