People say AC/DC only uses a few chords - but try and play theyre songs right - they are the absolute masters at what they do - dont just think you strum an A chord - and you are playing AC/DC.

"People say we have 11 albums that sound the same and that's not true. We have 12 albums that sound the same" Angus

Malcolm is the greatest rhythm guitarist ever,no question!

The single greatest lesson on ACDC!

Angus and Malcolm (RIP MALCOLM) was the gods of easy chords and songs. I learn a lot of the AC/DC songs and after 25 years of my guitar experience i still don't know how they made those magic. That only knows Angus, Malcolm take those skills to grave, and now he shows it in heaven. Great Content and great backing track. Forever AC/DC. Greetings from frozen Poland.

Playing guitar for over 30+ years I always find it great to find channels like this that give great tips to beginners, but it's also the concise knowledge you have -- it's about having an ear for it. some of these songs you mentioned i'd played years ago in cover bands and would often opt for the power chord version by either being sloppy or just doing my own versions, it's good you do a great thorough take on some of these chords. Also love the tone, reminds me of bars in the 80's. Great stuff helping those about to rock \m/

Excellent been playing acoustic for years but I want to get an electric and pick up some tips. Thanks

The E chord does include a g#, certainly as Mal played it, use the old fashioned 1st position open E and strum strings 6 through 3, as evidenced in Jailbreak and lots of other songs with that chord in there. Angus might play the E as presented here but Angus and Mal often had different parts.

You are right !!! AC /DC is the dna of rock

Thanks for that excellent lesson. Clear, concise, relevant.

What a fantastic lesson. I typically shun videos that get into the weeds because "I just want to play". If you think that's a lousy way to progress as a guitarist, you're right! But the tips here on how to voice these chords so that they ring out are just what I needed for a bunch of songs, not just AC/DC songs. Thanks for taking my playing up a notch Studio33!

Been learning for a year struggling not to mute notes whilst forming chords this is far easier I’ve gone from terrible to not so terrible thanks for the lesson.

Simple yet powerful. Those chords though.

Lowered power pickups coupled with high output amplifier will clear up and define that muddiness. Great video 👍🏻

Thanks, very helpful. In Highway to hell he plays the D chord with the F# on the low E string.

You’re a great teacher, well done

Thanks mate that was very informative.

Nice video thanks! I remember watching a rig rundown and they set their Marshalls to 3 for bass, mids, trebble which actually surprised me a lot.

Thank you!

Great information and help. Great teacher

I just found your channel, and so glad I did . I really like the way you explain every thing with tabs and tracks , thanks so much I really liked the lesson on how to look at the pentatonic scale different

Great video! The G chord reminded me of when I had a handful of lessons with Gizz Butt in the mid 90s, I'd been pretty much taught loads of punk songs from the early 80s, and had a guitar case chord book with the fingerings for 'open chords' and the G was obviously the 'traditional ' fingering, Gizz showed me your "AC/DC" version and it sounded so much better! !! I loved AC/DC from my early teens (1980 onwards) up to For Those About To Rock...after that I kinda lost interest in the newer stuff...in 1979 I totally fell in love with the Pretenders, James Honeyman -Scott was a phenomenal guitar melody beast! I'm now going to watch more of your AC/DC videos....thank you for uploading this!

Thank You! As a beginner this was super helpful, so glad I found you!

Excellent Video, it helped me so much as a beginner. Thank you very much.

The D chord is often played with the low a tone.

"Back in Black:" I always add the C#, 5th string, 4th fret to the "A" chord b/c I swear I hear it in the mix. I don't know if it's Angus or Malcolm, but I swear it's there.

Great lesson thanks

Good, clear instructions! Well done.

Great video thank you very helpful as always great teaching...

I knew essentially all of this - but great explanation!

Thx dude! Great lesson 🎉

Yup. That's the way I play the basic power chords thanks to Angus :)

Less is more wen it comes to acdc....but there are a few tuffer ones like beating around the bush,riff raff,landslide,and i like playing the hony roll alot too!!

I learned in another video that AC/DC don't play full chords, they only play the power chords and leave the major 3rd to Cliff on bass. It's one of the reasons their songs sound so cool. To see what I mean search up "the bass player of AC/DC was a genius" here on youtube

Cool stuff😊

Those are cool power5 chords...highlighting the root and the 5th✌😁

Would have been helpful to tell us what pedal was used to get that tone

All about the groove...simple and easy are unrelated terms in this context imo.

Check out the Young Brothers playing "Rock Me Baby" with the Rolling Stones sometime

Hello I'm a beginner. I purchased the book AC/DC. Do you have a video the song Hell not a bad place to be. Can y do a video for beginners how to play this song? Thanks

One thing is to back off the overdrive or distortion. The rhythm guitar sound is almost clean, only a little breakup

Thank you

Thanks!

Strong Work in theory terms its 3rd damping to get open power chords

Loving that guitar tone! what kit/pedals/amps did you use to get this?

Great video. Thank you.

man just played the whole acdc discography

Good video but your using the wrong fingers when playing the G chord so going from a G to a C your fingers wont move as smoothly and fast You should play the G chord using the 2end 3rd and pinky as that's the correct method , if your going to add a D you can bar the 2nd and 1st string with your pinky , It dose take more time to learn to do it correctly but once you do you will play faster and less slopy as all your fingers are lined up perfectly without having to reposition Plus if you play a G incorrectly you wont be able to go from a G to a G7 or a G with an added C

Can't believe I didn't know this stuff. Subbed!

Wonderful. I will try these once I get my guitars. 😊

Great vid thankyou

Playing those middle open strings before the hammer on for the A, gives you a G. 🙂

On that G chord you can also mute the A string with your index finger. That's how I was taught to play a G.

Thank you Studio 33Guitar for a great video lesson I have been playing guitar almost 40 years now and I love the way you explained the subtle bairly recognizable differences in the way the cords are played . That gives the beginners a ton of knowledge and a big jumpstart on playing some kick ass ROCK N ROLL. This is BUDDY SPAZZMAN saying THANK YOU & KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK PEACE AND LOVE MY FRIEND.

Thanks for this great lesson..💯

AC/DC's songs only work in a band context, trying to learn their songs home alone could let the neighbors think you've got OCD

Great tips - Great sound

thank you :)

Great vid soo easy when you show how 🙏

Big Mal was the rhythm guitar master🤘🏽

As a beginner with short fingers, I hope I can play these chords 🤞🤘

Magic stuff

thank you soooo much !

Enjoyed the video!! Can you tell me EXACTLY what kind of wall hanger you have for your telecaster? I will subscribe

Simplicity, Style,and Attack.

Very interesting to see, how ACDC made them sound like ACDC, thx!

Wow, great content, subs def.🤟

Great !!

Angus young is an underrated guitarist. There, I saved that guy the effort.

Cowboy power chords - yeeeee hah!

Hi, I'm Troy and I'm stealing that opening riff...😁😁😁

D with f# in bass is used a lot too.

You're not clear on the C5. Are you muting the b string? Is it an C5+9?

Excellent video.

It dont nean a thing if it aint got rhythm. Swing that rock n roll

Thank you for excellent video lesson. It's a shame there is no consistency amongst different teachers. Everyone has it's own definition of different Chords. As a beginner I have learnt that A chord is Pointing finger on the D string 2nd fret, only to find out today that it also must have Middle finger on G string on the 2nd fret....

Are we tunning down a half step? E flat or E standard or D

So basically they leave the 3rd out of the chord and just use the root and 5th.

Hi great stuff! What song is that at the beginning, :16?

Great video. But they do use more chords than that.

I've been playing guitar for a loooong time, but I still can't get a grip on the exact A chord in "Fly on the wall"!?? Not that A chord in the beginning, but the one after " Da , da, da, da" .. If that made any sense! 😂Anyone know the right way to play it?

In order to play guitar like Ac/Dc, you have to be 4 feet 6 inches "tall", with Scottish DNA & an Australian upbringing. Pete Townshend wrote an awful lot of songs featuring the same chords Ac/Dc use all the time, A/G/D, but his stuff sounds very different because he's 6 feet tall & English. I'm bloody well not going to tell you what you have to do in order to sing like Bon Scott (rutting weasels are involved). "I'm sick and tired of hearing people say we made 17 albums that all sound the same. That's bullshit. We made 18 albums that all sound the same."---Angus Young.

D chord thumb over the top is giving you the F# in the base.

Hows that SG sound playing Thrash Metal or just straight Metal ? Have always liked them but been wanting a cheap V to Mod . If you know of affordable V shaped guitars please comment me back links ect. Mucho Appreciate it !!

I always play the G chord like that not only because I like the sound but mostly because I'm lazy with my fingerings.

What model SG is that, a '61 Re issue SG or the SG Standard?

Just review your cowboy chords and you’ll have Malcolm down

The common theme of the chord shapes is not playing 3rds on open chords . A simple idea but not easy to play like the best rhythm guitarist RIP

Echo, or Delay pedals are not involved, or just a little bit????????

Your key of A backing video is unavailable? 😢

Thanks but the backing track Key of A says "Not Available any more"

Haces tutoriales para tontos o para aprendices ?

Slower at 0.75 normal speed would be easier pour moi!

howdy 🤠

A lot of this is good...but it's not exactly how Angus plays these. Particularly the C and sometimes he uses that full G for a rounder sound and then goes to the G with the 3rd removed (Shook me). Some nuances there. Watch it up close. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iMCbZpx8mrqRZYE.html

Fell asleep

I counted 5 chords: A, B, C, G, E…what is the 6th?

So basically power chords

You forgot D/F# it's in bookoos of acdc songs lol

turn the gain down.. way down