MICHAEL SCHENKER [ IN THE STUDIO ] [ 1 ]

Michael Schenker creating the music for "THE UNFORGIVEN! [1]

[@jsb_music]

The master. His tone and sense of melody is unmatchable.

[@RandyFricke]

I'm just fascinated with how he has remade himself. He doesn't even look the same and he plays better with every passing year.

[@blackfender100]

shenk is the man!! I have been a fan of his from the early scorpions days. Really showing my age here. saw him with ufo and MSG several times the man is an amazing player period!

[@mustang131]

I know EXACTLY what u mean. For me Schenker reaches places inside me that ALL the others cannot. A lead break or a melody can make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and move me to TEARS!!!

[@fordgt402]

Schenker has the most unique guitar styles, he does need tapping, his older solos only uses 3 fingers yet fast for high tempo songs.i salute u mr schenker.

[@FeelingShred]

3:19 was just crazy, he was barely picking the strings 🤣🤣

[@CarrigansGuitarClub]

That is something I notice when I seen him live, he doesn't use the pinky as much as you'd think for a guitar God - I found that strange but liberating at the sametime!!!

[@marlahart2060]

🎸🙋‍♀️Interesting to see my all time fav guitarist in studio. Thx for post.

[@stratmancruthers]

Killer vibrato technique. Wide sweeping, very cool. This guy will always be one of my guitar heroes.

[@coenzo2502]

Not only the vibrato. The harmonic feeling and expression is unmatched!

[@patouneraph2228]

Michael Schenker est un guitariste absolument brillant !!!!!! un style de jeu unique qui fait de lui un guitariste prodigieux !!!!

[@doulos737]

Fantastic! Brilliance and creativity in action captured in digital media to be shared and enjoyed by the masses...👍👌👏🎶🙂

[@lucioarchangelo5992]

The master playing!

[@showmasterman]

6:30 to 7:12 ---- Possibly the most tastiest licks made from any rock guitar in the past 12 yrs

[@rotagen5]

Mindblowing Talent.

[@paulcarroll7787]

Man this is gold for me, he was my life in the 70/80's. Thanks for uploading all these video's hits me deep. Cheers..

[@Broadfieldpoint]

The best...period. The greatest rock guitarist of an entire generation.

[@chrisbell5032]

Inspired my boy who's only 18

[@izzimichaels2892]

two maybe three generations....

[@paulcarroll7787]

@@chrisbell5032 couldn't pick a better choice. Goog luck to you man now...

[@chrisbell5032]

@@paulcarroll7787 Thanks Paul, here he is 8yrs ago,sadly has had a life trauma but is still going for it,lol.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gV7So2urn9lji5o

[@paulcarroll7787]

@@chrisbell5032 I have seen many of your son's videos, and he is one of the only players whom can emulate shenker. Plus he is a great player in his own right. I am so sorry to her a of his trauma's , it would be a great loss to the music world.. god bless, I wish you and your family all the good fortune in your futures. Take care and tell him he is not unnoticed...

[@BrianWachter]

This is a prized look at one incredibly underrated genius. *Can play as fast as anyone but he's even better when he slows it down 'cause his melodies are so tight. *Can improvise huge arpeggios without having to restart his solos. *This video was taken during a tough stretch in his personal life--still a consummate professional in the studio.

[@Contato1001]

Underrated your ass, WTF is the problem with guys like you? Who cares if the big public dont know who MS is? Whoever knows a tiny bit about rock'n roll knows, respects and admires him.

[@izzimichaels2892]

@@Contato1001 ive been saying the same for decades. schenker is 180 from "underrated". that word is so often misused. he's one of the most highly regarded rock guitarists in the history of hard rock.

[@Broadfieldpoint]

Gary Moore was great...one of the most influental players of his day. MS is in another league. No one...in rock guitar history has the feel and the melodic sensibilities of MS. He has ebdured through various regimes. Hes still on top.

[@zbelosa]

Pure Music! Timeless Music. Great Arangements, greate understatementz. Michael was never a Millionseller but the greater Musican.

[@hamishanderson6738]

His playing is gorgeous.

[@GeezaBun]

While Metal Mickey is not the most technically gifted guitar player on earth he is the complete master of obtaining the most incredible melody and structure to his solos. Not just reliant on how fast his fingers can twiddle some inane crap. Schenker rules.

[@badnomad357]

Does anyone get goosebumps listening to him play or is it just me? Something about his style, phrasing and tone that, I think, tricks my brain into thinking I just had sex. He is like chocolate for the male ear :) I don't listen to much heavy metal and none of the shredders but Schenker is different. He is a Satriani blended with an old blues soul. I wonder what science would learn if we hooked up an MRI to his brain while he was composing a solo.

[@megclifton6692]

He is literally insane....lol that's ok though There is a reason he was committed and put in a straight jacket...best guitar player ever

[@vacationpromo1669]

Greatest To Ever Pick Up A Guitar !!!

[@privatejimmy5861]

Among all the incredibly fine traits of MS guitar playing...his solos are explosive!

[@ronsachs]

Best Vibrato on the planet I've worked for years to do this

[@jeffreym4273]

He is a spectacular player- plays like no-one else at times.

[@NoNotMe0000]

No whammy No tapping No appreggios Just pure gunslinger!😎

[@TheSenecaHighlander]

Absolutely... it's amazing to watch him work out a solo. So many tasty licks this guy has... He was working it out more than I thought he did.

[@minthagyi]

WOW!!how did he get that good???it's amazing how his touching is so unreal.. i get two feelings when i watch him play;i wanna be as good as he is and in the same time i'm too scared to play,intimidated that i will never be as good as he is..WHAT AN AMAZING GUITARIST AND GREAT SOLOIST HE REALLY IS!!!!!

[@jeffholliday5225]

The Unforgiven sessions. Great album!

[@GreenBayLA]

Great behind the scenes video. I went to a UFO show in 08 with low expectations and came away impressed with Vinnie Moore. He put his own stamp on Schenker's solo's giving UFO a fresh sound. That said, Schenker is a unique creative force and Moore is a guitarist.

[@williamdawson3538]

A lot of people don't know that this was a very rough time for him. He was just going through alcoholism and trying to get over it. Here's my third favorite guitar player of all time behind Buck Dharma and Tony Iommi! And still plays the the same today with that fire.

[@MetalAnimeGames]

i envy michael so much,in a good way,he had influenced so many,includind me,i will never even come a 100 miles close to him as far as music goes!!!!he is so great

[@dwill1970]

the maestro himself

[@AudiophileTubes]

Thanks for posting this! Great to see the maestro creating!

[@theartist124]

So cool to see, thanks for posting! He's really one of the greatest!!!!!

[@Davy.J.Y]

unforgiven was one of his best efforts..

[@terrysteward]

Fantastic insight vid,cheers for posting,he has always been one of my fave players,the tone and vibrato,and note choice of michael is amazing !!!,such feel !!!

[@Kroeber38]

Precious clips! Thank you for posting this!

[@mattschulze2289]

Absolute favorite album... meticulous and full of soul power. Inspiring to watch and listen to. Keep reaching for that Samadhi, Michael.

[@cocktailhotel]

I like how "Turning Off The Emotion" has that slow creeping entrance under the acoustic that builds and then just explodes with that riff that sets the song pace through to the end. My personal favorite on the album.

[@showmasterman]

This is one badass lead run and one of the best on the album. I think this is my new favorite lp from Michael....saw him and Vinnie Moore together on this tour. With Vinman pushing the Maze its prob my all time best hard rockin guitar concert of my two fave musicians

[@TheSenecaHighlander]

Brilliant answer. They're my two favorite guitarists, and I can't pick one who is "better." I would have loved to see them jam together. That would have been epic.

[@hastyberford]

The best.

[@jasondotson]

Bad ass! He sounds like a fusion guitarist at times!

[@BluesLicks101]

He IS a fusion player.

[@zatoichiable]

for me Rock Bottom live version Stranger in the night is definitely the most comprehensive guitar solo i have heared. As for Moore Parissene Walkaway live version with Phil lynot on vocal is definetly his signature tune.

[@AXEFLYERFV]

Yes,I agree with you,He is the best for me!

[@bobolsen8067]

This was his best sound ever the Dean guitars doesnt sound anything like an old Gibson flying v with Challer tuners=very important soundwise.

[@ericnootebos5855]

Schaller

[@blakejohnson7148]

what are you talking about? tuners don't impact the actual sound of a guitar just maybe help it stay in tune better.

[@leonardkrivjansky3835]

Yeah it sucks, his Wife at the Time put this Guitar for Sale on EBAY! while he was away in California recording with his UFO buddys... believe it was the album SHARKS.. he returned home in Arizona to find his 1964 FLYING VEE WAS GONE! REAL STORY

[@kevinmcguinness1113]

Beautiful tone and dynamic expression, amazing wide, slow (and sometimes fast) vibrato. String skipping long before it became fashionable, ascending and descending 3- and 4-point layovers, disjointed blues, chromatic and minor pentatonic runs. Minor and major 3rd, perfect 4th and flat 5th double-stops. Technique for days. Plus that glorious "stuck wah" tone and the Echoplex. Total perfectionist, one of my favourite players since the 70s, along with his mate Uli. Saw him recently, just keeps getting better with age.

[@paulcarroll7787]

@@leonardkrivjansky3835 if it was me she would be my ex wife. And I would have made her get it back as it was not hers to sell.. that's like selling stole property. He has a legal right to get his wife to retrieve it...

[@cfv22]

yo aeronomer,u said it perfectly bro.the man is unreal,been listening to him since 1973.will always be my favorite player.rock on bro.

[@IbanezGuitarz87]

crzy good guitar playing just absoultly amazing!!

[@waliuxD]

his classic white and black guitar that all we want

[@captaincrank7593]

IMHO definitely up there with the legendary Edward Van Halen and Randy Rhoads in terms of quality, but Michael Schenker is the most lyrical of the three. Influenced so many other great guitarists, yet he remains underrated, what a shame.

[@MikeBarnett1776]

Simple and complete awesomeness. Guitar Zen.

[@artistim]

@mustang131 And he nails harmonics perfectly in the middle of solos that can only make you feel appreciation.

[@showmasterman]

I really like the tunes on this cd. I think his solo work here could be some of his best ever...all totally so hard to follow and totally schenker. I saw him on this tour twice with vinnie moore opening and still the best guitar concert ever for me. They both played with the same band and it was sweet!

[@loristowe2549]

This is amazing!!! Love MS!Thanx for posting.

[@AXEFLYERFV]

You're very welcome Lori...! :)

[@EUguitarRULE]

But Schenker is the founding father of bluesy-classical-rock-metal guitar.

[@diagreen]

GREAT.lots of great info+comments here from fans/followers like myself.weather its string type or what fingers he uses or that AMAZING vibrato OR HIS flawless harmonies/overdubs its all part of the MS magic.THE MAN HIMSELF IS PLAYING HERE IN LA THIS MONTH.be there or be nothing. thanx a million for this vid bro.

[@maclenn56]

c est le super son ...........et une expressivité incroyable avec un feeling piouuuuuuuuu! bref un type tres doué

[@Lyraka]

Tremendously inspiring, thanks so much for this video!

[@smokinvalves]

Sweet jesus! The vibe here explains "Looking out from nowhere"

[@AXEFLYERFV]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXiXoKufoL6HrKc

[@AXEFLYERFV]

Even thou he has his own individual style, he has mentioned on different interviews that Leslie West tone was a major influence when he started as a teen!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

I agree with you,great songs on it!

[@baldol]

great video! i though i was the only one to make more takes ... it's great to see how he does it!

[@ave2112]

Loved Ronnie Montrose...one of the greats!

[@RestInPeaceDecency]

Thanks for sharing ! Great !

[@stonekeeper86]

A true artist as well as a legendary axe slinger!!!

[@bboyarnoldli]

How beautiful

[@gbastow]

That was great! Thanks for posting. Michael is one of my favorite guitarists. So melodic. I had read back in the day that he used 8's for guitar strings. Really super light guage strings. I wonder if he still does?

[@FeelingShred]

that was probably my biggest mistake when "trying" to learn guitar and listening to internet gurus, "you have to buy this", "buy that", do this do that... I ended up buying 11 gauge strings... that alone must have handicapped my entire progress with the instrument... only recently I came to learn that all the greats use 8 gauge or even 7 gauge in some extreme cases (or 9's tuned down...) I can only imagine if I could go back in time and change everything, maybe I would still have the stuff I sold out

[@Orbit91]

I'll agree there, he's out of his element.

[@trexx63]

Way cool video. Thanks for posting it!

[@axekicker78]

Think of all the dudes this guy has influenced, and he's still among the best in the biz. Did you know that when Randy had planned to leave Ozzy, he personally picked Schenker to replace him? But Schenker turned it down. Too bad, he would have made a great Ozzy record, even if just one.

[@ruiplas]

deep purple, whitesnake, motorhead, aerosmith, even fucking rolling stones, they all wanted Schenker to join in, but Schenker turn down them all. He can actually be a household name, If he want

[@cocktailhotel]

@@ruiplas In the late 90's to the early 2000's when Schenker was living in the Phoenix area of Arizona, Rob Halford was also living there and I believe still does. I was secretly hoping that the two of them would get together in the studio as a surprise to the fans and write and record a one-off killer hard rock album of all original material/songs, much like Coverdale/Page, but better !

[@izzimichaels2892]

the story i heard was that ozzy approached michael after randy's death. michael said he didnt want to play other peoples music ozzy said that michael "want too bloody much money" lol

[@shatnershairpiece]

寒蝉王 please stop the bullshit. the stones did not want MS to join. He had a chance to think about an open audition which he didn’t even attend due to fear. He would never have stood a chance for that kind of band.

[@izzimichaels2892]

@@shatnershairpiece similar to what we've heard schenker say. he had a chance to audition for the stones. brian jones had just died, and michael thought he'd be dead in a year if were to get the job. odds are the stone never heard of him, or from him.

[@stuartmenziesfarrant]

This 'V' is the best one he has owned imho.

[@MrWHT1992]

Thanks again AXE you sure have some bad ass videos!!!!

[@guitarzilla]

I never realized that Schenker did so much overdubs... Still one of rocks finest guitar players. next to Frank marino! Ha!

[@Ichnos76]

Ahaha! Yeah! You are right...he is a GOD!

[@coenzo2502]

Maestro at work....

[@ravensmead1558]

Michael looking very " Das Boot " !!

[@CelticSaint]

I can see him in a sub.

[@ravensmead1558]

i'm eating a sub with ham unt cheese right now

[@steverock9767]

He is a german guitar hunn :-)

[@steverock9767]

And don´t mention the war! The hunns submarines... psssst!!!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

@MetallicBill sorry for the late reply man,you can find all his material here on my page,I have posted all his cds here by now,it is a long list,he never stoped playing ,always coming out with great music!! this guy deserves all the exposure & all the glory because of his greatness!! thnx for watching!

[@johnnymilian]

Incredible. I agree w/ Broadfieldpoint. The best!

[@Orbit91]

That's more like the response I'm looking for, and I respect your opinion :)

[@Hologhoul]

Really don't wish to be disrespectful to the dead, but I think MS is on another planet to GM as a guitarist - just my opinion.

[@Maxx61]

1:05 to 1:09 is the main reason I love Michael Schenker.

[@cocktailhotel]

In the late 90's to the early 2000's when Schenker was living in the Phoenix area of Arizona, Rob Halford was also living there and I believe still does. I was secretly hoping that the two of them would get together in the studio as a surprise to the fans and write and record a one-off killer hard rock album of all original material/songs, much like Coverdale/Page, but better !

[@FeelingShred]

I've been slowly discovering Priest material (seriously don't know why it took so long... it must be because I did not know they had "less heavy" more hard rock albums in the early days...) Just listened to Stained Class and I'm very impressed, the only thing I can think is that the guitar player must have been influenced by Schenker somehow, very similar styles (mixed with Sabbath of course, whereas Schenker is more influenced by Blackmore Deep Purple)

[@cocktailhotel]

@@FeelingShred That's because in the early days heavy metal wasn't quite its own catagorical sound and genre of music yet. Black Sabbath may have been the first and closest to it, but only because their branded sound of hard rock felt like it was coming from a dark place. Hence "Black" Sabbath, when most bands of the day had bluesy structures through their music. If that makes sense. Early Priest was really only limited by sound technology at the time. And yes, Stained Class was my favorite JP album back in the day. It was the first album I ever heard of theirs in full. After that, I also loved Hell Bent For Leather. It was hard rock (or heavy metal) for the time period of the late 70's. In order for them to make it in the states with a hit record of sorts, they had to follow what Scorpions did, which was slightly shift to a more cleaner sound - so Michael Schenker comes in and helps shape the music for the Lovedrive album, and then they followed with Blackout. With Priest, it was designing the feel for the British Steel and Point of Entry albums for making it in the large American market. But they didn't have to stay with that new sound. Scorpions did for the most part, Priest didn't for the most part. They went heavier, and won.

[@FeelingShred]

@@cocktailhotel "Point of Entry" was the first Priest album I heard in its entirety, a couple months back, loved it.

[@FeelingShred]

@@cocktailhotel Just personal taste, I'm not a fan of the heavier stuff myself, the first impression it causes on me is "music from traumatized people", and I had plenty of torment in my early life myself, so I don't wanna go back to that place mentally, if you get what I mean.

[@FeelingShred]

@@cocktailhotel But yeah, in terms of "hard rock" sound production, I would say my number 1 album of all time is Racer X's "Technical Difficulties" (1999) That's my golden standard for hard/heavy guitar album... Heck I love Megadeth's "Peace Sells" too

[@talpajam]

it's called phrasing...only a couple of people really had it : jimi clapton & schenker...maybe keith i suppose. u guys have no idea when like NHP came out how lightyears ahead those fast runs were..Michael was the next great leap forward in rock (Montrose was a revelation too).

[@blindmellonchittlen]

Never really thought how soulful MS is in his playing. Not just another technical robot.

[@FeelingShred]

unfortunately the sound mixing that appears in the final recordings of many of his albums do not showcase that aspect of his playing, the guitars become buried in the mix, too much tinkering around the mix

[@LucifersReactorChamber42]

I SOOO understand that look of "oh my god, NOT AGAIN!!!". Regarding the mistakes during recording....lol

[@AXEFLYERFV]

AMEN TO THAT! Best Regards!!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

Thnx for tuning in & comment!

[@BulldawgBiker]

Master of taste f-ckin master

[@henryh.3988]

Hallo ihr alle besten klampfer, es gibt nicht den einen, wichtig ist wer mich berührt, Gefühle weckt wo ich tanze, Flippe und das ist Michael mein gitarist

[@badnomad357]

Its also nice to see that even MS can screw up and need a retake. So he isn't God, just the closest we'll see on a guitar on earth.

[@HurricaneTBag]

Man...this guy got big at the wrong time. Had his band been opening up for Van Halen he'd be HUGE. Typical 80s Rock Anthem stuff, lots of little stuff really prevented this guy and MSG from just becoming HUGE. It's sad how great artists from genres who have gone out of style become marginalized. Love Schenker and Iove his music.

[@AXEFLYERFV]

@zatoichiable Both amazing guitarists with feeling but different styles ,they cannot be compared on who's the best,maybe who's your favorite , ( Just my own opinion) Gary Moore Rest in his soul , I loved his music for years & still do, reason I posted his videos on my other channel! thnx for watching!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

@drunkencruncher your welcome man, Schenker had been playing Gibson Flying V's for years, but he made he signed a deal with DEAN in 2004/5 & alot of fans including me didn't like the tone of the Dean but somehow ,I don't know how they did it but now with his signature guitars that tone is back & he just dsounds amazing ,here on this footage at his Home Studio he was still using Gibsons FV's, this is year 2000 around there! check out my latest MSG post ,Thank U.4 watching!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

@786marauder you're most welcome man! thank you for tuning in!!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

@hemi214 right on brother,thnx for tuning in!

[@KILLRITUAL]

Awesome exactly the way things are created. Very realistic...for once.

[@FeelingShred]

I can hear the guitar solos more on this "amateur" video than in the final album itself 😭😭 that's why you can't tamper with sound recording too much, sometimes the raw recording is better left untouched

[@timpenfield5]

PRICELESS MS IN ACXTION

[@TimeLordGuitar]

Michael is one of the best,but Vinnie Moore kicks ass too. I wish Gibson made a nice Michael Schenker model...the new Deans are hunks 'o doo-doo.

[@ave2112]

Amen...dig Vinnie BUT...haven't experienced the magic since MS departure!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

Thank you for your comment!

[@AXEFLYERFV]

right on brother,thnx!