Riff Tone
Have a Drink On Me
AC/DC
Guitarrock1980s
Original Gear
GuitarGretsch G6131 Jet Firebird (heavily modified, bridge pickup, no neck pickup, middle pickup disconnected)
AmpMarshall Super Bass 100 (Plexi, late 60s/early 70s, run clean to edge of breakup, no master volume)
PickupsGretsch Filter'Tron humbucker (bridge position, vintage 1963, output slightly reduced by modding)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass6
mid7
treble6.5
reverb0
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1979-1980, Back in Black album. Malcolm Young's rhythm part for the riff. No pedals or effects used; pure guitar-amp signal. Guitar volume often rolled back slightly for clarity. No amp reverb or delay. Pickup selector only allows bridge pickup due to guitar mods.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivebright and articulateopen, ringing chordsfat, punchy midrangeBritish crunchraw, uncompressedbig, clean sound with edge-of-breakup crunchdynamic response to pickingno effects colorationfocused low end
Difficulty
The riff requires tight, consistent downstroke picking and precise transitions between single-note figures and open chords, demanding good right-hand control and dynamic sensitivity for the classic AC/DC punch.
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Original Gear
GuitarGretsch G6131 Jet Firebird (heavily modified, bridge pickup, no neck pickup, middle pickup disconnected)
AmpMarshall Super Bass 100 (Plexi, late 60s/early 70s, run clean to edge of breakup, no master volume)
PickupsGretsch Filter'Tron humbucker (bridge position, vintage 1963, output slightly reduced by modding)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass6
mid7
treble6.5
reverb0
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1979-1980, Back in Black album. Malcolm Young's rhythm part for the riff. No pedals or effects used; pure guitar-amp signal. Guitar volume often rolled back slightly for clarity. No amp reverb or delay. Pickup selector only allows bridge pickup due to guitar mods.
Tone Character(10)
tight and percussivebright and articulateopen, ringing chordsfat, punchy midrangeBritish crunchraw, uncompressedbig, clean sound with edge-of-breakup crunchdynamic response to pickingno effects colorationfocused low end
Difficulty
The riff requires tight, consistent downstroke picking and precise transitions between single-note figures and open chords, demanding good right-hand control and dynamic sensitivity for the classic AC/DC punch.
Have a Drink On Me settings for your amp
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