I remember getting an SG and thinking "where's the rest of it?" He made it look huge lol

@SuperCrazylegs26

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I had bought an epiphone and I remember thinking.. “maybe they aren’t the full size the gibsons are” lol

@Ivearted

2 жыл бұрын

😁

@Zappasays

2 жыл бұрын

HAHA

@EduFirenze

2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, same, for years I thought SGs were massive guitars

@jensk4140

2 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah they look like toy guitars on tall (and heavy) guys like me.

Great video, I think it would be fair to say that Angus Young has immortalised the Gibson SG, every time you see a Gibson SG, you think of Angus Young.

@Morrisonlovesrockguitar

7 ай бұрын

I usually think of tony iommi but both heavily used the sg.

One of the best lead tones in rock, sg and a Marshall amps.

The easybeats were a great band. So many good songs unknown outside of Australia

@danishskiwarehouse

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, Show Me The Way To St Louis is the blueprint for AC/DC. That driving rhythm guitar,,,

As a pre-teen kid my 3 biggest guitar influences were Tony Iommi, Ace Frehley and Angus, so I always loved SG's and Les Pauls. I remember I also had book of black and white concert footage of The Who and Pete played an SG throughout the entire book. I knew then I was destined to have an SG. After years of playing a Sekova brand silverburst strat copy my parents took me to a local mom and pop Gibson dealer in 1982 and there it was... a 1982 SG "Firebrand Deluxe" in black. I think it was like $400 and although we were considered poor, my parents bought it for me for Christmas. I later saw a photo of Angus on a Hit Parader magazine cover with the exact guitar including the factory reverse zebra bridge pickup. Since then I've toured with many bands, moved a dozen times, been through a divorce, addiction, sold off entire collections of guitars and lived in my car but against all odds... I still have that guitar today and it's sitting next to me as I type this, 40+ years later!

The SGs are a sharp looking guitar.

I've been an Ac/Dc fan for the last 25 years and i had never seen 90% of the pics in this video! Excellent work.

Proud owner of an SG guitar since 1995. I can't think of any other guitar I'd rather use

@TheGuitarShow

8 ай бұрын

Lovely! Yeah I love my SG bro!

Wow this is the most thorough & meticulous video about a guitarist I think I've ever seen before. So much love & respect would've gone into this. Subscribed

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Loki

Angus almost didn't get to use his John Diggins SG throughout the 80s as, after one of the 1982 shows at the Glasgow Apollo, I had access to the stage (I had been given a pass as compensation for losing my seat). It was sitting alongside his backup guitar in the wings of the stage. There was nobody around and the backstage exit was just a few feet away. I had a long coat on and the guitar fitted under it without being visible. I very nearly snaffled it but my teenage conscience got the better of me and I put it back in its stand. But I did get to play it first! Looking back, I'm so glad I didn't pinch it. I could never have lived with myself.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

brilliant!

@Angus_Macgregor

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much it would have gone for on Reverb now. 😆 And how many years I would have got. 🙄

13:32 Stuff Upper Lip? hahahahahaha!

@spookedhorse

3 ай бұрын

I'm dying!!!!! BAAAAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAAAA

Thank you for doing Angus Young Is one of my favourite Guitarist. Gary Moore did a fantastic Version of Friday on my Mind.

I got to see AC/DC on their Rock Or Bust tour back in 2015 in Montréal and it was definitely one of the best shows I've been to, AC/DC has always been one of my favourite bands since I was younger and Angus is a huge inspiration for me so it was awesome hearing about the classic SGs he played over the years (and the AC/DC Rig Rundown has always been one of my favourites from Premier Guitar), great video as always Ramon

@connerhills5665

2 жыл бұрын

I was at that same show and it was my 2nd time seeing them. My first time was on January 9th 2009 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto during the Black Ice tour.

@andrewpappas9311

2 жыл бұрын

Conner Hills Nice, I’m from Toronto and I’ve seen a bunch of shows there over the years. Great venue

Great info, Ramon! Thank you so much for this!

Awesome! Thanks for all your knowledge on Angus Young’s SGs he has used over the years. Angus is one of the best!

Great episode in History of his Guitars Ramon. 👍🏼Love it. Thnx. Remarkable and unique how Angus always remained loyal to the SG.

Awesome! You brought back the intro music! Great journalism, Goose!

Outstanding as always! Thanks so much.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thanks for this! Love your vids. And now you’ve covered my hero!

I remember that in the 90’s he had a column in Guitar World, and he was using an older cream coloured SG

@timothya.olmeda7299

2 жыл бұрын

I remember that cover well, the cover and background behind angus was green. The guitar you were speaking about was a prop or rental from the magazine. Angus preferred brown SG’s, followed by the different reds and that black custom.

@PetiteLameque

2 жыл бұрын

@@timothya.olmeda7299 worst part, I even remember that this SG had a missing inlay! 😂😂

@timothya.olmeda7299

2 жыл бұрын

@@PetiteLameque It had a dot inlay, standard. It also has the letters SG indented on the bell trust rod cover. I have a photographic memory. That, and I had that magazine for over 25+ years. I think I still have it in my music magazine collection in the garage somewhere.🤓 I remember it was so unusual to see him with an SG in that color and style.

@m.j.morshead

4 ай бұрын

I heard a story that he purchased a cream SG off Elvis,not sure if the story has any truth to it.🤷

Great video , I enjoyed it. Thank you

That 'Let There Be Rock' film is the best 2 hours of concert footage ever made. Next to 'Live At Donnington'.

Great video! Nice and comprehensive.

Thanks for sharing. I loved this👍

Enjoyed this very much Ramon thank you

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Pleasure Isn

Excellent video, thanks for all your research.

Your channel is great- you are doing a great job. I must add, that I saw AC/DC in late 1976 (they were a fill in band), and he played a black Music Man Sting Ray. He even wore a different costume, it was blue.

Awesome, thank you

Thanks Ramon.

Angus Young is a cool operator. Always swagger. 100%

The the guitars are great. But in the end, it's not the car, it's the driver

Great videos keep making them they are very informative

Outstanding, So detailed, great stuff on the Radio Preamp.

A point of note : i dont think john digins so much as made an new SG out right for angus, as rescued an old gibson that had corroded so bad -- through sweat leaking into the electronics -- that it had caught fire, for the monsters of rock. I might be wrong on this, but i dont think so. If you look at pictures of that guitar it has a slightly alcove look to the body were the damaged wood had been "plained" away.

Great content, fascinating study and unique I'd say. Immediately subbed!

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

thanks!

Awesome detailed information. The sg is still my favorite guitar as well as AC/DC my favorite band. Well done sir, thank you 👍👍

Excellent as always. Thanks!

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig

5:30 The tape on the neck pickup is to prevent the high e string from getting stuck.

There’s a Rig Rundown on AC/DC where they interview Trace Foster who is Angus Young’s guitar tech. They showed the three guitars that Angie was using for that tour. One of them was the black SG that began life as the triple pickup custom and is known as the Back in Black SG. The other was the walnut finish that also was painted black and a new SG given to Angus by the guitarists for Paul McCartney and Angus was being used as a backup. You can see the repairs made to both of the older ones where the block of wood was cut for the wireless pack. Nice to see this history tie in nicely with that video.

@clintwilson6380

2 жыл бұрын

I seen that about 20 times, love it.

Love SG's.

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Me too

Nice one 😎💯🎸👑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Pleasure Allan

@Daddysboys75

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGuitarShow Thank you Sir! Love your work, have a great weekend! 😃✌🏼

Great vid!!

Impressive Guitar documentary on Angus. Enjoyed it.

He’s like 5’ 2” he needed a small guitar.

@joefairweatherblues8511

2 жыл бұрын

Well, he could've used a electrified ukelele,☺️ Woulda done the business

I never heard of "lightning rods" except in reference to metal rods meant to safely ground lightning strikes. I've only heard the term "lightning bolts" to describe the jagged streak of light seen in a lightning strike. Perhaps I've not been around much. However I still liked this video, and pretty much all of The Guitar Show vids. Thanks.

@castleanthrax1833

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've not heard of a stuff upper lip either. 🤔

Great presentation. Thanks.

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

The Schaffer-Vega Diversity System from the 70s was eventually banned by the FCC, but, as mentioned, it did something to the guitar tone that Angus liked. A company duplicated the box and it can be used like an effect. You can see it on Angus' Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video from 2016.

@corneliuscrewe677

2 жыл бұрын

Solo Dallas. They also make pickups and amps geared towards the AC/DC sound. If you haven’t seen it, check out their KZread channel, they’ve been uploading some outstanding AC/DC covers.

@wolfgangwolfdogplaysguitar701

Жыл бұрын

Why was it banned?

@carlstawicki1915

Жыл бұрын

@@wolfgangwolfdogplaysguitar701 I don’t know the specifics, but I know it used VHF TV frequencies and the FCC limited it’s power output.

Angus Young is One of my favourite Guitarists I Love AC DC I Own a Red Vintage SG Copy .

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Very nice those Vintage guitars are really nice

This is great really looking forward to the second video, when are you planning to do a part two on the Eddie Van Halen history of guitars video

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

I promise thats coming soon

Angus and SG guitar ratio or proportion is perfect !

SGs are light…. That’s why it’s the most headstock heavy guitar ever build. I love my SG but playing standing… uff!

@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185

Жыл бұрын

It’s the opposite of a Flying V lol. The part of the SG that’s tough for me is how it’s shifted over to the left. If you look few players interchange with an SG live. Even Bonamassa who’s basically a traveling guitar show. I know he has them but I’ve never seen him use one live (I’m sure he has tho). But it’s a tough switch. Personally I can go from big neck to small neck, single coils to HB’s no problem but as soon as I strap that SG on it’s like woah wait give me a minute here I just hit a G and it sounded allot like an A lol

He's so humble. One of the biggest, baddest guitarists ever and tours with 3 70's SG's through reissue Marshalls. Most home guitarists can afford his rig. He also plays whole shows with one SG! You never see that with modern guitarists.

I love Angus. Thanks for listing his axes!!!

@TheGuitarShow

9 ай бұрын

Many thanks indeed Fred!

All the Angus signature guitars in the mid 2000’s came with the devil on the headstock and trapezoid inlays. It also had the ‘walrus tooth’ tremolo system on them also. I think it was around 2015 another two signatures came out. One was a custom shop and the other retailed for around £1000. The custom shop had the batwing pick guard whereas it’s cheaper counter part had the smaller pick guard.

I luv the Custom SG with the white pick guard he uses.

Nice job and good effort! Although a few things could be changed throughout. I will mention that his black Donnington SG with the Les Paul is a 1963. The body details and serial number put it as so and he also had another almost identical black SG with him since the Donnington tour which can be hard to tell apart if you don't know what to look for that one is a 1963/64.

Great video 👍👏

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark

Hey Ramon, great video! Would love to see one of the history of Michael Schenker’s guitars. Cheers!

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this - I'll put him on the list

@Watergrovey

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGuitarShow Thank you!!

@willashfordpayne8354

2 жыл бұрын

Can you Do Alex Lefson.

Walnut finish, volute, Made In USA stamp, and large pickguard would put it at 1970. I had that exact 1970 model, which was a basketcase when I got it, so I modified it to all hell. Sold it around 2001-02, I think, at the Michigan Guitar Show to a kid who obviously intended to flip it. In his Vintage Guitar column on oddball ebay finds, Will Ray featured Danelectro guitars that had been modded extensively. In a side note, he gave a description of an SG he'd found that matched mine exactly. Almost wish I had that guitar back. Lol.

I love my SG's!

This is fascinating. I’ve always assumed he used stock guitars 🤯

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

there is a lot of rock history in this video.....i enjoyed it.....although i never had a Gibson SG myself, i bought one for my son, who loves it....:-)

Nice. Thanks

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Pelasure

STIFF upper lip tour👍

Another great video, if you were in a bar band in 80’s you were playing 2 or 3 AC/DC songs, looking forward to the next video , thanks.

Manny’s Music on 48th Street?

10.37 - that's Tony Iommi's SG - got the crosses on the fretboard and its left handed . .

Note: the early 80's SG Standard had the toggle switch moved above and behind the 4 control knobs. Fortunately, Gibson eventually moved it back to where it originally was located (in front of the control knobs). Nice.

Always dug the custom with the white pickguard. Such a nice look

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

me too!

Thank you for this, I'm pretty sure this the one everyone's been waiting for. I would like to add its said Angus' first sg got work done to it after he started using the highway to hell second. Hes also said he has retired it to only studio cause he wants nothing to happen to it. So what a lot of people think including me is that the cherry sg that's used on the back n black music videos with white pickup selector washer, full batwing pick guard, with a pickup ring around the bridge pickup that's later added with lightning bolt inlays is his first sg just redone. 1] He said he doesn't use it anymore, which is true he hasn't played it since early 2000s. 2] It looks exactly like the first one just redone. Also he has played the signature ones that look like that one but if you look closely those ones don't have a pickup ring around the bridge pickup. Thanks just thought I'd share.

@SoloDallasII

2 жыл бұрын

I suggested that theory to Fil (SoloDallas) and he thinks the lightning bolts SG is probably his 2nd or 3rd SG. But he has seen the original 1st SG and it's not been restored, still in rough shape to this day.

@jamesrickmanguitar

2 жыл бұрын

@@SoloDallasII I would LOVE to see the first one somebody needs to find a way to get a photo of it.

@SoloDallasII

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrickmanguitar Realistically, it will not see the light of day until Angus dies.

Oz Rock Legands. Vander and Young in the Easybeats paved the way for AC/DC .im lucky enough to have grown up watching ACDC live. Angus and his school bag. The initial cordless was inside the bag. 👊 Bon was the best. ✌️🤘🏴☠️🇦🇺

13:31 aaah yes the stUff upper lip tour

AWESOME!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

There was a vide somewhere on youtube, where the author of the video claimed that the black sg from the 90s is one of Angus’s first two Guitars, refinished. I am not sure if this is correct. Thanks again for such a cool video!

Kool a legendary player I had a friend I was 17 or 18 that was,78 my friend was 21 I arrived on evening we usually at least smoked a joint . But he pulls out an album turns out it was let there be rock . We played it listened he goes this band is gonna be the next great band referring to Zeppelin The Stones and even the Beatles . I went you sure about that lol. He could tell somehow so in my neck of the woods he discovered ACDC . No one really knew who they were as this was before Highway was released . I never spoke to him again so I don't know what he thought of Brian Johnson . It's crazy I had another friend tell me he passed away

Awesome!!!! Do Tony Iommi please!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Thanx Goose, That was great. You never disappoint... ...and BTW, have we done a Jeff Beck yet? ...or Keith Richards?

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

I've done Keith - Jeff Beck is on the 5 to do next list...

I'll bet that installing the wireless transmitter pack into the back of his SG to some extent helped correct the notorious 'neck dive' of this guitar.

Angus Young Is the Best Bad Ass Blues Based Rock & Roller of All Time, Hands Down, Nobody Can Come Close to Him, Rock On, Cousin Figel

JD Houligan eh. What are the odds of me finding one of those I wonder.

@stesharr

2 жыл бұрын

Just ask jaydee to build you a set.

@electricladyguitarsdevonuk1414

2 жыл бұрын

John put a Hooligan in the bridge position on my Strat. After collecting it I plugged it into Angus' backline (Birmingham Odeon) and had a blast prior to the band showing up for the show

SG s are prone to cracking on the top mounted jack socked so this is probably the reason it was moved

People: getting mad about a microscopic scratch. Angus: putting tape to hide holes.

Theres some slide work on the black ice album, wonder if Angus used an sg for that or whether it's even Malcolm playing the slide

@garyginther6742

2 жыл бұрын

It would have had to have the action raised, unless he has that magic touch and can avoid the frets with the slide even with low action. I would not doubt he can. I'm pretty sure his action is always set low, but I really don't know. It would've been nice if that info had been covered, but I'm not complaining. It's still a nice video.

@bombercountyblues

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyginther6742 I use an epiphone sg as my main slide guitar.. with the strings slackened off a bit, you can raise or drop the action at the bridge in seconds using just your fingers..

@skatertrev7

2 жыл бұрын

I recall a Guitar World article about this. I don't think they mentioned what guitar was used on Stormy May Day, but they did say it was Angus playing it.

@garyginther6742

2 жыл бұрын

@@bombercountyblues I can appreciate your comment, but that would not change the action much farther away from the bridge - closer to the nut. I'm sure in the studio AND on stage, he would have a special guitar for combination slide work and normal fret work, and possibly have another one that's just for slide work only. I'm sure that's how most professionals would approach putting in slide parts. Your approach would be too time consuming and too much of a hassle for players with a lot of dough.

@billythekid7090

2 жыл бұрын

Gary Rossington uses an sg on Freebird for slide, he says and does, I’ve seen pictures of it, he slides a little screw driver under the strings on the first fret to raise the action, still does it to this day

Waiting for the 1970 SG Standard prices to go nuts… Interesting that Angus like the necks on them so much. They have a very narrow nut but get almost baseball bat like from the 7th fret onwards. Love mine!

I enjoyed this walk down memory lane. In 1978 late backline crew member 'Keith Evans' & I took Angus' SG1 (fairly sure) to John Diggins to have a new body made. Angus had sweat so much that the body had rotted in places. About August 1979 I started building Backline cages for what became the Back in Black tour. Heady days! kzread.info/dash/bejne/k3d-sdV9ZNiZfso.html

Ive never seeen Angus have Cross Inlays, however I have seen Toni Iommi play one often.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he got one from Jaydee

what's that bridge installed at 5:20

Thanks for posting this. Any chance you can do Adrian Smith and/or Dave Murray?

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the suggestions Wayne

On a side note, they represent the Lollipop Guild.

I've seen few pictures of Angus holding and/or playing quite a few different guitars. Mustangs, ES-335s, Les Pauls (both single and double cut). I'm not sure if he owned them or if they were borrowed.

@kramalerav

2 жыл бұрын

Despite his obvious yen for the SG, I’m pretty sure he nevertheless keeps a Gibson Les Paul at his home. He certainly afford it.

I love the SG

very nice. new subscriber here. Can you make a mark knopfler one?

Cool.... altough i think the black SG with the small guard is a strange transition between 63 and 65... but who knows... what about the great aged and signed model ;)

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this

Why is there a thumbs down? Cool video.

@TheGuitarShow

2 жыл бұрын

thanks

Hey, hello everyone! I was just curious to know which kind of pick ups Angus had in his SG in a particoular live (If You Want Blood, You've Got It).. in "The Jack" I really love the tone. Anybody can help me? I know is too much specific, but I'd really like to have that tone with my SG

@pittbrat7963

2 жыл бұрын

T tops

Life long fan, i got to see them in Dayton OH a all around time of my life ill take to my grave! AC/DC will always be #1 unchallenged. My head rung for a couple days after. I want a cannon for souvenir lol. So sorry for the loss of Malcolm. Is Phill behaving now days? Brian ,Cliff all are legends, class of your own.

@TheGuitarShow

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the great comment

Output jack!

Love the song Friday on my mind, never knew it was Angus bro.

@kevkoala

2 жыл бұрын

It sure is/was! The Easybeats had a lot of good songs and his brother along with Harry Vanda (lead guitarist for The Easybeats) also produced the first few albums of AC/DC up to Powerage.

@thrashthrasherson3803

Жыл бұрын

It's not Angus mate, it's his older brother George Young.

I always thought Harry Vanda and Danny Kirwan looked so much alike that they could have been brothers.

In a nutshell….HE PLAYS GIBSON SG’S……lol

@Dmena373

2 жыл бұрын

@David Wang nah he probably fits