Thanks Doug , you taught me so much and saved me a lot of time. I started taking guitar lessons at 8 and now 65. I’ve never stopped learning. Rock on.

He explained it so well I almost thought for a split second I could come somewhere close to sounding a fraction as good as he does playing it.

I would give my entire existence to sit front row and watch randy play for just 1 hour and 30 mins

Its realy gold to hear Doug talk about the awe he was in when hearing and seeing these rock stars with all the ammunition they have...while being one himself now...and probably some kid is now watching him...and become one too because of the inspiration Doug has given him.

Finally a great rock lesson with the right feeling and attitude, unlike most today's vids... Rock on, Doug!

Doug and Ritchie Faulkner have become my new influences. I will always love Satch,Vai and Nuno but I’m really coming to appreciate the Doug and Ritchie as picking up a torch and running with it.

Doug looks amazing! He is just fabulous! He super charged me to practice harder and keep learning! Thanks! Rock on!

That goldtop Aura is amazing. Wowza! 🤩

Doug Aldrich! :) Thanks for a great Daisies show in Osnabrück, Germany! Managed to see him play from first row! :D

Love this. Great example of more playing and less talking between examples. Thanks so much for taking the time to share.

I'm really starting to like Guitar World. This is yet another rich video. Wow. Video after video of unexpectedly absolutely awesome guitar lessons you have to watch more than once to get it all... So sweet.

Now THIS! THIS! is Guitar School! Thank You \m/\m/ Rock ON!

I just saw Doug & Dead Daisies at Guitar center in Rochester. Good guy. Very personable and down to earth.

That fig 20 is 3rds in key of G. 123 1 234 2 345 3 etc. Slash does this brilliant run up the neck on the you got no right song his VR album. Great technique video through! Thanks man!

I remember when my Friend Matt showed me figure 20 in high school after taking lessons from Doug in Thousand Oaks, CA. Then Lion got on MTV and he went on tour... Funny here he is essentially teaching that same lick / exercise in Guitar World all these years later. It's still an impressive lick :)

I always thought "Doug Aldrich" was a pickup designer LOL! I had heard of his pickups for awhile but never heard of him personally. I can't believe I missed out. Dude is spectacular.

Great video, at the start I was thinking this looks like its aimed at maybe intermediate level players; but Doug delved into some stuff that more experienced players can think about and sink their teeth into!

Amazing play Amazing talk good story

Yea! Love the riffs & how you were too inspired!

One of the best guitar tones I ever heard were the first three songs from Burning Rain at Frontiers Fest in 2019. I got to talk with him after the show and told him about it. He was actually interested in what I had to say about his sound. I told him that I had spent most of my adult life doing bass session in the New York studios. Doug is the real deal! He's a standup guy who can play well, and one of the few with his chops who is still humble, yet, can out play the best of them.

Oh yesss! Thank you! 💪🤘

You are awesome Doug!!

So crazy! I saw Van Halen 4th row right in front of Eddie at Red Rocks and I was speechless also! My wife asked why I wasn't excited.....I said I am in awe!!

Thanks Doug 🤘

Where’s part one ? Where can I find the tabs? Great video! I always learn something from Doug.

What a great player! Very modest

I love your music forever rock on ❤🤘🎸💯

Nice...

Doug’s a great guitarist and he mentions a few but he overlooked one of the best guitarist of our day George Lynch why does everyone skip right over Mr Scary !!!!

Educational and fun video

His pinky is longer then my leg damn I’m jealous

Figure 19 is absolutely 👏🔥🎶💯🎸🙏🙋

Legend ❤

Dudes an absolute monster, underrated too.

Behind Jimmy Page, this man is one of my all time favorite rockers. Not only is he a stellar guitar player and musician but also an awesome guy who is always ready to give credit to others. You Sir, are a true gentleman and a genuine dude. You are right up there with all the greats that you give credit to!

Happy to hear nearly every commentator enjoyed Doug's series. GW hasn't had a win in a while and as easy as it is to pick on Paul Riario's hair, I'm still pulling for them. Started reading 26 years ago.

GOD Bless You 🎸🎸🎸

Cant beat that beautiful Les Paul sound

I first found out about DA on this very rare tribute to Van Halen "tape" I had. Yes! I said tape! 🤣😂 To this day I am still puzzled about some of the people who played on it. Some were just not very good covers. DA covered "I'm the one". He absolutely KILLED it!!! OMG! I couldn't believe how this unknown guy was sooooo damn good! He doesn't use a whammy but didn't need to. He blew me away how he was able to take Eddie's licks and completely marry them to his own style. It was flawless and didn't hinder the raw power of the song that Eddie had. I kept asking "WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY?! WHY IS HE NOT FAMOUS AS HELL?!" I was sold!!!! There is a part of one of the last solos in that song where I kept thinking I like his variation of the phrase even better than the way Eddie played it. You have to understand....I'm a huge Eddie fan, and never thought it possible to like someone else's playing of one of his solos better than his. I don't want to digress...I know there's gonna be Eddie haters who are gonna start saying crap about him, so I will not be checking back on comments. Don't want to detract from the purpose of this vid; to highlight the greatness of DA. Thank you.

EVH and Randy were my heroes as a teenager learning guitar in the 80s... ahhh, memories. The 90s just fucked up rock music.

Style and grace- we don't deserve Doug Aldrich.

3:16 That is the most beautiful thing I have heard in a while.

Dang had no idea he was this good... nice

Ooof that suhr aura

Am I dreaming or is he tuned to Eb?

Anyone know what guitar I’m looking at here?

Whats the name of the song of 3:17?🎸🤘🤘🎸

i wonder if the All seeing eye tat helps Doug when hes running out of licks at a show :OP

I wonder what amp he is playing through

Great stuff But Randy learned and was influenced by Eddie Van Halen there is a documentary where he and George Lynch are blown away by eruption and there both trying to figure it out It’s priceless , RIP Eddy and Randy both amazing guitarists 👍👍👍

Coolest guy in guitar community.

Show .

Jesus I love his tone! It's so thick I could chew on it

What kind of guitar is that

The better version of Zakk Wylde...I love Doug’s playing

Что за модель гитары?

Sebastian Bach if he played guitar LOL

He reminds me of a Heavy Metal Brian Setzer

Wath is the model of the gold guitar?

Pete Banks was already doing that kinda stuff years before Randy Rhoads.

🤙🤙🤙🤘🤘🤘🥃🍺🍻

Saw Doug play live last year in Belfast with the Dead Daisies and got to meet him afterwards. Great guy! He even laughed when I told him although I was happily married (to my wife) he was the only guy I would maybe "turn" for!! 😂 (maybe) 😂😂

Great style, but I would to know how he gets that sound! That ain't no Gibson LP there. Ok, Doug, now you need to do a tutorial on that classical style please.

Randy Rhoads died two weeks before their show in California, and was cancelled... heartbreaking.. I wonder how Doug feels about the playing style of Vivian Campbell, a personal hero and major influence on my playing.

where is the links to the tabs D:

That's a schenker Thing . Roads Took it from MS.

He's an Adept see the All seeing Eye of Lucifer illuminated on his arm?

Figure 21... is that a classical piece of some sort?? Can anyone here tell? I like Doug's playing. He's kind of an old-school and non-schooled player, a 60's born guy, more of an intuitive and gut player, who learned by studying the classic albums amd trying to learn the "classic" licks and ended up developing his own way of playing by doing that; and less by getting formal guitar education, and i do aprecciate and i think that the world has to have some shining players like that for every era. Guys who learned to play by themselves, self-educated players, who play more by instinct and less by school. I dig that kind of players too, as much as the schooled Vai's, Satriani's, Petrucci's, and so on.

You can have fun at his dirt

look at his illuminaty tattoo

This dude might be illuminati, did you see the tattoo? That's heavy duty!

It's all about the feelz... ERock and Jason Richardson should learn from this guy... He's like Gary Moore on steroids

When did it become cool to put duct tape over amp logos?

Is that how you created your voice?..

Doug's left hand has always been very weird to me. Thumb all the way back, fingers perpendicular to the neck at almost all times, totally non rock looking. Yet so fast and clean, and rock sounding.

obviously he has a deal with the devil

Eddie and Andy both openly borrowed half of those licks and tricks from the master himself Michael Schenker who shredded melodic hard n heavy tunes way before them, and they knew it..

He keeps throwing out little chunks of shred, I bet he had no idea he was up to 30 examples

Doug is was of those guys that has to try not to be cool... he's a shredder

blues + rock n roll , and no SLASH !? WTF!?

Small hands means nothing!, BUT then, how do you contort your BACK to do that?! I have a friend 5 years in the game, who has stunted growth on his left hand from breaking his growth plate in his arm when he was young. His hand is notably smaller and he can do the same thing,(blowing my mind) that you're doing with those tiny hands. Ive played for 30 years., not as good... My hands aren't exactly much bigger, I have just never been able to relax my overly bent wrist. Tilting the neck forward only does so much. Position is dependent upon location of the neck. Posture has nothing to do with it either.

Yepp Dougy ... you can play excellent but you can't explain how to do. You can show ... but you can't explain.

who is doug?

You know this would be a better of a lesson if the camera person would quit zooming in on his crotch. could have used a better angle on the guitar itself or not zoom in so much.

Skinny jeans ? Really , Doug ....?

What’s up with that tattoo,Doug??

that ain't legato

Guitar World likes people with tatoos and homosexuals.

No Randy Rhodes or Van Halen licks ! He can play great guitar though.

below average

I can't stand Doug's playing. He adds nothing new to the Great Guitar Conversation. He reminds me of Joe Bonamassa in that he's good at "licks" but has zero personality on his own, and is very overrated.