I think Doug is a real student of guitar and appreciates the history!!

@@stevenbardsley2489 There is the technique and then there is the talent and the soul no dis to Doug fantastic player but he will never have Bernies soul and truth be told Bernie created this Doug will always be a copy David fucked up losing Bernie and John Sykes too of the best snakes ever

thats cause bernie would blow him away

I love that you highlighted this

@Andre Sihotang_84 I don't think he could outclass his predecessor. Out-shred him perhaps but not outplay him. Bernie's a fine guitar player with a great tone and a lot of feeling and musicianship.

MrAlex0262 and we have every other member after we can thank for keeping his songs going.

John Sykes had a huge hand in that too😉

damn he did

MrAlex0262 plus Micky moody of course.but youre right.marsden built the success Base also.not coverdale alone

@@sonic-dna7742 Hate John Sykes. Even bigger ego than Coverdale and his is huge.

Brütal Löve - Funnily, I just watched that same interview with Bernie. He seems like a tremendous chap, and in this clip he's obviously having fun being on the big stage again. I see him at music trade shows like NAMM but have never approached him. Next time I will.

Best interview, watched it like 5 times :-). But the only thing i dont really like is that about plugging straight into an amp and getting a tone. I would never buy an amp if i would not get a good tone plugging straight in without pedals and other extra stuff, who would???

+HenkBenk88 But even Bernie admitted that the technology today is wonderful. He believes that everyone should strive to get a good tone without effects and all that, but it is so easy to get a great tone without having to spend bug $$$$ and that is nice. I don't have a big budget for guitar gear, so that really works for me. And the truth is that no matter what gear you own, if you fiddle with it and get familiar with it, you can sound pretty damn good. I am using just a cheap old Squier Strat with a Peavy Vypyr 30 watt solid state amp, and I can get a very decent tone. Now, that being said, it is nothing as good as a Les Paul into a Marshall JCM800, but for what I got into my rig, it is surprising how good it does actually sound. What are you using?

Yeah, but would you buy an amp if you couldn't get a good tone out of it without pedals or similar? I would not!

As i said, i really enjoyd that interview, and Bernie is a guitarist i really like, but some of that interview was kind of bogus. For example about his beast guitar "we have low volume, no pedals or nothing, and you can get a scream out of it". You can make an acoustic scream to if you know what your doing

Are you thee Jon Anderson from Yes? I hope so cos I love both these bands so much

well he did write those songs !

Saw them with Lord/Paice/Moody at the Santa Monica Civic (1979 or 80?) from the second row...could not hear for 2 days after. Best Ritchie replacement(s) there have been, much more 'Purple' than today's joke!

The best

Check out Uriah Heep and Pink Floyd if you like talented bands/musicians.

That’s an awesome memory👍

His signature model

meanwhile he owns a 200.000$ guitar!

Exactly, the sound is in the man's fingers for sure.

Having said that, he stated in an interview with Lee Anderton, the Korea / SE is his choice because he. Wanted a great guitar to be accessible to everyone and PRS took a long look at The Beast especially the pickups and pots... So no surprise it sounds like his Gibson LP and an absolute bargain... Best bits of Gibson vintage and PRS design in one guitar. If I didn't have a gold top LP I would buy one 😊

@@Spartanm333 PRS SE guitars are surprisingly good. I've recently ordered an SE version of Paul Reed Smiths own signature model. Still waiting for delivery though. Not expected until late March :(

Not better, but still intact while David's been burned out from touring over the years.

Buy his albums hen!

The guitar solo, yes.

PRS put out a Signature guitar for him. He asked for it to be affordable, so its Korean. Its an awesome guitar and he plays them stock.

Ah... Now I have to buy one of those! :) I really love his playing :)

I own several and I love it the PRS SE line. It keeps the pricey ones in their case

Ana Luiza Brown It does look strange, I absolutely agree. But when PRS offer to make you a signature guitar, if it's done right, it's usually going to become the new 'go to' instrument. The sound isn't that far from his old Les Pauls, so I'm not surprised he uses them a lot.

+Duke - SWT Mate what's the difference between the VSB and the other SE Bernie models then?

His signature model was only available as an SE Model. There was a very short run of US versions, but it was only a couple hundred. I own one of those guitars, and they're amazing.

Matt Smith Its regular edition now

They were discontinued in 2016

Its Whitesnake's biggest seller, and Marsden co wrote it with Coverdale.

When you think about it the Americanised versions of Fool for your loving and Here I go again must have made Bernie a small fortune.

To me Doug looked like he was delighted to share a stage with Bernie. At one point I thought he was just going to stop playing at watch an old master.

And all the posing by the others, and Bernie blew them away. He didn't just miss the MTV success, he missed the awful image based philosophy of the late 80's. He got split writing for Here I Go Again, and he can sing better than David. Spare a thought for Sykes too...

Paul Jacklin There's a big difference between singing in the studio & reproducing it live. DC know's he's knocking on a bit now, so like all the best vocalists (of his generation) they adapt. It doesn't always work & I have to agree with Keith Young. In a live situation, DC hasn't really got it anymore. It's not a criticism, just an observation. Having heard what he & Bernie have recorded recently, he has still got it in the controlled atmosphere of the studio.

Bernie loves to cover "Is this love" but he has told in public that he has nothing to do with this song.