Accept - Balls To The Wall Guitar Lesson

[@ryankiefer5014]

2:08 Main riff 6:30 Main riff ending variation 7:44 Verse 9:13 Pre-chorus 10:46 Chorus 14:48 Parts leading into solo 16:02 Solo rhythm 16:56 Solo First time I heard this song I thought it was AC/DC. Great choice Carl!

[@Ratchman_5000]

For the longest time I thought this was ac/dc!

[@jamisonc7500]

Udo’s like a perfect synthesis between Bon Scott and Lemmy

[@mattmidnight.666]

@@Ratchman_5000 First time i heard I Want Out by Helloween i thought it was Iron Maiden

[@HighVybeTribe]

Too heavy for Ac/dc lol

[@JackMcLeodJr]

Wolf Hoffman has written some of the tastiest, hard rockin melodies and riffs and has always had a phenomenal tone too. One of the most influential and important bands in the progression of rock to heavy metal.

[@CC-qb9sm]

Great post Jack! The band still makes great music today too which is really cool!

[@jagannathaniyengar4369]

I really loved their new one Teutonic Terror… that's pure heavy metal…

[@JackMcLeodJr]

Thanks for the replies both 👍🏻 Blood of the Nations album kicks ass I fully agree! Teutonic Terror is one of the very best examples of how to construct a fantastic traditional heavy metal song, it's an absolute masterpiece an anthem. We will.... GIVE EM THE AXE!!

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

This came out when MTV was still great and I was 15 years old. I saw Ozzy/Accept in Raleigh NC for my first ever concert and from that day I was a metal head. I still play this great tune. I found a backing track for it without guitar so it really lets you not only play it the correct way, but you can change a few things around to get an even heavier sound. Liked and subbed.

[@drsmith4582]

I remember when this one first came out. All of my buddies and their buddies wanted to come over to my house just to hear me play Balls To The Walls Man! I felt cooler than the other side of the pillow.

[@American_Jeeper]

In the video I watched, Jörg plays the beginning as you do, while Wolf plays the D/G, D#/G#, E/A notes on the A/D strings. Thank you for the way you teach, it's much easier to learn watching you, instead of trying to find tablature that isn't completely wrong.

[@evhfan8870]

Needing some more Van Halen. Black and Blue!

[@daves6701]

Saw Accept live at the Iowa jam in ‘84 followed by Motley Crue, Night Ranger, Ozzy, and Ted Nugent. Epic day for music in Des Moines! Thanks for the vid.

[@Joe_Jimenez_official]

Story time.... Saw Accept in 1983 at the Concert Factory in Costa Mesa (no longer there) and it was awesome! Until the fire department showed up and stopped the concert because the promoter sold too many tickets and the local fire department gets on stage and tells us. "half of the crowd needs to leave".. ha! That didn't go well and of course beer bottles started to fly, and then the cops came and stopped the whole thing. Next thing we know it's like a riot with multiple cop cars and helicopters flying overhead. Good times! Thanks Carl for posting this! 🎸🎶💯

[@CC-qb9sm]

- Wow! That’s crazy! So my one Accept story is from 1985, they were opening for Iron Maiden on the Powerslave tour (World Slavery Tour). They were the loudest band I’ve ever heard/seen open. They also played a fantastic set. Additionally, I happened to run into Udo and Peter CD shopping at a local record store earlier in the day which was kind of cool. This would’ve been Accept touring for Metal Heart

[@jamisonc7500]

Damn the 80’s were awesome 😫

[@CC-qb9sm]

@@jamisonc7500 - You ain’t wrong Jamison!! No truer words were ever spoken! 🤘

[@ivank563]

Yes! Finally! Consider doing “Touch of Evil” by Judas Priest next, we need some guitar lessons of Painkiller record!

[@mxb55]

hell yeah, more accept please !

[@loganriffey2320]

Finally some Accept love. We need more lessons! Princess of the Dawn. Beat the Bastards Down. Anything since Mark joined.

[@ericssoninhuma2412]

There's a video of Wolf teaching the main riff exactly the way you do on open strings. Great lesson 🤘🏼

[@sleboeu]

Another great Accept song Princess of the Dawn

[@lasm2000]

So glad to see this song shown up here. Hopefully more 80s stuff will keep coming. So much to choose from: White Lion, MSG, Night Ranger, etc!

[@GiggityGageCruises]

Hey carl i would love it if you did a lesson on M.I.A. by A7X. Its an amazing song all throughout and has many sick riffs.

[@billbuntom9187]

YESS!! Please I've been wanting to learn that song for so long and no one has a video on how to play it.

[@ZhekaSpetz92]

Hell yeah , great song!

[@twoputt5]

It would be a waste to cover tone because everyone has different pickups, amps & pedals but you nailed the tone too! Thanks

[@davidstary2157]

Yes !!! Please do more Accept. Maybe London Leatherboys? :). Thanks a lot Carl.

[@jamisonc7500]

Yes another hard rock masterpiece! Glad you were able to tackle the solo 🤘

[@TS-nb9ko]

Carl man I love your lessons my favorite for sure

[@-cfh-architector7963]

Great guitar sound

[@CC-qb9sm]

Wow! Fantastic choice Carl!!!! Great song by a great band! I hope you revisit this band in the future, maybe something from Metal Heart. I look forward to learning this one properly, thanks for your help, I’ve messed around with it over the years, but now I can REALLY learn it! The GL365 Academy rocks!! 🤘

[@BillyHellbent]

Fantastic choice and lesson. Really really really hope you do Too High to Get It Right someday.

[@jacksonrogers1685]

Hey carl please do a solo lesson on Get the Funk Out. Great video!

[@markstrauss9475]

Love that rif. One of the best in metal.

[@edwardhannon3981]

Definitely a classic! Thanks Carl!

[@MrOlperi]

Love your work! Thanks!!!

[@ThankfulHeart10]

Thank you Carl man this is a great lesson. Thank you 😊:)

[@markopintaric5538]

Ola just talked about this song today in the metal morning episode :D

[@inayatsama6059]

Awesome this Carl. Thank you great teacher ✌

[@icekids4963]

Keep making great videos you the best

[@bend6955]

Thanks so much Carl for these invaluable lessons ! Could you do more songs by Accept such as Pandemic, The rise of chaos or Metal heart ?

[@Archangel89]

Balls to the wall, man

[@StephenChadwick-rr5pm]

Never fails yo amaze me,carl

[@ЙорданУшев-в5э]

Well done, you are doing the lessons for Accept very well.Sometime If you have time, would you also do a tutorial on U.D.O. I Give As Good As I Get ,with the full solo at first with the full scale (which I think is in A sharp, not too sure) and then as it should be, with the full curves and bends. This first rock is hard for me to understand because it is very fast and I try to catch it by ear. But it's hard for me because I have no knowledge of music theory and I don't know where to start. Otherwise, I manage the other part somehow. Unfortunately, I couldn't find it anywhere on the net and I hope you can help with this.Thanks in advance and I will look forward to it.

[@ral8031]

Finally! Someone's playing it correctly! 🤘🤘

[@if6turnedouttobe9]

Right on Right on...In the 80's I couldn't wait for Headbangers Ball to come on just to hear this...

[@ЙорданУшев-в5э]

And would you be able to do a lesson on how to play U.D.O.'s I Give As Good As I Get? Especially for the solo. All together with the opening scale and all the curves, bands (2:38-2:42 of the original clip) and nuances. I will be glad if you do because you will be the first one to do so. In the 11 years since the clip was released, I still haven't been able to find a video tutorial for this piece of metal. I'll be looking forward to it.

[@Dreyno]

Great song. Udo Dirkschneider always reminded me of Patton Oswalt. You can’t un-see it now.

[@joejacquez2274]

Breaking the chains/ Dokken!!! PLEASE!!!!

[@robertoabate1718]

Great Song 🔥

[@BedeLaplume]

French being my mother tongue, I remember younger asking asking a friend for the translation.. Ever since that very moment, I still struggle with the concept of those lyrics.. What's the point and especially the fun about putting your balls against a wall?. Don't feel like trying..

[@BedeLaplume]

BTW Carl if you ever try it, please inform me about the result..😁

[@BosmanHa]

Hey, apparently during WW2 aircraft had a gear-shifter in the cockpit that had two spheres at the top of the shaft (very phallic I know, but bear with me ). When you went "balls to the wall", you shifted your aircraft into the highest gear, the gear-shifter moved against the wall behind you, and you were ready to go full on barn-storming.

[@BedeLaplume]

@@BosmanHa aah thanks it makes sense!

[@axelfoley3376]

Wolf Hoffmann said in an interview that somene called Accept a band thats is "balls to the wall" and they've never heard the term before but they liked it so much that they decided to make a song called "Balls To The Wall". The song itself is about "standing up against aggression and oppression and revoltig against your oppressors"

[@BedeLaplume]

@@axelfoley3376 Interesting thanks!

[@geraldwardrop]

Nice classic one👍

[@marbellpayne8603]

Hey Carl! Can you do a lesson on the solo for Working Man by Rush? Thanks for your tutorials!

[@richiepan4730]

WOW haven't heard this song in a long time

[@jack_1266]

Hey Carl can you make some more motorhead lessons please? Maybe something off overkill this time around

[@troysallisbury5401]

Anyone else think Carl looks like Tim Curry? The Home Alone hotel manager😂😂

[@cedasimo]

I love Accept!

[@pauldodson66]

Classic metal

[@dylanbartel8244]

More from Accept!

[@maxbeale8186]

Awesome lesson!! Carl, could you please do a lesson on Robert Palmer’s “Simply Irresistible”?

[@timholtzclaw8930]

Odd choice, But I like it.

[@Luckianmet83]

Accept - Amamos La vida----Pls next

[@xxjj4082]

AWESOME!! Thanks Carl!

[@stephanelacroixguitar6364]

GUY'S, GO SEE THIS ACADEMY THAT'S THE PLACE TO LEARN THE RIGHT WAY, Beginner to advanced, CARL IS THE BEST TEACHER YOU CAN HAVE, WITH THE BETTER SUPPORT ON THE NET, AT LESS GO SEE ALL THE STUFF YOU CAN GET THERE,!!!

[@aidenperu7977]

You should do False Alarm by Armored Saint. 🙏🤘

[@tonicWAV]

Yea that would be awesome

[@kylemfsmith9727]

Great video! If u get the chance you should do First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes

[@amarijuanican9596]

Nice job Carl .lot of open strings in the intro ... UDO and Wolf must be at odds, sure wish those two would team up again... UDO has a project, Uprising on the way with Peter

[@lukerangdan8557]

Carl to the walls 🤘🤘

[@killingthefly101]

Absolute unreal song

[@cedricross2991]

Dude, I remember I had the cassette!!! Great music back in the 80's!!!! Rock on!!!!

[@Arsenal_official]

Do “closing cost” from “capstan”

[@Americanpatriot68]

FAST AS A SHARK? THANKS CARL! KICKIN' ASS AS USAUL.

[@tsbflyingv]

YES! 🤘🏻😎🎸

[@alexisdelong4916]

Could you do Lianne la havas paper thin on acoustic? I’ve been trying to learn this for quite sometime. It is a fun one but not easy to find online.

[@lasseleinonen8404]

Awesome Carl! ”Koolaid” next maybe? ;)

[@sneekyy1990]

Next video: ACCEPT- Koolaid please :)

[@jasonsallee9209]

Hey man. Could you cover "Hey man, nice shot." Would like to try that one!

[@zakkcovers18]

Balls to the wall 🤘🤘🎸

[@jonbrown7737]

Hey would you want to play any songs by The Smiths? You're awesome at these lessons. Thanks.

[@SPEDGroupYT]

FINALLY!!!!!

[@HB-hl1fm]

You’re the man Carl. If you get a chance some more Hendrix or red hots would be awesome

[@DrewPeedic]

Can you please do some Dangerous Toys 😩

[@IvanGarcia-tp4ix]

Please learn how to play "BATTLE ON" by WAR OF AGES. It's such a sick song and I really want to learn it, especially the amazing ending it has.

[@michaellandrumguitar]

I really like that guitar

[@pistonthrasher7757]

Ammamos la vida please, it has seriously beautiful riff.

[@donaldthescotishtwin]

Accept are riff masters

[@rhysbarrett601]

Sick

[@cadehicks5091]

Please do rock the night Europe!!!

[@martinjowitt-pickering1470]

I'd love to know your amp settings there, sounds awesome

[@lxfthxndlxgxcy]

Next song please kirk hammat nothing else matters intro solo please

[@Stefan-du8br]

Can you do a lesson on don't damn me by guns? It would be great 🤠

[@cartergabel5919]

Please do “Princes of the dawn”

[@Samfan4Films777]

Please do Summer Nights or The Dream is Over. It's been a while since you did a Van Halen one.

[@roman-kg1tn]

Hi Mark

[@jagannathaniyengar4369]

Finally, Challenge ACCEPTed

[@ImmortalityYT]

I like using my thumb for the lower fret of that open power chord if it helps anyone

[@Wickedsensations2001]

can you do some strokes

[@UmarKhan-iw8md]

Please make a tutorial on Angel by Judas Priest (2)

[@drachenwaechter2433]

Can you please do Judas Kiss or All Nightmare long? These Songs are so underated.

[@aaaaas2484]

Great lesson ?If you can do in the next lesson open your heart from europe the version from 1988 would be great its a great song at guitar

[@alexgregoriou776]

You have to do a tutorial on black Betty by ram jam man

[@patolucaspato163]

good!

[@Mrbraddk9]

Excelent video

[@BatmanFan2000]

Could you do Right Here by Ashes Remain and Irene by TobyMac?

[@RG3EXFM1IBANEZ]

This is a underrated song

[@NN-gy7xl]

can you do you can't stop rock n roll by twisted sister?

[@Funkdreamer88]

Amamos la vida please!

[@andyhutchinson3243]

Fast as a shark!!!!!..👍🤘🤘

[@rohantiwari7801]

Judas Priest - The Ripper please carl

[@robertmoon906]

What are you using for the tone setting? Or pedal Thanks.

[@shash-onemanband6140]

Is this by Wolf Hoffman? I would love to hear 'Teutonic Terror'.