TNT amp settings — Hughes & Kettner ATTAX 100
The Acdc guitar tone for “TNT”, dialed in for a Hughes & Kettner ATTAX 100 with a Epiphone Les Paul Classic. Studio version, T.N.T. (1975) / High Voltage (1976) - Main Rhythm & Intro Riff
1970 Gibson SG Standard (PAF / T-Top humbuckers) straight into a cranked 1960s Marshall JTM50 / 1987 Plexi head into Celestion Greenback 4x12 (no pedals)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
The Attax 100's Crunch channel provides the right vintage British breakup; keep gain around 4 to prevent modern preamp saturation, as Angus relied heavily on dynamic power-amp breakup rather than heavy preamp distortion. Pushing the midrange to 7 compensates for the solid-state/hybrid power section and Les Paul body mass to replicate the aggressive upper-mid bark of an SG through a Marshall Plexi. Reverb is set to 0 to retain the dry, upfront bite of early Albert Studios recordings.
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