19 Mar AC/DC’s “Back in Black”: THE Tutorial (Rhythm)
Back in Black tutorial from SoloDallas on Vimeo.
Okay, so the moment has come. One of the reasons I did this blog thing, was for this: tutorials.
Let’s concentrate from now on and for a good while, on AC/DC (tutorials-wise, I mean), “heroes” of Rock and Roll for many of us here. Will also do some other bands as time goes by.
As it was for my very first tutorial I did on YouTube, “Back in Black” was first, and I wanted to replicate this also here.
Mind you, it will be “intense” at times. You know there is much I try and tried to “transmit”, been trying do that for a long time. These things I am saying here are the same things I think of all the times, what I check on me for first, as I only tell what I know (or at least, what genuinely think I know). When I don’t know something, I simply say so.
It’s a long tutorial, and it’s “only” the rhythm part for now. It is circa 58 minutes long (yes, 58 minutes) so I believe it will be nearly impossible for anyone to see it all at once.
There was a lot I was meaning to say about this song and AC/DC’s style, however I hope it won’t be bothering. I have been criticized in the past for talking too much, and maybe there was some plain truth in this.
However, this is me (I think I can improve with your help here, though, so please move your critiques whenever you find it fitting) I tried to remain more concentrated on what happens in the song.
Solo Tutorial is coming shortly. Tutorials are going to be “exclusively” posted here at SoloDallas’. No other site will have them this time.
I hope you will enjoy this.
Fil
aerohead
Posted at 00:12h, 22 NovemberSeriously this is better than drugs and just as addicting! Not only can you play awesome but you teach better than anyone anywhere! Many thanks to you sir!
SoloDallas
Posted at 01:19h, 22 NovemberHEY thank you!
Omar Reves
Posted at 22:42h, 19 Aprilwhere’s the solo tutorial?
924Carrera
Posted at 21:14h, 19 DecemberThis is absolutely fantastic. I am a details type of guy; besides guitar, my hobbies include pencil sketches of automobiles in which I strive for photo-realism, and (formerly, when I had a place to work on them) scale models with as much fine detail as I could manage. Your attention to detail in this tutorial is a dream come true for me. I am an entirely self-taught guitarist, which means that I have reinforced certain playing habits that are probably bad. By covering the most minute details of what some might consider a “simple” musical passage, you have already helped me to change a few of my habits (it will take a lot of practice to reinforce, of course!) I didn’t find any part of your instruction to be long-winded or boring…the kind of people who would make that comment don’t have the patience to truly master the CORRECT way to play this classic song. I also appreciate how, despite having obvious talent, you treat the viewer as equal instead of being condescending. I’m new here; I just came across your videos last night and joined the website from there. I can see that this video was posted over 4 years ago and that your efforts lately have largely been directed at your Schaffer Replica (which is really awesome, by the way!) I hope that you will eventually find the time to produce the solo tutorial you mentioned…I would expect a feature-length film! 🙂
AngusYoung79
Posted at 10:42h, 26 MayI was wondering what Type of Gibson sg you used? was it 1970? Also what kind of camera did you use for the video?
Warm regards.
Luke
Ant
Posted at 18:20h, 23 AugustI have recently done a cover of bib but not in video form just a recording from guitar rig with a bit of audacity tweaking
whats the best way for me to share my audio recordings on here rather than the users videos section?
might be a cool idea to have that as an option on this site, for us to upload our audio recordings for listening 🙂
rockydoctor
Posted at 04:01h, 23 AugustThanks for another brilliant tutorial !
kg_fenderbender
Posted at 19:27h, 24 Mayhey fil… small question
how do you exactly get the angus distortion or crunch? I heard you like “naturally” overdriving your guitar.
Does that mean you ALWAYS put your amp volume all the way up or do you also use some of the gain from the amp.
I’ve tried putting my amp volume all the way up… and it does sound great :D… but it IS tooo loud :P… (I’ve got a small cheap amp by the way 😛 gonna get the marshall jcm 2000 dsl 100 sometime this year along with an SG and many other great guitars ;))
banane
Posted at 20:29h, 24 MayFil is using an attenuator. That allows him to play his amps on very high levels while keeping the actual volume low. That gets you the great tube crunch that starts around 7 without blasting your ears. See here: http://www.solodallas.com/an-aracom-attenuator-and-a-few-vintage-marshalls/
foreveryoung
Posted at 08:09h, 23 MarchThank´s M8 !
Very helpful tuto ! keep them coming 🙂
Ciao !
teden
Posted at 16:56h, 21 MarchGreat tutorial. The sound you get out of your rig is classic.
SoloDallas
Posted at 17:09h, 21 MarchAppreciated.
I should be doing a lot more tuts and I often announced it, but it didn’t happen yet. Why, one may wonder?
Personal progress. I always thought that in order to “teach others” one should own the matter first. Seen too many shooting tutorials with wrong sound, parts etc. i have been making personal progress on several related matters recently. I just know that if I had shot tutorials at this point I wouldn’t consider them definitive and would want to redo. This thought for now has held me jp a bit on tuts.
Just due considerations for you out there 🙂
Ant
Posted at 11:55h, 22 Marchindeed you are very considerat!
i know you will deliver with 100% as you always do Fil 😉
in terms of your bib tone do you think you have it now at a good enuf level for a solo tut?
Brunduz
Posted at 17:28h, 23 AprilAh Fil, always when i think i finaly have the song right i watch your tut and its just sound better 😀
kg_fenderbender
Posted at 10:47h, 11 Decemberis the solo tutorial coming out soon!!! LOL XD
kg_fenderbender
Posted at 16:56h, 17 OctoberHey Fil….. another thing i wanted to ask you was what kind of pick do you use? I’ve gone through many picks, from hard to soft (the soft one worked better for me). But i wanted to know what Angus, in this case You, use to get the best ACDC tone and rhythm possible.
Cheers 😀
Ant
Posted at 17:49h, 17 Octoberi asked the exact same question a while back as i used to use em 😀
Angus uses realy thick picks as do Fil i believe
if you use to soft a pick you might get a delay in the string being picked expecialy on solos i find,
my pick consists of TWO medium picks super glued together 😀 its stiffer than anyting iv used before!
Ant
Dries
Posted at 19:03h, 17 OctoberHe uses thick picks, but not that tick. Just around 1.14 or 1.5mm. Seen them on many vids.
Ant
Posted at 22:49h, 17 OctoberCool Thanks for the info Dries :), im always droping my pick lol slips out of my sweaty hands XD
Dries
Posted at 00:22h, 18 OctoberCut grooves out of it 🙂 it helps !
Ant
Posted at 09:59h, 18 Octoberwill try that! 😀
OldSchoolRocker666
Posted at 20:11h, 21 MarchI occasionally uses two Fender Extra Heavy picks and glues them together to get a better grip. Forces me to also be more carefull when picking, expecily in solo parts since the pick is so thick it seems to be allmost ”too much”, very easy to overdo the picking if i don’t play it carefully, much better grip, seems slightly ”fatter” because of the then twice as thick glued ”Fender Super Extra Heavy” pick 😀 lol
It seems easy to make the strings vibrato too much violent if one doesn’t play it carefull with this kind of pick setup. Since the pick is twice as thick there are more mass that with the same amount of picking power seems to make the strings bounce or vibrate more, in my experience it’s good for one thing since it will force you to play much more carefully and being more concentrated on what you are doing. Took a time to get used to it 😛
Nowadays i keep go back and forth so i’am not sure what is ”better”. Just wanted to share my experience mate 🙂 Try it out! 🙂
Ant
Posted at 11:53h, 22 Marchlol how thick is that! 😛 i have reverted back to a medium sized pick now but i do alternalte on occasions 🙂
kg_fenderbender
Posted at 15:57h, 29 Septemberhey fil
was wanting to ask u…. what kind of strings to you use while playing acdc songs, and what gauge would you recommend?
thnx a ton 😉
Ryley
Posted at 20:09h, 29 Septemberernie ball super slinkys, 9’s 🙂 just savin Fil the trouble here 😛