No. 0981979·hard-rock·4 blocks
Highway to Hell
The swaggering riff that opens AC/DC's breakthrough. Angus Young plugged a 1968 Gibson SG Standard straight into a cranked Marshall 1959 Super Lead Plexi — no pedals — and producer Mutt Lange shaped it into a tighter, glossier sound than the band's earlier records at Roundhouse Studios, London. Angus's Schaffer-Vega wireless added a subtle preamp boost that tightened the top end. Standard tuning; the swagger is in the right hand.
Highway to HellSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Pedalboard
Guitar
Gibson SG Standard (1968)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Schaffer-Vega Diversity System (wireless preamp boost)
Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100W (Plexi)
Marshall 4x12 (Celestion G12-65)
Shure SM57
Schaffer-Vega Diversity System (wireless preamp boost)
boost
Boost
4
Marshall 1959 Super Lead 100W (Plexi)
preamp
Volume
8
Treble
7
Middle
5
Bass
4
Presence
6
Engineer's note
File 098
The swaggering riff that opens AC/DC's breakthrough. Angus Young plugged a 1968 Gibson SG Standard straight into a cranked Marshall 1959 Super Lead Plexi — no pedals — and producer Mutt Lange shaped it into a tighter, glossier sound than the band's earlier records at Roundhouse Studios, London. Angus's Schaffer-Vega wireless added a subtle preamp boost that tightened the top end. Standard tuning; the swagger is in the right hand.
— Angus Young
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