George Lynch - Mr Scary (Wicked Riffs)

[@mardoggyo6712]

His playing never gets old or stale. Legendary

[@daronolenus3911]

I Love his unique style & incredible sound. One of my favorite musicians ever.

[@JohnSlattery-w4b]

George your awesome you are an incredible guitarist and so underated too!!!!!!!

[@Eventual420]

When I learned this in 1988, I had no idea how much of an impact it would have. I played it all these years, and yesterday I incorporated a piece of the main riff into one of my songs and uploaded it. My wife says 'Don't upload that, you play it all the time'. I had to explain the relevance, she had never heard the original Scary, so I played the intro and she was again saying 'Don't upload that' so I further explained how significant the tone chase was, I've been trying to sound as brutal for years, with my distortion cranked on 10. She finally agreed. It is very hard to get that sound. Very. I have always played it differently. There was no YT at the time. Sheeze. There was no internet. And here we are, 30 years on. Amazing song. George is a hero of mine. Thanks for sharing.

[@Mr.Scary13]

Solar Guitar Studio -

[@emptychair3932]

Pathetic that you need your wife's permission to post something on the internet. You really should be embarrassed.

[@user-gu6dt8sf1n]

Solar Guitar Studio I don't know if you were usin a distortion pedal or not, but if you cranked the AMP gain to 10, that can make your tone very soft and weak. when you take the distortion down to bout 5-7 it make a your tone sound harder and punchy

[@josephkunath4173]

Yes! I learned this without the internet as well and time to time I play this and add my own extra solos to it. George Lynch is why I play guitar.

[@buffdaddy2032]

Gain on amp around 7 then use a tube screamer ,sd1 to just push the amp . Much better then just crank your amps gain.

[@BoogyWoogyCreep]

George Lynch IMO is by far the greatest at rhythm and phrasing that I have ever seen next to Gary Moore. This stuff is incredible.

[@Thirdgen83]

And Jake E lee, Warren Demartini, and EVH.

[@WilliamHouseknecht-d1z]

Thanks g my favorite rendition of mr.scary ..

[@scottanderson4175]

All I’ve done today is watch George Lynch videos

[@wardkdouglas]

Sounds like a day well spent

[@user-ho5vz5tg3r]

Ditto

[@tjhooker824]

Sounds like you had a great day lol

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

Really? Do you play? Or just like tan dudes with muscles ?

[@70stunes71]

Vicious beauty sound accuracy tone and just....damn 💪🌠👍❤

[@normannelson7800]

George is the man!!!!

[@thrashtildeath710]

Even watching him play at stepdad speed I've been tearing my hair out for hours trying to play the first 10 seconds half as clean.

[@NickGoblin]

Man I've been screaming at my pinky finger trying to do that trill

[@zombies418]

Took me a while but it’s easy once you get it down

[@fredrios1402]

Love this guy's attack...freaking legendary

[@deanmays7133]

I've loved playing this since it came out. Great tune.

[@viccypress6292]

1:22 Woooo..soo nice

[@gailgelass1388]

This chick sounds like total cocka doodee

[@DVTOM]

The difference between him and others is that he doesn't care if its in the rulebook on what a player is supposed to be or play and that's why he is Mr. Scary. His riffs are amazing and the definition or rock!

[@Kevin-gb8gb]

Correction, the definition of METAL

[@Rguitar333]

He's definitely an all time great. One of the reasons I picked up a guitar. His pinky is like having a 6th finger. He can pull off some amazing stretches.

[@kingnothing2161]

Lightning Strikes Again, I can't play it. The stretch it real

[@cc_1983]

Great to learn this from the man himself - learning some of the solo parts and this would be a great thing to do also

[@scottglasson1957]

never tire of this.

[@juddseymour1557]

One of my heroes! But, this is why I’ll stick to photography and cooking. Love to just hear him play.

[@rticle15]

That's something I loved in the 80s. If a rock band had a blazing guitarist, they would often get the chance to play an instrumental tune on the album. Some of them, like this, were pretty cool.

[@ShuheiMatsumotoMusic]

i keep coming back to this. how good is this shit

[@k77stan27]

George is the goat

[@sKraat528]

George Should have been the guitarist for Ozzy. He has the perfect sound and style for it too. Maybe in an alternate universe...

[@brianwaller2022]

Agree with you,but I really believe it was a blessing in disguise because I don't believe George could've put up with Sharon and Ozzy s BS. GLAD HE GOT THAT HAIRCUT. THE ONE AND ONLY MR SCARY GEORGE LYNCH 💯🤟✌️

[@brianwaller2022]

Definitely their loss,and George's gain💯🤟💪🎸🎸🎸🎸💥

[@jamesd.5940]

It’s so simple but good

[@frankpaws]

I noticed the dbl down pick on the switch to the decending lick. Which changed the alternate picking style. Man that has messed me up for decades. Back to the beginning.

[@niupe705]

such a "simple" trick but so hard to figure out when you're a kiddo trying to learn Mr Scary

[@carguy3460]

@@niupe705 Especially 15-20 years before the interwebs lol.

[@michaelcarmean4906]

💥 George 🎸 Is a Bad Ass💥

[@ExcelleratedOG]

I know most people can say that Jimi, Eddie, and Eric you could easily put in your top three. But my favorite dude to listen to is George Mr freaking scary Lynch! Followed by Warren DeMartini next...

[@Mysterio-Solar]

Not sure why George changed the way he holds his Guitar when he plays . In the 80s and 90s he used to hold the Neck / Head Stock of the Guitar High so he could stretch his left arm further and where his face was closer to the Finger board as he played . In the last 20 years he has played the Guitar Level with his chest from the Headstock to the Guitar Body like in this Video with his face not so close to the Finger Board .

[@jeffreyfullwood6417]

Very cool , thank you .

[@peppergrand1072]

George has claimed he is self-taught guitar player though he references many theory-based words such as flatted fifth major and minor which would conclude that he's had some sessions or lessons or been told by a more studied guitar player what the notes and techniques that he is playing and then he refers back to these correct terms nonetheless George Lynch is by far one of the most unique heavy metal guitar players I have ever seen or heard

[@Veegercorp]

If I remember right, George told us in his guitar dojo a few years back that there were 28 guitar tracks to this song.

[@47279J]

That could well be. I remember a quote where he said he just spent the entire night in the studio, just layering track after track after track.

[@kqh123]

And yet he doesn't hire a rhythm player when he plays it live😂

[@kfswart]

@@kqh123 actually, he said gerry his guitar tech plays rhythm back stage behind the curtain. This was probably 10 years ago.

[@kqh123]

@@kfswart I've watched all the live performances on KZbin and no rhythm player in any of them

[@michaeljames2142]

Interesting to me that he refers to the sections of the song as, verse, chorus, pre-chorus. I'm guessing this was written to have vocals initially.

[@drefrazier4266]

Not having a singer doesnt change how the sections are labeled but yeah, Don originally was gonna sing on it.

[@stag3t-muspsa910]

Wish he would play like the original video...

[@sat8vai14]

Thats quite a severe angle he has those pick ups is it not...but sounds superb ...

[@stratkiller2531]

I just asked why his pickups are set that way. Do you have any idea? He does this with most his guitars. Maybe it's a "Lynch secret to tone" lol.

[@PhoenixRenegade]

@@stratkiller2531 I think that he lowers the neck pickup on that side so the magnets won't pull on the bigger strings, maybe? George is my hero!!

[@tonepilgrim4333]

Innovative Styles Customization it’s probably to make the low strings less muddy. When you lower the pickups, it lowers the output and brightens up the tone a bit. I’d imagine he is doing this to preserve note clarity at high gain on the low strings.

[@cordeliaforlear16]

Look how big his hands are.

[@stratkiller2531]

His pinky is the size of my index finger. Lol

[@stratrat57]

1980's....skinny shredder.

[@deriffalextine7079]

lynch rule

[@michaelyolch79]

This song can ONLY be played if you’re wearing that magic ring.

[@NoslenCosta]

pshhh that's the secret !! ;)

[@TheNothing6]

Look at those meathooks! His pinky is the size of my index finger! 😂😅😮

[@edwardscomputers]

Mr Lynch is in my top 10 all time favorite guitarist.....had the opportunity to meet him @ house of blues (special guest for Dokken) super cool and a lot shorter then he looks on stage :)

[@AkiraOCE]

Does anyone know which ESP guitar this is? I have looked forever and cannot find it, similar to his REH one but it is different from that :/

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

Are there parts being added that aren't in the original recording? I'm hearing stuff I don't recognize.

[@47279J]

Fuck me. Every time I watch, he just seems better. Don't really like the tone, but obviously this is not his regular setup and he's playing the songs for the camera. You focus here on the information given. You want the real tone, you find it on the records.

[@metalmaster7777777]

これが一番まとも！ とてもわかりやすい！でやんす～♪(≧д≦)

[@stratkiller2531]

Can anyone please explain why George's pickups are set at such an aggressive angle?

[@Its_Screecher]

So he can get a thicker bassier tone on the low strings and a sharp response on the high strings.

[@SamTheUncle]

My teacher

[@Soulsoftemptation]

Love George and his philosophy but man that's terrible tone haha.

[@locogringosurfs5509]

This tone is absolutely horrible.

[@locogringosurfs5509]

KC PMII That makes zero sense. Any musician tries to get the best tone possible.

[@locogringosurfs5509]

KC PMII I’m not Jesus Christ. Hahaha. Geeking out? I’m not some fanboy and your not the only one who has been listening to him since the early 80’s. Remember that you are the one that replied to my comment and I stand by the fact that for a guy who is known to have a good tone his tone sucks shit in this video. As far as watching his hands goes you can copy him all you want if that’s your deal. I know I’ve ripped off a few of his licks over the years.