Unboxing My Favorite GEORGE LYNCH Guitar!

[@OddTimeMan]

George Lynch was a huge influence of mine in the '80s and '90s. In 2003, my band opened for Lynch Mob in North Hollywood and I got to see George's guitars backstage up-close and personal. Good times.

[@Addicted2Guitar]

Love the 80's banana headstock.

[@geraldhartley]

That's what we call a hockey-stick headstock. 5:10

[@indian3750]

Hockey stick

[@silverpairaducks]

My favorite George Lynch guitar is my daughters purple maestro mini vee he signed at a clinic for me (I mean her).

[@stu-j]

Skull n snake is my favourite 80s paint job.

[@ryant3600]

Who's? Georges? If so, that was early 90's from the Wicked Sensation..almost 80's.. but it is wicked..

[@stu-j]

@@ryant3600 the first George Lynch Skulls&Snakes was 1986 by esp then aging in 1990...

[@ryant3600]

@@stu-j I don't believe that is correct. He signed w/ ESP in 86'. Which was his ESP kamikaze series guitars. However, his first tiger series guitar was his own "Frankenstrat" from Charvel parts etc that he had done. I also believe he had a Kramer Tiger series before ESP signed him. I also believe GL was ESP's first endorsee The skull and Snakes guitar was the Lynch Mob Wicked Sensation Album cover art from 1990.

[@mikejohnson5375]

Stu Jobling mine as well . I hope to own one someday .

[@mikejohnson5375]

Ryan T he used this guitar on the Monsters of Rock tour . Not sure but i think it was 88. He did not have a reverse headstock on it .

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

We need more brands to make guitars with hockey stick and banana headstocks.

[@KingPepeLePew]

i think the hockey stick head was created by Kramer for their superstrats in the early 80's but Gibson also had a very similar looking headstock on their Explorers since 1958. i first remember them watching EVH with his 5150 Kramer Frankenstrat with that iconic banana/hockey stick headstock dolled up in Red White and Black paint.

[@legatomisterioso7]

KingPepeLePew: The Headstock shape came from his 75 Ibanez Destroyer (copy of Explorer, pre-lawsuit.)

[@loganbeck4898]

Ya we do

[@HybridSoldier777]

we need Gibson to piss off. I want an ESP explorer 😢

[@MAG-li5jo]

I bought one of the LTD Sunburst Tiger guitars new in 2001. I put in a Duncan Screamin Demon in the bridge and a Dimarzio YJM in the neck. I also had a real Flord Rose installed. George Lynch signed the back of the headstock and doddled his skull and cross bones logo. It came with a really nice LTD case also. Wish I never sold it.

[@tonymoran7938]

Got one of these beauties about 27 years ago. Travelled two and a half hours up the road to Inverness in Scotland to buy a Jackson tobacco sunburst that I’d seen whilst I was working there, went into the shop and saw the Tiger hanging on the wall, cost more but I just had to have it. Glad I’d been doing a pile of overtime.😂Awesome guitar!!! I’d never heard about George Lynch so obviously had to get his albums. First time I heard Memory Jack and then Love power from the Mama Head I was blown away!! Still got the guitar, never to be sold😍

[@5150-Time]

Beautiful 80's George Lynch Guitar - the first lick I ever learned to play on guitar was Dokken's "It's Not Love". Great Stuff, Thanks!

[@SteveBelong72]

George Lynch has been a huge influence on my playing since the 80's. His guitars are instantly recognisable and unique! Great video as always Max! I love this guitar!

[@Rocktalk101]

I used to have that exact guitar wish I had never sold it I have been searching for years now to find one again that I can afford.

[@skraagthedestroyer]

Dude, that guitar is gorgeous; I want to hear you play it!

[@tjborekvideo]

Killer guitar! Lynch and Van Halen were huge influences on me learning guitar as a teen in the late '80s and early '90s. Congratulations on your score!

[@JesseLeeKing]

Watching this video again George Lynch is the man , Ive been studying him and he is easily becoming one of my favorite players.

[@giancarlopaolini7529]

I’ve got a Kamikaze and I’m extremely happy about it ...I change the pickups with a new couple Bare Knuckles Humbucker in the bridge and single coil at the neck and ....wow...simply superb !

[@JohnDoe-hz4wd]

Back in the 80's I was obsessed with George's skull and bones guitar.

[@shawnmatthews5118]

The J Frogg. ESP made him cover the head stock with their logo.

[@budDG9298]

Looks awesome, absolutely love it. Now you just need an industrial sized case of Aqua Net and some matching spandex pants! As a child of the hair metal generation I was never the biggest Dokken fan growing up, but I was a huge George Lynch fan. In a veritable sea of 80's shredders he stood out with his bluesier playing style.

[@kirkplissken8454]

I've had this SB tiger LTD model for 2 years now, kept it stock, and its my backup to my 2014 Charvel pro mod. Great player, set up nicely out of the box, the neck is smooth and fast, well worth the $375 I paid.

[@Nukeboy93]

I have an early/mid 2000's version of one of these I bought new. I will pull it out and play it now!

[@Rathika5]

Growing up in the 80s I love those wild paint jobs. Enjoy!

[@MuvoTX]

nice score!! in the late 80s the Lynch signature ESPs were $$$$. IIRC they had a 3 way toggle and a duncan screamin deamon HB. I had that PU in a Japanese ibanez roadstar. Moderate -low output, really squawky mids. Tube screamer as a boost infront of a tube amp for screaming 80s tones. I was using a carvin x100B combo at the time.

[@chrisniess1274]

George is a guitar GOD. I got a LTD kamikaze . I installed a Lynch Screamin' Demon Humbucker Pickup . It sounds insane. More Mr Scary guitars please Max🤘🏻🎸

[@vestel777]

This is my Favorite one. But I also LOVE the Yellow and Black one that You showed at the beginning of the video.

[@keithsmith9889]

Always loved the reverse headstock look on a strat and that's cool setup push pull for pick up selector not to mention much better looking paint job then a plain colored

[@kitsmith3606]

So it was you who bought it. Glad it was you. I was hoping that they'd made that model longer as well

[@patpolowyk6434]

I have this guitar it's AWESOME! And signed by lynch. He played it during the Monster's of Rock tour,back in 89 I believe.

[@harleyhexxe9806]

It's a cool guitar, no doubt! I remember trying a Kamikaze model years ago when they were out, but the knob of those were push-push! I also remember it was heavy! Solid maple body. My personal favorite of George Lynch models is the Skulls and Snakes. Wicked Sensation is one of my favorite albums, and "All I Want" is the hardest rocking blues I've ever heard!

[@seanoconnell1786]

Hellyeah!!! Congratulations Major score right there. Being that I was born in 73' I'm a complete 80's baby all the way. And this my friend is a great way to pay homage to George Lynch one of the true guitar heroes of my generation. Thanks for sharing this with us bro and keep rocking out and flying high till the next time. 👍🎸🛩️💪🤘

[@bradcarr2444]

That's my favorite Lynch model. Now you need to do a video playing Mr. Scarry on it.

[@garyheighway7635]

I was able to track down a Mr scary body 2 years ago and last month I finally got me a reverse hockey stick neck. So now maybe I can finally put that thing together. Beautiful Guitar Man Lynch definitely has a flair for some badass guitars.

[@THEROCKLORD1]

Glad to see another fan of the George Lynch guitars. My favorite is the Kamikaze and my dad bought one for me over a year ago on my birthday

[@xdisciple2776x]

That's my favorite model of his as well, hope someday to get one as well!

[@tboneoutdoors688]

Nothing screams METAL more than sipping tea while unboxing a Lynch guitar!

[@richfiryn]

out of an Epiphone cardboard box !

[@JamesLee해외주식]

I have the same guitar in mint condition, too. Bought it 2~3 years ago when it sold on Amazon for $499. Took it out of the box, unstrung the strings and placed it in a hard case. Never played. Gonna keep it that way for the foreseeable future.

[@JohnDAyen]

i found mine in a second hand shop in waterville maine last year for 318. with a gator case. i love everything about it, its perfect. mine has a pearl inlay at the 12th that says GL-SBT.. also has a very cool jack.

[@aaroncasteel2281]

Awesome! Love the Lynch-Meister and Dokken,... so glad to see this.

[@rosskrause3926]

I had one 2 years ago..SBT 200..it was a nice guitar..the stock bridge guitar was pretty hot but I installed a SD SH-13 Dimebucker in it and it screamed ! I will be buying another one soon..I have the MT-200 yellow tiger now..took off the Floyd special and installed a german one..new Schaller tuners and it sounds and plays amazing ! You will like yours that you received.

[@b1ak3m]

That is in on my list of future tribute acquisitions...love it. Congrats dude.

[@Schwaadrumz]

I am happy to say that I have that guitar too, and it is such a great player. Enjoy it!

[@kryptych]

Very, very pretty guitar... love the paint job, the economical simplicity of it... yup, sweet '80s shred-tastic! Now, I gotta go blast "Breakin' the Chains!" ;)

[@bobbusby5058]

A bit flashy for me, but that is the whole appeal. Total 80's vibe so love it anyway! 🤘

[@jigamac71]

That is Sweeet!, great choice of colors!, thanks for sharing with us!, stay safe!!

[@ZoranSandorov]

Yes,i am a fan too for this 80's beauties,i love it,reverse headstocks are so cool

[@gesp5151]

I got a purple tiger flown in from Japan in late 1990’s direct to me. Never went to a shop. Despite loads of play it’s still as perfect as day received! Fantastic build quality.

[@ddupy]

That guitar is so cool! Don't see many of them. Love it. Great find!

[@tybud2246]

That's great. Man, I want a GL-200SBT real bad and did the exact same thing and thought, I'll get one when I get around to it and went uh oh when they stopped production. Good get Dude. Looking forward to the video of it in action

[@DragonofLimerick]

She is a beauty! A big fan of the 80s guitar versions.

[@shaynew6894]

I knew that it was that guitar hanging in the other video I love that guitar

[@gsandwalker]

killer guitar, I met Lynch a few years back and he signed my yellow/ black tiger stripe guitar.

[@fredschmidt6802]

Wow that is great love the paint work on it . The black and yellow tiger strip one is what he used to try out for Ozzy's band

[@justins5715]

I have that same guitar! I got it new for ~$350 from a local store, it's a super great guitar, I was very impressed by the Floyd on it.

[@setmefree2818]

I love that you unpacked it without the gloves and mask!

[@dommadonia9207]

Great find but I was hoping for a Cessna prop unboxing. Glad to see you kept your boyscout pocket knife.

[@fuzzcous]

That looks awesome! Its much cooler than the yellow and black one imo. Congratulations on the new axe

[@trendkill7781]

still playing my '89 ESP SB Tiger .. second and best guitar I ever purchased after seeing Mr Scary play it live at monsters of rock ..

[@mikemikemike701]

Great guitar!!!!!! I’m glad you got it on the Reverb. You just got lucky.

[@POLLOTROM]

Same happened to me. Back them .." I'll get it later" they were around $500, now If you find them are used and about $1000.

[@POLLOTROM]

update... I found a kamakazi and bought it.

[@POLLOTROM]

I found a kamikaze one for $ 800 with non Esp case and bought it.

[@JLH_LetsPlay]

Great video. One of my favorite guitars, I LOVE George Lynch.

[@riffdigger2133]

Shows you when everything else fails, wander online to Reverb. Thx Max, glad it worked out so well for you. 💪 A lesson for us all.

[@Wildart2]

Awesome, I just got the yellow and black one. I was inspired after watching an Andy Wood 80's licks video.

[@Barbarapape]

They knew how to make outlandish paint finishes in the 80's. Makes a refreshing change for the standard sunburst colors.

[@spilbee]

You could always throw in another push-pull. Then wire them to be master on/offs for each pick up.

[@traceyrychewhite1874]

That's an amazing guitar. I actually bought one brand new in, I believe 1989. My X husband actually stole it year's ago. It was an ESP, George Lynch purple tiger. Then later, my X was working at a music store, called Midnight Music, where it was actually signed by George Lynch himself. Idk what it would be worth. Later he moved from Pittsburgh to Los Vegas, where he is claiming it was stolen. I really miss my guitar. I wish I had it back. My understanding is that you can still buy the ESP guitar and if that's the case, I will be asking for him to purchase me a new one. They are running around $5000.00.

[@AlexMarkScott76]

Hey Dude I recently found you on youtube and I love your videos! I missed this one....just came here from your reaction to your first review video....and DAMN!!! I'm a sucker for everything Lynch...great Choice....Purple Tiger is my favorite as well

[@Glock_Doc]

I’ve always liked his Kamikazi model, but that’s a nice score!

[@sherrigaskin5656]

The yellow, black, and red Kamikaze is my favorite guitar of all time. I had a real ESP and was foolish and sold it. Got an LTD a couple yrs later. The smoked chrome Floyd, nut, and tuners looked KILLER on the LTD. Steve

[@taunoctua245]

I have my guitars running out of phase and use the middle selector alot for Boston/Queeny sounds.

[@JohnBurris-p7k]

I think the eighties and early nineties was the Berry this time for music bands like talking Def Leppard amazing guitar players like Vito brancato. And Reb Beach Eddie Van Halen of course Steve Vai Perkins like Whitesnake all that music rock

[@jetraven8120]

Man that thing is so beautiful really takes me back man ty so much

[@The7thEmergency]

That is BADASS and definitely the rarer finish. Excellent find...just beautiful.

[@stewartcrawford5009]

I had one off these like 23 years ago was a beast .

[@1965l88]

That's a beaut! Congrats, Max.

[@visionop8]

I LOVE the ESP LTD signatures! I've got an ESP LTD Cult 86 Vernon Reid guitar Made in Korea. It plays and sounds incredible. They actually put an ebony fretboard on it! I believe that the LTD signature guitars are REALLY good values and very well made. My first LTD signature series guitar was a KH-502 Kirk Hammett guitar which I still have and it also plays and sounds insane. Those Lynch Kamikazes are incredible and that's quite a nice guitar you've got there man! I like it!

[@hullabeano1108]

I have an original Kamikaze 4 which I have owned for 20 years ( took me 2 yeats to source it) . Weighs a ton and is more of a collectors piece for me than a regular go to player.

[@Swanlord05]

Beautiful.... I got the yellow n black tiger and the kamakazee

[@tippss3332]

Lynch is the man!!! Congrats on the guitar.

[@jamesseverin]

I love that purple e1 schecter you have hanging there! Great guitar

[@TheGuitarshredder515]

very cool! they are well made i have the Kami picked that up for under $200 used still plays great.

[@robertsole9970]

I just got a used ESP Kamikaze 1. A real one from the Japan custom shop. It’s a maple bodied brute. It just resonates soon as you touch it.

[@benpowersguitar]

Love me some George Lynch. I was 13 in 1989. Had Dokken on cassette. Very cool Max.

[@jetraven8120]

I loved this guitar as a kid I remember it well

[@chriskoch2465]

Love 80's guitar's and hair rock, cant go wrong with tiger stripe

[@metalgod72]

I have wanted this guitar for such a long time!

[@Red-st9jk]

Amazing. 80s guitars are always the coolest

[@ronpatterson5483]

Congrats!! Great addition to your collection!! Keep up great reviews🤘🤘

[@ccchicken8889]

Lynch is one of my original favs. This LTD is really sick Max!

[@DavidGatto]

One of my all time favorite guitarist. Breaking the chains around us, nobody else can hold us - now i'm breaking the chains🤘 I'm salivating thinking about that Japanese model.

[@noeffnwaypal]

This is my favorite one of the Lynch guitars. Nice find man!

[@theblind_guitarist1990]

Keep up the great content Max! Is it possible if you can please do a review of this awesome little rogue guitar? I don't see any reviews oof this guitar. It's the Rogue Rocketeer RR50 7/8 scale guitar that features a 23.25 inch scale, a bass wood body, one master volume knob, no pickup switch, or tone knob, and it comes with a gig bag, guitar cable, guitar picks, and a strap. I highly recommend you review this guitar. I am going to get my hands on this instrument that goes on sale for $59.99 since its original price is $89.99. Sounds like a pretty good deal. The higher-up models, the Rogue RR100, and RR200 both have the HSS pickups similar to a strat, a 5-way blade pickup switch, and a whammy bar. But the RR200 only has the push/pull feature on the tone knob. The RR100 doesn't have that feature. But both higher-up models have the 2 single-coil pickups, and a humbucker pickup. The low budget RR50 guitar only has one pickup. I'd like to see a review of this guitar on your channel. You can purchase this guitar at the following link. Please don't just do the review for me. But for younger guitarists younger than me who want to get their hands on a budget guitar that's less than $100. But this guitar is worth a steal in the end. Even though this is a budget guitar, I'm going to get my hands on this instrument since I travel places. This way I don't lug around a heavy full-size guitar. I can take this little beast to a friend's house. Gonna get the Line-6 pocket pod, so I can use it with this little mini guitar. You won't regret getting this guitar in your hands. When you do a review of it, let me, and the rest of the guitarists out there know how it sounds. When I get mine soon, I'm going to get heavy gage strings for it, so i can use this guitar in Drop C tuning. If not, might get the Digitech drop polyphonic pitch shifter pedal to fix the problem. So I can lower the pitch of the guitar by using the pedal while this guitar is in Drop D tuning. Sounds like this guitar is worth a steal though. Highly recommend you pick this little guy up and do a review of it. Never played this before. So I'm reaching out to one of the best talented you-tuber guitar reviewers out there. But please do this review for all the youngsters out there if they're not able to pick up a $200 guitar. At least I'm getting this when it goes on sale for $60 on guitar center's website, or on Musicians friend. If not, might just jump up to the higher model, the RR100 model since the RR200 goes for about $200. You'll thank me later Max. Hope this helps man. Check out the link below where you can buy this little beast. Sounds pretty awesome to play metal on. Gonna test this with my Peavey Vypyr VIP 2 when I get my hot little hands on this mini guitar! You will be satisfied with this instrument when you do a review on it after you get it in your hot little hands. This is just not for kids. But for adults like us too who don't want to lug around a heavy guitar. At least this is light weight, and portable to travel with. You can buy the guitar here on amazon. www.amazon.com/dp/B004GH8QMM/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_0JlJEbZB00XMB

[@ironlung7176]

I love George Lynch. I would like to own one of his Production models some day soon. My favorite is the Komacasi model.. .

[@shawnmatthews5118]

The LTD L-2 (Lynch 2) guitar from 1996 has a selector switch and (mine, at least) has a jet black body. I am swapping out the stock gear with SD Screamin Demons and Mad Hatter electronics so it will be a pinch harmonics beast.

[@tatoler38]

My favorite pickup configuration.

[@ShredSixx80s]

Plus the weight is pretty light, the original late 80s early 90s esp kamis are around 15 to 15 lbs

[@OakLawnSpeedShop]

My luthier was his guitar tech and has an original gifted from George to him.

[@jamesbilancia2794]

Happy for you Maxx that you've found another collector's item type guitar, a blast from the past that you and others really like. While on the one hand I think it's "kinda cool," it's not for me (and was a teenager on the 80's). A little too "busy" of a finish for me, and I don't care for the highly angled headstock (like those on the Jackson guitars). However, I lllllllllllllove my Wolf LP honeyburst and Firefly white with black trim Firefly double cut. I think it's great that you have such wide and diverse set of personal tastes in guitar aesthetics.

[@leehyson9831]

Truely an awesome looking guitar. Its a shame its not produced anymore. Enjoy it buddy.

[@matsnilson7727]

Looks very nice! The LTD signature models are good. I stumbled upon a Michael Wilton signature (skull graphics) about ten years ago and bought it immediately. Very nice guitar. I've never given it a proper setup but it played pretty great right out of the box so it wasn't really a priority. Definitely a keeper. 🙂

[@mikejohnson5375]

I just got one off of reverb a month ago . It was in great shape as well . I paid 350 shipped . This guitar has really surprised me. It is very well made and absolutely beautiful. I figured that I’d have to swap out the pickups at least . Hell no . They sound really good . The pot I will change . But overall this guitar looks good and sounds better .

[@scottfulmer4414]

Love it! Just found one myself. I've had the kamikaze for a few years - and it's really great guitar for the price.

[@72dodge340]

Sometimes it's a real stretch to get to 10:00 :) Awesome guitar though... I love it. Lynch rocks. Now I have to pull up some more Lynch to listen to!

[@robertrussell5948]

That thing is absolutely beautiful. If I were you I would never get rid of it. Ever.