This Wicked George Lynch Hack Is A Must Know!

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Cooking up something special for you guys on Saturday :)

[@AlexanderXtcSlayin]

Barbecue riffs?

[@eric-miles4025]

Lasagna?!?!??!

[@guitarifuldexter6366]

Can’t wait! Love your videos! 🤘🎸

[@sotirios6882]

I'll break out the cocktails 🍺🍷🍸

[@trialversion2617]

Robert I love playing the gibbons lick from the other day.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

Most guitarist name their heroes and the list is usually the same. EVH, Page, Clapton, Hendrix, Gilmour, etc. and those are all great. But the one that I would put up there that made me pick up a guitar is Lynch. One of the guys that made the 80s what it was. He is a total badass.

[@AMSOfficial79]

I think the non-copyrighted Dokken song you were attempting in the beginning was the classic 'remove the chains from the evening'. Great tune.

[@Guitarplayer7253]

'please whatever you do, refrain from removing the chains binding the time of dusk"

[@dustinstewart6335]

@@Guitarplayer7253 It would be greatly appreciated that you do not partake in removing the restraints of the time of which the sun goes down. Furthermore, I would suggest that you do not inform me that the admiration has ceased to exist.

[@jamesmeeker6933]

Breaking the Hunter of Death, perhaps? :)

[@DragonboltBlastter]

Ah yes, '''remove the chains from the evening'' amazing classic tune!

[@Bullet44]

Lmao! I totally agree 🤣

[@mikeg.9238]

Lynch was a beast in the 80's , he could shred with the best. So many killer solos on good song's!!!

[@vivolobrian]

I would say that would of been "Unchain the Night" I play that song daily, only because it was the last one I learned. George is the man. It's hard not to butcher his solos. He is so unique, you always know when George is playing.

[@mikeg.9238]

I think i might have heard a smidge of ( just got lucky)!

[@Jmdeclue]

Definitely

[@vivolobrian]

@@Ken-kb5fw Yes it as, me first language is jibberish. Me so ggladd i could offend you.

[@Ken-kb5fw]

@@vivolobrian no worries, not offended, just saddened at how badly our education system has failed you. But keep rockin' those Lynch licks!

[@elixenramirez740]

That's what I think as well!

[@sierraridgereaper]

Lynch is a monster... Now it's time for a Matthias Jabs hack.... 😁

[@johnhestich458]

Great era for "axemen" indeed. Jabs blew my mind and I still go into automatic air-guitar mode every time one of his epic solo's. Cheers!

[@Dilemma1962]

He is. He's also reported to be a colossal jerk.

[@sierraridgereaper]

@@Dilemma1962 I met and spoke to him at a workshop years ago and he was way cool. I've heard people say that but I didn't see it...

[@hartmutz.6599]

Years ago around 2007 I wrote MJ a short email and one day later I got his response. I asked if he has any plans to release a guitar DVD to learn his style? He said yes, he had wanted to do that since the VHS era. To this day it does not exist. Lynch released several VHS cassettes. Maybe MJ is not a good guitar teacher like EvH???

[@TimeTraveler2100]

​@@Dilemma1962, I was stationed in Germany in 2005, my wife was at a doctor's appointment, and I walked around Munich with my 3 and 6 year old in February, snow everywhere. I see a MJ guitar store, not knowing it was Matthias Jabs store. I walked inside, the store was pristine, full of 3,000 euro Frames guitars and engl amps, as well as Matthias signature starts. Matthias was in the store at the time, and walked up to me and my kiddos and he was one of the friendliest guys I've ever met. It took me about five minutes before I realized it was him. He walked my kiddos and I around his store, he talked to my kids. And then he kindly said if I needed anything that his crew in the store would help. Then he walked back over to individuals he was talking to before I walked in. It was a great experience, and I wish I wasn't starstruck at the moment I was talking to him.

[@justindeclemente1130]

Dokken rehearsed at Burbank Studios in Burbank, California, and I used to go sit outside and listen to them, George Lynch is in a league of his own, he may not be the fastest, he may not be the most technical, he might not be the most classical, he might not be the most blues influenced, but he has his own sound and nobody else sounds like him and his playing is beautiful. Kiss of Death, The Hunter and Tooth and Nail are terrifying. In addition, George and Jeff were both really nice guys and would come out and sit in my truck and let me listen to their demo tapes of the new songs - it was awesome.

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

I've been a Lynch fan for 40 years and "borrowed" this sliding lick pretty early but I also tend do to it using my index finger for the slide. For instance, sliding from the 12th to the 11th and back then finishing the lick on the 15th and 17th (depending on what mode you're playing, key, etc.). I've been a studio/session player for 30+ years and put more of that "Lynch Slide" in unsuspecting songs than you can imagine. Works great in Country music. BTW, I've got a 1989 Charvel Predator in the Rainbow Crackle. So '80s! ;-) Great post, Robert. Cheers.

[@The_Texan_Tyler]

I was fortune enough to see George play this last Sunday at the dallas guitar festival and holy mother of shred his soundcheck alone was to die for

[@suetruett3812]

now that I would of paid good money to see., hear, watch..

[@mikeg.9238]

Damn lucky you , must be nice living in a freedom state. We're still playing the masked up lock down B.S. up here in CT....

[@mikeg.9238]

@@suetruett3812 I read there having a reunion , all original members , the only problem is Don's voice is completely shot!

[@suetruett3812]

@@mikeg.9238 Mike G, a reunion, really?? Don's voice is shot so whos gonna sing for them. Everybody else is still in touring shape..

[@mikeg.9238]

@@suetruett3812 Hey" I agree with you , just reporting what I read and both Don and George confirmed it. But honestly I would not go to see them now , if you look at their last live performance , it's unwatchable. His voice is so bad that he doesn't even sing , it's more like he's talking through the songs and I've noticed that they lowered his mic so much , that all you hear is the instruments. I saw them a few times in their prime in the 80's and they were great , but it's over now for Don unfortunately!

[@Axeman90]

Great stuff Robert! George Lynch is my favourite guitarist. Love the Ideas/licks that are so fun to play, wish there were 100 more! The "slide" technique is also in the mid-part of "In My Dreams" solo, which is not the easiest to play, but sounds so good. (PS- how there are people who "dislike" this video, or any educational video for guitar is baffling and they really do not deserve any "air time." ;) Looking forward to more 80's guitar from you.

[@REDW1NG94]

George, Eddie, and Gilmour: my three greatest inspirations. Awesome video Rob 🤟

[@JohnSmith-ef2sx]

Unchain the night was the song you were avoiding copyright. I'm pretty sure. Great song.

[@mikeg.9238]

So many good dokken songs , plus George's shredding. That's what made them stand out amongst all those other hair metal bands , they had such a melodic sound!

[@pancon5]

With a wonderful solo!

[@anthonydavella8350]

If I could pick 1 person off youtube to take lessons from it would be you. You have his vibrato nailed!!

[@shanewalton8888]

I order his online course.

[@MojoMedicineMan]

The lick you were playing at the beginning was from "Unchain the Night".

[@vintagev8muscle721]

I love that Charvel you’re playing. *Jack Butler* style. 🤘🏼😆🎸

[@frankjager1647]

I can't tell you how jazzed I am to see that I've been doing something George Lynch does without knowing it. I have always done slides in a lot of places where others do hammer-ons, and I feel super vindicated now haha

[@QuikdethDeviantart]

Mr. Baker, you have the honor of “my most saved videos” in my save folder! You rock

[@roosterj2599]

George was actually approached about using the 2 hand tapping technique that Eddie pioneered and asked not to do it so much. He decided that he would go another direction and capitalize on what he knew and create new and better ways to play leads. This is what became the Lynch style we all know and love. It's harder to learn a George Lynch solo than it is to learn most of Eddie's in my book. Most of my guitar buddies agree. I read about all this in an issue of guitar world from years back. That article kinda made an impact on my own playing. Also, just when you think you've figured out a George Lynch solo you find out that the actual way George plays it is near impossible for most hands to handle. He has a way of manipulating every note and gagging each one for all it's worth and in the end pulls off some of the most killer leads of the 80s.

[@kellybeane7546]

Un rope the mid afternoon. Great song . Awesome lesson as always thanks so much for what you do

[@christophervincent8420]

Wow, I didn't realize how much blues influenced his style of playing. That is very interesting. Great to know how important it can be.

[@stricknine8623]

The 2nd lick has Warren DeMartini all over it. Love it !!!!

[@Gearjunkie35JasonBallou]

Dude...I have one of those Crackle Charvette HSS's. Killer shred machines. And Love this series..very approachable. Very useable. One of my fave guitar teachers 😎

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Thank you! Also what color is your Charvette? I want a blue Crackle!

[@Gearjunkie35JasonBallou]

@@RobertBakerGuitar red w black cracks.. I'll snap a pic for Instagram tonight. I'll #CharvetteCrackle. Thanks as always for the knowledge and sharing your passion for the art of the instrument itself.

[@CaseEJoanz]

Love those too. Washburn made one similar. They paint it whatever bleed color they want (In this case, red). Then spray it with black lacquer, and hit it with a torch. Then give it a nice thick poly clear coat. Watching this vid makes me want to go plug in my Furman PQ-3. Cheers!

[@rtaylor1105]

had that same red one myself lol

[@the_photarist1845]

Its interesting that second lick you played, when you slowed it down reminded me of Hungry like the wolf from Duran Duran. Its got that same flavor, obviously its not the same but it has that sound.

[@garrettpartain7771]

This is the second time I have watched this video all the way through!! George Lynch is a freakin' monster of a player!! I have already used the slide technique in my own playing and writing! Thanks for this video, Robert!! I love watching your videos!

[@SDesWriter]

My favorite part of that solo is the ascending six-note scale with the slide in between on the final note of each figure. That is definitely unique to Lynch and his style and it sounds so freaking good. I've conquered almost every one of his solos and I can't even come close to playing that thing and have given up even trying.

[@heavybrett-al4082]

Thanks Robert, George Lynch is one of my favourite players

[@Wyldwulf]

If you are taking suggestions for other hacks, JOHN SYKES. PLEASE!!! Severely underrated and generally under covered in style/licks videos. One of my all time favs. Lynch aint no slouch himself. :)

[@mfin-dave]

John Sykes is a good suggestion !!!

[@Matt-pk6vp]

There would be so much to say about George Lynch, in my opinion on KZbin he is underrated, there is too little talk about him, well done with this video! 😉 More videos about Lynch, playing style, techniques, Lynch scales, music ideas, would be great! He's the guy who sounds (and shreds😄) different in the 80's, a Genius. There's a lot to learn from Lynch stuff, I love how he chooses the notes, the use of diminished arpeggios and always with a bluesy touch. Not least the tone, fundamental said of Lynch himself! Amazing player!!!

[@mofo1739]

Great video, love George Lynch . The licks and the guitar sound awesome many thanks Robert .

[@DarkDays2023]

Second pattern is so impressive I'm loving it!

[@keith3229]

This is great! Nice lick for intermediates & perfect teaching style & lesson structure. Superb

[@mrtexican8302]

Dime also utilized this, but he incorporated it with super wide stretches. For example, the CFH solo.

[@loganpriest6029]

You remind me so much of Mark Morton man haha. George Lynch is a legend too, awesome trick bags, technique and that wide vibrato, so sick

[@gkroberts7816]

You fixed the Charvel......finally.🤘 Another great lesson mate. Love all these little tid bits. Not only can I practice them but it makes me sound more smarter (Eller ref) when talking to other guitar players. 😉 Cheers

[@JesseLeeKing]

Just got my George Lynch guitar book a few months ago the total 80s shredder

[@tonypowell250]

Great video man, really like your laid back style. Anyone who uploads tabs gets my subscription.

[@scottdunn2178]

George and Warren DeMartini were fast friends in the early days, and you can hear a lot of similarities in their style and approach to trills, bends, etc.

[@nacuda9]

Jake E Lee , too , with both of them. George has Jakes' blue Charvel used on one of the Ozzy albums. Just saw a recent clip of George holding and talking about it.

[@josefplager]

Love those licks! Thank you

[@rocktoday6532]

I absolutely love this video. In fact I love all Robert's videos. He is a truly gifted guy, not just as a guitarist but as a hugely engaging and inspiring musical mentor. Thank you, Robert! This is so very much appreciated! Craig

[@AlexanderXtcSlayin]

Loved the slidey lick 🎸 5:00

[@electroKrunch]

Love it Robert! I've slid outside the pattern for decades! Mostly because I was recovering from mistakes, draging a little jazz into rock stuff I was playing. People always thought it was intentional but I'd be honest & just say I screwed up and it was a recovery technique, LOL.... Playing a note above & below, or ahead & behind as I used to see it, of any scale seems to add flavor. A little coriander or cumin where it wasn't expected... Thanks for the great vid man!!

[@toneconsultant]

I’m always looking for a fun lesson. I like how you teach. Nice job

[@Michael-bl4no]

First solo I ever tried to learn note for note was In My Dreams.

[@DecapitatedPlaythings]

Thanks for not being a typical KZbin arrogant musician, I REALLY appreciate that.. Good job...

[@warmoth68]

Super cool vid...DeMartini and Lynch are so close in phrasing! Depending on your rhythm ,great Vid...explore all notes,call and response technique is crucial.the vibrato and dark note slide is the key. I say that ,but execution of it in a live situation takes practice..I still can’t do it..but it’s a work in progress..

[@Amorimsoueu]

Baker have you ever played with one of those Randall George Lynch signature amp models? I found a LB50c in a local store

[@christophermyers4965]

That chavel is sick love it i miss those old school charvels great video

[@eddiejr540]

I have never done this...it sounds so cool I gotta try it !!!!!

[@JesseLeeKing]

Good video my dude , George Lynch is becoming one of my favorite guitar players since I started studying him.

[@rishz7857]

Scott Gorham & John Sykes are cool, especially on Thunder n Lightning album by Thin Lizzy.

[@danrobinet1785]

Always love seeing this guitar! And hearing it ofcourse! Awesome man

[@TJJJJJJJJJJJ]

What compression pedal are you using Baker ? Sound really well levelled

[@SnappyJCM800]

I really want that charvel you’re playing. I just got my charvel model 6 wired up and love it and am now addicted

[@eddiemcshreddie7643]

You have the only crackle finish guitar that I really like

[@kenvorland]

Awesome video whats youre delay setting?and reverb setting sounds very high reverb

[@damonsdeliberatedetour492]

Lynch is a monster player! I have probably used a lot of his chops along the way!!

[@bluwng]

That’s my favorite pickup configuration

[@budgrzo3361]

I still can’t get over that those crackle finishes are popular again.

[@allengoeddey2719]

As soon as I saw the "hack" or slide, my mind went to Greg Howe. In recent years (my old age) I've discovered Mr. Howe. Even though I have Dokken's first two records on vinyl (there's my age showing again) lol

[@kalisilot6010]

Very nice bro I am definitely going to use that

[@rjc7289]

Were you trying to play "Unchain The Night" in the video intro?

[@michaelcard9382]

Lynch does like question answer type thing.Very cool phrases and pinch harmonics where i know its him like that We're Stars tune where all those guitarists n vocalists created like a We Are the World charity tune but metal lol.But distictive sound i knew which parts he played without watching it 🙌

[@jean-luccomeau2442]

George Lynch is the man Mr. Scary he’s great. You should do Steve Lynch next time!

[@brownsfan7753]

Awesome lesson! Thanks for sharing!

[@SketchEtcher]

Flat five is sharp four right? So could you say he favors Lydian?

[@Dingbotz]

Lynch doesn't use the flat 5 in the blues sense but more in alluding to the tritone to get a sinister sound.

[@eriks214]

Thank you! Cool ideas.

[@travelbyrocket]

What rig are you using here? Tone is crushing !

[@JimmyRadloff]

Sweet! Do a Vito Bratta hack next🤘

[@portuguesebeer5069]

Nice video! Awesome guitar! You are a monster player! Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘🇵🇹

[@svenzia]

Good little lesson 😊

[@thesnapperkeeper]

These Guitar Hack videos are awesome

[@SteveResor]

I got to see Lynch Mob in the 90s.. Man can George Shred !! Awesome tips Robert !!

[@PDXguitarfreak]

Sweeeet! I kind of thought it was going to be the slidey thing LOL. Very Lynch :)

[@brycesamuel7964]

What guitar are you playing, it looks amazing😱😱😱

[@blkjakk]

Very cool! Robert have you ever watched Jay Parmar?

[@freddylive4181]

.. Thank You for the insight Robert.

[@500erider]

George doesn't mind if you murder the Into The Fire solo. He's been doing it every time he plays it live, for nearly 40 years. The guy goes out of his way, to change all of his solos into mindless noodling, any time he plays live. And, I'm saying this as a fan who LOVED everything he put to vinyl in the 80's and 90's. He also goes out of his way to NOT shred these days, or use any kind of high gain distortion. He thinks he's Jeff Beck.

[@Musicsports]

Well he is old haha. What do expect? Jeff Beck didn't play the same style his entire career. He jumped around alot and it took him 50 years to hone his style.

[@mikenuckols4422]

Great layout of the b5 ness that George wears the undeniable crown. His playing has almost influenced me to much that i have to be cognoscente of it. Do you have an avenue where we can send audio back and forth just in the name of keeping the fire. Keeping real, is keeping it fun and enjoying those "moments." It's like crack cocaine. Anyway, don't know if you comment on these or have a platform for interaction, but that would be fantastic. Thanks

[@matthewbond8843]

Thanks for the quick tips, Robert. Slightly unrelated question, but these days it seems like everyone’s talking about pick slanting. Do you employ that in your picking? Why or why not?

[@KeithFine10]

Great lesson, thanks!

[@1642poltergeist]

Dude thanks for these vids. Helps me a lot !

[@TheEfetzis]

Man this crackle on your Charvel is out of this world... By the way, can you do a comparison video between a charvel so cal and the new contemporary hh squier strat (the shell pink one ideally 😁)?? It would be great!

[@kristijansudra3727]

Nice lesson😀

[@suetruett3812]

I love George Lynch, he is absolutely one of my favs. I never saw the poll but I'd vote for Warren next..or maybe Zack Wylde, Jake E Lee ....

[@___and_memes_for_all]

Vinnie Vincent

[@suetruett3812]

@@___and_memes_for_all Vinnie Vincent would work too... and Matthias Jabs cant be left out either..

[@___and_memes_for_all]

@@suetruett3812 never heard of him. any recommendations on where to start?

[@suetruett3812]

do you mean Vinnie Vincent or Matthias jabs?? Vinnie was in Kiss and then left and started the Vinie Vincent Invasion band, Matthias was in the Scorpions. hope thats some place to start..@@___and_memes_for_all

[@___and_memes_for_all]

@@suetruett3812 Matthias. Thanks I’ll check them out.

[@jpbanksnj]

I have that guitar but with a rosewood fingerboard! Is it worth anything? LOL

[@michaelpeacestewart]

Some of George’s licks came mostly from his guitar teacher) and what he added to them pretty cool check it out long live lynch I play in T.O.U.R Titans of unforgettable rock we do full show of dokken and ratt material so much fun Mark Thomson was his instructor great player

[@A_A_ron-Phillips]

I love Dokken! I do a mash- up of a Dokken. guitar riff with a Queensryche riiff off of Operation: Mindcrime that is super fun to play.

[@sotirios6882]

You forgot to mention those crazy High speed slides Lynch does at the end of each lick. It's like the Speed of Light. BTW is that a stacked humbucker in the neck of your Crackle Charvel.

[@maxtrac50]

I was never a Dokken fan until I saw them live, George blew me away. How about a Gary Moore Hack

[@granvillefriel2263]

Unchain the night lol..George is Awesome

[@Molli775]

Many of my mates say Lynch really wasn’t anything special. Wasn’t that fast nor accurate. Perhaps. But most of my playing comes from George so for me he is the very man that got me into guitar plaing🥳. And sound what he had back in the days was brutal💪

[@jfo3000]

Great tone, great feel!

[@RandomVelocity]

Great stuff. Thanks

[@darkraven178]

cool stuff man ,cool teacher

[@nikkicartee879]

I qonder if that slide came from "laziness" obviously hes not a lazy player by amy means. But the slide is easier than hammering on all the time. Less fingers involved. I know thats why i did it on bass.

[@gorlagOv]

Another great video, Dokken is Rokken.

[@frankcaputo8630]

Thanks Robert!

[@ToneD5150]

In my opinion Wicked Sensation was some some of George's best work!

[@smartmammal9926]

Saw Dokken sooooo many times in the 80s, they opened for everyone, all the time...

[@Professional-fh1ow]

Wow! You are digging mang! Do you seriously think that Mozart didn't steal from Salieri? It happens but its also how music advances.