Forum
Do any of you sing/play in a AC/DC tribute band?
Do any of you sing or play in a AC/DC tribute band? I sing in a tribute band I formed called Ball/Breaker. I perform mostly Brian songs, but do a few Bon tracks like Let There Be Rock, Bad Boy Boogie, The Jack, Highway to hell, and Whats Next To The Moon, and a few others.
I have been trying for some time to put together an AC/DC cover band here in New York but with limited success. If all the pieces of the puzzle would come together than maybe I could get something going. Hey donneyboy, does your band have any videos on YouTube I can check out?
I dont play in one but I would like to do a side project with that and my other band. Im a drummer so i've been thinking about one
Dirty deeds- Sorry we dont. We've pnly played three gigs so far. But once I get a decent camcorder that can handle the bass I will.
Also one of the reasons I cant afford a camcorder is because I spent most of my life savings on a 1968 Gibson SG along with a 1965 Fender Twin Reverb amp. the grand total was $6900, only have about $55 left
Never liked to be a copy-tribute of anybody.We may had 1 or 2 songs of some band when we did a gig. I think tribute shows weakness to compose something yourself unless the tribute band it's a side-just for fan project.My opinion.
I've wanted to get a tribute band together for a long time, but the only semi-success I've had was a group of old, drug-addled men, who mainly wanted to play Zeppelin; nothing against the Zep, but I can't sing like that, lol. So now I mostly just get drunk and do karaoke at the local bars for the girls. They dig it.
I wanna put together an AC/DC cover band, but none of my friends are really into AC/DC; the ones that can play instruments, anyway. Donney: Damn, I would kill for a '68 SG! I'm trying to sell some gear to afford an Angus Signature. Then I'll probably throw in a Burstbucker unless I really like the AY Sig humbucker.
Since i own an AY signature i must say the the magnet rocks. So don't change it...Er,when you get the SG(main reason a decided to stop be an unemployed prick and get a job).
LOL, nice Sap. I played a used AY Sig through a Marshall stack at Sam Ash and it sounded great as I recall but I also played a VOS LP more recently and the Burstbuckers blew me away. I have a '57 Classic equipped Les Paul and I love the pickup but it's too tame for AC/DC.
Well it's matter of taste but for me it's the only magnet i use since i bought the guitar and i don't need nothing else.The other magnets and guitars i have are for decorative purposes.
Magnets? You mean pickups? Anyway, you should try some Burstbuckers, the sound is classic "Les Paul" to the bone.
Yes pickups, we call them magnets in Greek language,so. No i don't need Les Paul sound, i'm fine.
Well okay then, but the Les Paul sound is basically the SG sound.
Well why experiment to get the SG sound when i already own an SG? :)
Because some SGs, for example the SG Standard don't have the SG sound. ;)
Oh, come on.Ok SG special and epiphone are crap but Standard rocks!! AC/DC guitar tech Geoff Banks: The main one he used for the new album and will probably use for this tour is one of his old SGs, the one with the lightning bolt slash inlays on the fingerboard, and the AC/DC logo. That’s a basic, stock early-’70s SG with --HUMBUCKERS--. There’s nothing particularly flashy about it. It’s well worn. He’s had it for a long, long time. It was a vintage, stock SG, but at some point somebody put the slashes in the fingerboard. It’s got a large scratch-plate (pick guard), which goes above and below the pickups. A couple of his spare SGs even have the Vibrola system on them. Are all the pickups stock? Banks: They’re all the basic, stock Gibson pickups as far as I know. Sometimes they get waterlogged from all the sweat, so sometimes he won’t play one for a couple of days until it dries out. Sometimes we put a hair dryer on them. At some point somebody bypassed the tone and the other wiring controls to just give him one volume control, for the back pickup. Otherwise all the wiring is back to stock. He uses the bridge pickup all the time. Sometimes in the studio he’ll go to the neck pickup and play some phenomenal blues licks. He’s an excellent blues player, unbelievable. One of his idols is Johnny Winter. Basically SG has the SG sound Les Paul the Les Paul sound Fender the Fender sound.... If they wanted Les Paul sound like SG then they should have named it SG. 3 reasons i use SG. 1)The SG sound. 2)AC/DC 3)Shape I never liked the Les Paul sound "GnRoses style" So if those Burstbuckers are standard Les Paul sound then my toilet will have a busy day flashing them :P P.S. It just came to me.Are you talking about the new AY signature?I'm talking about the OLD AY Signature.The new one is Gibsons "backtracks" guitar.A commercial piece of crap! I'm talking about the guitar that you have in your signature ;) Mine btw. http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr62/klaint/zzzzzss.jpg
Opps..Sorry you don't have the AY in your signature...
No, the PUPs in the Standard are way too hot for AC/DC. Remember, the T-Tops in Angus's original SG were low output PUPs. That guy obviously wasn't Angus's tech when the lightning bolt guitars were made. He has several of them, BTW. They're all made by JayDee Custom Guitars except the first, which was a renecked Gibson. All Angus's pickups WERE stock until this tour when Seymour Duncan made the pickups for his two main SGs. Think of it this way, the original Les Paul's electronics were exactly the same as the SG's, the only differences being the body shapes. So if Burstbuckers give a Les Paul the perfect LP sound, then they should do the same for an SG. You catch my drift? BTW, the new USA AY Signature is not as cool as the original, but the Custom Shop ones are badass.
Nice SG, I'm selling my guitars for an AY Signature (the original of course). I already put my Les Paul Classic Custom up on Craigslist: http://hartford.craigslist.org/msg/1543577419.html
Geoff Banks is with AC/DC since 1990.The lightnings were installed, when? "All Angus's pickups WERE stock until this tour when Seymour Duncan made the pickups for his two main SGs." Aha, so that's why the sound was so bad :P Anyway i'll give you the 2009 tour but i have all the pre 2008 tours right ;) "Think of it this way, the original Les Paul's electronics were exactly the same as the SG's, the only differences being the body shapes. So if Burstbuckers give a Les Paul the perfect LP sound, then they should do the same for an SG. You catch my drift?" So why don't use humbuckers for the SG sound then?I don't think we are talking about 1960's Les Paul.Unless you have Burstbuckers from the 60's..With the current dates SG has the SG sound and LP has the LP..So if you want to mix your LP sound in the SG be my guest, i don't really like the idea of a CURRENT LP pickup in my kick as AY pickup.Not one bit. Bottom line it's weird to replace the AY pickup, very weird but if you prefer another sound then ok by me, i would never have done it. P.S. And the Standard ROCKS!Yes it's way to hot but i also play Judas Priest, Running Wild etc so it's my kind of guitar, but the AY SG also delivers pure rawness!Believe me i have rehearsed with band songs from Metallica$$ to Blue Oyster Cult, i've never heard a guitar do it so good on everything.
Circa 1984. Yeah, I agree he sounds shit on this tour. They use Burstbuckers in the Custom Shop VOS SGs because they're the closest recreation of the PAFs that came in the 1961 SGs, as well as the 1959 Les Pauls. You get what I'm saying? The only tonal difference between a 1959 LP and a 1961 SG is in the body, not the electronics. The electronics were the same. Well if you're into metal the Standard may be good but not for AC/DC or blues.
Yes probably not for standard blues, great for AC/DC and up(hard rock,metal). "The only tonal difference between a 1959 LP and a 1961 SG is in the body, not the electronics. " Yes i said i'm talking about modern pickups.If you install an older one then maybe, but then again an old one would probably have melted or something :) If you're so anxious to get the 61 sound then try to find a 61 guitar.I'll talk for what i have in the present and from what i've been playing with, AY SG has the best sound, Fender the worst and LP a bluesy sound that i don't like and if you push it to rock-metal then it's awful.If you expect for a modern Burstbucker or even a Humbucker to give you the exact 61 sound then you've been unrealistic. Anyway if you're into LP sound, why do you sell your LP to get an SG and make it sound like an LP? :P
Yes, I do. I am the drummer of R.I.P., we are playing together since 1991. We do own songs, and we cover 28 tracks of ac/dc. visit our homepage under http://www.rock-in-peace.ch/html/ or take a listen to our newest song "Keep On Rockin'" http://www.rock-in-peace.ch/html/cc/Rock%20In%20Peace%20-%20Keep%20On%20Rockin.mp3 Cheers from Switzerland
No, Maiden and up. AC/DC requires a low output pickup as I said. Most people go way over board with the distortion when playing AC/DC. You need very little. ...and the Burstbucker is a replica of the PAFs that were in the original LPs and SGs. So the same conditions apply when swapping between an SG and LP. LOL yeah like I could afford a 1961 SG. And if you mean a 61 reissue, those have '57 Classics. No, I'm selling it to buy an SG to make that sound like an SG because they are identical guitars electronically.
AY is identical electronically to your LP??Without the pickups i assume. "...and the Burstbucker is a replica of the PAFs that were in the original LPs and SGs."Yes a replica not an original.Unless you have played an original you never know.Anyway i don't know i'm not an electrician, i don't wanna go more technical, i can comment on the sound i get from the guitars and i stand by my opinion.You need very little distortion with AC/DC,true...But with what amplifier(s)?You know the answer ;) ,can you afford it?Valves cost you know.Sadly i put more distortion at home and i only have played non valve amps live or in studio (one exception) so i cannot comment on the distortion(hmm metal with valves....hmmm :) . Yes 61 reissue, not original 61 :) Anyhow if you get the AY then please have a clearer view bout the magnet, it's a same to through the AY pickup. Again if you play mostly blues and AC/DC then...please have a clearer view bout the magnet, it's a same to through the AY pickup. :) I'm saying this because it's different to have a quick play at the shop and another issue to have the guitar home.... Ok, i'll close it here and i'm waiting comments on your purchase, when you make it. Was a very creative dialog between 2 really stubborn guys with different views but the same love for music ;) (oh,how poetic am i :P ). P.S. So if i put a humbucker on a LP what sound will i get?I'm curious.
No, as I've been saying repeatedly, a vintage LP is electronically identical to a vintage SG. So if you want the vintage SG sound, get a vintage LP's pickups, or whatever most closely models that (i.e. Burstbuckers). Sure, if you can afford real PAFs, go for it, but I sure as hell can't. You get it now?
Aha so you're talking for low priced magnets?And you compare them to what? Again i can tell you what todays LP's and SG sound and i prefer the SG's as they are. Anyway how much is the price on real PAF's?Cuz you're already getting a highly expensive guitar with kick ass pickups, would be a shame to replace the pickups with something cheaper just because it's says "Burstbucker".And ever worst if you don't get better sound.
No, I'm talking about pickups that aren't absurdly priced like real PAFs. You obviously don't know much about Burstbuckers. Burstbuckers certainly aren't low priced. They're the closest recreation of a PAF you would find in a '59 LP or '61 SG which is why they get the perfect SG or LP sound. They're quite expensive but a bargain compared to real PAFs.