George Lynch jamming at NAMM 2011 - VIDEO

[GeorgeLynchLover]

As you can tell by my handle, I am a George fan. I have been, for over 25 years now. He is the main reason I play guitar. Even I, will admit, this is not his best improvising. Still, I have seen him with Lynch Mob recently, and am going to see him in a little over a week again, and he still knows how to rock. I, unlike someone who posted, LOVED Smoke This. I think that album rocks. No, it is not like his other stuff, and I thought I was gonna hate it, I was surprised. The hard, dark guitar is a nice change from his melodic playing from the 80's. Smoke This and Hypo-O are some of my favourite songs that he plays. I would love to hear those live. I just think he likes to try different things, and that is awesome. So, he is feeling like turning it down these days. Okay, that's cool. I would think that after playing for 46 years, you might want to change it up as well. Maybe sometimes, it is not what you want to hear. Sometimes he has bad days. As someone said, you can not be on every time a camera is rolling or at every show. I think he gets bored easily, and wants to keep it interesting for himself. I also think, that is why he continually changes his rig and tone.

I will always be a George fan, and will listen to whatever he decides he wants to do today, tomorrow or whenever.

 

[sandman]

As you can tell by my handle, I am a George fan. I have been, for over 25 years now. He is the main reason I play guitar. Even I, will admit, this is not his best improvising. Still, I have seen him with Lynch Mob recently, and am going to see him in a little over a week again, and he still knows how to rock. I, unlike someone who posted, LOVED Smoke This. I think that album rocks. No, it is not like his other stuff, and I thought I was gonna hate it, I was surprised. The hard, dark guitar is a nice change from his melodic playing from the 80's. Smoke This and Hypo-O are some of my favourite songs that he plays. I would love to hear those live. I just think he likes to try different things, and that is awesome. So, he is feeling like turning it down these days. Okay, that's cool. I would think that after playing for 46 years, you might want to change it up as well. Maybe sometimes, it is not what you want to hear. Sometimes he has bad days. As someone said, you can not be on every time a camera is rolling or at every show. I think he gets bored easily, and wants to keep it interesting for himself. I also think, that is why he continually changes his rig and tone.

I will always be a George fan, and will listen to whatever he decides he wants to do today, tomorrow or whenever.

whether he was noodling or whatever..no it was not the best playing in the vid...but i am with you....whatever he does i will listen and follow to see what he comes up with....he is the sole reason i wanted to play guitar. i can see how he can get bored after 46 years of playing....but...i still think a simple turn up the gain would help him not fight the amp so much and make it smoother for him.....but whatever....love me some George !

 

[shreder75]

not much to say here that I haven't already said 100 times before...not only do I not like 'nu lynch', I don't think he's really able to play anything he used to..I don't know if it's cause he doesn't give a shit or he's convinced that he can do what he wants with a third of the gain he used to run or if he's got some kinda nerve damage or what...

I still love the guy, but this era of lynch (which has been in full force for at least a decade) just doesn't make any sense

 

[thiswaythatway]

There's something to be said about illusion. 25-30 years ago we didn't have YT. We never got to see the human part of our heros. I have seen ALL of my heros on YT screwing up and sounding HORRIBLE. In the 70's and 80's we had albums with pictures(maybe), our heros sounded perfect on record. When we went to see them live we were young, excited and there was no instant replay at home on YT to pick them apart.

Now we see them noodling and farting around...like we do in our basements or bedrooms. Then because they kinda sound like us...humans, we nail them to the cross.

I'm almost 50yrs old. I struggle with 10 pounds over my desired weight, have a hard time sticking to a workout schedule, my hair is thinner. My fucking hands, elbows and back hurt because of 30 yrs of gigging lifting racks and amps and cabs and playing too much. Maybe the guy wears gloves because his hands hurt...mine hurt and I've thought what the hell can I do about this pain.

I've met George at NAMM 2 years ago, he was soft spoken and seemed like a pretty nice guy. He looked incredibly physically fit for his age. I hope I can look that fit..minius the tan (but he does live in Arizona).

I agree, his playing doesn't sound like what he was...or maybe he doesn't sound like what he is capable of doing. People are funny, if he played like he used too we would all complain that he sounds just like he always has and hasn't expanded his horizons.

Hockey players that were amazing 30 years ago wouldn't last a shift on the ice with the players of today if they were the same age and skill level as they were. Things evolve, people build a better mouse trap.
I wish George would stick to what he did, because what he did was amazing. Please George more gain .

I know there are players that have evolved and still sound amazing, however I have seen on YT many of those players screw up pretty bad....sometimes it gives me hope..lol.

Sometimes I think it's too bad the mystique has left the industry...everything is on the table now in plain view...must make for a nervous stomach for these "Rock Stars".


Mark

 

[Kaleiwahea]

Wish I would have been there.

Me neither..

 

[Kaleiwahea]

Never cared for Lynch back in the day...and from what I've been seeing of him lately I care even less.

I love a man who's honest

A lot of 80's music was too far from center for me.
I liked Led Zep, Deep Purple, Ozzy, Van Halen, Whitesnake, etc...
When my friends started playing stuff like Faster Pussycat, Dokken, Poison, Warrant...I didn't get it. Hair poser crap! There was a lot of crap in that decade.

I just think its time for Clipman to provide a Clip and End all this MADNESS....

Yes, let me fire it up and prance around playing 'Talk Dirty To Me' or 'Just Got Lucky'

I think a good run of 'Talk Dirty to me' would just about hit the spot this cold winter evening.

I couldn't top this...

"The way that I lunch you...!" Yes

 

[GeorgeLynchLover]

As you can tell by my handle, I am a George fan. I have been, for over 25 years now. He is the main reason I play guitar. Even I, will admit, this is not his best improvising. Still, I have seen him with Lynch Mob recently, and am going to see him in a little over a week again, and he still knows how to rock. I, unlike someone who posted, LOVED Smoke This. I think that album rocks. No, it is not like his other stuff, and I thought I was gonna hate it, I was surprised. The hard, dark guitar is a nice change from his melodic playing from the 80's. Smoke This and Hypo-O are some of my favourite songs that he plays. I would love to hear those live. I just think he likes to try different things, and that is awesome. So, he is feeling like turning it down these days. Okay, that's cool. I would think that after playing for 46 years, you might want to change it up as well. Maybe sometimes, it is not what you want to hear. Sometimes he has bad days. As someone said, you can not be on every time a camera is rolling or at every show. I think he gets bored easily, and wants to keep it interesting for himself. I also think, that is why he continually changes his rig and tone.

I will always be a George fan, and will listen to whatever he decides he wants to do today, tomorrow or whenever.

whether he was noodling or whatever..no it was not the best playing in the vid...but i am with you....whatever he does i will listen and follow to see what he comes up with....he is the sole reason i wanted to play guitar. i can see how he can get bored after 46 years of playing....but...i still think a simple turn up the gain would help him not fight the amp so much and make it smoother for him.....but whatever....love me some George !

I just never liked rap music so I didn't care for Smoke This at all. I will say that he did play well on that tour when I saw him, it was in a small bar with about 50 people in attendance, very intimate.

I am not a fan of it at all, thus why I figured I would dislike it. I would have loved to have been able to see that tour. He was no where near where I was livin' at the time.

 

[Chris6870]

God Dam! I think I can smoke George Lynch on the guitar!!

That was strange. even his little licks in between the chatter were awful and off key.
Hard to image a guy with his history could play that bad unless it was on purpose. I can see a flub here and there but that sounded like a beginner trying out a guitar at GC!

 

[messenger]

God Dam! I think I can smoke George Lynch on the guitar!!

That was strange. even his little licks in between the chatter were awful and off key.
!

Can an unacompanied lick be off key

 

[Jay Strange]

As you can tell by my handle, I am a George fan. I have been, for over 25 years now. He is the main reason I play guitar. Even I, will admit, this is not his best improvising. Still, I have seen him with Lynch Mob recently, and am going to see him in a little over a week again, and he still knows how to rock. I, unlike someone who posted, LOVED Smoke This. I think that album rocks. No, it is not like his other stuff, and I thought I was gonna hate it, I was surprised. The hard, dark guitar is a nice change from his melodic playing from the 80's. Smoke This and Hypo-O are some of my favourite songs that he plays. I would love to hear those live. I just think he likes to try different things, and that is awesome. So, he is feeling like turning it down these days. Okay, that's cool. I would think that after playing for 46 years, you might want to change it up as well. Maybe sometimes, it is not what you want to hear. Sometimes he has bad days. As someone said, you can not be on every time a camera is rolling or at every show. I think he gets bored easily, and wants to keep it interesting for himself. I also think, that is why he continually changes his rig and tone.

I will always be a George fan, and will listen to whatever he decides he wants to do today, tomorrow or whenever.

whether he was noodling or whatever..no it was not the best playing in the vid...but i am with you....whatever he does i will listen and follow to see what he comes up with....he is the sole reason i wanted to play guitar. i can see how he can get bored after 46 years of playing....but...i still think a simple turn up the gain would help him not fight the amp so much and make it smoother for him.....but whatever....love me some George !

I just never liked rap music so I didn't care for Smoke This at all. I will say that he did play well on that tour when I saw him, it was in a small bar with about 50 people in attendance, very intimate.

Lovin', Touchin, Squeezin'

 

[Chris6870]

God Dam! I think I can smoke George Lynch on the guitar!!

That was strange. even his little licks in between the chatter were awful and off key.
!

Can an unacompanied lick be off key

yes

 

[Chris6870]

They can be awful too.

 

[Wagster]

I saw George play at a local music store4 months ago with the house band. They played Dokken and Lynch Mob tubes. George was playing the Randall and played and sounded terrible just awful.

Lynch was my biggest influence of all the players.

I think George is trying to be a player he is not, he is trying to shed the 80's-90's monster player and become more of a off the cuff blues player, country. Jeff beck is one of his heroes. Nothing wrong with dabbling, but you are who you are.

Reading interviews with him, he admires the guys who can just go out and play their ass off, not practiced players, but guys like SRV, etc. They just have it.

But George I think is not comfortable in his own skin.

He seems to excel in lynch mob and Dokken because the music is structured, but on his own he has too much freedom and gets lost. All the studio albums are good. But live he seems lost.

SRV played pretty much every waking moment. Maybe you meant schooled players?

 

[kasperjensen]

There's something to be said about illusion. 25-30 years ago we didn't have YT. We never got to see the human part of our heros. I have seen ALL of my heros on YT screwing up and sounding HORRIBLE. In the 70's and 80's we had albums with pictures(maybe), our heros sounded perfect on record. When we went to see them live we were young, excited and there was no instant replay at home on YT to pick them apart.

Now we see them noodling and farting around...like we do in our basements or bedrooms. Then because they kinda sound like us...humans, we nail them to the cross.

I'm almost 50yrs old. I struggle with 10 pounds over my desired weight, have a hard time sticking to a workout schedule, my hair is thinner. My fucking hands, elbows and back hurt because of 30 yrs of gigging lifting racks and amps and cabs and playing too much. Maybe the guy wears gloves because his hands hurt...mine hurt and I've thought what the hell can I do about this pain.

I've met George at NAMM 2 years ago, he was soft spoken and seemed like a pretty nice guy. He looked incredibly physically fit for his age. I hope I can look that fit..minius the tan (but he does live in Arizona).

I agree, his playing doesn't sound like what he was...or maybe he doesn't sound like what he is capable of doing. People are funny, if he played like he used too we would all complain that he sounds just like he always has and hasn't expanded his horizons.

Hockey players that were amazing 30 years ago wouldn't last a shift on the ice with the players of today if they were the same age and skill level as they were. Things evolve, people build a better mouse trap.
I wish George would stick to what he did, because what he did was amazing. Please George more gain .

I know there are players that have evolved and still sound amazing, however I have seen on YT many of those players screw up pretty bad....sometimes it gives me hope..lol.

Sometimes I think it's too bad the mystique has left the industry...everything is on the table now in plain view...must make for a nervous stomach for these "Rock Stars".


Mark

Well said.

In other words... Leave the neighbours wife alone! She is much hotter in your mind...

 

[mentoneman]

he had chops in the 80s and his tone got even better in the 90s
ULAK was in the top 3 rock gtr concerts I've seen

now it just seems he lost his passion for it and doesn't sound like he practices
if he is playing poorly dressing like a young cool guy only makes things worse.
unless he is trying to bring back punk rock.

hope he has friends willing to tell him the truth so he can attempt to come back ala schenker presuming he still hopes to be considered a world class rock guitarist

He should either hang with nuno and satch and Guthrie to light a fire under his butt or stop peddling CDs full of mindless noodling and taking advantage of loyal fans.
i think he still has it in him.

 

[GeorgeLynchLover]

I am not a fan of it at all, thus why I figured I would dislike it. I would have loved to have been able to see that tour. He was no where near where I was livin' at the time.

It was OK, a very hip-hop vibe. He often looks like he hangs out at skateboard parks now.

I just love his darker, harder sound for that album. I would have been willing to put up with the hip hop part to hear it live. Yea, he went through that skater look a couple years ago. Now he is just wearing jeans and tee shirts, and when I saw him, he was wearing flip flops. His style is very normal and simple.

 

[MisterBulbous]

he had chops in the 80s and his tone got even better in the 90s
ULAK was in the top 3 rock gtr concerts I've seen

now it just seems he lost his passion for it and doesn't sound like he practices
if he is playing poorly dressing like a young cool guy only makes things worse.
unless he is trying to bring back punk rock.

hope he has friends willing to tell him the truth so he can attempt to come back ala schenker presuming he still hopes to be considered a world class rock guitarist

He should either hang with nuno and satch and Guthrie to light a fire under his butt or stop peddling CDs full of mindless noodling and taking advantage of loyal fans.
i think he still has it in him.

If you don't like mindless noodling, you should not like this twice as much

 

[Chris6870]

Dave for the win.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Hey! could george be playing on a little RM22 behind him with the judge module? COuld he possibly be playing his own signature gear here or am I confusing things..