Roadster and AC/DC type tone

[vertigo_]

I am trying to dial in ac/dc like tone on my roadster channel 2. Anyone came close to getting an ac/dc type tone on their roadster? Please help.

I am using a gibson les paul studio and my cab is mesa 1x12 thiele.

 

[scottkahn]

Unless you put EL-34s in your Roadster, you're not going to approximate the classic Marshall tone to that extent. That's also not a great speaker choice for your intended sound. And if that's not enough for you, Malcom likes to play Gretch guitars that have a different sound than a Les Paul.

So getting a close sound from your 6L6 Roadster and Les Paul with a 112? Um... you'll have to expand your definition of "close" .

 

[vertigo_]

Well I am not trying to nail the sound of Angus Young. I am trying to be in the same ballpark. I guess whatever I can get using 6l6/Les Paul. For practice I use a mesa 1x12 thiele but for live I use genz benz g-flex 2x12 or mesa 4x12 recto cab.

 

[playdosboogies]

I just cant see even getting close to a marshall sound with a boogie..Even though the ace/stilleto/deuce amps are good amps, you just cant get that Marshall "GRUNT" from them.

 

[barneyc4]

channel 3 on brit with gain set to almost 10

OR

clean channel with a distortion pedal. Box of Rock>?

 

[justanotherguitarist]

My band uses a lot of 'Marshall crunch' type sound in our songs (as well as lots of other sounds) but i've found channel 2 brit to be everything that people on this forum think its not! (no offence intended).

At first i was using channel 1 tweed for these sounds (as I'd heard bad reviews about the brit mode) but found brit mode to be more treble-y and 'crunchy' (for want of a better word). Its not perfect and its not a marshall but its pretty good. I found nothing lacking against the other guitarists TSL crunch.
Master - 11
Presence - 12
Bass - 10
Mid - 11
Treble - 1
Gain - 3

 

[jdurso]

i agree... channel 2 on brit mode gets you very very close with 6l6s in the power section..... it gets even better if you throw some kt77s in the roadster..... i was amazed at ac/dc tones i could get with kt77s in the roadster instead of the 6l6s..... the brit mode becomes very plexi-like... plus with the kt77s the cleans stay clean unlike el34s

 

[Hobo]

I just cant see even getting close to a marshall sound with a boogie..Even though the ace/stilleto/deuce amps are good amps, you just cant get that Marshall "GRUNT" from them.

I can get pretty darn close with my F-30.

 

[vertigo_]

Yep I am messing around with brit setting in channel 2

 

[giantstepjoe]

This is another brit mode discussion


http://forum.grailtone.com/viewtopic.php?t=21508&highlight=

 

[CudBucket]

I'm sorry but I don't think brit mode, which is on Channel 2, not 3, gets you anywhere near a Marshall tone. It's designed after brit amps of the 50s and 60s not the 70s and 80s. It's my least favorite mode on my RKII.

 

[Leroy the Massochist]

On the recent ACDC live DVD box set there is a concert (I think in Russia) where ACDC look like they are usinging Mark III Boogies