AC/DC guitar and bass tones and amp settings
Settings for 5 AC/DC song pages: Back In Black, Hells Bells, Highway To Hell and Thunderstruck. Each page has the knob values for the reference amps and, where a source documents it, the gear on the record.
The amps on the records
- Back In Black (guitar): Malcolm Young, Modified Marshall bass head (1971 Marshall Super Bass)
- Hells Bells (guitar): Malcolm Young, Marshall bass head
- Highway To Hell (guitar): Angus Young, 1959 Super Lead
- Thunderstruck (guitar): Malcolm Young, Marshall JMP Super Bass
- Back In Black (bass): Cliff Williams, Ampeg Portaflex
Each song page cites the source for its gear.
Song pages
Each page has every knob for the reference amps, the parts that change, and the gear on the record. The knobs here show its main amp settings.
- Back In Black (AC/DC) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Back In Black (AC/DC) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Hells Bells (AC/DC) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Highway To Hell (AC/DC) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Thunderstruck (AC/DC) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
Photographs: “Close-up view of guitar strings showcasing details”, Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
