The full package!

Absolutely correct!!

Good point! He really knowd when to build tension/excitement and when to ease off as well

I have heard him overplay but it’s rare the man isn’t a man

Very well put!

Great observation! He's an intuitive player for sure 🔥🎸🎶

Well said! Schenker rightly avoids the excesses of shred, which is really a musical dead-end - an arid artistry that splices semantics with mathematics into a kind of self-limiting system or predictable cage that suppresses existential depth and reduces feeling-state expression to ostentation. Schenker even reports that he deliberately slowed down his playing by about 1990 to avoid the pitfalls of shred!

No problem, glad you liked it! Cheers dude

Thank mate, glad you got something from it! Rock Bottom is a total classic, can't think of On With the Action off the top of my head will go and check it out 🤘

Listening to UFO and MSG for years, albeit only Phenomenon and Force It. Only just started listening to No Heavy Petting, Lights Out and Obsession. And On With the Action has some of Schenker's best guitar playing, really caught me right off guard.

@@Hentarded one if my favourite ufo tracks

He's a got a magic to his playing, it just pulls you in

Cheers Alex! Oh man, that's a double header that's hard to beat, blue influenced hard rockers than can really rip it up! 🤘

@@JbfMusicGuitar: Lizzy and UFO at their peak just before the 1980s! You know Pau "Tonka" Chapman who replaced Schenker in UFO? He'd replaced Moore too, in the Irish band Skid Row. Brave man, and another great guitarist. :)

"finesse in his touch and playing" hit the nail on the head! He just has *something* special about how he plays every note 🎸🎶✨

@@JbfMusicGuitar I guess a myriad of complimentary adjectives would suffice, but MS seems to be one of the musicians who taps into the soul resonating quality of music that really captures the listener - at least guitar geeks like me.

Very cool, thanks for sharing that!

He's on fire in these clips, killer tone, great note choice!

Never too late! Awesome. Cheers for confirming that, much appreciated. Aye, most of how I've learned stuff has been from breaking down players like this (aka stealing!), so figured it would be useful or at least interesting? Great to hear you enjoyed it 🤘🎸🎶

Oh wow, must have a been a pretty amazing experience!

Completely agree Dom, he's got groove for days!

He's just got 'it'

@JbfMusicGuitar I Got A Tune For You To Check Out !!! Try UFO Space Child At The Record Plant !! Mikey Is All Of 17 I'm Going To Guess You Probably Have Not Heard It Before. If You Haven't You Will Be Amazed. Hit Me Back After You Check Out !!

No problem Gregor! I can't think of that one off the top of my head, will have to check it out! Truth, UFO are painfully underrated. Brilliant. My 2nd guitar was a knock off flying V, conveniently already black and white, although not in that cool way that Schenker's is painted lmao!

The guy definitely has that something special about his playing!

Ahh, that makes sense he does seem to lock the guitar in place like that! Many thanks for the insight 🤘

Thanks for sharing that dude, Preist & Schenker... what a bill! That sounds like a kickass song to open a gig with, awesome.

@@JbfMusicGuitar my axes have been in the closet for a few years now, but your post has inspired me to break them out and get some "chops" back. I'm a bassist/vocalist, but I like to plunk around on my six-strings a bit also. Rock on!

Bands that I was in from 79 through 82 played Lights Out. Great times!

It is instant Schenker isn't it! Lucky enough to catch him live once, the guy was amazing.

I'd agree with that Steven! When we goes for a lead, you know it's Schenker 🤘

That's a really good point!

Something about his touch, just has that magic something, eh?

I'd call myself more of a rocker, but you're not wrong Bruce! Music theory ftw 🤘

It's immense isn't it??!?

Ah, that's really interesting! Can't think of any Leslie West off the top of my head, I'll go and have a listen, cheers for the insight!

@@JbfMusicGuitar Listen to Missississipi Queen by mountain and then listen to the closing solo on Victim of Illusion. It's an homage to West.

Leslie and Page taken to the ultimate level.

Wow I didn’t now that,I can hear the Leslie influence,thanks

The guy really has something special in his fingers!

I'd put Van Halen in there for sure, probably Jeff Beck; mainly for his whammy bar based stuff post 'Guitar Shop'

@@JbfMusicGuitar Van Halen was named by Schenker as the player he thought was best, interestingly, though Leslie West is a clear influence he acknowledges as well. Tony Iommi impresses me more every time I listen to him, so he would be my 'number 3', and I have heard Jeff Beck is impossible to copy exactly. I enjoyed seeing Jeff live. What puts Schenker at the top for me is the sheer volume of his high-quality output. He must have done several dozen albums. His 'best of' is over 24 hours in length, surpassing the output of Iommi and Hendrix. Great video, thanks!

Sounds like a truly magical moment Thomas! That's a great MSG line up and Cheap Trick as well- nice gig line up 🤘🎶

@@JbfMusicGuitar Brother, it's a fine line with guitarists; if you don't dig Rick Neilson I don't believe ... He was on all those late seventies huge bills with Frank Martino & Mahogany Rush, Aerosmith, Rick Derringer, Nugent [Ugh...] Foreigner [Fckn truly super rock musicians & song craftsman], Heart, UFO, Blue Oyster Cult, Scorpions [Lovedrive & prior], etc... Who couldn't love Bun E. Carlos!

Interesting! It makes sense though, the guitar won't move about at all. I'd never have thought of it though, thanks a bunch for the insight

Thanks, much appreciated! Good point, there probably is some compression in his signal chain, but I think he's also just got some magic in his fingers!

Schenker is always awesome and he learned to play really young and played his first gig with scorpions when he was 11years old that says alit about him

@@josephmorgan916 11??!?! You've got to be pulling my leg here surely?? On the other hand he plays with such natural ease, it would make sense 🤘

Unless michael is not telling the truth because i heard it out of his very own mouth i

Schenker learned guitar so he could teach Rudolph songs he couldn't practice while he was at work in the factory. Rudolph would give him a list and say, "show me this when I get home." He recorded in the Lonesome Crow record when he was 14. Joined UFO at 15 or something like that.

Great point, he does seem like he's a few steps ahead in his mind, always knows where he's going!

16?!?!? Wow, didn't realise he was that young! totally, it would take years to pick away at all of his ideas and tricks! For sure, his improv is really fluid and controlled, but somehow keeps that spontaneous edged 🤘

@@JbfMusicGuitar That's why he was called in Germany "Der Wunderkind", the wonder boy. Michael and Klaus Meine joined the Scorpions in 1970 from their band called Copernicus. Michael started writing music at 15, then went on tour for a couple of years and entered the studio in October 1971. The recording only lasted a week, and despite being credited for lead I bet he also played most of the rhythm parts too, because then Rudolf wasn't that good. Anyway, on that record he still played a Les Paul custom and his style is a work in progress, he sounds like Iommi and Blackmore's love child! But glimpses of his legendary tone and touch were definitely there. His steady progress has been amazing from year to year. When he joined UFO at barely 18 he was an all rounded professional!

@@lifeisnice23 Wow, I can't imagine touring at 15, that would have been a trainwreck for me, lol! Cheers for all of that! I'd heard of his Wunderkind nickname, all the rest is totally new to me, thanks for that 🤘

@@JbfMusicGuitar you're welcome man, Michael's life is a true rock and roll journey, it would be the perfect script for an incredible movie! Keep on rockin '🤘🤘😉

Schenker said he.played his first gig in 1966

Cheers dude! He's one amazing player for sure 🤘

@@JbfMusicGuitar updated the comment, please listen to it NOW!!! :D

Many many thanks dude, loads of great ideas and technique here...

Totally, all top tier player, Jeff Beck from 'Guitar Shop' onwards really raised his game even further, pretty much a guitarist's guitarists!

Many thanks mate!

Instinct is a really great way of putting it, he just 'knows', amazing, eh? Cheers dude, will give that a listen

Truth!

Oh no! If there's anything I can clear up let me know and in all fairness I think we all feel like that when listening to Schenker!!

I think he largely played by ear, but I'm not 100% sure. Music theory is just putting a name to a sound, so he'll know what I'm talking about, but maybe call it something different- if that makes sense?

No tabs for these licks, but there might be some in this one- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMCHoa-ps7ato3k.html that are similar!

Wouldn't surprise he Ted, he definitely got some of that flavour in his playing!

Yes! Nice catch 🎸🎶

Cheers! Sure, so a 'cut' is taking some of it out 'scoop' means the same thing really. Low end is bass, high end is treble and mids are all the good sounds in between! Our hearing goes from about 20Hz to 20,000Hz (20kHz). There is overlap and it's a bit subjective here, but roughly: 20 - 250: Lows 250 - 500: Low Mids 500 - 1500: Mids 1500 - 5000: High Mids 5000 - 20,000: Highs So, let's say your using an amp (you can do this stuff with some pedals and EQs as well etc.) as rule of thumb have the EQs set to 5 and adjust from there. For an AC/DC type sound roll off the bass a bit, maybe to about 3 or 4, boost the mids maybe to 7 or 8, the highs will maybe be at 5 or 6. Obviously it depends on your guitar and stuff. This will take that low end thud out, add some mid range clarity and give you a bit more definite from having more treble. Let me know if any of that makes sense, lol!

@@JbfMusicGuitar Thank you so so much! You are the best! I have to experiment and see what works! Cheers from New York City.

@@AngelMartinez-qs3cf No problem Angel! Let me know how you get on with dialling in those tones!

@@JbfMusicGuitar Hi, thank you for getting back to me, the tone I am trying to get is on the following video, at the 11:43 time stamp. I would appreciate your help: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNOEZN2m2d2llas.html I don't know how to get that sound.

@@AngelMartinez-qs3cf Sure, you could try giving Phillip a message for a better insight. But I reckon, with a humbucking guitar: Bridge pickup Low: 6 Mids: 8 Highs: 5 Presence: 7 Gain: 3/4 Hit the string with a bit of force to drive the amp. If you let me know your rig I can have a think and hopefully come up with something a bit more specific!

I'm really not sure off the top of my head- I think someone else in the comments had listed them out?

The song is called Let It Roll

He's an underrated influence for sure; you could make the argument that without UFO Iron Maiden wouldn't be the band they are. I'd wager you're on to something, I suspect him being from mainland Europe probably had an impact, since most of the guitar icons tended to be from the USA or UK. I wonder if it was a marketing thing, transport related, something entirely different... or if I'm just totally off the mark!

It's a compilation, but a lot of the solos are from UFO's song 'lights out'

Ufo - Let it roll

And lights out

Too Hot To Handle solo at 18:58

@@paulfitzpatrick6566 Cheers, didn't catch that one!

Good point James! Next time I get grief for not using mine, I'll chuck Schenker in my rebuttal alongside Guthrie Govan and Andy James

Would be great to hear your thoughts on Schenker!

schenker used a ``caged system`` back then ...every guitarist sees his neck a different way . that different way as well is the key to the specific style and techniques they use that you want to copy .... do not forget back then i didnt know about the caged system but i noticed a difference between schenker and gary moore who used ``long forms`` to go up in the tonal system . i just had no names for it but i noticed that very quick. when you use long forms , you directly are confronted with the complement on that string ...the notes you can make with your right hand....what came in handy hearing van halen... and i noticed schenker used as wel to listern to carlos santana for he uses a trick of him.. the schenker style is difficult to play ...more difficult as gary moore whos style is more fluent.... i used 1 guitar for playing and 1 other for stickers to put on the frets to see, get accustomes and train these long forms. and complement.....do not forget i had no money to buy music maker or guitar playrs magazines .....and i still cant read tabs becouse i did it all on ear with a multiple speed taperecorder...thats the way to copy ... schenker had a specific style in the earlier years till 1985, he abandoned in the late 80ies i liked.....the hammer-ons he used often and string bending .. that specifically made his solos great ....as u can hear and see in the rockpop dortmunt live 1983 video on YT. he wasnt as quick in climbing as gary moor who used long forms ... but that made his style sound so good ... he climed by step by step going up his caged system .... u can see it on the video ....he didnt use long forms .... and of course he melodic lined are better as of gary moore ... but gary moor has other features that make him exeptional ,,,,, so every guitarist has his specific things that make him sound like they do ... u just have to learn them with ur tape recorder. @@JbfMusicGuitar

Nice call Tom! He has some key licks he'll often hit, but you're right the vast majority of his soloing is improvised. Just makes it all the more impressive 🎸🔥

Good shout, I tend to boost there anyway, so maybe that's why I was adding it lower mids