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AC/DC’s “Gone Shooting” (Studio Version, Schaffer-Vega Diversity System)
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Introducing the “Wizard Vintage Classic 100W” with AC/DC’s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” Cover
about 2 weeks ago - 106 comments
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Introducing the “Wizard Modern Classic 100W” with Black Robot’s “Cocaine” Cover
about 2 weeks ago - 67 comments
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Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ in the (New!) Years” Featuring Mr. Elliott Randall (SoloDallas cover, SVDS)
about 1 month ago - 20 comments
It was one quick email exchange with Mr. Ken Schaffer that suggested me (well, he did) a possible title to end this year and bring on the next one. Given my recent meeting with Mr. Elliott Randall (and my past as a listener to Steely Dan since I was oh 17 years old) I just Read more >
The Schaffer-Vega Diversity Replica (Updated)
about 2 months ago - 257 comments
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SoloDallas at the Air Studios: The London Blog post – Updating
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Slash’s “Ghost” (SoloDallas’ Cover) – Playing a Zemaitis Guitar
about 3 months ago - 91 comments
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AC/DC’s “Riff Raff”, Studio Version, Schaffer-Vega Diversity Series
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AC/DC – Love Hungry Man (tone sample and settings)
about 4 months ago - 51 comments
Hi, First of all, I’d like to introduce myself since this is my first post here on solodallas.net as a contributor. My name is Adam, I’m 18, and I’m a huge classic rock fan and player from Hungary. I’ve been playing for quite a few years now, and I plan to do this for a Read more >
Powerage Era: AC/DC’s “Gimme A Bullet” (with SoloDallas Solo)
about 4 months ago - 48 comments
NOW I’m starting to have fun. This video is the second one of the “debunking” series with the Schaffer-Vega Diversity. As with the previous one, “Back in Black”, I intend to cover quite a few songs with the exact same equipment they used back then, or the closest approximation I have available. I used Read more >
The Definitive “Back in Black” featuring an original Schaffer-Vega Diversity System (UPDATED!)
about 4 months ago - 210 comments
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about 2 months ago
Hi Fil,
Sorry, I missed your 2203 settings for Gone Shooting, same as Riff Raff?
All the best
about 3 months ago
Could anyone tell me how to get this kind of tone out of my amp? I play through a Marshall MG100HFX Half Stack andd use my Epiphone ES-335(Stock PUP’s).
Thanks.
about 3 months ago
i’ve got basically the same amp as you man, i usually play on the clean/crunch channel with gain all the way up. u may have to put the treble a bit higher because stock epi pickups can sound muddy, possibly keep the bass on the lower side, mids about half i think
about 3 months ago
Thanks! Your right about the muddiness I can’t stand the bridge PUP I’m going to switch to a DiMarzio Norton
about 3 months ago
Back with results, you were pretty spot on, thank ya.
Clean Channel
Gain:9
Bass:4 1/4
Mid:6
Treble:6 3/4
Vol:11!
Master:6-11 Thanks again you saved the day!
about 3 months ago
there ya go
glad i could be of some assistance!
about 3 months ago
It was so long ago you did a actual solo phil! miss those times you stood in a warehouse playing riffs. You should do that again but now with the shaffervegabox! Maybe you could bring a drummer and jam.
Feels like this websites keeping the rock alive, a culture that otherwise seems dead nowadays… Keep the tubes hot Phil!
about 4 months ago
Hello fil, could you tell me the tuning ( standard tuning ?) of this song, please ?
about 3 months ago
It’s in between E(standard) and Eb, It’s a quarter step down. They used it from High Voltage-Highway To Hell.
about 4 months ago
Hey Fil,
just got one little quesion, since you up pick the main riff, do you use the d string aswell, or just the G and B Strings?
Yours,
Hagen
about 4 months ago
When up there on the fretboard for the main riff, I barely pick also the D, yes (and you can hear it at times). I surely FRET the D string on the appropriate note, just for it is part of that chord (and helps the hand to have a strong hold). My older tutorial actually showed these very positions. I forget if I posted it here at solodallas’? Let me search it
about 4 months ago
You dont have to
I got it, I was just gonna get it right since on the vh1 thing angus did more downstrokes with just the G and B. Allways nice to see and hear how things do slightly differ from each other 
Thanks SD
about 4 months ago
Ah… I should have viewed that one, I haven’t in a while. Will re-watch on youtube right now
about 4 months ago
Okay, seen it. It should naturally be taken in serious consideration, as I believe that could have been THE way to do it. Not like mine, with upstrokes. Can’t try it right now, no guitar. Just two strings played, B and G. Wish I could try it immediately!
about 4 months ago
dont know if its closer to the original, because g and b will sound brighter by nature than a d added in, with downstrokes of course. Im working around with your upstrokes, they do sound cool aswell but i dont like the accent that is put on the high note on the b string too much.
about 4 months ago
As usual very good points. I think you’re onto something, I think that was the way to do it. He sounds different in the VH1 video, but he’s using different gear as well (wait… isn’t the hand the most important thing? Almost lol).
about 4 months ago
as far as i can tell, your gear reaches perfection right now
must be real fun for you to try and recreate the different techniques that angus used to tweak the sound just a bit. 
Take a listen to the Blues Booze ‘n’ Tatoos (78′ Nashville)’s Version of Gone Shootin, Angus has a very bright almost a sandpaper kind of tone to him. im sure that he plays the riff both on the first frets and the version around the 7th and 5th fret. Also: I think Mal uses a Telecaster there, lots of twang in this record, very groovy overall. love it
about 4 months ago
Hagen,
I can’t even tell you. That little room down there in the basement is my little paradise now. Hours just flow by and I don’t even realize it. I could not eat for days when I’m in there. I only drink water and the occasionally espresso . And smoke my cigarettes. And play. Record. Experiment. Combine. It is just wonderful.
about 4 months ago
This was beautiful. That tone is amazing. That SVDS is the ‘one’
about 4 months ago
Powerage is my absolute favorite Bon Scott AC/DC album, I love the raw guitar tones and the songs are awesome. Great job Fil
about 4 months ago
speechless…
about 4 months ago
P O W E R A G E ! ! ! !
The definitive AC/DC album . . .
. . . and Fil, you nailed it!!
about 4 months ago
Did Angus use the schaffer on powerage? This must be the reason why my tone is always missing this “bite” when playing something from Powerage
about 4 months ago
Yes, he did. Mark Optiz (sound engineer) confirmed this. This is also why I insist much on the SVDS. Basically, it’s on EVERY record past Let There Be Rock up to Blow Up Your Video. Either solos (always) or rhythm (sometimes). And BOTH live, always (minus when broken
)
about 4 months ago
So that’s where the growl comes from on Down Payment Blues? I just can’t get that sound, no matter what I do… KIRK
about 4 months ago
I don’t think so, Kirk. I think on most rhythm parts the SVDS wasn’t there in the studio (at least for Powerage, but I am ready to change my mind one more time lol). I think it’s the 2203 on G12-65s. I think Powerage is really 2203/G12-65s
about 4 months ago
I wonder why he stopped using it after Blow Up Your Video. Maybe that’s why his tone hasn’t been quite as good since then
about 4 months ago
He wanted a change, I am rather sure. He had been using it for ten years straight. Additionally, the SVDS is a bit hissy (noise from RF transmission).
about 4 months ago
lol I think Mark Opitz is the name of pro hockey player too
about 4 months ago
Fil you have gone and shot me!
Just Excellent!, i got nothing else to say
about 4 months ago
Love this bluesy, driving tune. The groove is outstanding, that’s Malcolm-, Phil- and Cliff-power!
Fil, I remember that you plucked the first part of the solo in the past, and the main riff of course. Is the sound closer picked than plucked?
about 4 months ago
Still plucked it mate, but hardly seen. I sort of almost used both pick and finger on a few notes right at the beginning. You can still hear it
earlier attempt was too much, this probably lightly more balanced 
about 4 months ago
It’s very hard to hear, I don’t even realize what “the plugging” sound is. Without the SVDS in the old videos I could tell – now I can’t
The main riff sounds very close with your upstrokes, I will try that. I have already been experimenting with different approaches on this song, I tried the live way and it did not sound close. To me, the way you did it in the past, plucking the E and B strings, worked the best. I nerver tried to pick the live version!
Or is that plucking, too?
about 4 months ago
Picked, but plucked after the break
about 4 months ago
To out myself one more time as a beginner: what is “plucking”?
about 4 months ago
Pluck the strings with your fingers, not with the pick; grab them with finger tips and pull upwards
about 4 months ago
Ah, of course…Lol, ok, that should have come to my mind
Thanks, brother!
about 4 months ago
…..good to know now
I didn`t know that either.
about 4 months ago
Really great tone, the SVDS and that new cab sound really good together. Now you able to reproduce tone from different albums with this gear the skies the limit! or perhaps ‘What’s Next To The Moon’ lol.
about 4 months ago
Hey thats a great idea
about 4 months ago
I second this motion!
about 4 months ago
Awesome. 10 Points to Fil!
about 4 months ago
I think I see something different than your old cover from Gone Shootin… The intro chord that u play three times… U play not a full powerchord, I see u only using two fingers… is this right? Are u only playing two notes?
Let more come!! 
Grtz, J-L
Ofcourse I want to congrat u with the playing!! It’s outstanding!! The sound is so clean!! I would almost say very dry, not dirty at all
about 4 months ago
That was amazing! (And I haven’t even watched it yet
)
about 4 months ago
OK, now that I’ve watched it only thing I can say is ‘that was outstanding’. Killer tone. Though to me it sounds like Angus is playing that main lick only with the treble strings no further than the 4th fret (now that i can compare it played with 99% identical tone) so it sounds brighter to my ears on the record. It also sounded like You choped some of the notes in that main lick at some points during the song.
That’s my “constructive critisism”.
Major respect.
about 4 months ago
You know I have been wondering whether he played it with barre or not since the first time I covered this… But live he did it this way. Not such a strong point, but still.
Yup I did chop it at least a coupla times. No worries Dave, it’s all good!
about 4 months ago
Indeed it’s all good. It’s terrific!
And it seems that atleast for the past 20 years or so Angus played this lick live as You did in the video. So You are correct about that no doubt. Besides it’s only my ears that hear it that way (my ears spend a lot of time right in front of a guitar speaker so most of the time my hearing isn’t worth s**t). =)
about 4 months ago
Oh thanks Dave
but I’m like you. I always thought it was played on the second position, first three strings. Brightness though could have been his settings on the 2203 – I used basic settings – and almost certainly thr SVDS here (but I used it too).
about 4 months ago
Just try and play that lick one way a couple of times and then in other position a few times. There will certainly be a difference. Stick with the one that sounds closest to the original (or the one You like best).
about 4 months ago
Wow! Fil, it’s success after success!
)
So… on some tracks Angus used the SVDS for rhythm and on some he didn’t? Interesting. I guess it was all about the sound he wanted, right?
Well, the tone is really really sweet here!
So… What’s next? Something from the IYWB album? (kidding!
Hugs!
André.
about 4 months ago
Posting another one in a few hours mate. Now please hear this: Angus on Powerage was ALSO on Celestions G12-65s! I am certain. I am starting to believe that Angus used G12-65s on. MOst albums since their inception (G12-65s were introduced in 1978, so from Powerage to the ’80s at least).
about 4 months ago
Really? On Powerage?
So… This means the they might have used G12-65 on Glasgow as well? O.o
about 4 months ago
100% sure that was the case: G12-65s at Glasgow!
about 4 months ago
oohh nooo, a few month ago i bought myself Greenbacks.
And now i can change the speakers again ????
about 4 months ago
Yes, really seems so
Had luck and got 2 of them cheap om ebay, they do a good mix with 2 G12-25 in a 4×12.
about 4 months ago
Hi Franz, yes, i have only a 2x12th box and i don`t know if it make sense just to change one speaker, but i think in the near future i will change both again (s**t happens)
about 4 months ago
Hm, why not get an empty 4×12 then? Or even a second 2×12? Makes more sense maybe, you would be much more flexible.
about 4 months ago
yes, you are right, a second one is not a bad idea. A 4×12 is much too big for my celler, much too loud and i just don`t need such a big box. My 2×12 is loud enough and it is closed. It sounds almost like a big box. I will see…..
about 4 months ago
Whoah, Fil, that really rocks! Great feeling as always and very cool camera angle!
And now I’ll watch it over again
about 4 months ago
I agree 100% Franz! I’m doing the same right now.
about 4 months ago
Hehe
about 4 months ago
I LOVE IT, FIL!
The camera angle is great– is it a new wide-angle lens? I dont know what it is about it, but it really shows how lightly you have to touch to get the right sound.
And I love hearing the dry sound of just you at the end, its a great tone.
about 4 months ago
HeHe. Yes, wide lens (14-40). It’s an older lens, but I hadn’t used it with the Canon 5DMkII, which is a full frame camera, giving more wideness. Usually I used the Canon 1DMkIV, which is a crop 1.3 camera. Glad you liked this new little view. And Jake, YES, I am only brushing the strings, always. I found out months ago this is really the way Angus and several other great players do. Just brush lightly. With the SVDS additionally, you can really softly brush them or strike them hard, will give each time a different sound. I LOVE the SVDS. I am sure it was entirely used on this song, just as I did!
about 4 months ago
Well it absolutely shines through.
I know we’ve more-or-less disproved the “its all in the hands” theory, but let me tell you, you’ve got some magic in those fingers
about 4 months ago
Let’s just say that a decent player can not be without a strong hand; however, the myth “it’s all in your hands” and the “bone tone” are pretty much crap!
about 4 months ago
lol