EPIC RIFFS | Why this is AC/DC's hardest riff!⚡

A video on YouTube. In Music Lessons, a Krater category.

Summary by Krater

The video breaks down how to play the intro riff to AC/DC's Thunderstruck on guitar, correcting common misconceptions about alternate picking versus hammer-ons and pull-offs, explaining the mixolydian scale context, and demonstrating proper tone dial-in.

From the video

Answers: How do you play the intro riff to AC/DC Thunderstruck correctly on guitar?

AC/DC Thunderstruck guitar riff tutorial
alternate picking vs hammer-ons and pull-offs
B major mixolydian scale
guitar tablature analysis
amplifier gain staging for AC/DC tone

What it concludes

The intro riff to Thunderstruck is played entirely on one string, the B string, using alternate picking rather than hammer-ons and pull-offs.
Online guitar tabs that notate the riff with hammer-ons and pull-offs are wrong and make learning the riff more difficult.
Excessive gain destroys the punch and attack of the AC/DC guitar sound, requiring a dialed-back Marshall-style tone to sound authentic.

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