BluGuitar - Tone Innovation For Guitarists | 4 years ago

On this week’s, Academy Of Tone, Thomas and his very special guest Max Carton @MaxCarton are doing the most detailed look yet into the genre-defining tones of AC/DC and its iconic guitarists: Angus and Malcolm Young! Max is an AC/DC devotee – he plays the part of Angus Young in one of Belgium’s leading AC/DC tribute bands and his collection of AC/DC-related gear and his pursuit of those hallowed Young tones are already the stuff of legend on YouTube! Now he’s bringing his collection (which includes an AMP1 Mercury Edition, of course!) to Saarbrücken for him and Thomas to put it all through its paces and get as close to the originals as they can.

Thomas will plug in his vintage Marshalls, a series of boutique tube amps and AMP1, different speakers, and a few secret weapons as the guys discuss the original gear used on the AC/DC albums, what the differences are in tone, and how to re-create those iconic tones – perhaps the purest rock and roll guitar sounds in the history of music – with different gear.

Max talks about his favorite tones from the best AC/DC recording eras, as well as live tones – plus, how to get all those tone with AMP1. The key periods and gear sets Max will discuss are:

1974 - 1977 ‘Early years’: Marshall Superlead + Celestion G12m 75hz/55hz Greenback and Blackback speakers + Gibson SG with T TOP pickups

1978 - 1981 ‘Golden Years’: Marshall Superlead / Marshall JTM50 + Schaffer wireless boost + Celestion G12-65 (T3120 1777) speakers (mics: MD421 + SM57 or Neumann u47/87/67 bib) + Gibson SG with T TOP pickups

1991 – 2008 ‘Comeback years’: JTM45 + Celestion G12m 75hz Greenbacks

LIVE TONE: @SoloDallas SD50 JTM 50, Modded Marshalls + overwound pickups!

And it’s going to get deep too, as the guys delve into the nerdiest of AC/DC tone hunting topics: string thickness, playing style, speakers, pickups, the Schaffer replica, and live attitude!

That also means this episode is going to feature a bunch of cool guitars we’ve never had on Academy of Tone before – as well as a bunch of incredible foot-tapping, headbanging AC/DC riffs.
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For our A / B comparisons, we now use the KHE switcher for the best possible audio quality.
Our recommendation if you want to switch several high-gain amps convincing because it works free of background noise:
https://www.khe-audioelectronics.com/shop/acs-4x2
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Max Carton on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/MaxCarton/featured @MaxCarton

BluGuitar AMP1 SILVER vs MERCURY Edition:
https://youtu.be/azToU_awyqU

AMP1 Mercury: AC/DC DEEPDIVE (Schaffer Replica, T Tops, JTM50, g12-65,…):
https://youtu.be/drpvasqTwMs

Max Carton’s AC/DC tribute band „Back And In Black"
https://www.facebook.com/backandinblack

Max uses Gretsch G6131-MY Malcolm Young
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https://bluguitar.com/media/pdf/bc/23/0c/bluguitar-manual_cabs_complete.pdf
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The new "Academy of Tone" SHIRTs are finally available in our webshop:-)
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VINTAGE SPEAKER CABLE , long (5,67m):
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MIDI1 ADAPTER:
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AMP1 "PRESETS": Sound settings and overlays for your MERCURY & IRIDIUM EDITION:
https://bluguitar.com/service-support/downloads/

AMP1 "EXPERT FEATURES" website:
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"ACADEMY OF TONE"-BROCHURE, incl. AMP1 manual download:
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Watch Thomas using cool pedals at PEDALICIOUS
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgoykgyXX9OL9evs5SVrDYg
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