The (Complete) Story Behind My Bones Guitar 

I BOUGHT ONE OF THESE FROM CHRISTAPHER WOODS A COUPLE YEARS AGO! I STILL HAVE IT! IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE GUITARS!

Hey George, somewhere in that story is another bones guitar that Christopher woods made for you that I bought from you in 2014. I don't know if you remember, but you even got the two stickers for the head stock and sent them to me. Before I refinished the head stock I striped the paint off of it and what did I see but the initials G.B. under the paint job. It's a fun guitar. The only changes I made to it outside of the paint on the head stock was a copper tone block, and a brass PMS which both made a big difference in improving the tone. Happy to see your still playing!

Thank you sir for taking the time to share your story. Can’t wait until Christopher Woods finishes my build next month.

I am 51 years old and have been obsessed with George Lynch and his guitars for about 40 years. I've always loved this guitar in particular, so thanks for sharing!

Great story George, love this. Thanks for sharing.

George is on my Mount Olympus of guitar players. (Rhodes, Lifeson and Clapton are the other 3) I met Lynch once at a clinic at Skip's Music in Sacramento. They say never meet your heroes. In this case that could not be more from the truth. George spent 2 hours longer than scheduled for the clinic, just hanging out with the attendees and LEARNING FROM THEM. It was an amazing experience. To see a guy, SO well-known and respected asking hackers about their techniques, who they follow and why, music theory, improvisation and so on. Humble like you would not believe. He stayed until every question was asked, every photo was taken, and every autograph signed. I had him sign my Charvel M1 and 30 years later it sits on my wall as a treasured memory. This was a great story. Full transparency, I am SOOOOO jealous. I remember seeing the Bones for the first time (George's) and wanting it so bad regardless of if it was awesome or played like a 2X4 with strings. Thanks for the vid sir. Excellent presentation and all the nuts-and-bolts guitar nerds want to know!

Amazing history lesson, I remember the day I called you with so many questions before my build and you were such and still are such a class act!! Love the new neck that you put on. Cheers to you George!!!

Cool build man! I remember when the guitar graced the TV set back in the 80’s.

This story is epic, thanks for sharing. I have been obsessed with George Lynch since I first heard him.

I love that Ken Warmoth called you and said, “What the hell are you doing?!?”

thanks for the vid.

Absolutely Amazing Story!!!

i just built mine congrats on yours man

Absolutely awesome, the Kamikaze was one of my favs ....

Awesome guitar! Really obvious from even just a quick glance that a ton of work was put into it, it's gorgeous. I am finishing up building my own version as well, got a rough CNC'd body I put a few months of Dremel and paint work into. Mine looks nowhere near as accurate to the OG as this but I'm happy with it. The hard part for me was during research I noticed George had 2 guitars back in the day and the carvings are different between them (mainly the hands), I chose features from both to make my "version". The bit about Hal stealing your photo is absolutely hilarious to me. Despicable.....yes, but now your guitar has even more of a story to it haha. Keep on shreddin' man, love seeing your videos since I discovered your channel

Damn son, know your ass for years and somehow didn’t know the whole story. Enjoyed the video!

You need to show us how you get that killer Lynch tone 🤟🎸❤

Can't go wrong with a JB59 in the bridge of any guitar. That was a good choice.

Sorry, I deleted my first comment after watching a bit more of the video. I was 17 and in a band the first time I saw this guitar. I fell in love immediately. Every magazine article I ever saw about George and the bones guitar in it or on it…I bought it. Now…the very first one did not have a reverse headstock. That one is used in the video for It’s Not Love. After that…everyone I’ve seen since…is reversed. Now…did they change necks, or is it a completely different guitar??? I have never been able to research that. I asked that question years ago on one for Chris Wood’s videos but never got an answer. Regardless…the CW models made today ( I think they are still available) are amazing. I stopped playing years ago due to other projects and things going on…but I always wanted one. Thank you for this video. Edit… I have a close up, detailed photo from 1987 of a bones guitar and the neck is NOT scalloped. There are still a lot of pieces to this puzzle I would love to find out.

hembry guitars makes awesome affordable ones, $2500 or so i believe. i think my hembry version is cooler than any other, he ages them so the bones are not stark white and mine is crazy light

That's a really nice job done on this guitar! What was the reason for choosing maple as the body wood, do you prefer heavier guitars, or did it have something to do with all of the extensive carving done on it? I remember seeing pictures of the original in magazines when I was a kid, I thought it was the coolest guitar ever! And it sounds like Hal Leonard owes you some royalties! Lol.

Awesome bro! Any idea where the original Bones is now? Someone told me the hard rock cafe gave it back to George but somehow I doubt it.

Always thought that was one of George's coolest guitars. How much was the bill when yours was finished?

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i did the same thing body from chris woods same pickup but my body is mahogany back maple top i did the finsh work myself as far as stolen image i guess we stole it also to make our guitars but wasnt to make money off of any way looks great

i ve got a skull and bones copy as well, bought a c n c blank off ebay and my friend nick roubas in north hollywood did all the rest,..problem was, there are soo many copies and everyone of them different, that its hard to tell whats original and whats not yours has some of the same things mine has, but is still different than mine, all versions of the original look great, but like i said there are many different versions

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Wow, just found out Chris is a hop, skip, and a jump away from me!

What is your I don't want to sell it price?

Using your image (if you can prove it)... was illegal ... and is covered under the 1976 copyright act... charge them $10,000 for it.