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Back in Black

Tone for HOTONE Pulze Mini · by @faldy · Humbuckers · updated 11 October 2026 · Made with AI

The definitive Angus Young rock crunch featuring a cranked British plexi driven by a vintage belt-clip wireless boost into a Greenback 4x12 cab.

Plays it on your Pulze Mini without changing your saved presets.

On the Pulze Mini

Every block in the order the signal goes through it. Dial these in by hand, or play it on your Pulze Mini above to send them all at once.

DYN

Boost 3

Based on legendary belt clip preamp

Bass
48
Treble
52
Volume
36
Low Cut
Off
PRE

TS Drv

Off

Based on Ibanez® TS-808®

AMP

Marshell SLP

Based on Marshall® Super Lead 1959 amp

Volume
68
Presence
54
Output
50
Bass
46
Middle
62
Treble
58
CAB

UK 4x12A

Based on Marshall® 1960AX cabinet

Volume
50
Low Cut
85
High Cut
6500
EQ

Guitar EQ 1

Off
FX1

Tape Dly

Off
FX2

Room

Mix
16
Pre Dly
10 ms
Decay
32
Low Damp
50
Hi Damp
50
Mod
20

How it works

  • DYNAngus's 1980 studio tone relied heavily on the Schaffer-Vega wireless transmitter's internal boost preamp hitting a Marshall Super Lead amp, which Boost 3 and Marshell SLP capture faithfully.
  • AMPMarshell SLP running at Volume 68 provides pure power-section crunch without the mushy compression of modern high-gain amps.
  • CABThe UK 4x12A cab with an early high cut rounds off high-frequency speaker sizzle, complementing your guitar's punchy bridge humbucker.

Tuning

EADGBE

The record is in E standard, low to high: E A D G B E.

Tune your guitar the same way. Or make your version above, say how yours is tuned, and your Pulze Mini shifts it to match.

On the guitar

Made for a humbucker guitar (Les Paul / SG style).

NeckBridge123
  1. 1Pickup Bridge
  2. 2Volume 10
  3. 3Tone 9

Stay on the bridge pickup with the tone rolled off just slightly from maximum to take off sharp glassiness while preserving bite.

The original rig

The guitar sound on Back in Black relies on Gibson and Gretsch guitars plugged straight into cranked Marshall tube heads and 4x12 cabinets without conventional distortion pedals. Angus Young's signature bite is augmented by the preamp boost and compression of a Schaffer-Vega Diversity System wireless unit, captured via multi-miked cabinets for natural room depth.

Angus Young (Rhythm and solo): Gibson SG Standard, Schaffer-Vega Diversity System (SVDS), Marshall 50W / 100W Head, Marshall 4x12 Cabinet, Neumann U 67 / U 87

Malcolm Young (Rhythm): Gretsch Jet, Marshall 100W Head (Super Bass / Super Lead), Marshall 4x12 Cabinet, Neumann U 67 / U 87

See the full original rig, with every setting and its sources

Playing it

  • Hit open E, D, and A chords with firm, authoritative downstrokes right near the bridge for that iconic snap.
  • Make the rests as punchy as the chords by muting immediately with your fret-hand fingers and picking-hand palm.
  • Use wide, fast vibrato from the wrist on bent notes during the fills and guitar solo.

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Shared by @faldy under CC BY 4.0: use it, share it and change it, crediting @faldy. Version 1, updated 11 October 2026.