George Lynch

George Lynch’s guitar tech, Jerry Ganaden, talks about the Marshall ’68 Plexi in this video interview from Premier Guitar. At 3:30. he says, “That’s a ’68 Plexi. It’s bone stock. There’s a lot of people that speculate that it’s been modded at some point, but it hasn’t been. Some of the guys that have done work on this amp, to either do maintenance or even restore it, look at it and it’s like it doesn’t need anything. It’s just a straight up bone stock amp.”

“I just did this tour with Yngwie,” he continues, “and I must have gone through ten overdrive pedals, and some of them are $1,000 pedals, but I always had my DS-1 right there onstage at every show. And I know a lot of players who use DS-1s — a lot of the big guys out there. You’d probably think, ‘I bet they’re using $1,200 vintage tube screamers or boutique pedals,’ but in a lot of cases we’re just using store-bought DS-1s.”

George Lynch’s Boss GE-10 can be seen at 1:00 in this video interview from Premier Guitar.

In December 2013, George Lynch posted this on his website :

"Hey everyone. Happy holidays. George needs your help to recover a Soldano head that was stolen in 1993. The head missing is the gray one (not snakeskin) on the bottom in this photo. The manifest serial number is 88051. This is the amp used for the Wicked Sensation sessions and is the best sounding Soldano George has ever used in his own words. If anyone has any details on this amp, please email us at [email protected] thank you!"

ENGL Straight head can be seen in this video @ 3:25 This head was sold on reverb here: https://reverb.com/item/19214231-engl-straight-100-e504-head-george-lynch-owned

At 1:49 in this video from Premier Guitar, George Lynch’s guitar tech, Jerry Ganaden, discusses George Lynch G2G from Zoom. He says, “That’s a multiple effect pedal developed by Zoom and George. It has 40 presets that George wrote. A lot of them emulate some of George’s recorded tones over the past twenty years. Some of the more stable tones that are in it are the tones from Mr. Scary and the intro to Dream Warriors.”

He continues, “There’s also the other stuff that he has been using through the years like a Seek Wah function and also a preset whammy function that he does on a lot of the solos especially on the new [Souls of We] record. There’s forty presets written by George and then there’s 40 user presets that can be customized by the user. It’s a pretty cool pedal.”

In the official video for KXM's "Scatterbrain," George Lynch is seen playing an ESP Telecaster with a Floyd Rose tremolo bar, using a Metz Amplifier Head.

George states on the Daddario website that he uses their strings.

George Lynch’s guitar tech, Jerry Ganaden, talks about the Cusack Screamer at 1:15 in this video from Premier Guitar. He says “The Cusack Screamer is of the tube screamer type of variety. This particular pedal adds a little bit of push to it before it hits the input stage of the amp.”

2008 Tour Gear "The signal flow is the same as it has been from the previous two tours: What’s new in the rig is the prototype of the Morley Dragon 2 Wah , a Boss CE-5 chorus pedal and the Boss, OC-2 octave divider. "

from georgelynch.com wordpress

As seen in this 1980's Randall ad found on Pinterest. Also referenced in this article:

https://www.woodytone.com/2009/09/23/george-lynchs-breaking-the-chains-gear/

George Lynch’s MAB Overdrive Pedal can be seen at 1:00 in this video interview from Premier Guitar.

In this photo, George Lynch can be seen posing with his signature ESP model, the Kamikaze 1.

Legendary guitarist George Lynch plugs his signature ESP guitar straight into the Supro 1695T Black Magick and lets it rip!

Right in the beginning of this video, George Lynch can be seen using his signature model ESP M1-TIGER.

(on the album REvolution) for the solos, I used the Bogner and a Marshall JCM800 (vertical jack) that was modified by John Suhr.

Jerry Ganaden, George Lynch’s guitar tech, discusses the MXR Phase 90 at 1:30 in this video saying, “To add a little bit more texture, in some solos, we have the Phase 90. Normally he uses a script logo ’74 hardwired Phase 90, but its going to the hospital.”

George Lynch’s Boss DD-5 Delay Pedal is shown at 3:10 in this video interview with Jerry Ganaden, Lynch’s guitar tech.

The ESP Skulls & Snakes is listed as one of George Lynch's favorites, on ESP's website.

On his ESP artist page, the LTD GL-256 is listed as one of George Lynch's favorites.

The BURNT TIGER guitar is a twisted take on George Lynch’s iconic Dokken guitar, the ESP Tiger. The standard pickup(s) in all the Mr. Scary Guitars are the Arcane Mr. Scary humbucker and the Arcane Desert Eagle single coil. All the Mr. Scary guitar models are hand-carved. No CNC machines are used in the production of our guitars. George uses a pin router to shape the bodies of all the guitars in the line with the exception of the Dem Bones and GL56. All finishes are hand-applied and nitro cellulose-sprayed by George, by hand.

All of the Mr. Scary Guitars are available with the following options:

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Dokken-era Distortion humbucker, or your choice of any pickup on the market Banana or Hooker headstock Custom engraved brass tremolo blocks Brass switchcraft jacks Choice of woods, including Black or White Limba (Korina), northern ash, swamp ash, babinga, basswood, maple, mahogany, alder or white pine (no charge) Brazilian Rosewood Fretboard or your choice of fretboard woods Upgraded Floyd Rose tremolo (titanium inserts, brass block, stainless steel hardware and tremolo bar with integrated allen wrench) Branded headstock logo Upgraded hard tail bridges Stainless Steel or Nickel fret wire (your choice of sizes) Custom inlay pieces Custom fret inlays Custom fretmarkers Custom bone inlays and knobs Custom metal knurled knobs Locking tuners Engraved neckplates Gotoh tuners Engraved pickup covers All guitars are available as six or seven-string models Copper hardware (keys, jackplate, pickup covers, knobs, etc.) (add $300 on the Burnt Tiger, Solcaster and GL54) Brazilian fingerboard (add $400 on the Burnt Tiger, Solcaster and GL54) Custom fingerboard inlays (add $300 on the Burnt Tiger, Solcaster and GL54)

The HUNTER guitars are the flagship of the Mr. Scary guitars lineup. These are the best of the best. The epitome of the awesome presence that is a Mr. Scary guitar. Fearsome craftsmanship with hand-laid snakeskin, custom center inlay featuring hand-carved bone skulls and snake fang fret marker inlays.

The Snakehunter comes standard with your choice of:

Arcane George Lynch signature Mr. Scary humbucker and Desert Eagle single coil, Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Dokken-era Distortion humbucker, or your choice of any pickup on the market Banana or Hooker headstock Custom engraved brass tremolo blocks Brass switchcraft jacks Your choice of body tone woods Brazilian Rosewood Fretboard or your choice of fretboard woods Upgraded Floyd Rose tremolo (titanium inserts, brass block, stainless steel hardware and tremolo bar with integrated allen wrench) Branded headstock logo Upgraded hard tail bridges Custom inlay pieces Stainless Steel or Nickel fret wire Custom fret inlays Custom fretmarkers Custom bone inlays and knobs Custom metal knurled knobs Locking tuners Engraved neckplates Gotoh tuners Engraved pickup covers All guitars are available as six or seven-string models Copper hardware Brazilian fingerboard Custom fingerboard inlays

George Lynch uses the Morley George Lynch Dragon 2 Wah pedal, as shown on his pedalboard during the 2008 tour, featured in a photo on his official website.

George changes equipment like underwear. On his 2004 tour, I personally carried his Echoplex EP3 back to his tour bus after a gig. He also has an Echoplex tube EP2 that he has used.

Used extensively since Breaking the Chains, as mentioned in the description of this July 14, 2021 video. It is also mentioned by Equipboard user ath1024 in the notes of the Equipboard submission for Lynch's EP-3.

ath1024, 2019

George changes equipment like underwear. On his 2004 tour, I personally carried his Echoplex EP3 back to his tour bus after a gig. He also has an Echoplex tube EP2 that he has used.

Pedal Pawn on YouTube, "George Lynch TEARS UP w/ Pedal Pawn Texan Twang", July 14, 2021

“@georgelynchofficial 65 bassman head into Hiwatt cab. Pedal pawn Texan Twang into EP2 Echoplex - I prefer digital delay to tape for distorted soloing but I love the preamping effect echoplex has on a tube amp. I’ve used this particular one on almost every recording since breaking the chains.”

George Lynch’s Lynch Box Amp Head is shown in detail at 4:45 in this video interview with Lynch’s guitar tech, Jerry Ganaden.

George Lynch’s Lynch Box Extension Cabinet can be seen at 0:38 in this video interview with Lynch’s guitar tech, Jerry Ganaden.

The DEM BONES guitar is the most radical and definately the "scariest" model of the Mr. Scary line. A twisted take on George Lynch’s iconic Dokken guitar, the J Frog Bones. The standard pickup(s) in all the Mr. Scary Guitars are the Arcane Mr. Scary humbucker and the Arcane Desert Eagle single coil.

All the Mr. Scary guitar models are hand-carved. No CNC machines are used in the production of our guitars. George uses a pin router to shape the bodies of all the guitars in the line with the exception of the Dem Bones and GL56. All finishes are hand-applied and nitro cellulose-sprayed by George, by hand.

All of the Mr. Scary Guitars are available with the following options:

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Dokken-era Distortion humbucker, or your choice of any pickup on the market Banana or Hooker headstock Custom engraved brass tremolo blocks Brass switchcraft jacks Your choice of body tone woods Brazilian Rosewood Fretboard or your choice of fretboard woods Upgraded Floyd Rose tremolo (titanium inserts, brass block, stainless steel hardware and tremolo bar with integrated allen wrench) Branded headstock logo Upgraded hard tail bridges Custom inlay pieces Stainless Steel or Nickel fret wire Custom fret inlays Custom fretmarkers Custom bone inlays and knobs Custom metal knurled knobs Locking tuners Engraved neckplates Gotoh tuners Engraved pickup covers All guitars are available as six or seven-string models Copper hardware (keys, jackplate, pickup covers, knobs, etc.) (add $300 on the Burnt Tiger, Solcaster and GL54) Brazilian fingerboard (add $400 on the Burnt Tiger, Solcaster and GL54) Custom fingerboard inlays (add $300 on the Burnt Tiger, Solcaster and GL54)

George Lynch, renowned guitarist, is associated with the Mr. Scary Guitars Shark Hunter, a standout model in the Mr. Scary lineup. This exceptional guitar features hand-laid shark teeth, intricate carved bone skulls, and offers a range of customizable options, including pickups, headstocks, and fretboards. Details about the Shark Hunter are available on the Mr. Scary Guitars website, highlighting its unique craftsmanship and Lynch's signature design elements.

All of the guitars on that record (REvolution) were recorded pretty straight forward and without a lot of overdubs or effects. There are two rhythm tracks on all of the songs, one done with a Bogner Uberschall and the other with a Diesel VH4. Both are really nice amps and very similar in tone.