What Dimarzio gets Angus Young Tone?

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Offline Jerryman

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What Dimarzio gets Angus Young Tone?
« on: November 25, 2015, 09:12:28 PM »
There are two schools of thought on nailing Angus' tone  , from what I have learned

First, use a regular normal PAF , and crank the living **** out of a NMV Plexi.

More practical, is to use a higher output PAF style pickup  to drive the front end of a Marshall style amp.

What do you think?

I'm going then second route- do you think the PAF Master could get me there? The Master seems like a great intermediary pickup that could do both things-NMV cranked and master volume.

I do have a JCM 800, and and an old MMV Marshall( 72 Superlead), so my bases are covered amp-wise.

How do you find Angus' tone with Dimarzio?
« Last Edit: November 25, 2015, 09:19:21 PM by jerryjg »
The Norton won't tame anything.  A fantastic pickup, it will make your LP sound like a wild mongoose who is piloting a F-22 raptor and smoking crystal meth

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Re: What Dimarzio gets Angus Young Tone?
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2015, 04:25:07 AM »
I never tried to duplicate the Angus tone but I think both the PAF Master bridge and the 36th Anniversary bridge should get you in the ballpark. Amp wise you should definitely be covered.

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Re: What Dimarzio gets Angus Young Tone?
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2015, 02:29:50 PM »
Most importantly you´ll need this:
http://solodallas.com/the-schaffer-replica

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Re: What Dimarzio gets Angus Young Tone?
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2015, 03:21:42 PM »
I would throw the Transition bridge.  I was pleasantly surprised at how vintage flavored it sounded when I tried it out earlier this week.


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Re: What Dimarzio gets Angus Young Tone?
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2015, 03:29:20 PM »
I'd suggest the 36th Anniv Bridge.
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Re: What Dimarzio gets Angus Young Tone?
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2015, 10:01:09 AM »
I get a great AY tone with a FRED