This AC/DC Solo Will Humble The Best Players.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

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[@JoeandAngie]

Saw the Let There Be Rock tour...Bon carrying Angus through the crowd and around the whole arena on his shoulders...1976. AC/DC, Cheap Trick and UFO for $8. Prime Angus...their best lp imo

[@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio]

Angus often said "What I do on guitar, Malcom does better". That says a lot of the backbone player of ACDC, his brother Malcolm.

[@dprince2885]

That's just Angus being incredibly humble. We all know Malcolm couldn't do what Angus did and Angus couldn't do what Malcolm did. They complimented each other incredibly well. Perfect guitar package.

[@thedude-jb7wx]

And Malcolm said there will be a day when people say Angus is the greatest guitarist ever. Theyre both humble and give eachother all the credit thats why they lasted forever cause ego and competition is worthless. The proof is in the playing and when it is really good you dont question it and you dont even have to ask someone what they think.

[@Sc0teeBe318]

One of my favorite solos Angus does is the one for You Shook Me All Night Long. For me it just hits so hard and it's not too complicated to learn. I won't say I ever got it exactly perfect but I got it very close anyways. I practiced the hell out of it for my high school talent show and it was so much fun to do! It was my first time really playing in front all of my classmates and it just turned into this epic moment for me. So that guitar solo of his holds a special place in my heart.

[@licksnkicks1166]

That was the very first solo I learned. I love that song! Rock n roll damnation is a blast to play as well!

[@micktonia]

I am old school and this is all in my wheel house. I love that you young blokes are still praising what was and still is one of the greatest!1

[@eddieholmes3236]

Great video. His vibrato is amazing. And Malcolm…unsurpassed.

[@eddiejr540]

The hardest thing for me about Angus’s solos (besides being able to hear the licks) is the phrasing…I have trouble breaking apart his phrases into learnable “chunks”…if that makes any sense…well done Robert👍

[@bastianogr4960]

Phenomenal lesson. Thanks so much! I've listened to so much AC/DC in my life, but I'll never get over how Angus, Malcom, and in fact the entire band only used the simplest tools possible, but created so much nuance, depth, feel, and attitude within their music. It sounds minimalist on the surface, but there are worlds to explore, if you start to dig deeper. Thanks for taking us on this trip.

[@jbroutson17]

You can pretty much learn all there is to learn for rock guitar from the Young brothers.

[@jcburger733]

Always loved Angus’s solos!!

[@sirlost94]

One of my favorite Angus shenanigans is the intro to Can I Sit Next To You Girl (the old Dave Evans version). Fantastic sound and phrasing

[@andrewmathews6527]

I think Angus is insanely underrated as a guitarist. I think the “character” of Angus on stage overshadows how great of a player he really is.

[@jimmy9802-t8j]

his leads for the songs he's playing are some of the best anyone could ever play , I love the Highway to Hell lead guitar part , yeah Malcolm is the great rhythm and riff master , but Angus puts on a hell of a show with those blazing licks coming from that Gibson SG , and those Marshall stacks . hes a genius ! makes every note count !

[@jimmy9802-t8j]

it's what you can do for a song to make it even greater than it already is that matters , that's why players like Santana , Alex Lifeson , Billy Gibbons really are guitar gods , the solos are remembered as much as the chorus of a song . Toni Iommi and EVH were incredible . they had their own sounds , that can be identified.

[@jnixo9900]

Im not sure anyone thinks Angus is under rated.

[@chriss1492]

@@jnixo9900I agree! Everyone is “underrated” these days. The word is OVERused.

[@thedude-jb7wx]

Hes one of the most amazing players ever. Hes like the greatest showman ever so people dont get just how great he is if they dont have a great ear. People that know guitar know Angus and Gilmour have a magic touch

[@jmc1186]

I love that Angus has been getting recognition.

[@stratotele12]

8:20 I think that noise you are talking about is a slight palm mute of that roll before letting the last note ring. It really makes that last note stand out.

[@tallpaul1020]

Great lesson Robert!!! Angus is fun to chase around the fretboard. Keep up the great work brother 🤘

[@CitizenofMelee]

Robert, you have one of the few channels I click on immediately when I see anew video pop up.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Very much appreciated homie

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

Me too. I really dig Robert's playing.

[@rustyaxelrod]

I enjoy his timing also! Sometimes he briefly plays behind the beat, or adds an extra note that leaves him behind and then he makes it up with a little rush at the end. Too cool! He does the opposite occasionally but less often, rushing just a bit and then hitting the finishing “pay off” twice (sounds like a stutter) and the second hit is right in the pocket. Very tasteful and interesting!

[@SandyGlidey66]

Dude, your passion for the guitar is what brings me back to your videos. Don’t ever lose that!!

[@wallofrock6725]

Nice video. You bring up some things that were a big part of Angus’ repertoire: 1. Blurring the line between major and minor: this scale combines all the notes of pentatonic major and minor (Page, Clapton, many others). The blue note is optional (b5). Also called the modified Mixolydian scale. Some will leave out the 2nds and 6ths and others will put a lot of emphasis on the dominant 7th note (b7) (Schenker and Neal Schon, De Martini). 2. The “pre-bend”, official term for it is the *ghost bend:* bend the note first (no sound), then pick the note, usually (but not always) followed by a bend release. Not used very often amongst modern guitarists.

[@JohnBaker-vm1wf]

As much as EVH was a lesson in new technique, Angus Young is a lesson in simple, accurate, tastefully phrased pentatonics, and I would hold him as the standard that anyone should learn on their guitar journey. There is an interview with Angus Young here on youtube, and when you see it you will realize why he's one of the hardest working people to ever take the stage. The man is really tiny, and playing that SG is a ton of work, not only in weight but also in size of fingerboard etc. Gotta take your hat off to him. He's already a legend.

[@geweaver2000]

in one video you asked about why your fingers get black playing a new guitar - its the oil used when crowning the frets - clean the frets first and no dirty fingers

[@benpowersguitar]

Both brothers were underrated. Trying to play their stuff correctly is much harder than people think.

[@jefrefrank8496]

My favorite rock band since they came out in the 70s and still are today 2024❤❤

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

Angus.. so sneaky! Another thing that he's really good at is those little micro-spaces within his phrasings where he mutes for like a split second sometimes between notes. Like, you wouldn't even necessarily tab it but its there.

[@TreatzTMA]

If you ever think pentatonics aren’t cool or are too simplistic, definitely try to attack some Angus solos. So rhythmic, clever, melodic and fun

[@JustinAlton]

For me Angus is of the ilk of Clapton, Dickey, Lesley West when it comes to how the blend both scales and the phrasing of them...Harkening back to BB , Freddie, and Chuck and such.

[@jimilee459]

Angus is a very underrated guitar, IMHO. Straight into the amp and he plays with so much rhythm and soul.

[@vorpalblades]

Almost straight in, he uses a wireless boost since 1980.

[@suho_dreamer]

Which guitar pick do you use?

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

The white fender 1mm picks

[@suho_dreamer]

@RobertBakerGuitar Is it Medium size Celluloid? Thanks for the reply🙌

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

@@suho_dreamer Man I honestly dont' know. They are plain white and say Fender heavy

[@albertbrown4545]

Angus young is my hero,i have followed him since earley 70s i have seen them 5 times and i hope to make it 6 times before i leave this world. Let there be rock is the best solo ever.

[@DavidJDiehl]

Hells Bells was the first song I ever learned that made me feel cool. So fun to play.

[@ThinWhiteLuke]

That’s a cool explorer, looks like the one Claudio Sanchez played in the “Welcome Home” era.

[@jimmysaviano4950]

I saw ACDC on the I think what was called The Rock and Roll Train tour, the last one with Malcolm….and then I saw the one w their nephew “playing” Malcolm’s parts. (But he didn’t….he played the same damn inversions on rhythm that Angus played, which totally made the band so dull. And yes, I had binoculars and could watch the giant screen in great detail. I realized what I had always kinda knew. Malcolm played a lot of passing chords that really gave the guitar parts complexity and depth. 😊

[@nickranielista]

Thanks man 🤘✌

[@johnnyrandom100]

Lemmy did say "Angus is a guitar monster".

[@ThinWhiteLuke]

And he was right! Because Lemmy was God.

[@LouCondon-j1v]

Tone King and I picked up a Gibson Angus Young SG with the lightning bolts the last time they were available at Guitar Center. We stole them the price was sooo low 🙂

[@benjamingilmore825]

Great video! But how can you not own an SG? Especially as an Angus devotee! I’m concerned about you 😂

[@Mark_B585]

Because he's intelligent

[@PaulCooksStuff]

Hes had one (possibly twice).

[@Scottiej41]

First one he sold a few years ago to one of his young students, and just sold his second SG within the past year or so.

[@bennypagesaunders6895]

I think one of Angus' best solo's is on 'You Shook me all night long '. Its a very neat, slick little lead part; but it's got some great vibrato and some great pentatonic major licks at the end.

[@rickayres9049]

@@Mark_B585 That would make Angus Young a Genius then 😊

[@superbear9569]

Awesome 😎

[@brianolson_music]

I always thought the solo was the best part of that song. Cool lesson!

[@grdavis1968]

My first 2 albums where highway to hell and rsinbow rising in 1980, i was 11. In my humble opinion i think Night Prowler is his best playing. Thats my opinion, theres so many songs to choose from but Night Prowler just sounds nasty and ballsy. Great vid by the way

[@creepyboy6593]

Angus Rules!😊

[@rcieszkowski]

I’ve been working on this solo for the past week and struggling with this very thing. I knew the algorithm was good, but THIS good?????

[@michaelmusterer7066]

That last lick where your not sure what hes doing is an f# on the A

[@bobdillon1138]

Angus is deceptive most will say his playing is simple and yet most get his stuff wrong.

[@brownie_the_3rd]

For future reference, the 335 is also an Angus approved guitar.

[@plamenpenkov2865]

A 335 is bigger than an entire Angus tho 😂😂😂 then again, so is the Explorer.

[@michaelbaumgartner2459]

For all those who don't know It's the 2nd part of Hells Bells solo

[@tysonpeter]

Angus and Mal are rock gods.

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

I'll take whatever I can get 👍

[@ScottMacLeodCompany]

Where's the 80% off link?

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

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[@tim_shipp]

Never thought I'd be learning country on an AC/DC solo...

[@fechdj1812]

"The devil is in the detail" ..... and we're learning "Hell's Bells" ..... you're a funny man @RobertBakerGuitar No SG ??? .... I can hear the bells calling you !!!!!

[@watcherzero000]

The fact I like it's all amp and no pedals.

[@imarobotrocker]

No SG? NO WAY!

[@guitarprepnplus1]

Angus is the reason i picked up the guitar.

[@RNAMusic]

I love Explorers

[@thedude-jb7wx]

The guy on the Acdc house rock band gets Angus better than anybody ive heard at times. Both the guitar players on that cover band on you tube are great. Drummers and singers and bass players pretty good but the Malcolm and Angus guys are great. Malpractice is the best Malcolm site for ACDC imo. To be an Angus or Gilmour guy you cant really learn all the shred stuff to get it dead on u really have to be a blues player on steroids and practice that way all the time. Well Gilmours case you gotta get the bends just right and also the phrasing and that can take a life time to play both these guys at their level.

[@JR_Taylor]

Wicked

[@2hi2dye]

It's always sounded to me that Angus pluks every note in his solos

[@sgsgilly8013]

Easy to play, but really hard to make it sound like Angus

[@zeke7142003]

His vibrato is what makes his solos nearly impossible to copy exactly. I've heard many try but no one gets it 100%.

[@brookinghouseof9457]

One of the guys from the AC/DC family band nails him.

[@flapjackson6077]

Angus is underrated in popular music culture, but his contemporaries, and working musicians know better. And Malcolm was as good as Angus. They had different roles. Musicianship isn’t about who’s most technically complex. It’s about using ones talent to make something desirable to hear. Frank Zappa’s Black Page is one of the most technically complex compositions in modern music, but only musicians appreciate it. To most listeners it sounds weird, disjointed, random, and boring, even at only a minute and a half. Not busting on Zappa or technically ingenious musicians. Just saying there’s a wide range of talent.

[@leddygee1896]

Zappa Was A Musical Savant, To Be Fair. His Son Dweezil Is Not Too Far Off Either. The Average Guitar Player Would Be Overwhelmed By ANY Of His Compositions. Much Less Attempting To Learn And Play His Material At A Professional Level Night After Night...

[@flapjackson6077]

@@leddygee1896 Tru dat. As a drummer I’m extremely impressed by Terry Bozzio’s performance. But I can’t begin to play it, and I don’t particularly like the song. It was an exercise in complexity. I suspect you will agree that Rush was a band that brought together the best of technical complexity and artistic beauty into a single, perfect, sphere… to borrow a phrase. 🤙

[@eddiejr540]

I agree…there’s something to be said for musical genius but…at the end of the day I love a funky bass line and a grooving guitar riff…something I can tap my foot to👍

[@leddygee1896]

Love me some AC/DC... Bon Scott era ONLY!!

[@roopher2]

So not this song then...

[@lovescarguitar]

Bon Scott had the voice (to me). But ACDC still has bangers after Bon Scott.

[@fullmetal_3961]

so you're not an AC/DC fan then?

[@scottmelton3092]

No , he’s just saying the Bon Scott years were the real years….. I totally agree.

[@fordpot4694]

@@scottmelton3092as long as Malcolm and angus were there, it was “real years” they’ve only been not real for the last 2 albums