"thunderstruck" intro

thezakattac · #1 November 28th, 2007

is anyone familiar with thunderstruck by ac/dc? i want to learn the into. it's played entirely on the 2nd string, and ive adapted the method of holding the 1st and 3rd strings with my right hand as i attempt to do the pull offs accurately without hitting the other strings. but when i pull off to make the B note (it goes 0-4-0-7 etc) it just doesnt sound right, as if im plucking it too hard. anyway, i was just wondering if anyone mastered this cuz id love to be able to do it

MCH · #2 November 28th, 2007

Maybe this youtube lesson will give help. Great exercise for finger speed.

YouTube - AC/DC Thunderstruck Intro Lesson

eXperiment63 · #3 November 28th, 2007

Just as an aside... Don't ever make a crutch for yourself. It is far more beneficial to just keep practicing it until you can do it cleanly, than it is to create a crutch.

The only time your right hand should be touching any of the strings is if you are palm muting, chucking, or finger-picking.

Now... a useful tidbit would be learning to mute with your fret-hand.

For me, if I'm pulling off to an open string, the way I keep the higher string from ringing out as I pull off is that I kind of pull off at an angle so my finger rolls off B string onto the high-E, in effect, muting it as I pull off.

It takes some practice, but it's well worth it to learn to play cleanly.

cshude · #4 November 29th, 2007

Nice little video lesson there.
It all comes down to practice, practice, practice.....

thezakattac · #5 November 29th, 2007

all good points. i don't want to be stuck on doing something the easy way, ive only used the crutch to get a feeling on how to do it at all, to build some confidence, before i tackle it one-handed. and the thing about practicing it over and over being the key is i just cant seem to get it right in the first place... i pull off the string as hard as i can, which leaves me with some awful reverb, just a killer "twaaaang" (sorry im not to keen with a lotta guitar vocab) so im just wondering how the guy in the video gets such an accurate sound, does he do some sort of light pull offs?

felixdcat · #6 November 29th, 2007

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Originally Posted by thezakattac

all good points. i don't want to be stuck on doing something the easy way, ive only used the crutch to get a feeling on how to do it at all, to build some confidence, before i tackle it one-handed. and the thing about practicing it over and over being the key is i just cant seem to get it right in the first place... i pull off the string as hard as i can, which leaves me with some awful reverb, just a killer "twaaaang" (sorry im not to keen with a lotta guitar vocab) so im just wondering how the guy in the video gets such an accurate sound, does he do some sort of light pull offs?

Oh, I think the strings catch your calluses. It happens to me.

Just try to place your index finger different way.

Dewy · #7 November 30th, 2007

The Pull-off to the open B isn't very "hard"... it should ring out, but don't try to make it ring. The Harder you try the worse it will sound... it needs to be an even pressure on all hammer-on's and the pull off should be even and just enough for the string to ring out.