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Post by chad » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:03 pm

Roe,Dude Thanks for all the info about AC/DC's Angus and Mal's Gear. I've never seen some of Malcolm's guitars you posted.Love AC/DC!! Thanks again Roe. Chad

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Post by johniss0001 » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:01 pm

HAHA i was reading the earlier page about angus's amp settings and you know what the settings on my sb are the exact same SPOOOOOKY lol and my tone is similar at that settings but i need different pre tubes anyhoo interesting thread
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Post by Roe » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:35 am

my guess is that ang uses quite different settings on different amps.
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Post by TFL » Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:40 pm

That was some great reading! Thanks for taking the time to post those articles.

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Post by T.J.Fuller » Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:11 pm

Great articles!!! AC/DC rules!!!

Question though

there are alot of ARD amp refferences, isn't that WIZARD amps ??
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Post by Roe » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:35 pm

yes 'ard is wizard - rick st.pierre has worked for ac/dc since 1988.

see this:
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Post by Roe » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:31 pm

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Post by TheRedDevil » Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:49 pm

Just also have a look at http://www.thereddevil.de for more infos about Angus equipment ...
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Post by lespaul82729 » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:47 pm

Is Malcom still usign the Wizard amp ?

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Post by lespaul82729 » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:49 pm

I doN,t understand Wizard. The 100W Vintage head is 4300$, man, you can almost buy two 68 metroamp for that price

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Post by Roe » Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:05 am

yes, mal uses the 400w wizard live. bt the amp that gets mix'ed in studio and live is either a superbass or a jtm45/100
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Post by max1230 » Mon Jan 21, 2008 1:13 pm

Re: Angus's Boogie rack. Is that what I'm hearing on the live at Donnington DVD?

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Post by Roe » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:35 am

max1230 wrote:Re: Angus's Boogie rack. Is that what I'm hearing on the live at Donnington DVD?
afraid so
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Post by max1230 » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:13 am

I always thought that sounded strange but I just didn't want to believe it.

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Post by Roe » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:09 pm

here's two pics of ang and mal playing gibson L6Ss: Image Image
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