Back in Black Jangle-to-Bite — Gretsch Bed & SG Lead
The track follows the Back in Black method of tracking Malcolm and Angus together, with Malcolm’s Gretsch-and-Super-Bass clarity separated from Angus’s SG through selected Marshall heads. Tony Platt used two condenser microphones and changed amp and mic combinations to suit individual songs; no reliable song-specific settings sheet exists, so the controls below are approximated from the documented album rig. Source: Premier Guitar’s Tony Platt interview, SoloDallas’s Platt archive, and Guitar.com’s Back in Black gear guide.
Signal Chain
Notes
Keep the opening figure crisp and let the strings ring cleanly. Malcolm’s rhythm should provide the dry chord texture while Angus’s solo gets only a modest increase in saturation and midrange.
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