What kind of guitars do Angus and Malcolm play?

Angus plays one type of guitar, a Gibson SG.


Malcolm has played a Gretsch Rock Jet stripped of all controls but the volume for a number of years. He used to have a Gretsch White Falcon as well, but says that after someone "fixed" it, it lost the sound he liked it for and he got rid of it. In the "Are You Ready" video, he is playing an orange Gibson, supposedly he was working with them on a new guitar, not for endorsement, but for himself since he only has one that he likes.
In 1995, Malcolm got together with Gretsch and they came up with a new version of his guitar. The "Malcolm Young Autograph" is based on his old Rock Jet, and comes in one and two pickup models. It comes factory strung with .012's, which is the gauge that Malcolm uses. Malcolm played several of these, along with the old reliable one, during the Ballbreaker tour.




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