Did you know that the legendary guitarist of the band ACDC Angus Young doesn't use any effects pedals on his guitar rig? Angus says his tone comes from using mostly Gibson SG guitars connected directly to a Marshall amp. In an interview with Guitar World Angus was quoted as saying, I found that pedals were too much to fool around with. You'd be halfway through a solo and the batteries would go dead and conk out. Instead, Angus uses extremely loud volumes to create distortion on his tone. If he strums lightly, he gets a clean tone, but when he really hits the guitar hard, he gets a distorted tone. His unique tone is a signature of ACDC's sound.