George Lynch Lesson REH Video 

The "4th, 5th, and 9th" part from Stevie T.'s video is on 10:01 PS: Keep pressing on it

This era was George's peak imo.. He nailed that sweet spot between tasty phrasing and his typical flash licks.

This is way back then when guitar players just like George Lynch played fast but still had their own sound. Today, you see millions on youtube who can play hundreds of times fasters than this but have no identity, they all same like a robot at full speed but no essence.

This was his best tone that he ever achieved in his entire career.

He was at the peak of his powers at this time. Innovation, speed, tone, fluidity and phrasing-he was on top of the planet.

His voice on the guitar is as unique as Jeff Beck or Eddie Van Halen or anyone else. You can spot George in a note. And his style always felt like the nastiest, gnarliest, most badass sound one could make on a guitar. A favorite of mine for sure. Oh and Wicked Sensation is probably the best album of the hair metal genre. Masterpiece. (I'll put the Blue Murder album in there, too)

George is the absolute KING of the flat 5. I love his sinister sound so much

I told George when I met him that I got frustrated at his videos. He would give a beginner demonstration flying fingers 100 miles an hour. I joked and said I didn't learn jack from his videos. He laughed and said..."Well back then I just played and wasn't a patient teacher".

I almost gave up guitar, then i accidentally heard him play. He gave me the strength to carry on....

I have a few more of these videos I can upload if anyone is interested?

one of the greatest improv metal soloist ever. in my opinion

I was lucky enough to meet and jam with him a few times and talk about the guitar. I felt I was in his debt because his music and my interest in playing kept me out of gangs and drugs. Playing the guitar gave me a constructive outlet when a lot of friends of mine ended up in jail or worse. George is a very humble and nice man. My favorite player by far. George’s style is very original and distinct and that to me is worth a lot more than blinding speed.

In today's generation we can see thousands of guitarists who can play in extreme speed but the rock guitarists of 70-80s were something else their style, sounds n everything. George is one among them.

His technique and dexterity is second to none . Simply put one of the best shredders of the eighties hard rock bands!

George LYNCH is one of the most talented and inspiring guitarists in rock history. The Holy Trinity of guitar players from the LA Sunset Strip scene: Edward VAN HALEN; Randy RHOADS; and George LYNCH. DOKKEN's 'Back For The Attack' (1987) features some of George LYNCH's finest guitar tones and most inspired guitar solos ever recorded.

George how much delay do you want? George: YES

It's always amusing to read all the critiques from the folks who don't even come close to his worst day.

Love the look and sound. That guitar is killer. I really miss the late 80's early 90's.

I could listen to that for hours. I wish George would just make a 2hr LP of nothing but that blazing endless melodic lead. Nobody else arranges like George

I decided to really concentrate on learning these licks one by one and my skill is increasing beyond what I ever imagined. Download the tab and start studying and you will be so glad you did. Billy Kidd the uploader for this video has the link for the tab toward the top. Thank you Billy Kidd. George is the man for sure. Romans 10:9-10 😊

He thanks his guitar teacher twice in this video, but it is his instructional. That gives him juju-mojo over many guitar players. I like that he explains everything he plays or demonstrated from his records in detail. If you really pay attention, he actually does more techniques of sounds and scales than many well known guitar players. George's first example of diminished arpeggios in this video was more dynamic than how Yngwie plays them.

It's kinda strange how some things work out. Most of the time a person gets into guitar, or drums, or any other instrument due to one guy, or one band. As a kid growing up in the 70's, the major names I can remember listening to were Nugent, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Boston...the big boys. But then something really clicked in my head when I bought my first Dokken album. I was 16 and really into the 80's metal scene, and Lynch really connected with me. I bought an ESP and Randall amp so I could learn all the Lynch stuff (back then, I thought you had to have the same gear as the player!). Of course there's Eddie, but right there with him was Lynch. Of all the hundreds of guitarist who could have reached that 16 year old kid, he was the one I admired the most.

It's a surprise when you find out a rock star with this kind of talent is almost painfully shy.

Love his style. One of my favorite guitarist by far.

GL is one wicked maestro on the guitar. His fingers speak - the entire world listens!

Lynch had a cool style. He was very much "of an era". Obviously not a technician, but he had a certain attitude on the instrument. I always liked him, especially in Dokken.

George does that hard rock/metal/shred thing really well, including with his own signature phrasing and style. Always liked it - still do!

Such unique tone. Immediately recognizable. I was lucky to have grown up in the 70-80s. Those finger spreads…my hands were never that flexible. Though it was fun finding my own way to capture the notes.

Bought my first guitar, and took two guitar lessons. My instructor worked with me on basic bar chords. Near the end of the lesson he asked me if I had a song I would like to learn. I told him Dokken- It's Not Love. He showed me the the finger pickingat the beginning of the song, and said see if you learn this when you come back. I practiced all week. When I came backthe neck week I played it for him. He was surprised I put that little bit of vibrato in the right spots. He said I might be a pretty good student. Unfortunately I had to stop taking lessons from him when I had to move away to a place so small there was no music store to continue lessons. That's when tab book's, and magazines became popular. They helped a lot until RU-vid came out, and I learned some tab books were terrible. Thanks to several good guitar teacher's on here thing's that didn't quite sound right before was fixed.

Lynch likes spaces between a lot of notes in the patterns; and when he plays fast, it of course sounds very melodic, awesome!

One of the best virbrattos in the business . Instantly recognizable.

I like how max is acting like he's really into mixing shit at the beginning.. lol

I love how he manages it to plays dimished scales but not sound like malmsten :D

The technique of a true master! I'll take this over the mindless shred & sweep of today's so-called guitar heroes.... worship at the altar of Lynch!

10:00 "Fourth, Fifth, and NINTH??? HOW IS ANYONE SUPPOSED TO STRETCH LIKE THAT???" Stevie T

George is a certified BADASS!!

master of the masters, excellent guitarist, thank you.

Man, the solo from "Unchain the Night" is so epic!

I can't thank you enough. ADA player, long time fan, inspired from this exact era of music. That MP1 has kept me out of a lot of trouble since 1989. I hope they leave this video. No harm can come from it, nostalgic historic record of a wicked time and place.

the guitar at the beginning is the Most beautiful i've ever seen

His playing helped me survive adolescence

he was still hungry then and wasn't wearing those damn fingerless gloves,when he was on he's was so unique and aggressive for the melodic rock band he was in,i miss his fire

Thanks for the up load it brought back memories watching George that young and reminded me why I love playing the guitar

Lynch Mob is such a great band. This guy really kicks ass!

wammy bar solo @22:23 is frigging awsome.

It's crazy how much better he is when he's playing over the studio tracks as opposed to those instructional jams.

George for me is a kind of painter on guitar

Lynch is in a class all by himself. Amazing.

He has such a weird style. Sometimes you just can't tell if he's sloppy of just amazing!

Wow what the.... didn't know he was this good

Epic solos: 0:14 4:20 13:38 17:58 23:52 42:32

I'm one of Lynchies biggest long-time fans and always will be, but in this video is representable of the times (late 80's) so he's extremely "blown". He's unable to explain most of his chops but he does demonstrate a lot of his unique style. Thanks for this post.

10:23 is just ridiculous what a monster 😂

I remember learning some of the licks thinking, "that was slow?" geez..just incredible the sounds he can produce and phrasing

Every one always talks about Eddie and Page and Clapton when they talk about their influences and heroes. And those are great musicians no doubt. But guys like Lynch, Mick Mars, Kirk Hammett…those guys are the ones who had the greatest impact on me growing up a teenager in the 80s. And of course the dynamic duo’s like Tipton/KK Downing of Priest and Murray/Smith of Iron Maiden. Those guys are the ones that made me pick up a guitar and fall in love with metal

Thank you for sharing this lesson of George Lynch.

Great stuff, George is in his prime here. Anyone else drooling over that SSL 4000E at One on One?

DUDE IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still my favorite ever

George has to be one of top guitarists out there that has stood the test of time, playing his style in countless ways with multiple bands/projects, but no one sounding like him. RU-vidrs- until you make your own recordings, actually make money off of it, and play it live like the best of best, you (and I as avid learner) are amateurs, regardless of how "fast" you play. Fast does not equal better on the ear... Keep up the great work George and producing those awesome guitars and working with ESP! Edmonton, Alberta.

THANK YOU!!!! I had a vhs of a bunch of musicians and one was George Lynch and he did this jam that started with this tapping that was so awesome but I lost the tape but at 13:37 is where it starts. :-)

What pisses me off is that the opening Jam isn't a song that he actually released. Fuck, it's so freaking cool.

*Lynch is one of my favorites! .... but cool to see Max Norman engineering. He produced & engineered alot of metal records, especially Ozzy's first 3 records plus live albums, Lynch Mob, Megadeth, Y&T, Loudness and others.*

This is one of the great guitarists who inspire generations. There is a legacy already built in musical history in his name. Congratulations to George Lynch and his musical contributions.

Tried to hit rewind on the VCR after watching this...

He doesn't play like this anymore.

George absolutley hand has got the time he's got the chips he knows shapes has just one dangerous guitarist with melody and soul and all isn't about speed

Bob Ross of guitar 😎🤘

Best pinch harmonics of all time? Probably

Max Norman, but of a coincidence at the start, Max as people probably know produded Diary of a Madman and Blizzard of Ozz. George was suggested by Randy as a replacement for Musonia, George also tried out for Ozzy. I also hear the diminished scales at the start of George's lead which was something Randy utilised a lot in his own playing.

This is the highest quality version of this video I have ever seen. Thanks.

Damn!! This footage is 40 min! I only seen like 5 min. of this over a decade ago! A friend of mine burned it on a disc . .watched it over and over . . the 'note/riff' George called a 'Gothic Octave' or some name like that. . least that's how I remembered it. Man this is awesome.. gonna enjoy the hell out of this one Many thanks for uploading this gem!

hats off to Eb tuning ! the dude wears PJ's 24/7...

I love that chorus/cocked wah sounding tone he always has.

If you listen very close at the end of the video you can catch the delays of the first note he played an hour before on the video. Word has it that bats can still hear it going to this very day.

My favorite part of this video is the 4th, 5th and 9th fret because I watched Stevie T's video The Hardest Solos struggled his fingers. Me neither can do that in video.

Honestly breaks my heart how Lynch isn't in the top ten guitarists of all Time

been rocking since early 80's................how have I only just realised how amazing this guy is????!!!!!!!!!!!

The world needs rock and rollers guitar gods like this!

Damned his totally stoned in the"Arizona segments!"But a cool player!

Thanks for the upload great quality ,I had this video when it came out in 1991 loved it played it so much it warped the VHS tape lol

I agree with the comments down below, no one can touch him at this time. He’s still a guitar player that I hear him hit one note I know exactly who it is. He stands out. Still one of the greatest. Thank you for this video and thank you for sharing it brings back memories.

Worst "instructional" video ever, but you gotta love it. My buddies and I chipped in for this back in the day. We were in awe, but disappointed, too say the least. He's gotten way better at teaching and promoting. He's learned to separate the 2. Super nice guy, though. One of those friends met George at a signing. My friend noticed it was George and went on line to say hi. He walked up and said hey bro, just wanted to say you're awesome and it's nice to meet you. George said thank you very sincerely and asked if he could sign something for him. My buddy told him he was in the mall and didn't have anything. He wasn't there in anticipation of seeing him. He said cool but he still offered to sign clothing or whatever. It was really nice his told him and then told him he was the reason he switched from drums to guitar and his style and creativity was what caused him to love the guitar and he was grateful. George looked him dead in the eye and asked "are you serious? “ he came around the table and hugged my friend. Told him that was sweet and touching thing to say. Very awesome experience. Wish i^there. George is the best, imo. Love the guy. Not a fan of this tape for instruction, but it is a classic.

"Here's what it sounds like played quick." Shit, I thought that WAS quick!! I wish they would make these instructional videos for mortals who are just beginning to solo instead of players who are already 9/10's of the way to Shredmeister status. I guess I'll just have to be content to playing Smoke On The Fcuking Water...

Placing the guitar in this position is actually a lot helpful for playing stretched solos.

Guys amazing. Best shredder, and there's a few, but the best 👌

Like YJM. Bad teacher. Great player. One of my favorites in his prime.

I remember seeing George at a party in La Puente California 1975. at the time I was a guitar teacher, anyways, he was sitting there noodling around with a Strat I think (sitting on a couch) and he had both hands on the neck of the guitar with fingers flying (tapping) and as a guitar teacher, I didn't know wtf he was doing! I asked him, excuse me, WTF are you doing please? he said "tapping". I grabbed a beer and sat down watching what he was doing and I figured it out shortly thereafter. I talked to him a little, got his first and last name and asked where he learned "tapping", he said "from messing around". 3 years later on the radio, I hear "Eruption" by a guy named Eddie Van Halen and that same "tapping" that I heard George doing at that party in '75.....I thought it was George at first lol!! no!! my first thought was, EVH ran into George at a party and ran with that "tapping" idea. my second thought was....the same as the first. George got robbed, but since EVH does that "tapping" better and 90% of the time, those millions of $$ goes to the robber who got away with the loot.

To me only George, Edward and M. Schecker are the defining Rock electric guitarists who made it out of the 70s, 80s, 90s and today.

George was/is a monster talent. A guitar beast! Unorthodox, slick, slippery, sexy style with sinister squeals and tasty pinch harmonics, delicious diminished chords, totally unique, total attitude, one a da great for sure, fuhgeddaboutit!

Absolutely nails every pinched harmonic

I believe that George Lynch is my FAVORITE Guitar Player Of All Time..........I also like Ritchie Blackmore......Knocking at your back door!!

This is amazing! Great video quality too for its time.

just started using this video to increase my lead capabilities. this is full of gems. Unchain The Night solo is next up for me. Never heard anything like it. George is in my top 5 lead players ever.

He was using my preamp The ENGLe520 ! Awesome preamp...I was told they can't build 'em to that quality anymore as the price would be too high to sell in large numbers.

George was a monster on them strings & my favorite guitar player 80s/90s wow 👏👏🤘I can't understand what happened to him when watching guitar Clinic vids some are hit & miss awful . But don't get me twisted ❤ George truthfully a guitar God💯 🎼🎸⭐⭐

Chops for days... This guy should be in a band.

I tried to download the tab but no luck. Great video as George Lynch is one the greatest shredders in rock music.

Man, I remember getting this video as a kid and working on all the stuff in it so much that 30 years later I still hear a lot of that stuff come out when I play. George is easily in the top 5 when it comes to my biggest guitar influences. His tone, especially during this era had a massive impact on how I dial in my tones.