angus is god…

[tmb1958]

…or so it seems from my time on everything sg. somehow angus ends up in what seems like every thread. me i am ambivalent about mr. young, ac/dc give me a headache. i am 65 years old and geezing so that may explain it. they were just coming up in germany when i was in high school back in the mid seventies and i did not care for them then.
i think its interesting so many different ages congregate here to discuss the smallest detail of a mass produced product in such detail. i just love sg’s and always have 4 or 5 of them and one of others in my collection. i have seen so many interesting things from pissing contests to long thoughtful posts on this site.
back to angus, i do love the attitude and the schoolboy costume. the kinks did the same thing during the schoolboys in disgrace album, i am not sure just this moment which was first.
angus has been a lifelong player of the sg we all love so much, rarely have i seen him with a another guitar.
well god bless all you angaphiles i will vote that angus is a minor god.

 

[PermissionToLand]

 

[DrBGood]

I'm here every day and I rarely see him mentioned. We mustn't read the same threads.

 

[PermissionToLand]

 

[Norton]

Love his lyrical solo lines... from the start to say.... fly on the wall.

hard to beat.

 

[PermissionToLand]

Love his lyrical solo lines... from the start to say.... fly on the wall.

hard to beat.

I think his solos were still fantastic through The Razor's Edge, and Stiff Upper Lip was a bright spot in the later years for soloing.

Chase The Ace from Who Made Who has one of his best and most overlooked solos.

 

[DrBGood]

Can't stand the looks of him. If that's what God looks like, I think I'll like hell better.

 

[Brownred]

Can't stand the looks of him. If that's what God looks like, I think I'll like hell better.

And Hell Ain't a Bad Place To beee

 

[Decadent Dan]

And Hell Ain't a Bad Place To beee

“My friends are gonna be there too”

Oops, Highway to Hell

 

[TheDixiePig]

Read an article yesterday about a young lady and her trip to the Gibson Garage in London. She is 14 and has been playing a few years. She decided she wants an SG.
"There were guitars that I’d seen people playing but never seen before up close," she tells us later. "Like the AC/DC one. If I was going to buy a Gibson guitar it would be an SG.”
The AC/DC one. Funny thing is, that was my thoughts as a teen many years ago the first time I saw Angus on the cover of an album. Man that Angus guitar is the coolest looking thing I've ever seen. Didn't know what it was, didn't know dick about Gibson, but I knew I loved that devil horn guitar. It took 30+ years, but I finally got my own. Wonder how many SG's ole Angus has sold?

 

[LogicprObe]

“My friends are gonna be there too”

Oops, Highway to Hell

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Funny thing is......at about the same time I had a similar set up.........WASP stack but I had my new SG Standard.
(I lived 10kms (6 miles) away from him too!)

 

[Col Mustard]

I'm with the OP... I never listened to ACDC or Black Sabbath.
I listen to them now only because colleagues on this forum seem so obsessed with them.
I listen with an open mind but I still don't really get it. I grew up on other forms of music.

What I do understand is the OCD posts on this forum. Simply put, an Internet forum attracts
the OCD individual. This is true on the Telecaster forum, and on the Gibson guitar forum
and on the Martin guitar forum. It's also true on the Rimfire forum (RFC) and on the
Ruger firearms forum... so it's not just guitar players who can obsess about tiny details.

I never spend time on the Les Paul forum but will wager
(and win) that it is the same there, or even more so. I believe that the Les Paul guitar attracts
OCD individuals more than other guitar models. This is only a belief, not a fact.

I am a little older than the OP, so that I was in high school during the early to middle sixties.
Because of this I don't associate the SG with Angus or Tony... I associate the SG with The Who, and
The Grateful Dead, The Mothers of Invention, Eric Clapton in Cream, and Big Brother & the Holding Company,
The Doors, and later on with Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult and Frank Zappa.
These are way different kinds of music, but the SG can do it all.

The first time I ever saw an SG was at a party I went to as a teen.
There was a band, and I hung out by them, dreaming and fantasizing that I'd become a good enough
player to be in a band like that. They took a break and the guitar player set his guitar down, flipped
his amp to standby and went to get a beer and check out the chicks. I stood there staring at his
guitar. It was a red SG, and I felt then and still feel that it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen... up to
then. It was prolly 1965, I had never seen one before, and knew nothing about Les Paul guitars either.
Les Paul guitars were discontinued then, due to lack of interest.

Up to then I'd thought Strats were cool and I was really interested in Mosrite guitars, because I liked
the music of The Ventures. I really thought I wanted a Mosrite guitar until I saw that SG.
So I still associate the SG with sixties rock an roll, not surf music, not Motown, not do-wop,
not falsetto boys, and not the Beatles or the Stones (or the Dave Clark Five). The SG could
(and probably was) used for all those genres... none of which had much to do with ACDC or
Black Sabbath... those came later.

 

[Col Mustard]

Some of the videos on this thread are great.
When ever there's a thread on this forum concerning neck dive,
I like to post a picture of Angus with both arms in the air
and his SG obediently balanced... Angus has zero problems
with neck dive.

Neither do I. I own two SGs and they both balance well. My 2012
SG special '70s tribute has a tiny bit of neck dive, probably because the
headstock is the oversize "70s canoe paddle." But it doesn't head for
the floor instantly.

Sure and Angus employs a staff of roadies to manage his equipment locker
and they keep his guitars perfect, just the way he likes them.
Isn't that what we all need?

 

[pinkeye]

You wont see Angus with other guitars because the SG is light weight and small like him.

 

[An Abiding Dude]

I'm with the OP... I never listened to ACDC or Black Sabbath.
I listen to them now only because colleagues on this forum seem so obsessed with them.
I listen with an open mind but I still don't really get it. I grew up on other forms of music.

What I do understand is the OCD posts on this forum. Simply put, an Internet forum attracts
the OCD individual. This is true on the Telecaster forum, and on the Gibson guitar forum
and on the Martin guitar forum. It's also true on the Rimfire forum (RFC) and on the
Ruger firearms forum... so it's not just guitar players who can obsess about tiny details.

I never spend time on the Les Paul forum but will wager
(and win) that it is the same there, or even more so. I believe that the Les Paul guitar attracts
OCD individuals more than other guitar models. This is only a belief, not a fact.

I am a little older than the OP, so that I was in high school during the early to middle sixties.
Because of this I don't associate the SG with Angus or Tony... I associate the SG with The Who, and
The Grateful Dead, The Mothers of Invention, Eric Clapton in Cream, and Big Brother & the Holding Company,
The Doors, and later on with Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult and Frank Zappa.
These are way different kinds of music, but the SG can do it all.

The first time I ever saw an SG was at a party I went to as a teen.
There was a band, and I hung out by them, dreaming and fantasizing that I'd become a good enough
player to be in a band like that. They took a break and the guitar player set his guitar down, flipped
his amp to standby and went to get a beer and check out the chicks. I stood there staring at his
guitar. It was a red SG, and I felt then and still feel that it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen... up to
then. It was prolly 1965, I had never seen one before, and knew nothing about Les Paul guitars either.
Les Paul guitars were discontinued then, due to lack of interest.

Up to then I'd thought Strats were cool and I was really interested in Mosrite guitars, because I liked
the music of The Ventures. I really thought I wanted a Mosrite guitar until I saw that SG.
So I still associate the SG with sixties rock an roll, not surf music, not Motown, not do-wop,
not falsetto boys, and not the Beatles or the Stones (or the Dave Clark Five). The SG could
(and probably was) used for all those genres... none of which had much to do with ACDC or
Black Sabbath... those came later.

Sometimes it is all about timing when you're at that pure impressionable age. I was 13 in 1980, found Back in Black and the "Let There Be Rock" movie and it was all over. I was amazed that Angus could be in virtual constant motion throughout a performance and seemingly never miss a note. Later, once I got a guitar under my fingers I admired his taste and virtuosity. Here is the OG 1986 SG I bought because I wanted to be Angus Young someday. Pete Townshend, his white "boiler" suit and Doc Martins would soon follow.

 

[zachspecial]

I'm with the OP... I never listened to ACDC or Black Sabbath.
I listen to them now only because colleagues on this forum seem so obsessed with them.
I listen with an open mind but I still don't really get it. I grew up on other forms of music.

What I do understand is the OCD posts on this forum. Simply put, an Internet forum attracts
the OCD individual. This is true on the Telecaster forum, and on the Gibson guitar forum
and on the Martin guitar forum. It's also true on the Rimfire forum (RFC) and on the
Ruger firearms forum... so it's not just guitar players who can obsess about tiny details.

I never spend time on the Les Paul forum but will wager
(and win) that it is the same there, or even more so. I believe that the Les Paul guitar attracts
OCD individuals more than other guitar models. This is only a belief, not a fact.

I am a little older than the OP, so that I was in high school during the early to middle sixties.
Because of this I don't associate the SG with Angus or Tony... I associate the SG with The Who, and
The Grateful Dead, The Mothers of Invention, Eric Clapton in Cream, and Big Brother & the Holding Company,
The Doors, and later on with Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult and Frank Zappa.
These are way different kinds of music, but the SG can do it all.

The first time I ever saw an SG was at a party I went to as a teen.
There was a band, and I hung out by them, dreaming and fantasizing that I'd become a good enough
player to be in a band like that. They took a break and the guitar player set his guitar down, flipped
his amp to standby and went to get a beer and check out the chicks. I stood there staring at his
guitar. It was a red SG, and I felt then and still feel that it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen... up to
then. It was prolly 1965, I had never seen one before, and knew nothing about Les Paul guitars either.
Les Paul guitars were discontinued then, due to lack of interest.

Up to then I'd thought Strats were cool and I was really interested in Mosrite guitars, because I liked
the music of The Ventures. I really thought I wanted a Mosrite guitar until I saw that SG.
So I still associate the SG with sixties rock an roll, not surf music, not Motown, not do-wop,
not falsetto boys, and not the Beatles or the Stones (or the Dave Clark Five). The SG could
(and probably was) used for all those genres... none of which had much to do with ACDC or
Black Sabbath... those came later.

if you are interested in exploring sabbath more i highly recommend the album heaven and hell, it is arguably the best hard rock/metal album of all time, not a single track that isn't perfect and the vocals are top notch because the ditched screeching ozzy (i like ozzy, but he's not even close to a lot of other vocalists in skill) for the powerhouse vocalist dio, who is widely considered the best vocalist of all time. also the production a light years ahead of ealy sabbath stuff. ANYONE who hasn't listened to the album heaven and hell is missing out on so much.

 

[Feverdog]

Angus is great. I’m partial to AC/DC pre-Mutt Lange, they had this grit to them. When I think of SGs, Robbie Krieger is the first that comes to mind, then prolly Angus and Iommi tied for 2nd.

I was a sworn LP guy for life b/c of BFG and King Buzzo from the Melvins. But one day I woke -up old and in pain, and realized SGs are lighter, cheaper, and more badass than LPs.

Now I own 2 SGs and no other guitars. I identified what relative neck shape and heel joint I prefer (not a fan of the ‘61 specs as it turns out). Pretty pleased currently.

 

[Col Mustard]

I'm often inspired by Samantha Fish...
she's got the Texas rock girl thing going
but in this video she talks about being inspired by ACDC.
Pretty cool.
I like her style and her songs and love her custom Tele too
and her cigar box guitar as well, but she can really rock
her SG standard.

 

[Keefoman]

Grew up listening to AC/DC (and a huge lot of other bands, of course), and Angus and Malcolm have always been a huge inspiration.

At the end of the '80s there was also a band here in Norway that rose to fame and stardom. They called themselves Backstreet Girls. The guitarplayer, a self pronounced big Angus fan, Petter Baarlie, also mainly playing an SG, became a big inspiration. Backstreet Girls with Mr. Baarlie on his SG, are actually still touring to this day...

 

[Dave]

I'm a huge AC/DC fan. They instantly became my favorite band after seeing them on Midnight Special back in the late 70s. Powerage is an amazing album with fantastic playing by Angus. The powerful, raw tone of the guitars just blew me away. He'll always be a God in my eyes.