sandman":1q3xbr0v said:
Lynch is my hero....always will be...he is the reason i started playing guitar...i'll never forget buying the Back for the Attack cassette..i was in 7th grade i think....put the tape in...Kiss of Death Intro started and I was floored....BFTA remains in my cd player at all times...listen to it at least 3 or 12 times a week after 20+ years....i like all of his work..some of his new stuff is hit or miss...but I respect the fact that George is doing what George wants to do. I would love to own an ESP Lynch sig model...but...them there fiddles is too pricey...My ESP M-II will have to do
+1
Back in 1983-84 I watched a TV program called Radio 1990, which was a 1 hour show that featured rock videos. I saw Dokken's videos for 'Just Got Lucky' and 'Alone Again'. This immediately got me hooked to Lynch's guitar style and sound. I had previously started playing acoustic guitar in 1984, but he is the main reason I went to electric and have not looked back. Tooth and Nail was my first album to get exposed to George Lynch's unique sound and to me is the sound of Dokken.
Sandman, I was going to suggest that you may want to try building a Lynch replica guitar for less money than a real ESP. I built a Lynch style guitar, but made it more for my own style. I used a beat up Yamaha Pacifica style body to trace a pattern to create from a large 30+ year old piece of mahogany I had, maple strat neck and added Bengal Tiger veneer stripes made from mahogany to the body. I also had some spare parts from previous guitars that I used for the build and installed a Seymour Duncan JB with 500K pot. The guitar screams and although the body is not maple, I can get some Lynch-like character from the guitar.
Here's a pic with the Bengal guitar I built:
