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He is one of the greats and hugely influential to so many players. Thanks for watching and commenting.

I love Schenker but, no

I’ve always been a huge EVH fan but the longer I play guitar and reflect, I might have to agree. I think they are both technically excellent and EVH is probably better than Schenker here. More and more I think of EVH as stunning but a lot of that is tone/effects. Schenker’s playing seem more musical and integrated with the songs overall. At any rate, Schenker is probably my favorite living rock guitarist.

I think Schenker and EVH are both from the school of what I’d call great players and that list is not that big. A great guitar player not only has great technical skill but also great creative skill and originality, they have a kind of genius level of creativity and style that separates them from all the rest. Schenker’s best output would be up to the end of UFO and the beginning of MSG, EVH obviously up to 1984. After that I think the genius streak ended.

@vintagesound8112 thanks for your comment.

I think he more well known with guitarist than the general population. But he seems to be out there touring and recording more and more.

Yeah I’ve done more of a deep dive on some of the players as I’ve done the videos.

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Yeah I have to leave some info out sometimes because the videos get to long. Thanks for watching and the comment.

I see that on Reddit, but cannot find anything to corroborate it. Merry Christmas.

@@greatguitaristoftherockera2833 check out his very recent gigs from fan uploads. The one he's using now is an all white Gibson V.

Seems like just yesterday. Thanks for the comment.

Yes he has said that he played on most of the tracks.

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Ummm, billy Sheehan and Michael laid down the demos for the first album in 79

@@seandowning5918 Really ? I've never heard them...They pre-dated the first album ? ...Come to think of it on the 1980 1st MSG album Billy Sheehan was thanked in the credits on the vinyl sleeve.

Yeah, heard them on KZfaq a few years ago, think they have since been taken down, Dennis carmassi on drums I think

@@seandowning5918 I had heard there were sessions BEFORE the first album was made with Roger Glover producing but I never knew they had been RECORDED as DEMOS.

There are early demos on CD as bonus tracks 👍

Recorded in 1977 per Michaels website. I use US release dates due to me being in the US. Sorry for any confusion.

@@greatguitaristoftherockera2833 U.S release dates ? Ah yes , of course.....No worries.

@@greatguitaristoftherockera2833 Sometimes in interviews i think possibly even Michael gets some of his OWN dates wrong actually....lol...He once said the Lights Out album was done in 1976 but on the original vinyl sleeve in front of me here it says Feb-March 1977...lol

Yeah I think he was drinking pretty heavily back then.

@@greatguitaristoftherockera2833 Yes he was,,, poor Michael.....At the time he had stage fright, he hardly spoke English ,,,As a result he felt isolated in the band & touring was a reason to drink to calm his nerves. I have recordings of the NY Record Plant sessions in 1975 where in the silence between tracks the mic picks up Phil Mogg going - 'HIMMLER' ! ..& you can hear the other band members all laughing. Years later in an interview Michael said - 'My then girlfriend was my translator. & she translated Drummer Andy Parker saying - 'You're so lucky you don't understand what they're saying' .