I saw them live here in Cph back in their haydays, and I'd say you guys do a pretty neat job at it.
Your tone is amazingly correct, given the gear somewhat different from Angus'.
I'd say his tone had more presence to it; I think yours (in Thunder) has a Bit too much in the 1100-1500 Hz range.
I could easily be wrong, but didn't he play a lot with both pups on (in parallel)?
In Thunderstruck (Older show) I was using my Reezafratzitz.
That could explain frequency layout being much different from what I have currently.
Now I'm using the Plexi 800 from Lovepedal and even though the Reezafratzitz does a great job, the Plexi 800 is clearly
a better pick.
The tone is clearer, less mushed up and remains very focused and stringy.
Also the tone cleans up perfectly if you roll down the volume knob on the guitar.
The Carvin X100B is very similar to a JTM45... Basically the same circuit with 6L6s.
Tone is very elusive also.
I could play in Angus' own rig and we might sound different anyhow.
Still, I strive to achieve the best results, but I think I'm already in the anal zone where only I
and a very few humans will detect any further improvements tone wise.
My bass player mentioned me a few months ago about the recent rage over the reissue of the infamous
Schaffer-Vega diversity wireless which they produced a preamp version of it...
I'm sure the unit is a good product, but it's always more marketing than actual facts.
I answered to my bass player: I think honestly that I will get closer to Angus' tone by picking up
his vibrato, licks, feel and phrasing than relying on gear.
And I'm sure Angus sounds like Angus even if you give him a Strat plugged into a Roland cube.
By the way, great to see you around VanSinn!!!