3 Vinnie Moore Licks From 1991

[@johnramsey7706]

I still recommend Vinnie Moore's "Meltdown " CD to anyone who either plays or are a big fan of great rock guitar music!!! EPIC CD from beginning to end!!!

[@throughmusicislife3315]

I've been listening to that CD for 25 years now and it still makes me wanna play the guitar. Great CD!!

[@davejohnsonmusic]

Vinnie is my guitar hero from the late 80's. Incredible technique and beautiful touch. I got to see him on that Rush tour. So awesome.

[@AndNayNay]

I love Vinnie's ability to write absolute beast backing riffs that would hold up on in their own right and then layer an equally interesting melody on top of it.

[@julianbenedict9720]

Dave, you and Paul Gilbert are the only two guitar teachers I’ve heard with such a command of the fret board. Your lessons have gotten me out of a rut and have inspired serious practice!! Keep up the great work !!

[@thomasaquinas601]

I subscribe to a lot of top notch guitar channels, and you are one of the best. I really appreciate your "everyman" style of explaining things that others just gloss over or ignore. Greatly appreciated.

[@uncleremus5046]

I consider his 1st 2 albums timeless classics like Rising Force. I love his phrasing & early on his neoclassical playing was very clean. Also he made still today one of the best instructional guitar videos. As always thanks 🍺Sky!

[@Michael-bl4no]

Uncle Remus - Rising Force is Malmsteen.

[@JD-vj4go]

@@Michael-bl4no I think he meant he considers the VM albums to be on the same level as Malmsteen's Rising Force.

[@ThankGoddaily]

Michael 3:15 , I totally agree he was saying they were classics like Yngwie’s Rising Force. A comment with which I fully agree.

[@andresdiaz2737]

@@ThankGoddaily Personally I disagree. Vinnie´s first to albums are way better. The melodic phrases which are the core on each track from those albums stand on their own even if you are not into guitars. By the way that last lick sounds a lot like the interlude from "Morning Star", that song alone worth buying Vin´s second album.

[@ThankGoddaily]

Andres Diaz , don’t get me wrong, I love Vinnie. His first two albums were a huge to me. He was one of my favorites. I love Yngwie as well, but Vinnie is Vinnie and Yngwie is Yngwie. They are different to me, but I respect and love both.

[@TGormania]

I still have Advanced Lead Guitar Techniques on VHS and haul it out every so often. That instructional video still sits in my playing. To me, the pivot note(s) lick is what I associate Vinnie with.

[@TheK20sedan]

Brewster rocking the new do! Excited for the new year and lessons bud, love your channel

[@nethbt]

I still think MELTDOWN is the greatest Rock Instrumental album ever made, He had a catchy phrasing yet extremely technical...something that Vai or Yngwie could probably never achieve...He never used string dampeners yet he was extremely articulate and clean.

[@Peter_Stoops]

I got his 2 videos used in the early 2000’s, some of the best lessons ever!!! - this lesson is killer also, thanx David!!!

[@lornesguitarcompany6504]

Love it. I was fortunate to see a clinic at a local music store with Vinnie sponsored by Ibanez. I was fortunate to win a metal pedal and get that and Mind's Eye autographed. Will never forget being 15 and 5 feet from him and totally blown away.

[@ct90twa]

Another great video. Would love some Tony MacAlpine.

[@lxathu]

I almost never listen to the same piece twice or more (I let them rest) but it did happen that Winter in Osaka started after Winter in Osaka after...

[@voronOsphere]

Saw Vinnie Moore LIVE at Graffiti in Pittsburgh in the early 90s! Excellent show! Thanks, David!

[@michaeldolan1283]

Stumbled across David's videos and have instantly become addicted. I grew up in the late 70s and early 80s when rock and metal were at their best. But that era was long forgotten until now. To see someone going back to guitarists from this era is fantastic. I am also surprised at how much i enjoy going thru lessons like this for more shred type guys like Vinnie Moore that came after my real interest in metal had died down. Growing up on Zeppelin, Boston, Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, guys like Vinnie Moore and Yngwie were sort of looked down upon. While i knew they had talent, I never really listened to this type of shred stuff. Like a snob, I didnt think they had any taste and used to say...."too many notes". Your videos have opened my eyes to their music and the contributions they have made to the craft of great guitar. Always look forward to your new videos David. Great work!!! The only comment i would make is that I would love to have you speak more about your picking technique. For some of these licks, the picking is probably the key. Anything you can share on that front would be great.

[@gonget]

Seen Vinnie Moore guitar clinic in a small pub in Sydney Australia many years ago when getting to see these guys in their hay days was a real treat.

[@wulfenii64]

I heard Vinnies solo album "To the Core" a few years ago. One of the most fluid players around and his vibrato is just so sexy. His playing has aged very well.

[@Busyfingers24]

Awesome Dave, thanks! Vinnie is an amazing player, and I got to see my Shrapnel hero with Gus G on the Richie Kotzen tour! I spent an entire summer with those vhs tapes way back when...those were the days🤘 thanks again Dave!

[@deanwitt7903]

Minds eye was incredible . Big heavy rhythms and super melodic solos , soulful and melodic shred .

[@Michael-bl4no]

Tony Macalpine’s Edge of Insanity is also great. Less doubling and love his melodies on The Taker and The Witch and the Priest.

[@Mudder1310]

Michael 3:15 MacAlpine’s “Maximum Security” is outstanding.

[@williamj.nerison8834]

He worked with Vinnie on the Maze. Vinnie Moores's best album.

[@rjsoldani19]

Love the videos, great stuff…you’ve got a creative approach, thanks for all the great work!

[@MichaelWilson-ri9pn]

Love your lessons man. I remember seeing Vinnie on the cover of GFTPM and they transcribed one of his songs. It was my first exposure to him and have been a big fan since. Thanks for the lesson!

[@kakan147]

This channel is gold!

[@nelsono4315]

I'm a drummer, don't play any guitar but I'm a guitar fanatic. Great series! Nice to see how some of my favorites do what they do

[@Stormyrider01]

Dave, you're such a great teacher - and unbelievable transcriber skills, being able to decipher obscure, faster than light blurry footage, where normal ears just can grab only a vague muddy murmur !!! Keep up the good work, it's absolutely amazing ; so inspiring and challenging.

[@adrianlee3497]

There's one of those Hot Licks instructional videos on KZbin by Vinny called Speed and Accuracy which was very comprehensive for me at the time where he shows you how to shred in a minor pentatonic scale and explains and demonstrates all 7 modes. It was a real.door opener for me. Glad you're doing this video. :) Oh btw he talks about his Pepsi commercial in there too.

[@seanstevens4635]

Life force was my tune.. Had his VHS back in the day.That staccato section in life force is a beast..

[@electroKrunch]

Thanks man & Happy New Year to ya!

[@c.g.vonhagenstein7576]

It makes me happy that Vinnie's newer material still rocks. I love his fusion-y stuff as well as the neoclassical, although as I age (not sure if I'm maturing lol) I seem to gravitate more to fusion side of things. Great music is great music regardless of genre though. Another great lesson! Your channel rocks!

[@nathancloud6344]

Vinnie is a definite burner!!! I remember when I first heard him.

[@joebagadonuts-j4y]

top notch as always my man! thanks!

[@Bricklinsv1970]

I couldn't click fast enough! Ive seen Vinnie at least 3 times live he is a amazing guitarist super melodic and technical!!Can you do Testament Signs Of Chaos please that one seems so difficult. Cheers!

[@MsDavo123]

Pedal tone lick just blown my mind so amazing! so that lick is appearing in his song "Last Chance" well part of it with string skipping he took it to the NEXT level

[@rudiyantohalim736]

Vinnie More is one of my fav guitarist. Love his version of 'While my guitar gently weeps"

[@risingforce2903]

Love your lessons and playing!

[@GerhardGeficky-jg4ok]

Daydream is a beautiful composition with a amazing expressive solo. He reminds me of Al Dimeola alot. I dont know why.

[@guitarkis4969]

I can't play any of these licks, or from most of your videos, but I LOVE your channel! I'm going to go watch the Chords of Zappa now....maybe I can pull something off from that one!

[@jimwinters3986]

Catching up. I think my favorite Vinnie Moore is still his playing on Vicious Rumors. I went to NGSW in 87 and he had just been there the week before, so everyone was dubbing a bootleg of his clinic that was floating around. Alot of it was basically the same info as his first video. I think one of the teachers even copped an arpeggio section for one of his worksheets. Haha. I finally caught a clinic around the time between his instructional videos.

[@MeatballAvenger]

Finally! 😍 I`m hoping for Jeff Kollman next!

[@curtpozzi5527]

I remember seeing Vinnie play his Meltdown solo in a small club in Syracuse NY called The Lost Horizon. Amazing player. In 2013 I saw him while touring ,playing lead guitar in U.F.O. at The Chance in Poughkeepsie NY. He kept to the original U.F.O. style/vibe. He did not make it about himself, though he did play with some " restraint ". I got to meet him and most of the band accept for Phil Hogg. Cool dudes. We miss you Paul Raymond.

[@Michael-bl4no]

HR Giger in the frame. 🤟🏻😎

[@voronOsphere]

Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Brain Salad Surgery" with, that's right, fantastic cover art by H.R. Giger.

[@SDesWriter]

The pedal tone thing is from one of his instructional videos AND it's the beginning of the solo in Morning Star. Such a cool lick....

[@yguitarro]

Time Odyssey recordings. As time slips by is sweet and uber melodic. Pieces of a picture absolutely burns. Incredible legato licks.

[@caleshtcincredibles]

very very very cool run

[@cyrilstut]

Great ! Tks for the job. Race with destiny is a killer song, my favorite with Thunderball

[@MJHiteshew]

Whoa!! Short hair for the holidays! Almost didn’t recognize you!

[@steevkelly]

The "face" in that Pepsi commercial was Derry Grehan from the Canadian band Honeymoon Suite ("I got a new girl now"). But yeah, Vinnie was the stunt double. ;) (the shred track was Vinnie too, iirc)

[@evalex71]

Love your channel bro

[@michaeleaster1815]

Awesome choice! 1:11 Canadian fans will note that Derry Grehan (of Honeymoon Suite) appeared in the Pepsi commercial (easily found on KZbin). Derry wasn't a shredder, necessarily, but a solid rock guitarist. I saw him do an extended solo (in concert) in my small town and I was blown away. My town couldn't have handled someone like Vinnie.... LOL

[@davekiddie4467]

Especially if you were impressed with Derry

[@logothescanandeffectmaker2122]

Very cool the good ole days 👌

[@alexbrenner975]

I saw him on the Meltdown tour, Shotgun Messiah opened. Phenomenal show!

[@christian-van-e]

Listen to “Coming Home” from Vinnie Moore: great intro!

[@sarahvlo]

The intro to "Coming Home" is pure genius.

[@timjenkins502]

Thank you!!!

[@carolmarable6825]

Vinnie is DYNAMITE! I get bored pretty fast listening to Yngwie play, especially his lead playing, but I could listen to Vinnie all day long. I think Vinnie could actually teach Yngwie a thing or two although we'd most likely never of heard of Vinnie if not for Yngwie.

[@lowdz68]

Those first three albums are awesome, and all sound very different. Probably my favourite guitarist. Those two solos on the Alice Cooper album were great, on an album full of great guitar.

[@russellward4624]

The Maze is another great VM album. I watched his old instrumentals on VHS about 1000xs.

[@Aeronaut1975]

Is that a Behringer V-Amp2?! Not seen one of those for a while...

[@nunyabusiness7927]

I was thinking the same thing, because I have the same amp. I'm about 99.9% sure that it is.

[@TomLaios]

Odyssey is my favourite instrumental CD.

[@sacredgodslayer]

The other great Moore deserves a video too Gary

[@seanmiller7889]

Oh boy I've requested Vinnie and was hoping you would get to him. His first two albums most people hav6heard but if you haven't listened to 'The Maze' give it a listen.

[@nunyabusiness7927]

The Maze is incredible. It's my personal favorite, along with Defying Gravity and Mind's Eye. His new album, "Soul Shifter," just came out a few weeks ago. It's really good too.

[@timothyholmes4588]

vinnie Moore is a total shredder.

[@BrettFunkGuitar]

Awesome!

[@jasonb7693]

How about Chords of King Diamond or Mercyful Fate?

[@TheRealFrankWizza]

Have you listened to mercyful fate?

[@thirdtrumpet4446]

huge Vinnie fan too. From Meltdown, the track Deep Sea is a great one. A video on Joey Tafolla would be nice too, Out of the Sun album, love it's atmosphere - especially that solo from Nine Tomorrows

[@mgscano]

the bonus lick is clearly inspired from Bach. One of the top voices in the Fugue BWV565 at some point plays a very similar figure, although in a different key

[@JD-vj4go]

My high school had an after school rock music program. Vinnie Moore did a meet and greet and donated a signed guitar (Fender Heartfield Talon?). Sadly the show that night sucked. Vinnie had an off night and the opening band was a local slide guitar player. I'm not that into accoustic blues but at 17 I hated it. The next two times I saw Vinnie he was amazing. He's my favorite of the Shrapnel guys. Also I got to play his signed guitar every day after school.

[@JohnDoe-sz3lz]

"..and you know, Blankity Blank is definitely a legendary, huge guitar player" every video ahahaha, good shit though man

[@oscarcastillo6779]

I appreciate your lessons, do u have shirts for sale

[@markdakel9253]

Excellent lesson!!!! Would you consider doing an Andy Summers chord play.

[@nunyabusiness7927]

One of the videos you mentioned might be mine. It's in two parts because I don't have any video editing software. A friend of mine transferred it from VHS to DVD for me and it was in two parts when I got it back from him. I have lots of cool bootleg guitar videos on VHS. Just haven't transferred them to DVD and uploaded them to KZbin.

[@Scottocaster6668]

Vinny Moore thumbnail pic: I had that VM model, Fender Heartfield Talon V back a few years ago. Repeat, HAD 😭😭

[@darkjester2713]

Happy New Year Man..learned a lot from you this year. Thank you.... How about Shrapnel attack with Apocrypha and Vicious Rumors...As a vocalist I took my style from Steve and Carl

[@ignacioinder]

Sick one¡! Vinnie is tha bomb.....learned so much from his tone at the hot licks videos and groups of legato....sad thing that his tone is really not the same after he went crazy trying to be another fusion shredder....nice bonus legato lick...just like race with destiny.....sick album...cheers from chile Bruh

[@williamj.nerison8834]

Vinnie's ultimate album was The Maze, check it out if do not believe me!

[@wtffrankreich6873]

Great lesson !!! ( What is this new haircut????? David Lee Roth's influence ?)

[@voronOsphere]

Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Brain Salad Surgery" (cover art by H.R. Giger) in the frame!

[@jakeshuster6783]

vinnie rules and so do you.

[@EllisGordon33]

Happy Holidays everyone. Nobody is going to mention the haircut? :)

[@mattyoxide3650]

Only liked the technical aspects of the first 2 records. Meltdown was really worth listening to as he moved out of the Malmsteem thing - though like many others he never really acknowledged Yngwie as an influence. Spoke more about Al di Meola. Anyway Meltdown was the album that really helped me apply the shredding- type licks to a blues-rock setting. Always thought it sounded like he went for a more GnR sound. Maybe my favourite instrumental rock album.

[@hrosemd]

I'm having a hard time taking you seriously without the mullet. 😉

[@mrmres]

5:28 sounds like Jimmy Page on TSRTS live. His guitar leads in TSRTS include a passage like that. 6:22 reminds me of Jimmy Page on Rock and Roll during that end part where the music stops and he is playing that lick by himself while the band pauses for 2 measures. Page stays at the 5th fret for the entire 2 measures though.

[@geemac7267]

Do you not do tabs for any of these lessons? I'm not skilled enough to follow you most of the time.

[@patrickkish6662]

Sweeeet 👍

[@pablodebiddlybo3771]

Killer guitarist

[@em-dashman4404]

Off topic, but 6Music in the UK has just played Turn Up The Radio by Autograph, which I have never heard before, but thought would be right up your street!! Just off on some google mining...

[@j.r.90001]

Vinnie should do a JAZZ (fusion) album! Jazzy chord progressions would yield interesting melodies, I'm sure. Just look at Time Odyssey. And, it doesn't need to be neoclassical.

[@michaelblack9458]

Vivian Campbell

[@billwilliams6338]

LATE NIGHT, thanks for the vinnie moore, I have watched his VHS lessons maybe u can watch it and borrow some licks from it and post another video. I have watched Greg Howe , Joey Tafolla, Tony Macalpine VHS guitar lessons and I just don't get what there signature trade mark licks are maybe you can make new videos that are what these guitarists are known for because when I watch the VHS lessons on vinnie moore, Greg Howe , Joey Tafolla, Tony Macalpine i don't know what is so special about these guitars or what they do that has that signature trade mark licks they do. The VHS guitar videos from these guys just show a bunch of different scale sequences which are just normal scale sequences your neighborhood guitar teacher would make you practice. What I mean is that yngwie has very in your face trade mark signature licks, scale sequences,etc. I just don't know vinnie moore, Greg Howe , Joey Tafolla, Tony Macalpine are known for doing in their licks or bag of tricks.

[@arthurmee]

Your vibrato is killer.

[@anurajlepcha7359]

💕🙌🤘

[@davekiddie4467]

Shit, your going to run out of guys

[@jhalagan]

Ronnie Montrose

[@GerhardGeficky-jg4ok]

Lets see the John 5 fanboys chime in that John 5 is better than Vinnie Moore as wellas Buckethead.