Angus young signature SG 2000-2008 vs Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster
The Angus young signature SG 2000-2008 and the Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster are both electric guitars sharing mid-forward, transparent, high gain. The Angus young signature SG 2000-2008 leans crunchy and warm. The Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster leans sustaining and tight. Current prices: $13499 vs $1655.40.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.49% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Hard Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- mid-forward
- transparent
- high gain
Angus young signature SG 2000-2008
Gibson · electric guitar
Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster
Unknown brand · electric guitar
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$13499via Reverb
$1655.40via Reverb
The Gibson Angus Young Signature SG, produced from 2000 to 2008, is a signature model built to Angus Youngs specifications, reflecting the SG he has played exclusively throughout AC/DCs career since acquiring his first secondhand SG around 1970, before the band formed. Young is closely associated with earlier 1960s and 70s SGs in particular, and the signature model aims to capture that vintage specification and feel in a currently produced instrument. It suits hard rock players wanting Angus Youngs specific SG voicing without sourcing an original vintage example.
The Fender Dave Murray Stratocaster is the Iron Maiden guitarist's signature model, built around three Seymour Duncan humbuckers rather than the traditional single-coil Strat layout: Hot Rails in the neck and bridge positions and a lower-output JB Jr in the middle, chosen because it cleans up better than a second Hot Rails. The solid alder body pushes a firm midrange that cuts through a dense mix, and a compound-radius fingerboard with a Floyd Rose bridge and locking nut supports both rhythm chording and fast, sustained lead work. It is built for the high-gain, galloping rhythm and soaring lead tones associated with Murray's playing in Iron Maiden rather than for vintage Strat clean and quack tones. Fender has released this model both as a US-made Artist Series guitar and, more recently, as a Mexican-made California Series model with the same core three-humbucker layout.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Jazz
- Classic Rock
- Heavy Metal
- Funk
- Rock
- Blues
- Metal
- Electronic
- Progressive Rock
- crunchy
- warm
- sustaining
- tight