Members LesPaulCustom79 Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 Alot has been written online that Malcolm plays through a couple of old Marshall Super Lead 100's and Angus plays through a really old beat up Marshall JTM45 Plexi miked under the stage, and one Marshall Super Lead 100 on stage, blah, blah, blah. Total BULLCRAP!!! You don't play huge arenas with a couple of beat up vintage amps. Malcolm uses (6) Marshall Super Lead 100 amps using EL-34 power tubes, (4) Late 70's Marshall JMP MkII 2203 Master Volume 160 watt amps using 6550 power tubes, and (2) WIZARD 180 Watt Master Volume Custom Amps using KT-88 power tubes. Super Leads are cranked and the Master Volume Amps set to moderate gain and pretty much cranked. One half of the amps are in use with one identical mirror image backup for each amp used. Basically (3) Super Lead 100's, (2) JMP MkII Master Volumes, and (1) WIZARD are in use at the same time for clean tones mixed with medium gain crunch tones. His 4x12 cabinets use Celestion G12H-30's for good bottom end and that midrange crunch breakup. Some cabinets have Celestion G12T-75's for extra bottom end and smooth high end. Settings: Pres=0 Bass=8 Mids=5 Treble=7 Gain=5 Vol=10 Angus uses a similar arsenal of amps to Malcolm except he uses Celestion G12M Greenback speakers for more midrange to cut through the heavy AC/DC mix and controls his extra boost with his SG Volume Knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pepi Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 Are you mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LesPaulCustom79 Posted September 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 A picture is worth 1,000 words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 A picture is worth 1,000 words. That is the case, but your pics lack any form of corroboration. Can you say where your info is coming from and who took the pics etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members primeholy Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 And? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NaptownChris Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 Well, I think that's super. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mogwix Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 I'll bet you money that only one or two of those amps are being used at any given time, and the rest are backups. There's plenty of touring guitarists that don't use amps at all, and run through modellers or speaker sims. Alex Lifeson plays arenas every day, and his H&K heads run through palmer speaker sims. Geddy doesn't even use amps, he's got a bunch of rotisserie ovens for his backline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaceU4her Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 i thought this was common knowledge amongst us guitar message board geeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LesPaulCustom79 Posted September 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 The photo was taken backstage during the Black Ice Tour. Malcolm has several Marshall Super Lead 100's on stage, but I think they were just stage props with the actual amps in use backstage, controlled by a guitar tech. In the late 1970's Malcolm and Angus used (4) Marshall JMP MkII 2203 Master Volume amp stacks each (See photo taken in Atlanta during the Highway to Hell Tour). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Holy War Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 i thought this was common knowledge amongst us guitar message board geeks? +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LesPaulCustom79 Posted September 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 I'll bet you money that only one or two of those amps are being used at any given time, and the rest are backups. If you notice in the backstage photo all ten (10) amp power lights are on. At least 5 of those are in use pushing some of the stacks on stage and 5 are on standby to be routed in, if an amp blows a tube. There is also the (2) WIZARD Amp ATA Rack. He probably uses a certain combination of amps for older Bon Scott Era material and other combinations with Master Vol. amps for the heavier 80's/90's material. Is this photo are the 2 Marshall Super Lead 100 amps on stage which might be props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members '63-Strat Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 I'll bet you money that only one or two of those amps are being used at any given time, and the rest are backups. If you notice in the backstage photo all ten (10) amp power lights are on. At least 5 of those are in use pushing some of the stacks on stage and 5 are on standby to be routed in, if an amp blows a tube. There is also the (2) WIZARD Amp ATA Rack. He probably uses a certain combination of amps for older Bon Scott Era material and other combinations with Master Vol. amps for the heavier 80's/90's material. Is this photo are the 2 Marshall Super Lead 100 amps on stage which might be props. Guess what? You're guessing Your opinion on this isn't fact anymore than whoever's opinion you're rallying against by posting all this in the first place was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members teemuk Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 So, they have bunch of Marshalls and some other amps. Cool story bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panther_king Posted September 25, 2011 Members Share Posted September 25, 2011 Geddy doesn't even use amps, he's got a bunch of rotisserie ovens for his backline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 Just because the power light is on doesn't mean they're on. Also, many bands will have fake head on stange. Nothing inside the amp, but the power light is rigged to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edge11 Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 [video=youtube;a1QCBF3h_tM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1QCBF3h_tM this is what i imagine you doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members les_paul Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 Pretty much every guitarist is secretive about their tone. So what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixtonoize Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 This thread is stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members charveldan Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 I know AC/DC's head & cab configuration is different depending on the venue. Malcolm has a power amp made by Wizard that has 12 6550's in it, don't even know how many watts 400?, 500? He also uses a combo of Marshall & Mesa cabs some with Greenbacks, some with V30's. I know Angus uses basically straight signal into 1959' 100 watt Mashalls using his Gibson pups for distortion, again into Marshall cabs, some V30's, some Greenbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JR13 Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 so you're saying they had to use more amps for larger venues!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimwratt Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 I'll bet they ran out of the headphone jack of an MG into the board and called it a day, lol. Who the hell cares what they did live anyway? At that volume level, playing out of 2 or 10 amps doesn't make much difference. Weren't they miked anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeppelin Rules Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 You're wrong. I have it on good authority that Malcolm uses a Gorilla, and that Angus uses a 5150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elric Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 As others have noted: Cool Story, Bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sahlomonic Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 The photo was taken backstage during the Black Ice Tour. Malcolm has several Marshall Super Lead 100's on stage, but I think they were just stage props with the actual amps in use backstage, controlled by a guitar tech. In the late 1970's Malcolm and Angus used (4) Marshall JMP MkII 2203 Master Volume amp stacks each (See photo taken in Atlanta during the Highway to Hell Tour). That really isn't different from any other rock guitarist. George Lynch, Eddie Van Halen, Zakk Wylde, etc. Backline of full stacks as stage props is pretty much the norm . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members charveldan Posted September 26, 2011 Members Share Posted September 26, 2011 Way cool Jr. :cool::cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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