Malcolm Young Guitar Style and Sound - Get the AC/DC Tone

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The Style and Tone of Rocks Rhythm Hero Malcolm Young
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In this video take a look at the rhythm guitar style and tone of rock and roll rhythm guitar legend Malcolm Young. Malcolm was the powerhouse behind the driving rock riffs of AC/DC. In this video I break down his gear of choice, dial in some Malcolm style tones with other gear and talk about his playing style via 5 classic AC/DC riffs and some tips and tricks to get some of his style into your playing.
In the video I am playing a Gretsch G5222 guitar which is plugged into a Kool Amplification 11 which is a 70s style Plexi amp. The amp is running into the Two Notes Captor X running an IR of a vintage 412. The drive comes from the J Rockett 45 Caliber which is a JTM45 style drive pedal based on the Malcolm Young crunch tone.
Classic Riff 1 - It's a Long Way to the Top - 00:00
Intro - 00:27
Classic Riff 2 - If You Want Blood (You've Got It) - 02:50
Malcolm Youngs Guitar Rig - 03:36
Classic Riff 3 - Back In Black - 08:06
Gear I'm Using to Get The Tone - 08:36
Classic Riff 4 - TNT - 10:54
Dialling in a Malcolm Young Style Tone - 11:23
Classic Riff 5 - Girls Got Rhythm - 14:59
Malcolm Young Style Rhythm Tips and Tricks - 15:27
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Enjoy!
Leigh
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[@hankgoldenshaft]

Malcom was never overlooked by guitarists or fans of their music

[@DirtyDirkDiggler]

Yeah. This is just one of those silly internet trends that everyone hops aboard.. People love to be told what is good, what isn’t, who to worship, who to avoid, etc. etc.

[@d.f.9064]

Malcolm was always my favorite member of AC DC. His presence was right where I wanted to be. Let the guitar do the talking. 🎸

[@toneloke7489]

I'm glad to see you giving Malcolm Young props, he really was the engine that made AC/DC run, he's was a phenomenal musician and writer🎸🎶🤘

[@geoffdillon6013]

The guitar was actually gifted to him by Harry Vanda( producer of early AC/DC) as a standard Gretsch Firebird and he did the mods himself over the years. You can see the evolution of the guitar in film clips. Harry Vanda also said it was the best investment he ever made.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Yeah, I mentioned the mods in the video and said that it started life as a red Firebird before he stripped it and did his own thing with it. Lot of history in that guitar.

[@Andre_tc]

Always heard it was his brother George, not Vanda

[@rigel2112]

@@Andre_tc Yeah I heard it was his brother too

[@rigel2112]

@@Andre_tc I guess it was both according to Gretsch "The G6131MY-CS Custom Shop Malcolm Young “Salute” Jet™ pays faithful homage to Young’s famously battle-hardened instrument, which began life in 1963 as a red Gretsch Jet Firebird handed down to him by Harry Vanda and elder brother George Young"

[@moosehead5116]

One pickup. He took two of them out .

[@franklanger3848]

Malcolm Young war ein großartiger Gitarrist

[@MLBa636]

Malcolm Young? Say no more. I'm in 🤘 "Sin City", "Walk All Over You", "Beatin Around The Bush" some of my favorites. Hell, the entire AC/DC catalog is superb.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Sin City was on my brainstorm list for riffs! It was really hard to actually choose 5 riffs to be honest! He's got so many. I wanted to get big riffs in the video without going down the usual list of popular AC/DC riffs. That said... I did include Back in Black purely because of the space he leaves in the riff. I could have easily done 20 riffs and still not got everything awesome in there!

[@karllongbottomguitars9192]

I read an interview with Angus Young many years ago and he said that he played the easy part and Malcolm had the difficult job keeping the tight rhythm

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

I wouldn't be surprised about that. Angus always loved how tight Malcolm was on stage. That's what I noticed when learning some of the riffs, there is a groove... but there is a tightness. He would downpick a lot too.

[@PETERODZZ]

That is absolutely true. Not only that he plays full power cords he plays with heavy gage string s and a heavy pick

[@stuartarcher5150]

Yes

[@rigel2112]

@@PETERODZZ 12-56 and Fender Extra heavy pick plugged straight into a Marshall with no wireless or fx to get in the way of pure metal.

[@katamedo5703]

Malcolm didn’t want to play lead because it would cut into his drinking. Malcolm is the better guitarist of the two

[@user-wp2ej5mn4c]

Malcolm was awesome.your right he was the driving force

[@mattkenney57]

Thank you so much for this. I've been a fan for many years, and it's amazing that two brothers actually play the same instrument and write and perform together. Thanks for the insight, lessons and tab. God bless you.

[@timrobinson9192]

New sub here. Love it love it . RIP Malcolm you rhythm monster. I'm a born again beginner on the guitar, and decided to start learning some DC stuff. I learned that no matter how simple Malcolm's riffs seem, there are definitely NOT easy. Huge thumbs up Leigh 👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘☮☮☮

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Hey Tim, welcome! Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment! Malcolm was a rhythm monster! I agree with you 100%, you think on the surface that the ACDC riffs are easy, they look easy enough on paper, but when you dig into it, there are small subtleties that are really hard to nail. Little timing things, or feel things, that you can just read off a tab.

[@timrobinson9192]

@@LeighFugeGuitar Enjoyed this video so much , I think I'm on about watch ~10 or so. It's one of those videos that never gets old.

[@chrispys696]

its also interesting to note that on many tracks he plays amlost clean or on the border of break up. Less overdriven than we often think. His rhythm playing is more complex that manybof us think. The engine room of my favourite band. Great video.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Yeah they used way less gain than you’d imagine. It’s more about the power (brought about by volume) and the clarity. I’d love to hear how loud they would’ve played back in the day!! I bet it was insane!

[@regularolpoet1462]

He had his own sound. One note had this authority. Like, "HERE I AM!"... Very distinctive n profound

[@sebman59790]

Le meilleur guitariste rythmique de l'histoire du rock n' Roll...

[@powerface71]

I started playing at 13, I agree, Malcolm is the backbone of the band! Malcolm taught me my amazing sense of rhythm!!

[@daverbenson4834]

You did The Man Well. !.. He Was AC DC And Let his Younger Brother Take The Limelight While he just Smashed Out Those Chords! 🤟

[@junkmonkey9859]

Malcolm was the heartbeat, Angus was the soul, Bon and later, Brian, were the spirit. I was fortunate to have experienced AC/DC from the early 70s with the old late night radio stations that played the things that were not on mainstream radio programming. It was a station out of Georgia, and picked up in Florida.

[@sean1121970]

When they were first starting they played at the local YWCA here in the blue mountains (Australia) and were booed off for being too loud. 😂

[@junkmonkey9859]

@@sean1121970 🤣

[@larsfocken3456]

My favourite AC/DC tune is Overdose from the 1977 Let There Be Rock album. Troughout the whole song the energy is increasing more and more. 2 great solos as well. Listen how at the beginning Malcolm and Angus are superimposing rhythm parts. Thx for this video, great stuff!

[@Sherman1862]

"Go Down" is good too.. The Whole Album kicks A$$!!! The first time I heard it in 1977, I knew that AC/DC was destined to be one of the Greatest Rock Bands in History!!!!! : ) I still love and listen to that Album when I run or workout..

[@MrJSpicoli]

Me too

[@user-hd9el5fk2w]

And the volume in the studio!! The feedback when Angus kicks in gives me goosebumps.

[@danielpetrucci8952]

I love playing the intro and outro for Overdose 😂 B7th and E Major Apprgio is satisfying to my ears 😂

[@martin2hearts]

Every time I listen to that album I can smell the tubes burning. Love the solo for Bad Boy Boogie too.

[@danielpetrucci8952]

Malcolm originally played lead when AC/DC frist started in 1974 but made Angus play lead because he prefered to play rhythm but on some songs Malcolm plays lead licks like Soul Stripper Show Business Can I sit next to you girl but if you listen to pre AC/DC Gorge Young Harry Vanda Angus and Malcolm recorded an album with the hook roll band and on that album Malcolm just shreds

[@BasementGuitarSuperstar]

Dude, I love this video and the Gretsch G5222. I have the same one and it’s one of my top 3 favorite guitars! Thanks man!

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Thank you man! The G5222 is so good. I don't usually like this style of Gretsch visually, but it plays and sounds awesome. I'll be sad to see it go back haha!

[@Arnostic]

My favorite Malcolm tone would have to be his Donnington 1991 tone. I could listen to him isolated for hours.

[@catlikemeew]

Yeah, the intro to Jailbreak is to die for…

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

Favorite Malcolm Young both rhythm sound, riff and tone: Opening of " For Those About To Rock". His guitar just sounds so massive.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

That's a killer tone, I was torn between that one and Girls' Got Rhythm for this video!

[@ACDC4LIFE]

🔥🤘🏽🔥

[@autocrow]

I heard in a video that classic rock songs are sometimes sharp or flat because they used tape in the 70's, and the tape speed was changed in the studio. I believe you are right. It makes a lot more sense that they all tuned together and were slightly sharp or flat to a common note but in tune with each other. It's so cool that Malcolm didn't care about having a pretty guitar. His was a workhorse! He just cared about sound, another good reason to tune to each other rather than each to tune to a common note. I never get tired of AC/DC. Great music for motivating one's self!

[@ROKRmarc]

Excellent overview of Malcolm's great rhytm playin' . Thank you. 🤘💯🎸

[@grimlund]

R.I.P Malcolm.

[@loughorboy3332]

Great video Leigh. The tones are spot on

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Thank you man! This pedal is killer for Plexi tones!

[@patrickkowalski8256]

AC/DC my all time favorite band

[@SRguitar]

Really good and detailed video Leigh! 😊

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Thank you man! Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for checking it out. I'll have to check out your video on it too! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts from it!

[@michaellombard894]

Great job! Thanks for a great video. I really like "Shake A Leg". There's a song which really tends to get overlooked!

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Thanks for checking it out! Glad you enjoyed. I think there are a load of AC/DC songs that get massively overlooked! They have some great stuff behind the big hits

[@malyoung4124]

Malcolm forever!!

[@kevdennis4884]

Great videoLeigh. Thank you.

[@davidmoore5563]

Very well done & much appreciated 😎

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Thanks David! Glad you enjoyed

[@m.loughlin1915]

I'm a 98% rhythm player. Taking some time off because of tendonitis in my left hand. Last gig was an 8 year stint with a full orchestra plus a conventional drummer, bass guitarist, and my self on guitar at a mega church. 4 services every Sunday plus shows and musicals....Strings, Horns, woodwinds, the works. Never solo. Don't want to. Never too good at it. Never cared. Other guitarist would say to me, "Do you want the first lead break or the last?" My response, "You take both". I must be doing something right. They keep calling me back. Play a Strat with only the middle and neck pickups. NEVER EVER use that shrill ice picky bridge pickup. EVER. Took it out years ago and gave it to a friend who needed one when his took a dump when he had a gig that night. That was 12 years ago. Never replaced it. Switch position #1 is a kill switch, which comes in handy. Main amp for all those years was my Fender Super Champ. Sound guy either put a mic on me, or used the Line Out. No muss, no fuss. Rhythm Rules.

[@jeremybradley559]

Malcolm played a bit of lead guitar on High voltage including dualing solos on soul stripper.😊

[@garycainz6158]

Malcom's original guitar was given to him by harry vander and was a two pickup filtertron the humbucker was added by malcom early on

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Yeah I few people told me that, I didn't know that he was given it. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@Andre_tc]

Not true. The humbucker was already on it

[@BlackWolf.]

Malcom was a force of nature when it comes to rythm guitar.

[@davidshaffer4664]

Malcom Young was the brains of acdc

[@tylerkrug7719]

Sounded good!

[@r1ckgr1m3s8]

The "magic" to getting Mal & Angus' tone is you have to say Marshall with their accent! It's the same way they pronounce guitar and car.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Hahaha love that!

[@jonizefox]

+1 for the .45 pedal, best one I found for Mal' tone,.and "low gain" Marshall tones

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

It’s such a great pedal for that sound. It also stacks well with other pedals!

[@howdythere2419]

I always loved the Ballbreaker tour era tone.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Great tone!

[@danielpetrucci8952]

My Favorite Tones are the 1978 Powerage tone the 1991 Donington tone and the Stiff Upper Lip Tour Tone I love the blues feel to it

[@marcdewey1242]

Malcolm was a huge influence on Scott Ian whom also has a video on here about him.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Yeah he’s always been hugely open about his love for Malcolm

[@imeqsmd]

Malcolm Young also used Wizard ARD amplifiers

[@danielpetrucci8952]

In the Mid to Late 80's both Malcolm and Angus were using Wizards and on the Razors Edge tour they used Messa Boggie Cabs then on Ballbreaker they went back to Marshall Heads and Cabs

[@Dwightpower88]

Just bought an electromatic double jet. Beautiful finish, binding, and of course sounds! Definitely a good value

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

They are fantastic value for the money. I have an Electromatic single cut that I don't really show on the channel, but I love it. I bought it 6 years ago and its such a great playing guitar.

[@simonemijno8075]

I'm using this nice j rocket caliber 45 pedal paired with a 15 watt marshall mg15r. i know it is a simple transistor amplifier but playing at home and for being a beginner i could buy this. however I notice that the pedal changes the sound quite a bit despite being a simple amplifier and I use a gretsch g5222.

[@weehudyy]

When Mark Evans joined akka/dakka in the 70s their head roadie told him ' It's Malcolm's band , don't EVER piss him off ... ' Mark was replaced in '77 after pissing both of the Young brothers off , I saw Cliff Williams first Aussie show at the Legendary Lifesaver in '77 . Williams didn't have a work permit and they were billed as ' Mystery High Voltage Act ' ... Apparently close to 3,000 in a room licensed for 1,000 ... I left thinking Malcolm was the star of the show . Angus and Bon entertained the punters , but Malcy WAS the band .

[@joedoe2407]

They were not tuning "slightly flat". They were tuning to 432Hz instead of 440.

[@kylesanford6506]

In other words...they tuned slightly flat...

[@xavierortiz2690]

Great content!

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Thank you so much!

[@xavierortiz2690]

​@@LeighFugeGuitar Ur welcome, also enjoyed ur Luke Sterling tutorial, especially since l own one

[@otavioluizquarti8132]

Simples e genial

[@sean1121970]

I remember years ago reading an interview with Angus where he said Malcolm didn't like playing lead cause it interfered too much with his drinking 😂

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

I’ve heard about that interview too. I mean, you can’t fault his logic…. Hahah

[@andreasdeutinger7319]

touch too much-the way the 2 guitars interlock is magnificent! and jailbreak-malcoms guitar kicks ass!

[@67er_matze97]

that was brilliant advice!! I dont remember where i've picked this story up but there goes the story once in an interview Angus was called best rock guitar player in the world. And in his humbleness he replied that he was not even the best rock guitar player in his band. Both were fantastic and so was the other musicians in the band.

[@d.f.9064]

LOL

[@wasilock]

best Motor guy :)

[@gregmize01]

i use a xotic sl drive set the Super Bass mode and it nails this tone! Great video!

[@ACDC4LIFE]

Rip MAL power chord master.

[@Mr-Safology]

I have this Gretsch g5222 guitar. It's the best for the money 👌🏼

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Gretsch make some of the best guitars in that price point I think. I've played lots of Gretsch's and I own one from the Electromatic range too and I love it. They are always consistently solid and good feeling.

[@mikeb.7183]

Did they not tune to standard 440 or did they just slow or speed up the tape speed to get a different feel after recording

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

They tuned to 440 for the most part. Some songs are slightly flat. This was common in some bands from the era where they might tune to a piano in the studio, so everyone is I tune with each other but they aren’t tuned to perfect 440 Sone AC/DC tracks like something like 1/4 tone flat.

[@barberclown7446]

great video!! I’m very curious… can you do the same songs you presented here, with Angus version the way he does it? so I can see and hear the difference since I’m deaf and am proud ACDc fan! Thank you. @Leigh Fuge

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Hey, Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video. I hadn’t planned to make a follow up to this video, but if enough people out there want me to do it then I‘m sure it might happen at some stage 😃

[@barberclown7446]

@@LeighFugeGuitar Aww! How many you need to consider it? And thanks for the reply.

[@bryanwilliams3665]

Really informative video.Great tone!Thanks for posting For Angus Fans, I replicate ( on my channel) the Back in Black era pickups that Gibson don't make.

[@mcewan7]

Those tones are spot on. I've always fancied a Gretsch Signature Malcolm Young, but it's a little pricey! Maybe I should get a G5222 and mod it to look like a MY easy enough :-)

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

The Gretsch Malcoms are like 15k haha! Not cheap at all!! This is a good alternative though, it's not quite the same... but it's a hell of a lot more affordable. Gretschs are rock solid too, they play great and sound great!

[@timrobinson9192]

I actually got a G5222 double jet and absolutely adore it, there's not one single thing about it that doesn't impress. It's so nice , that as much as I would love to make it look like a Mally Young Gretsch, I just can't bring myself to change its looks/feel/sound. Maybe one day I will go "Malcolm" on it , but until then its such a nice instrument, I'll enjoy it for how good it is (as is ) . Did you decide to get the G5222? If so, what do you think of it ? Rock hard always dude :)

[@mcewan7]

No I haven't got one yet, but it's in my future plans

[@dogshark9]

Malcom Young. The Best.

[@Shaylok]

If his guitar is as heavy as it looks, he could easily crush skulls with it. That is one THICK guitar.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

The version of the guitar I used in the video wasn’t too heavy but I suspect Malcolm’s might have a bit more weight to it!

[@MrPinkStrat]

Is that a Truevoice Seletatone at The Back Jenson Speaker 25 Watts ? I had one back in Early '60's

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Well spotted!! It’s a Selmer Truvoice 12T (I think it’s called a 12t) This one is a single 12” speaker that outputs around 8w. It’s dated to late 1958/early 1959

[@daleroberson6605]

I have several favorite Malcolm Young rifts I think my favorite 2 are Down payment blues give me a board and the beginning of jailbreak Malcolm had a right hand like I hardly ever see

[@PooNinja]

Cool info Sir🤘🏽, I heard when they went to clone his guitar it was barely holding together making the luthiers nervous about working on it 😳.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Wow really? I wouldn't be surprised! From the images of his original Gretsch, it's had a hard life! The Gretsch Custom Shop version of it looks AMAZING... but its $10,000 USD which is a hell of a lot of money! I'm sure it sounds fantastic though... but it's not cheap!

[@dapawaz8310]

I read somewhere Angus said Mal was ferociously attached to the Beast. He was scared every time they toured something would happen to it. Supposedly, they had a roadie assigned to never let it out of his sight. It now rests with Mal, where it belongs. RIP, Malcolm. 😭 thanks for the music.

[@UserUli]

I love the rhtyhm part of "Gone Shooting". Do you think its just more drive (he often uses the knobs, so does Angus) or is he playing different chords.

[@katamedo5703]

They’re playing the same chords. You’re hearing a filtertron pickup in your left ear and humbucker in your right. Perfect match up

[@obiobiwan9268]

Angus once said Malcom could do anything Angus could do but Angus could NOT do everything Malcom could do. Malcom was the driving force behind AC/DC.

[@NeilFraser-tn5ws]

You forgot that he also said that Mal.could play it easily only that he would play it better

[@alanburleigh48]

God bless malc and his team the gers a big fan play ibrox as tribute lads thunderstruck

[@Tomversal]

A Gretsch into a marshall, not so much gain but a shit ton of volume and that's how you sound like him

[@geraldfriend256]

Yep. Loud amp but volume down on guitar..

[@stanleybroniszewsky8538]

I wouldn't be surprised if Malcolm even had his Marshall amps modified. He had them sent out so the volume knobs would go from 0 to 11.

[@kinchegayowie6167]

After coming back from Britain , ACDC gifted their rig to The Angels

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Didn’t know that! Cool little fact there!

[@Sherman1862]

"Let There Be Rock"!!!!! ; )

[@nigel900]

I thought Malcolm used a Marshall JTM (30 watt) head… that’s what was shown in his rig rundowns.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

They've dabbled with most Marshalls over the years.

[@johndaugherty4127]

It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll...

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

It is indeed! But if we wanna rock n roll we've got make the long journey! 😀

[@jeremybradley559]

Get the full G in if you want blood. 3rd fret top string.

[@sla68495]

It appeared that Malcolm was standing in the most illuminated shadow of the

[@Jack-zb7cr]

Keith Richards was asked how it felt to be the best rhythm 🎸 player in the world he said I don't know you have to Malcom Young

[@Jack-zb7cr]

Ask Malcom Young

[@ulrikwinther221]

Haha😂 awesome

[@dorothythelabskeleton80]

No he didn't. You just made that up.

[@Jack-zb7cr]

Look it up in rolling stones magazine

[@dorothythelabskeleton80]

@@Jack-zb7cr just looked. I can't find it. You made it up.

[@Cheetos8268]

Could i get mal’s tone with my Marshall dsl40 im also getting a Gretsch double jet electromatic tomorrow 😁

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Absolutely! The DSL40 can easily get you into the AC/DC tone, but don't push the gain too hard. The DSL range has way more gain than the style of Marshall's that Malcolm would have used. You want to keep the gain low to retain the clarity of the notes.

[@jacob_miller]

You probably had this sorted out 8 months ago but for anyone else chasing this with a DSL40; A V30 goes really great in the DSL40c, on the classic gain channel with crunch engaged crank the amp up a bit more and dial back the master on the Gretsch by about 15%. The studio sound has less gain than their live tone on back in black etc so use the master on the Gretsch to control gain to taste

[@garymcgrath8246]

Listening to Malcolm young isolated live castle donington _ Mal sort of scratches the strings in between playing them

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Yeah I've heard that too. It's like he's time keeping by muting the strings, really interesting technique.

[@danielkreuzer9401]

Which amp settings are you using with the caliber 45?

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

I talk about the amp settings at 6:50 in the video and more at the 12 minute mark. There is also a shot of the amp so you can see what I'm doing. It's set with the Bass on 1, Mid on about 6 and Treble on about 7 from memory. I had the amp clean and the 45 doing all the drive

[@danielkreuzer9401]

Okay i play it through a marshall origin 5 and play it with TILT 5 mids Treble and bass are on 6 and the amp volume is real down @1,5. I use a gretsch g5222 with a TV jones powertron bridge pickup! Thanks a lot

[@user-os3ko9fw3c]

A DSR 20 on its own will do the trick

[@Skinny_Karlos]

Malcolm Young didn't buy the Firebird. It was given to him by Harry Vanda of Vanda and Young (Easybeats Harry Vanda and George Young - Malcolm and Angus' older brother) fame. Harry Vanda famously said later that had he known the end results he would have given him ten firebirds.

[@tomsewell2462]

Australia's 13 year old TAJ FARRANT !

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

He’s such a great player

[@peterhughes8699]

The 45 Caliber pedal is good but imo the MI Audio Super Crunchbox V2 is THe best, and most versatile, Marshall in a box pedal. It does everything great from early Plexi through to modern Marshall high gain plus EVH brown sound. It's low noise, true bypass and cheap :)

[@Gokizzmass]

Let there be rock / Powerage tone is my favorite.

[@gordyhydro5774]

Rick Parfitt and Malc were the best rhythm guitarists of that era. However, Parfitt had a great voice as well as a fantastic songwriter.

[@Whiskey0880]

Who exactly overlooked him?

[@PlasticAssasin8]

at 23 seconds, if you wave the guitar neck up and down and the strings go with it , there will be no vibrato you know, its all moving together. So many people do that for nothing.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

[@chingwing-gi2fl]

Always liked Angus telling people in the old days that Angus would blow Eddie Van Halen out of the water all day. He was dead serious.

[@recuperacion420]

So acdc didnt use distortion pedals?

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Nope. Back in the early days there wasn’t many pedals on the market at all. They just cranked their Marshall’s! To this day Angus still gets his sound from cranking the amps up loud. He runs a preamp unit infront called a Solo Dallas but onstage he doesn’t have any pedals. He gets everything from riding the guitar volume

[@Andre_tc]

That's so funny man, distortion pedals...

[@chapodemingo9878]

malcolm`s intro to thunderstruck is what i call right hand rhythm-genius...the one `n only rock`n roll rhythm riff master..

[@aisle_of_view]

Malcom was so small that the Firebird fit like an ES 335 on average blokes.

[@stevomcsteve9492]

Nice tone ya got there!

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@ChapelMilitia]

So the .45 pedal is a boost. You wanna put some life into your playing, got the range and fire a .45 pistol. But be careful! Last time I did that I so fired up that I cranked up Judas Priest and got into and accident on the freeway.

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Hahahaha!!! It sounds like you got really fired up!

[@skummisrocker]

Malcolm! 😢

[@paulchoate1]

That guitar comes with broad tron pickups not filter tron pickups

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

Yup. That’s why I said “Filtertron Style Pickups” because the Broadtrons are based on the classic Filtertrons.

[@ddzanovski]

No biggie but his original guitar started out with 2 x filtertrons, then he added the middle humbucker, then removed it and the original neck pickup 👍

[@genomitchalinni8106]

Not many people notice or appreciate the style of custom guitar headstock's. Randy Rhodes' polkadot flying v has a "Harpoon Headstock". You could probably spear a Whale with that thing. 🐋 🐳 🐋

[@jurgenv.6030]

Come on, the time, when Angus got all the attention and Mal was ignored, is over for at least 20 years!

[@fabioabilio]

remenber:it's easier to be yourself

[@LeighFugeGuitar]

It is, but people can be who they want 😃

[@fabioabilio]

@@LeighFugeGuitar yeah,sure

[@sethmiller5413]

Live wire !!!

[@fookoo567]

thanks for the great effort but not very close my friend.

[@aaronleverton4221]

I don't believe Malcolm bought his Gretsch, I believe it was a gift from Harry Vanda, his older brother George's bandmate from The Easybeats and decades-long writing and producing partner.