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You shook me all night long amp settings — Labey LA35C Accoustic

The AC/DC guitar tone for “You shook me all night long”, dialed in for a Labey LA35C Accoustic with a Epiphone SG Standard. Studio version, Back in Black (1980)

Original rig

Gibson SG Standard with PAF-style humbuckers → Marshall 1959 Super Lead Plexi cranked to power-tube breakup. No pedals.

Crunchy, mid-scooped British rock with tight low-end weight, cutting treble bite, and touch-sensitive power-amp saturation

Amp settings — Labey LA35C Accoustic

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	0
Bass	4
Mid	3
Treble	5
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

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Signal chain

01Boss ME-70 — OD/DS Section (OD-1 or Blues Driver model)

Select the OD-1 or BD (Blues Driver) algorithm. This is your primary gain source — the acoustic amp provides clean headroom only.

Drive 6 · Tone 6 · Level 7

02Boss ME-70 — EQ Section

Engage the parametric or graphic EQ to carve the 'Marshall smile' — bass and treble up, mids scooped around 800Hz.

Bass 6 · Mid 3 · Treble 7

03Boss ME-70 — Preamp/Amp Modeling Section

If available, select the 'MS' or British stack model (Marshall voicing). Stack this AFTER the OD section for proper gain staging. If no amp modeling, skip this block entirely.

Amp Type 0 · Gain 5 · Level 7

Why these settings

Your Labey LA35C is an acoustic amp — it has no preamp distortion, wide-range flat voicing, and hi-fi clean headroom. It cannot produce Marshall crunch on its own. ALL gain must come from the ME-70's overdrive and amp-modeling blocks. I've set the amp flat and clean (gain 0, EQ neutral-to-mild, reverb 0) so it amplifies the ME-70's dirt without coloring it. The ME-70's OD section replaces the Plexi's power-tube saturation; the EQ block carves the mid-scoop that a Plexi naturally has.

PRO TIPAngus's attack comes from stiff wrist-only downstrokes with the pick angled slightly so the edge scrapes the string — this adds harmonic 'sizzle' that no EQ setting can replicate. Keep your fretting hand loose and let the pick do the work.

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