Academy Of Tone 306: Celebrating Angus Young at 71

Special guests: Fil Olivieri & Andreas Usner

0:00 Welcome 1:53 Angus Young Introduction 2:35 Gear Overview 3:31 April Fool's Joke 4:54 ACDC & Students 5:22 Highway to Hell Chords 6:42 Pentatonic Playing 7:40 Angus' Phrasing Style 8:27 The Young Brothers 9:30 Angus Vibrato Technique 10:50 ACDC Amp Sound 11:45 Interview Intro: Phil Olivetti 13:32 Angus Young's Impact 14:31 Phil's Background Story 16:11 Thomas Blug Fan Moment 17:37 The 1962 Gibson SG 19:30 Childhood Impressions 20:49 Older Instruments Matter 22:18 Gibson Quality Changes 24:25 Phil's ACDC Origin Story 26:31 The Schaefer Wireless System 28:49 Missing Studio Tone 30:02 Analog Tape Magic 33:43 Salute to Australia 35:06 Playing Together as Band 37:07 ACDC's Tribal Energy 38:36 Early ACDC Episodes 43:07 Voltage Regulator Explained 45:34 Solo Dallas Boost Demo 48:16 Micro Pedal Features 51:31 Storm Pedal Demo 54:45 Compressor & Limiter 58:25 Less is More Approach 1:00:29 Amp Settings Breakdown 1:02:13 Puristic Guitar Chain 1:05:27 Gibson SG Model 1:08:36 Tower Pedal A/B Test 1:13:23 Schaefer Wireless History 1:14:48 Angus Using Schaefer 1:17:21 Headphones Output Trick 1:19:46 Rangemaster Comparison 1:21:34 Passion for Tone 1:25:38 Solo Dallas Partners 1:27:00 Pedal Differences Explained 1:28:42 Limiter & Boost Details 1:30:07 Tower Pedal Story 1:32:31 T-Top Pickups Explained 1:35:04 Custom Pickup Recipe 1:37:38 Filtertron Pickup 1:40:53 PAF Replica Pickup 1:44:34 ACDC as a Team 1:47:48 Groove & Timing 1:50:09 Too Much Gain Problem 1:52:15 Clean Dirty Philosophy 1:55:07 Amp1 Connection Story 1:58:16 Speaker Choices 2:01:26 Greenback Speakers 2:03:47 Back in Black Recording 2:05:46 Microphone Placement 2:08:50 Capture Right From Start 2:10:28 Closing & Next Meeting 2:11:10 Farewell