In the mid to late 1990s, both Angus and Malcolm Young began incorporating Wizard amplifiers into their setups. These amps were crafted by Rick St. Pierre, AC/DC’s longtime amp technician and the founder of Wizard Amplification. St. Pierre had worked closely with the band for two decades, shaping their signature sound with his technical expertise.
By around 2015, however, St. Pierre seemed to have stepped away from his role with the band. This shift coincided with Angus’s return to using Marshall amps.
Photographs from the Wizard era show Angus using both the ARD amp, an early Wizard model, and the Wizard Modern Classic, which remains in production to this day.
Unfortunately, specific details about St. Pierre’s departure and the band’s initial switch to Wizard amps remain elusive. If you happen to come across any interviews or firsthand accounts from Rick St. Pierre discussing these topics, feel free to share them—it would help fill in the gaps and clarify this chapter in AC/DC’s gear history.
Rick is such a bad human to deal with
How so?
Angus never used Wizard amps. Never liked the amps. There was one, wired in, at times in the backstage – but it wasn’t there because Angus had requested it. Angus only truly loved Marshalls. Different the case for Malcolm; Mal liked his model of Wizard amplifier.
actually angus did use wizard amps, he had a total of 4, 2 for the live show and 2 on standby mode in case something happened to the others. they were used near the last part of this tour and on the black ice recordings/tour circa 2008-2010