Chinese teen's acoustic AC/DC 'Thunderstruck' cover will blow you away

We can't imagine the hours of practice that must have gone into this.
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Victoria Ho
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AC/DC is hard enough to emulate on electric guitar, but "Thunderstruck" on acoustic guitar is a sight to behold.

13-year-old Liu Jiazhuo is going viral after a schoolmate published his incredible fingerstyle performance of the rock number.

Liu was playing Italian guitarist Luca Stricagnoli's cover of the classic rock song.

According to local reports, the teenager from the Gansu province picked up the guitar when he was 7.

He's been posting covers regularly to Chinese video sites, but his "Thunderstruck" cover started going viral after musician Gao Xiaosong, Alibaba Music's director, noticed and shared Liu's video on Weibo.

Check out Stricagnoli's version on YouTube too.

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Victoria Ho is Mashable's Asia Editor, based in Singapore. She previously reported on news and tech at The Business Times, TechCrunch and ZDNet. When she isn't writing, she's making music with her band

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