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Uploaded by on Apr 12, 2008

I'm tired of all the different versions I see on youtube.

Here is how the man himself does it.

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  • Just curious how old weyes08 is cause I saw him doing hammer-ons and pull-offs in concert when the AC/DC were on the Original Thunder Struck Tour. If you ask me how I know he wasn't picking was because he was giving the crowd devil dogs and pumping his right hand in the air. He's 20 years older in the video you are posting. Watch the original video as well.  Then let people be themselves. If you want to pick go ahead and let others do as they may.

  • @gr3hughes

    missing the point.

    people argue about how he does it.

    in the recording, he picks. there you go.

    l

  • i do it with hammer ons and pull offs and it sounds good, i heard a rumour that he plays with hammer ons and pulloffs in studio but picked them live.

  • No it was still picked in studio. he apparently taped the other strings so he wouldnt hit them

  • EVEN Malcolm knows it?!??

    excuse me, but malcolm is awesome! So don't you say "even malcolm knows it". He started AC/DC thank you very much.

    And yes people, Angus does double pick. He only did hammer-ons and pull-offs when he would raise hit picking hand to the crowd.

    I love AC/DC!!

  • I didnt mean it like EVEN malcom knows it (as if malcom is a total ACDC tard), I was just using a bit of humor when the camera switched to malcom pulling that strange face.

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  • he says himself that it started out as a "one handed thing that sort of turned in a two handed thing" or something to that effect, there a utube video of him talking about it...its called angus young guitar lesson. him talking about thunderstruck is in part 2

  • well you could tell that he was picking just from the sound. But that doesn't make it easier. In fact, that makes it quite difficult. Listen to Angus: he's missing notes and rhythm because of the picking. Hammer-ons and pull-offs are much easier and give cleaner sound and rhythm.

  • HE"S NOT PICKING .... HE'S DOUBLE PICKING

    Irony?

  • @gr3hughes He sometimes starts without picking but then he continues the lick picking.

  • is he having a seizure?

  • even malcom knows it LOL

  • in the studio version it is hammers and pulls

  • In the studio version he hammer ons and in the live version he picks, done, no arguement lol

  • @weyes08 its spelled Malcolm not Malcom, I should know its my name lol

  • how i play it i play it like A string only for now whole note 4 whole note 7 back and forth than whole note 5 than whole note 8 it sounds hard but when you play it it is simple

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