Need help with settings

[AngusSGplayer79]

This is my first tube amp my favorite band is ACDC, Zeppelin, Allman bros., Chuck Berry, Black Crowes, and all other types of bluesey classic Rock, I can't get the sound anywhere near to what I like, I'm between beginner and advanced but really just starting to train my ear do anyway I play an SG Prophecy with the fishman pickups, could anyone help me get the settings close to an old classic acdc type sound. Thank you

 

[Dogs of Doom]

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which amp?

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

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What @Dogs of Doom said

 

[tiberio]

This is my first tube amp my favorite band is ACDC, Zeppelin, Allman bros., Chuck Berry, Black Crowes, and all other types of bluesey classic Rock, I can't get the sound anywhere near to what I like, I'm between beginner and advanced but really just starting to train my ear do anyway I play an SG Prophecy with the fishman pickups, could anyone help me get the settings close to an old classic acdc type sound. Thank you

Hi,
I'm interested to this, thank you!
In my case, I've a 1923 head, 85th anniversary, and one 1960a cabinet

 

[FleshOnGear]

Hi,
I'm interested to this, thank you!
In my case, I've a 1923 head, 85th anniversary, and one 1960a cabinet

Hey, I guess this is your thread now!

For the kind of tones OP was going for, with a 1923 or JCM2000 DSL, you’d do best to stick to the crunch mode on the green channel. Most of those bands used non-master-volume amps that get a lot of their crunch from overdriving the power amp. If you can get an attenuator, you might be able to get more authentic tones by turning up the master and then turning up the gain control until you get the crunch you want. You use the attenuator to set your desired volume.

As far as EQ goes, you have to play around with it and adjust to taste. Most guys start with all of the EQ dials at noon, and go from there. I like to start with all the dials at max, and cut frequencies to taste.

Good luck!

 

[Gene Ballzz]

I like to start with all the dials at max, and cut frequencies to taste.

Good luck!

It has been reported that this is the way Jimi dialed in his sound!
You're In Good Company!
Gene

 

[Old Punker]

With a band like AC/DC I find it nearly impossible to get very close to the recorded tone by myself. I assume this is at least partly due to the fact that two very different guitars made that tone. I have this experience with all 2 guitarist bands.

 

[mickeydg5]

My experience was first proficiency, then the right equipment.

When I was starting out and trying it amazed me how guys who knew how to emulate the actual playing style, speed and precision of a song sounded 70, 80, 90% there.
The rest was the right equipment; amplifiers, speakers and effects.

If you want to sound exactly like the song one needs to have the right combination of equipment to emulate that sound.

 

[V-man]

AC/DC was mostly JTM and Plexi with a 2203:in Back in Black. I believe Allman played a Super Bass (or Bass). Black Crowes is a Silver Jubilee, and when using a Marshall (often times he did not record with one but used them live) Page was playing a Super Lead.

Just among the Marshall players cited, you are talking at least 5 circuits used. That said, there is a lot of overlap/common territory between amps but we still don’t know which amp is being used in this thread.

More importantly, we don’t know which speakers are being used. AC/DC is Blackbacks (late 70s era Greenbacks) and Greenbacks. Page is Greenbacks. Allman I am confident if not certain would be Greenbacks, Crowes is probably V 30s (what came with Jubilees, but if not, could be Greenbacks).

Are we seeing a trend yet?

Having X’s exact speaker cab and a ballpark-close amp will get the sound a LOT closer than having the exact amp and different speakers. There is a Page rig rundown posted this week. I listened to how anemic and tiny his sound was as he demonstrated the original rig miced. It wasn’t bad at all… just small and frail compared to the record. Same fingers, same gear. One was miced by a guitarist/tech and the other was mastered by an engineer. The takeaway: Much of our beloved tones are as attributable to those recording, their gear and methods as it is thise playing.

So finers aside, there a lot of significant factors outside of guitar and amp head that can make one sound very different than some desirable tones played on a (mostly) similar rig.

 

[G the wildman]

So bottom line. You will probably not emulate one let alone 4 bands with one rig. But if you are playing live a general audience will become attuned to your rig and it won’t matter.

Of course some of our Marshall guys would notice and for recording it will bother you.

But stop comparing and just play and it may not matter.