If you have the vault edition, then you can adjust that window with a screwdriver I believe.

Perfect - thank you! I’ll do that today. Were the o-rings in the pull out drawers or are they fit something specific? Seems so small!

I always did think this game had a regrettable lack of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap in it!

When I pulled my vault window, it already had rubber washers and rubber o-rings.

Ditto mine came with them installed.

Was yours perfectly flush or did you need to adjust?

I was not satisfied with the way it came from the factory. So I removed it, cleaned it up and reinstalled it. I have from time to time needed to adjust it when I see balls start being deflected. I am sure it changes throughout the year with temperature and humidity. It is easy enough to adjust when I clean the playfield.

Just found the same. Thanks all! Just got mine adjusted and it's all good now

Now to try and improve this audio a little bit. Wish it wasn't so compressed, but it is what it is.

Get a Pinwoofer kit, I struggled with my first AC/DC to get good sound. When I bought my second new one I installed the pinwoofer kit, heard sounds I never knew existed before.

Absolutely agree. AC/DC deserves pinwoofer. You can feel the bass and the BB speakers smoke the stock speakers but the amp is the key. Everybody says you can hear things you never heard before and its true. Speakers alone just can't do the job. Install and enjoy!

I went Pinwoofer in mine too. Highly recommended.

I just went external sub. Cheaper and you can attach multiple games to it at once. I honestly don't see any other real issues iwth the audio quality on this pin. Damn thing shakes my windows. Most people aren't going to have this cranked to 100 while playing.

With the Pinnovator PinPAC 2 SAM MAC addition and external self powered sub woofer, I cannot make the volume on my machine above about 50% or it is so loud that the neighborhood outside my house will hear it and people in my house are greatly disturbed. Honestly, at about setting 32, I cannot tell if the shaker vibrates the machine as much as the speakers. And the external sub woofer is only at about 50% of the total range.
https://pinnovators.myshopify.com/collections/ac-dc-premium/products/pinpac2-mac_sam-headphone-kit-for-stern-sam-systems

That's pretty much me too. I think I keep it at around 45 before people start getting annoyed. I sometimes crank it to 50 or so when I'm home alone.

The pinwoofer kit wasn't about how loud I could get the game. It improved the sound quality tremendously. I've actually removed a number of external subs from my games after installing this kit.

+1 ~ PinWoofer for the win in ALL music PINS! CLEAR and LOUD!

I think I need to mention that with the Pinnovator kit, I can hear sounds on the headphones and over the sub woofer, that I could not hear before. Granted, my hearing is not perfect, but the sound was also improved with this product. I have not heard the sound improvement with the Pinwoofer kit, but I am sure that it is also an improvement to the sound quality. My guess is that the dynamic range of the speakers are more fully realized with these sound amplification products. In my case, the external sub woofer gave more clear definition to the lower range of frequencies, in particular.

A few years ago before EXPO, I created a simple fix for the open area above the band in the upper right corner.

Simply remove the two existing screws near the top of the band and attach the scaffold.

It is designed to look like concert scaffolding. There are a few spot lights hanging from the front which are painted black. Although it may not be as nice as the other band covers available, it will finish off the bare roof area and let the light from the existing flasher pass right through for effect.

I made extra. If anyone wants one, I will list them in the Marketplace.

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Yeah I have Pinwoofer GT on my Jurassic Park. It’s nice but not a big difference. I could definitely see it being more useful on AC/DC. It’s just very muffled and bass heavy. I’ve replaced the BB speakers with better quality speakers, and added a passive crossover to the sub to remove the muddiness. It sounds better but not good at all. It needs help.

Sounds like you don’t have it dialed in right or settings in your machine are incorrect. PinWoofer has been amazing in all my machines, both music pins and ones with speech (JP).

You must have it installed incorrectly. It should be an insane difference.

Thanks guys! I reached out adam12hicks last week after reading this and he said he'll get back to me after revisiting the starting settings:

https://pinwoofer.com/blog/pinwoofer-stern-spike2-jurassic-park-2-amplifier-settings/

Last time I checked JP is something like #5 for us in terms of popularity and it seems to be a universally loved title with the PinWoofer system. We'll get there...probably just some adjustment fine-tuning.

I just wanted to post that I fixed a problem that I was having with the center lightning bolt target bricking from the cannon shot. I started by completely rebuilding the 5 bank drop target with new springs, new targets and a new plastic ledge piece. That did nothing except prevent the "double shot" to reset the 5 targets that I was seeing sometimes. The center target was still bricking from the cannon shot most of the time. A little oil on that spot on the ledge helped a little bit, but the problem was persistent. I purchased the Mezelmods center lit target in hopes that this would correct my center target issue and it appears that this is the case. The instructions indicate that removal of some of the washers on the back of that target are required, which I did during installation. Now, my center target drops every time I hit it with the cannon shot. I am wondering if I could have removed some of those washers on the back of the target in the first place and fixed that issue now. Anyway, I have a lit center target and it works every time now.

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I moved house recently and the fire button on the lockdown bar stopped working, After checking leaf switch ok I found that when I lift the playfield slightly the switch would work again, suspecting a loose wire or bent switch contacts, I checked and re checked with nothing obvious. I then discovered that the fire button will only work when the lower playfield ball is not in its trough.... so when the lower playfield opto ball trough is closed the fire button will not work. I haven't checked diagrams to see how the 2 are related . Any come across this before, must be something silly ?

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I said that to friends when I got mine. The other songs are great, but the band clearly wanted to include two songs from their latest album. I get rocknroll train as it was the single, but always thought war machine should have been dirty deeds. Either that or long way to the top if you want to rocknroll.

Hey everyone. I have an opportunity to trade for the Premium version of this pin for my TMNT Pro, but I have never played it and they are about 5 hours away…

I have played the Stern Pinball arcade virtual table though.

To those that have played the virtual table, would you say that gives me a rough idea of how I’ll feel about the proper version? I know there’s really no comparison, but it’s the best I’ve got for now.

Thanks!

I haven't played the virtual version, but AC/DC beats TMNT hands down. (at least if you like AC/DC at all). It is a hard game though.

AC/DC is not for everybody. It will make you hate it when you brick a shot and end at just the wrong time, over and over. However, if you hit the ramps and orbits, that never happens. So, a game like that will make you a better player, if you can keep your sanity. I like the music too.

Sounds exactly like TMNT actually, haha. One minute you’re nailing ramps, then one brick sends your ball rocketing SDTM faster than you can see it.

Anyone know how many Luci VE were made, roughly?

Is the value different than the original Luci?

Pinside's listing of machines lumps the Luci VE with the 2012 prem and original Luci.

This is one to decide by theme. Personally I think ACDC is a better game and a much better theme.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The code on these 3 premium versions of the machine are identical.

The pricing of the original Luci and VE Luci are similar but it depends on condition. In some cases people will ask more for the VE simply because they are newer and probably have fewer plays. When I bought mine, I purposely went with an original because I didn't want to deal with the window (I have a HH which has the same style and it is annoying). The trade off is that you can't replace the window on the original. The only other major difference is that the drummer is blacked out on the VE due to that whole fiasco. Small differences in the speaker panel as well.

Acdc pemium is the longest lasting game in my collection. I would make the trade

I have an original Premium acdc and an EHOH and the 2012 acdc feels more solid. Not sure why, just does.

AC/DC is right after Fathom the longest lasting game in my collection... and I had a lot of stuff. It's definitwly in my alltime top 3!

So finally I did a tutorial video today... it is quite comprehensive, so better use the chapters feature.
Hope it's fun

*Tutorial*
A lot of talk at the beginning – to jump into the game click ... 38:38! | More infos and links please see below

*Chapters*
00:00 Introduction
04:08 Layout
09:30 Basics (Rules)
38:40 The Game
1:34:12 Summary
1:39:23 AC/DC in 1 min

Nice Vid!!! Thanks for taking time out to do it!

Same here with keeping this gem in my collection! I haven't played mine in a few months because I was having an issue with the TnT targets and being lazy with replacing the opto board. I fired her up and played a few game which intently reminded me of how f'en fun it is. What a blast.

I played it very rarely since 2018 … but as you said it is a blast!

I have a 2017 premium vault. Just wondering why pinside does not have an option for this machine? it has 2012 premium LE vault and 2017 pro vault but no 2017 premium vault.

Looks like a Mod just added this

Thank you

I started a thread about an issue with an occasional auto-launch. Possibly a flaky playfield switch causing it or something else? After one player drains, occasionally the next player's song gets locked in as TNT and the ball auto-launches. I thought it might have something to do with the TNT targets resetting for the next player and a switch issue there, but I'm not sure if that would cause an auto-launch.

If anyone has any experience with this issue I would appreciate any advice. Thanks.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/acdc-occasionally-auto-launches

New vault to me.My son and I were wondering why the drummer was not included.Is he the one that had legal trouble and went to the big house or something.Great game.

That's exactly why the drummer wasn't included in the Vault.

Dirty Deeds !
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ac-dcs-phil-rudd-arrested-for-attempting-to-procure-a-murder-235601/

anyone have acdc mods train tracks over left return ramp,scaffolding over stage.topper ?

Phil Rudd is present on my original run Luci! Like it or not, he’s one of the OG band members. Anyone have a pic of the newer playfield with him removed?

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