Guitar Habits of Angus Young
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The *HABITS of...* series is back, baby. Which guitar player would you like to see featured next?
MALCOLM YOUNG
hi tyler
Daron Malakian
YES!
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine
As a longtime AC DC fan, I always loved Angus and Brian as a duo. However, after I started playing guitar back in the early 2000's I realized after a while that Malcolm's riff writing and rhythm work was the engine that made the car go. Those riffs are so simple but totally cool. RIP Malcolm Young.
Malcom fucking ruled.
@bozeeke
Gotta admit though, Stevie does do a damn fine job.
As a band they BOTH played the rhythm guitar parts in time with Angus also playing the addition of lead. The rhythm would often be different chord variations in the same key or chord shapes in the same key,..but an equal rhythm contribution was made until a solo was played.
Dude...the rhythm UNDER the solo in Live Wire by Malcom is like one my favourite parts of any AC/DC song.
@Matto
You mean... bass?
The Gibson SG and Angus Young is just a perfect fit! Legend!
I love your vids man!
Yes! It would weird to see him with a Les Paul or strat lol.
The most underrated axe of them all.
He said he's small and the SG is super light
Yes, and every famous guitar player and even just guitar players in general think of Angus when they see or talk about a Gibson SG. Thats just dope.
I remember the first time I listened to AC/DC. I had never heard anything like that and I fell in love with rock and roll 🎸
Same dude, i was 13 and a friend made me listen to AC/DC's stiff upper lip. First time i was hearing the sound of a distorded guitar, first time i was hearing rock and blues music. It litteraly changed my life :D
Ya me too :D
I remember playing AC/DC to my kid brother when he was just 12 years old. It was instant love. I became a fan much later.
I fell in love with rock and roll in the 1950's when I first heard Chuck Berry. Yeah, I'm that old. lol I also saw The Beatles perform in Hamburg, Germany in '62 while I was there in the Navy, and in '63 saw them again at The Cavern Club in Liverpool. :)
@Manuel Mesa Same!
Angus WAS perfectly on time??
He ain't dead yet!
bruh i had to google it - his phrasing scared me
@@CJMcMoleman right! ouch
Probably cause it was before the new album came out, so it's in the past cause there was some time since he "last played"
It might be that most of the time when talking about rock legends you talk in past tense so it kinda becomes a habit
@@Otis-Isom Good point😆
To me it's amazing how AC/DC made such simple rhythms, simple riffs and one freaking scale sound so fantastic and pleasing to the ear for so many years!!
..rule of K.I.S.S.
The solo to Shake a Leg gives me goosebumps to this day. They're the only band I've seen live, got to see them on the Black Ice Tour in 2008 in Melbourne. My dad and I drive 4 hours to the city after work for a night show, the whole band absolutely KILLED it. Angus was mental for the entire show running flat out, spinning everywhere for a 30 min or more solo. We got home at 3am and and I had to go to work at 6am. Couldn't hear properly for about 2 weeks, they were so loud but by God it is one of my favourite music memories.
So glad you got to see them and with Malcom! I wish I could’ve seen em with Bon but AC/DC was my first concert when I was 12 a long time ago, the For Those About to Rock tour! 1981 at Madison Square Garden-39 freakin years ago! When they came out I felt like I was seeing God! Was my favorite band then and still is! That’s around the same time I was able to buy my tobacco burst SG with lawn cutting money and some help from Mom. Two years later I was able to plug it into my 50w JCM800. Had to settle for the 50w Marshall but it was more than adequate! Still play both today but rarely get to play louder than 2...LOL!
Lookin so forward to their new album and hope to God I’ll be taking my kids to see them at the Garden some time in 2021!🤘🏼⚡️🤘🏼
I saw them twice on that tour. It was the most incredible experience. I saw Malcolm play Shoot to Thrill on the White Falcon. Not sure how often he did that.
Why are you talking about Angus in past? He's not dead nor retired.
🤘🤘🤘
yes, I was asking myself that question also
Why are people just so doucheee today?
Yeah, funny. Im listening to this and thinking, did something happen to Angus? 🤔
Seriously! I thought the same thing!
I am a Angus young fan
He is a true legend
He plays correct while going crazy
ACDC
AC/DC is one of the best thing happened to rock music.
Yes. And they don't deserve such a poor, superficial and unrespectful video
@@robsg07 wtf
No...It is the best thing happended to rock music!
I know probably this comment will just get lost, but it will be really cool if you could make Tony Iommi
Ill help you out with this now.
Minor pentatonic stuff
Play in keys where one of the open strings is the root note of at least one of the minor scales in that key. Let that open string ring out while you create melodies with the aforementioned minor scales.
Play power chords with the root note on pretty much any note in those minor scales to create riffs.
Do not be afraid of dissonance, but don’t go full death metal. just the odd diminished lick will do.
Lean hard on minor thirds
Stay away from major thirds
You can get a little more classic rock esque with your rhythms every once in a while (think the verse of war pigs)
Fool around with octaves a little bit
That’s about it, just follow those rules and use your brain a bit and you should be there in no time.
I second this motion. All in favor say "Aye"
@@KP_Tunes I realize all of this, but I still want to see the video. Sabbath appreciation is always appreciated.
Tritones
o hell yes
Watching him live was so much fun. He's the energizer bunny of rock.
As an australian, i can confirm that Angus Young is one of the greatest influences of aussie rock today
Hell yeah, he influenced the whole world of rock! My buddy and I celebrated angus young’s birthday when we were in high school in America lol
Who remember when Tyler was in London and he said: I am not a SG man"?
Ohho the times have changed
He also said during that video "I may change today" so here we are like 2 years later
Me😎
Like any other Gibson, you just have to find one that feels right.
Tyler has built the type of career and lifestyle to accommodate getting tons of awesome guitars, and he can play the shit out of them so I'd guess he'll end up with most types of guitars 🤣
I was thinking that
The best vibrato in hard rock, especially at the top of bends.
Tyler: Angus WAS a great player.
AC/DC: No need to say "was" anymore Tyler.
Elias Hansen that’s right! Was is not an option with Angus!”lol!
I am so happy to see this returned! I would very much love to see Habits of Gary Moore if you could!
That would be one long ass video🤣
Gary Moore was in a league of his own with a defined style, but he was also a master of almost everyone else's style or at least was extremely fluent in it.
His live The Messiah Will Come Again is a 7 minute masterclass in lead playing.
His solos on Black Rose are so goddamn good. Such a shame about greeny and then the heart attack.
@@shawnmcvey7789 He is my favorite guitarist of all time! Such an articulate and unique guitar player who easily pays tribute to all of his influences before him.
@@RC32Smiths01 Technically him and Jeff Beck will always be tied for #1 for me, but I definitely rip off Mick Ronson, Tony Iommi, and Robert Fripp more🤣
I'm guessing you've seen the videos of Gary playing with B.B. King in Germany? *Amazing*
YASSS
“Angus Young’s guitar playing style is adrenaline.”
Man! That’s an accurate definition.
Angus is the greatest guitarist of all time he inspired me to play guitar and he got me addicted to the SG
Angus is the reason 95% of SG owners are where they are. Myself included. Seen the boys live twice and can’t wait to shell out for them again. Boy do I miss Malcolm though...
The biggest habit of Angus Young: hitting you with copyright claims on RUclips. And finally something that isn't a PRS.
I doubt that's Angus, if he was on RUclips he'd probably be watching Chuck Berry videos all day🤣
Haha look at the amp. PRS
He perfers prs like how i perfet fender
@@pauloprzybylski6522 Yeah I posted that before I got that far in the video. I was so excited to see something different that I didn't bother to wait and inevitably have something PRS thrown in my face.
..right,..I mean they some nice instruments and all but...switch it up some.
I think you're missing one part.
Especially in blues-ier songs he would go to to the major pentatonic, like in The Jack
Could you do the same thing for Mick Mars, he doesnt get appreciated enough
@XxSavoyRigbyxX I loveall 4 of them, especially Tommy Lee, hes some sort of Jimmy Page as a drummer, sloppy but great. And Nikki Sixx also as the songwriter and head of the band
The Art of Guitar has a great video where they discuss Mick Mar's techniques and teach them in great depth!
@@lukecoverdale1 I watched it already, but thanks. I would still love to see Tyler make a video about it
@@picklerick1385 Hm...Nikki Sixx was really a seriously crappy bassist...he's first instrument he stole, but not knowing the difference between a guitar and a bass he stole a bass. His own words in an interview. Though the rest is history and I'm grateful for Mötley, Nikki is not really the member to be remembered for his playing IMHO, he's showmanship though is another matter! What a band he made! Mick Mars..always loved he's playing.
@@iwonttell4958 Still, he wrote like 95% of the songs and many riffs, he was the brain of the band, if he died that night, the band would have died
Edit: is the brain
So apparently I listened to AC/DC on the way home from the hospital when I was born and I'll be honest, AC/DC is and always will be my favorite band!! \m/
Your dad should lower his guitar action, high action correlates with serious joint pain.
Miles Trotter how did you, what? I know exactly what comment you're talking about, but,
*How???*
@@appleslayer3337 its seems weird I know 😂. I commented on the 13 gauge string video by music is win and it somehow commented on this video to, weird. 😂
Glad this series is back, maybe a Habits of Randy Rhoads?
Do Marty Friedman next pls
I absolutely love angus young’s Gibson red guitar, that is my dream guitar, the color and sound on it is just amazing!
angus is my fav player and this makes me so happy
The grain on that Sg is beautiful
That SG is beautiful!
That is one gorgeous SG 😍😍
My favorite guitar RUclipsr talking about my favorite guitarist. Yay!
The habits of Guthrie Govan would be like...4 hours long.
Habits of Joe Satriani, please!
I think he already did Satriani
All youd have to do is learn fast scales
Rickey Mitchell you wish
@@krokovay.marcell imagine thinking guthries playing is just fast scales, jesus thats offensive
Samuel Carter already done it
The one habit Angus hasn't got is a drug habit. Legend of the guitar world.
I sold my 2004 SG standard (and ES-139 as well as my vintage amp collection) to cover medical and fuberal costs for my dad.
Still kicking myself a few years later because that SG was my first nice guitar and I'd had it almost a decade. I'm glad you got one you like, they rip.
Remember Angus plays very light strings with a super light touch.
at least you sold it for a good purpose
@@iancaspers7731 That was my excuse when I got myself a custom shop ES-335 a few years later 😅
The Habits of.... is an awesome series, I always learn something new from my favorite guitarists!
Ah yes Angus Young's guitar sound.... captivated me at a very young age before I even knew who AC/DC was. My favorite guitar tone of them all.
0:25 is the best angus impression I’ve heard
King Angus is my all time hero...thanks for this video, so great
I seen ACDC in 1990 in Atlanta or Birmingham AL. I met him outside. I was on crutches from an ACL reconstruction surgery. I had to take a leak. So I found bushes on the side. There were a big row of 18 wheelers. I met Angus between two trucks. The guy was tiny. We chain smoked cigarettes for about 20 minutes. Angus was so cool. Inside when the show started. The sound was so loud. Sounded just like the cassette. No cds back then. When the show started. Angus was either skipping running spinning on his side all while head banging the entire show. He was not still the entire time. His solo started. There was ramps on each side. He would run hard to the edge and stop. He never missed a lick either. All of a sudden he was running in the rafters. Without missing a like either. Then some how he showed up on a platform in the back below the giant bell. The show was awesome. He isn't a fake. You know how some celebs seem to be cool down to earth. You meet them . Yes. Well Angus is just one of the guys. If you didn't know he was famous when you met him. By talking to him you'd actually think he's just one of the guys.
Brian May! For bonus points, have him on the show.
..that's the one.👍🎸💞
I reckon he'd come on the show.
Angus Young is one of the greatest guitarists of all time and gets very little credit. He has always been THE sound for AC/DC(who is also underrated as greatest band as well).
Dude elevated jam tracks make the absolute best backing tracks on RUclips
Angus was, is, and will always be the greatest guitarist of all time.
The pentatonic is the backbone, but really, the spice of it all is the blues scale - the good notes are the blue ones (flat fifths) as well as the minor3/major3 slurs and bends. Also, the Thunderstruck riff is mixolydian, isn't it?
It may be mixolydian but I highly doubt the boys knew that when coming up with the riff and who cares.😉🤘🏼
@@midnightflyer7510 Yeah, Malcolm and Angus are clearly ear-based players since that is how most rockers learned back in the day.
Still; for somebody who is starting out and wants to understand what is going on, hearing the right terms for what is happening is helpful. I can teach somebody to repair a bike while calling a wrench a screwdriver and a gasket a sock, but for the person who is learning it and wants to go buy tools or spare parts later or talk about it with somebody else, it does help a bit if I call it a wrench and a gasket.
That is a beautiful SG you have there Tyler
Nice to see you bringing this series back (in black)
Tyler: I got an SG!
Me behind the screen, an avid SG fan: *screaming so loud the neighbors can hear me* FUCK YEAH! YES! FINALLY!
Just close your eyes at 10:54 and you'll hear Angus Young himself is playing 😌❤🤘
Whaaat! "The habits of"s are back!! \m/
This is the video that inspired me. I have watched so much. But this one hit home.
My favorite guitar player. Ever.
Wants to play like angus young...
Sits down 🤦♂️
Lol facts
**Music is win posts an angus young video**
Robert Baker: hmm yes time for me to do so too
Posted same day?
Nah, really?
Loved AC/DC since my earliest memories. My first words were TNT, and I will be repping my thunder from down under shirts until the day I die. Rock N’ Roll will never die as long as vids like this exist
Angus was and still is my biggest guitar playing influence
I was expecting you to duck walk in your studio.
As for suggestions for your Habits of... series, I think Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult would be cool. He's a criminally underrated guitarist. Ted Nugent could be fun. James Hetfield. Alex Lifeson. Any of the guys from the Scorpions (Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs). Robin Trower. Ritchie Blackmore (one of my personal favorites!). Myles Kennedy. Adrian Smith.
I could name more but I'll stop there.
Can you do a “Habits of” video on Alex Lifeson? He’s never mentioned for his unique playing by anyone.
Yes, Alex is so underrated.
@@DannyBoi2112 Im not surprised that you agree considering you have a Fly By Night profile picture. I agree. Totally underrated.
Angus has always been one of my favorite players
Best video in a while from the PRS snob
#1 Habit: the power stance
2 habit, running around like a madman when playing perfectly
Pato Parra how on earth does he keep great timing while he does that, he’s like a human metronome as is Malcolm.
Herman Li, Guthrie govan, Joe pass, George benson, pat methany, Wes Montgomery, John Scofield
I straight up love ac/dc
That's the best sounding SG I've ever heard.
"If we put Angus in a hamster wheel" Wait, actually we COULD!
His playing style was vodka laced with cocaine but sure "coffee"
Really;?
He actually didn’t do any drugs and only a bit of alcohol. He mostly drank cups of tea, Coca Cola, milkshakes and eat chocolate bars 😂🤟
Don't say that if u don't know what you're talking about...he has said on numerous occasions he neither drinks nor does drugs, only smokes cigarettes or will have like one drink
@@concertinacultist9971 oh ok sorry :)) didn't mean to upset u just wanted to correct u in case u actually thought that haha
Thank you so much
THAT was a short but fantastic video. Angus Young !!
I know he’s a blues man but I think Christone Kingfish would be awesome
A hundred thousand times this. Those modal bits he mixes in absolutely blow my mind. A modern legend.
Great guitar player of this generation definitely living up to the likes of BB King and Buddy Guy
The Monster of Rock \m/
Also and Eric Johnson Habits would be dope
that guitar is absolutely gorgeous !!!
Great lesson, but.....
Always referred to Angus in past tense. As far as I know, he’s still among us (barely a senior citizen, quite young by 2020 classic rock standards).
Thanks for excellent video.
It would be amazing to see a habits of Richie blackmore
Can you do “habits of Brian May” ??
I would love it
Another often overlooked key part of AC/DC is the use of hammering on from open strings to their chords. Just adds a cool bit of color and rhythm to each one👌
Your shirt matches your blinds. I like that. Beautiful SG.
Angus Young is a rock n roll hobbit. I hope he lives a long time.
Alan Holdsworth had some pretty great habits.
I would love to see a Hendrix AC/DC mix. Can you combine their 'noises' into an 'ultimate' rock noise? A combination of two of the biggest rock names?
Yes! My favorite guitar player! Finally got myself an SG after 8 years of playing
I see guitar i see Angus i click i love i like😂
loved the video man but you said "Angus Young was..." a lot of times. Like past tense. Angus ain't dead yet :)
Is he able to play like he did back then? He's old as fuck, I doubt he's got the same agility and precision.
@@alexeypolevoybass listen to their newest album, they’re still killin it
@@Kimberlyhighschoolsux well, there's no Angus there anymore, he's not playing in AC/DC. Also, I can listen to any of their albums and get the same experience, they are literally all the same except minor differences in sound.
@@alexeypolevoybass He is definitely playing the songs on the album Powerup. Unfortunately, Malcolm Young passed away in 2017 so AC DC does have a new rhythm guitarist. (His nephew Stevie Young)
love these ones, many times I pick up the guitar and start learning the lick.
Funny you posted this today. I bought an SG last week and have been listening to Powerage all week.
Do Dave Mustaine next !!
I’m hearing a lot of “had”. He still does.
I love your videos. One thing I should point out...you are speaking of Angus in the past tense a lot in this video. You do realize AC/DC just released a new single, "Shot In The Dark", and will be releasing their new album, "Power Up", on November 13th...I think that's the right date. Anyhow, not being critical...I'm probably not the only one who noticed. Thanks again for all your great videos, man.
I was in high school back in the mid 80's and concerts were my passion. I was seeing 3 shows a week. I saw ACDC in Market Square Arena on their Fly on the Wall tour. I knew from past experience that most bands that played MSA stayed at the Hyatt Regency and after the show me and my buddy would head there to try and see them. I always carried a white and black permanent marker with me and I would wear the concert t-shirt from that show. We see Angus on the 4th floor vending machine wolfing down a Coke and a Hershey chocolate bar. He watched us approach and I thought he was just going to turn and leave. But he stood their in his sweatpants and I told him we had just saw him perform. I asked if he would sign my shirt, he just smiled and took my white marker and signed the back while I was wearing it. I thanked him and he just smiled and nodded. I never heard him utter a sound. I thought "what a cool guy" until the hotel security came 5 minutes later and told us that a guest had complained about us. It had to be Angus. Or, he said something to one of his crew who then called security. Either way, that's my Angus story. I saw them four times total.
Ok... I know some people hate him and some love him, but he's an awesome player. I know you enjoy him too, Tyler, because I've seen you cokment on some of Chris Zoupa's videos. So I am requesting a "Habits of Synyster Gates" video. Please!
Habits of Randy Rhoads please
seconded!
Yes, finally.
Thank you so much.
Been wating for this for so long.
Man your vids and perspective, that strikes at all different angles is freak n genius man!..... Love love what you do!!!!
There's so much more to Angus' playing than this ...
I completely agree with you.
Check out Mike from The Art of Guitar. He has a pretty long video on Angus techniques. In fact, he has an artist technique series as well that’s very good.
Agreed! Perhaps a huge ego reduction would help make this video shorter and more enjoyable.
@@MS-Patriot2 This guy simply doesn't like/know AC/DC. It shows anytime he talks about them and their songs and playing.
Make one on Yngwie Malmsteen dude
So lucky to have grown up in Sydney when this band were coming up and playing in small pubs .
I love acting like him with guitar in hand. Best feeling ever.
Your amp tone has way to much distortion/fuzz to sound like Angus.
Yeah, I thought it sounded digital. Too much hair!
Wishlist for Habits series:
Synyster Gates
Polyphia boys
Marty Friedman
Polyphia… Why all the hype? Guys definitely can play, but their music… I think they often forget what rhythm and melody are. Maybe I'm not elitist enough yet to truly and sincerely understand the Outstanding Cultural Value™ of their stuff, but for me, it's mostly atonal garbage trying to sound edgy. There's a lot of progressive/math/whatever-metal acts who write superior music, but it's some rich kids who get all the attention. That's just fucking unfair. I mean, they work really hard and deserve most of what they've got now, but Polyphia is still randomish synth rock, and there are much better composers who aren't known that well.
Synyster Gates… He's a fucking joke as a guitar player. Look up his real, unedited videos, you'll understand what I talk about.
Marty Friedman is, however, particularly interesting because of his “alien” picking hand posture which doesn't affect his playing in a bad way.
@@alexeypolevoybass wow dude, almost everything you said was completely wrong, impressive.
first of all, Polyphia: now it may just be because i’m younger or more impressionable but i really enjoy their music because of how diverse it is, they started in like a more shred focused metal genre and have slowly moved into the Low-gain, math rock genre, but it isn’t math rock obviously because it’s all in 4/4 timing. Their technical skill is out of this world and their composition, while not traditional, is actually really good and nice to listen to.
now I don’t know what videos you’ve been watching of Synyster, but his playing is some of the cleanest, most technically sound stuff I’ve ever seen. Look up his masterclass, or live videos of the band. Now obviously it depends on what era of the band you’re looking at, obviously back in the day he was more sloppy and reckless because that’s just how they were as a band. But nowadays he’s one of the most melodically gifted guitarists out there who still manages to shred. He studied Jazz/fusion in college and has a great amount of theory knowledge, his father was a studio guitarist who played with the likes of Frank Zappa. I don’t know how you could say that he’s a joke when he’s one of the people that are keeping shred guitar alive right now.
Congrats on your new SG
Finally someone respects angus young
Gosh
Well AC-DC most coolest song is back in black cause of his guitar🎸🎸
My favourite is either Jailbreak or If you want blood
Riff Raff!