Malcolm & Stevie Young's Live AC/DC Guitars
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- In this clip, @acdc tech Greg Howard details the various @gretschguitars used onstage by Malcolm and Stevie Young.
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The secret to the greatest sound is rip out all the crap and bs and play from the heart
Sim 🎸 ❤⚡
It took me a minute to realize what he meant by “The number 1 is at home with him in Australia”
oh damn. rock in peace.
Rip malcom young
That guitar wrote most of the acdc songs or all maybe but it's worth millions
Rock in peace Malc
Damn did not realise this 😢
that guitar looks like ac/dc sounds.
no bs, just pure style.
No flash or flair just all business
Glad to see that Stevie is playing Malcolm's gear. It would be a shame to have Mal's gear put away in storage or a museum....it needs to be used and played; glad Angus is doing that
Guess what happened to his falcon….
@@catlikemeew I have no idea, and have no clue what you mean
Malcolm had the most iconic sound ever made especially for a rhythm guitarist who don't get much attention. His right hand was the most amazing thing I've seen ever. Without him I wouldn't have started my band in Australia. R.I.P Malcolm ⚡
Shortest rig rundown in history! Guitar, cable, amp.
Malcolm Young is THE GREATEST rhythm guitar player of all time. FACT.
Calling an opinion a fact doesn't change what it is. It's still an opinion.
@@ivanjulian2532 Depends how you define 'greatest', if you really want to get pedantic. If by greatest you mean being rhythm guitarist on the best selling rock album of all time, then yeah, he is the greatest, and that is a fact.
@@cirrus393you don't have the slightest idea what a logical fallacy is, do you?
It makes me laugh when I go to parties and some 40 year old woman says “ I saw AC/DC start out in Sydney night clubs”. My response is usually “ you weren’t even sperm in the early 1970s. Hell, I was just in my early teens when acca dacca started out. Im 60 in April.
Malcolms Gretsch looks like a slim Acoustic Guitar with nothing but power. Always loved the look. Iconic Guitar played by a Great.
What most folks don't realize is the
AC/DC sound is not in Angus's SG but rather that funky ass Stripped down Gretch that Malcolm bangs on! That's the Mojo!
And the Gretch Filtertron pickup. They are miles from a dark PAF humbucker, much brighter and clearer. That's why his sound is crunchy yet very crisp.
Thank goodness that Greg Howard offered so much information involuntarily because, tbf, Premier Guitar's "interviewer" came across as an utter spectator. Maybes you need to review his remuneration package?
my freind use to mke me feel like im doing wrong because my guitar was missing 2 toggles & once on another guitar tone was bypassed as well as neck pickup, & it was "frowned upon" ....... If what comes out of the amp sounds good,doesnt matter what the guitar looks like,as proven by Eddie himself.
You guys should relocate down here to Texas or Florida so you can go back to doing these Rig Rundown videos right, instead of doing video interviews and rehashing years old Rig Rundown videos,.... it's getting old to tell the truth.
AC/DC THE STANDARD OF ROCK!!!🤘💪🎸🏁🏁🏁
I saw Stevie’s band (Starfighters) open for AC/DC at the Hammersmith Odeon - they were a great band and I still have their album on vinyl from back then. I remember Stevie looked identical to Malcolm on stage - it was no secret that he was related - but he had the same hair, same stance on stage, same guitar!
Stevie adored his Uncle Mal and vice versa.
Remember reading , when Stevie stood in for Malcolm back in the 80’s nobody could tell that it wasn’t Malcolm on stage
@@MYEVILTWIIN Yep, true.
Starfighters is such an awesome band. Me and my mom listen to them on my way to school :)
Alley cat howl❤
Malcolm’s rhythm was rock solid. RIP sir!
12s with a wound G no wonder they both blast through plectrums
That's very cool .... How many riffs that thing has played / invented.......?????
Somebody's got the best job in the guitar tech business! Heartwarming to see! /PIGG Sweden 🇸🇪
Bottom strings look like ship towing cables
Recently seen Steve’s son using the black one on a Facebook video
The white Arrowhead guitar was a Gretsch. It was Mal's back up in 78/79. Check out ACDC Rock goes to College filmed in 1978. JD did the ridiculous(IMO)mods to it and put on their truss rod cover but its a Gretsch not a JayDee. Irrespective of what the hired tour roadies tell you as Gospel.
Guess it could be a Gretsch, Stevie told me it was a JayDee. Bison (RIP) would probably have been the only guy who knew the truth.
@@guitartech1 Hey Greg! Thanks for commenting. Bison would have known for sure. As would Angus no doubt! I have researched this guitar extensively and I'm 100% certain its a Gretsch firebird with the finish removed. Jaydee did make 3 copies for Malcolm in 1980, which look nothing like that particular guitar purported to be a Jaydee. Even on their(Jaydee) website they speak about the 3 they made for the great man, but nowhere do they mention the Arrow guitar. I am certain that Jaydee did carry out the mods to the bridge setup and the filling of the toggle switch holes etc ,as you can see today on the guitar. The giveaway they were commissioned to do it was the addition of their Truss rod cover. They also must have done some work to Mal's original beast at the same time, as this was when the Quan tailpiece was changed to the Schaller 455 wraparound. Jaydee used these tailpieces when building their own guitars so it stands to reason the swapped them over then.
I watched your vid when it dropped on restringing guitars and have adopted that way you string your guitars. Works great for my Gretsch's Thankyou. I may have come across as a bit rude in part of my original comment I do apologize Greg.
@@94xjrgodown2 No worries mate! I didn't take it as rude. Glad you got some use out of my restringing video.
@@guitartech1 Cheers Greg!
See you next time you are Downunder!
Arrow guitar also used on the Heatseeker video I think
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I am from the Easybeats era and have been a fan of the Young brothers since I was seven years old .
Check out the Easy beats if you want to know where that rhythm guitar all started
Yep, but I'm sure the one you're talking about which was given to Malcolm by George Young as you know is the No.1 Beast 🤘
Cable is better. 12’S. WOW.
when everybody was goin nuts copying evh, I was really into Malcom young and his secrets. my 61 jet firebird is the one that got away
Damn they hate neck pickups lol
fr lol
No, Mal just figured out that he got better rhythm tone from the bridge pickup, so he had no need for a neck or middle pickup. He eventually decided to get rid of the tone control and pickup switch to simplify the wiring (fewer parts, fewer problems), so he figured he might as well just get rid of the other pickups since he wasn't ever going to use them.
"It's these cans. He hates these cans!"
Steve Martin in The Jerk, when he's getting shot at by an unhinged loony.
I’ve got the replica awesome guitar, still don’t sound like him though.
Malcolm's Gretsch is so hella cool.
I got to meet and hang out and drink with guys from AC/DC during the Flick of the Switch in Portland Or. such down to earth human beings, thanks guys for being so cool!🎉
Форма корпуса гитары схожа с Ред Спешиал Брайана Мэя.
Just so wonderful! Historical guitars! Love the explanation!
Who needs 3 pick ups when you can have just 1 and a volume knob 🤘
No other rock guitar player cept Angus gets that crispy ringing distortion...best distorted tone in rock history.
Such a iconic guitar!
Wow this guitar is amazing
Thought Malcolm’s #1 was a ‘62 Duojet, not a ‘63 Firebird🤔
3:49 You can still order those “Gretsch” Malcolm Young “Firebird” guitars from JAYDEE CUSTOM GUITARS in England, they also still do the Tony Iommi “Old Boy” SG’s and a load of others!
Did Malcolm ever play anything below the third fret? Serious Q
Listen to "Can I sit next to you girl"
Of course he did
Not very often, but yeah. As Angus once put it, "He never goes up the dusty end of the fretboard!" Listen to "Soul Stripper"... Mal and Angus did "call and response" solos, each only playing a bar or two at a time. If you listen closely, you can tell the difference in tone between the two as they go back and forth. It always amazed me how they could make a Gretsch and a Gibson sound nearly identical, so much that most people think it's Angus playing the whole solo.
Guns for hire, gone shootin, high voltage, whole lotta roise, touch too much, you aint got a hold on me, ...Ect.. Yes he did haha
@@Originalacousticmusic Meltdown
,,,,,yes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,best interview of 2021.........wow.....maybe ,I saw these in 1982....f.t.a.t.r,,concert..big mac,Denver.CO.....!!.😯😯.........
Paul Bunion ain't got no Ax that cool. Respect, and 'Right up!'
Il y avait qu'un seul et unique Malcolm il ya un seul et unique Stevie ...
I just love these PVJ guitars!!
12 - 56 in standard tuning? Holy shit
AC/DC are a holy shit band!
You can shoot arrows from it
The string length behind the bridge makes for much less tension. Probably feels like 10's.
check the body language, interviewer looks nervous, like he's about to snatch and run with one of those guitars..!
Wound G, OK, so this is the secret...
Gretsch guitars are awesome
Did he say a wound g string
"The Number 1 is at home with him in Australia" 😢
Thanks for the video. Malcolm is a legend 🙏
Someone knows if that vibrato is available as sparepart?
If only they still made those Burns
Very interesting. He played such good for his part
My man seems like he loves neck pickups
One of any fretted instrument player badly kept secrets, to have a "boy" what to babysit his expensive toys while we're either getting liquidated, being toasted like day old french bread, having our array sorted out. ( That's getting a tongue lashing, or straight up sex people). Or being chauffeured around and doing all above at once. After all we do hit the stage in 45mins.
Most artists don't get that far. We are generally content to play and make a modest living on weekends and holidays. This includes Chancel Musicians as well. Hell we do good to have someone to take pity on us and help
Excuse me but what are you trying to say exactly?
@@Thenonsocial he's jealous. never made it big time with all the 'benefits' he thinks are important (to him). He lusts after all the stereotypical rock star debauchery but he's playing in a bar band at weekends - and it's everyone else's fault
Hilotron. I got two.
Thanks, this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😊
Perfect! Thanks!
How did he use 56 gauge strings for e??
That was the norm back when those guitars were made. Light gauge strings weren't exactly commonplace until the later '60s and early '70s
I guess he didnt like the neck pickup
Playing aggressive rhythms,.. some hit their index finger accidentally all night long.
JUSTSAYIN'.
why he removed pickup? and if so why not blank it or maybe order a new one with just one pick up :)
That’s what gives the guitar it’s tone , why change it if it works !
First he added a Gibson humbucker in the middle, then he decided he didn't like the tone from that or the original neck pickup, so since he was only using the bridge pickup, he removed them and DID cover the holes with a plastic cover. When the red "finish" coating chipped (it's not paint, it's actually plastic), he chiseled off the rest and put the plastic cover back over the pickup holes for a year or two. Around '78 he decided he didn't like the cover, so he took it off but then had feedback issues, so he stuffed the holes with socks. By the Highway to Hell era, he had figured out how to control the feedback without the cover and without stuffing it with old socks (lol) and just left the holes open... because AC/DC isn't about looks, it's about sound, so the guitar stayed that way and all of his backups were made to be nearly identical copies... and that's why the MY signature model from Gretsch has identical routing and holes drilled exactly like Mal's #1.
Ok
Dope. 🤘
12-52’s on that old Gretsch neck... thank God for techs...
don't forget, 'regular' '50s/60s string sets had a wound 3rd, all electric guitars were the same (basically acoustic string gauges). it was only when guys wanted to play solos that they used something like a banjo string for the top E then moved the other strings across.
Wits funny that the most successful bands refuse to talk to you in person. They always send their roadies out.
Refuse is a bit of a strong word, alot of work goes into promoting and putting on these shows, sometimes time constraints mean the roadie has to do it, and in most cases the roadie knows more about the gear anyway.
@@efa666 Plus I don't think Angus knows much about guitars. According to Dweezil Zappa Angus doesn't even know how to tune a guitar.
Usually we do the rig rundowns because at this level the band arrives late to the venue and basically just does the show and then flies off to the next city. We do these videos in the afternoon just before or after our roadie jam/sound check for the audio guys.
@@AndreaAustoni I’d say that was false. Angus knows a lot more about guitar than most people think. He’s an amazing traditional blues player.
@@guitartech1 Not to mention Angus has a killer vibrato - one of the best in the history of Rock. He doesn't get the accolades from the cork-sniffing, toffee-nosed crowd, but Angus and Malcolm are loved by all of us AC/DC fans and Regular Joe guitar players.
Ugly guitar
opinion
It doesn't matter what it looks like, what matters is how it sounds...
...and it sounds absolutely BEAUTIFUL.
Exactly, and not everything has to be a Strat or LP man..........@@livewire2759
One of the most badass guitars ever
A wound G string. Serious rhythm playing. That’s AC/DC. Malcolm didn’t fool around.
12s!
@@akiukonmaanaho1025 12 to 56 is awesome to play on, I've been using them on a Gretsch for years. Solves tuning problems of Bigsby trem and tone, tone, tone! Great for lead too, just takes a but of work to develop good vibrato and bends is all. I could never go back to lighter strings.
1:51 Greg never answered the question “why does he prefer a cable instead of wireless”! He gave AN answer, but it wasn’t THE answer!
My takeaway from what he was saying is that he’s never that far away so wireless doesn’t make sense for him like it does for Angus. Do you happen to know THE answer? Just asking.
@@allenmitchell09 I’ve no idea.
@@allenmitchell09 that's what I got as well. "He doesn't need wireless because he doesn't move". Given that everything is as simple as can be that's a pretty solid reason
Short answer “Because Malcolm used a cable”. But, really a cable sounds better than a wireless, unless the artist uses the compander circuit as part of their sound (Angus did this with the Schaffer/Vega).