I met Reb at a restaurant in an airport years ago. They were playing cool 80s rock on speakers at the bar. I said something to the guy next to me about how awesome def leopard was. Reb was sitting next to me, I had no idea who he was, and said yeah they’re good dudes and fun to hangout with. I gave him a puzzled look. He said, I’m the guitar player from Winger. WHAT!?!.. we talked and had beers for next half our about winger, white snake, Alice cooper, guitars, amps…until he had to get his flight. he was just awesome. Friendly and gracious.
I met Reb at a guitar clinic in the early 90s. The clinic was skipped due to only 3 guitar players showing up, everyone else was a fan. After the impromptu concert he signed autographs. When it was my turn i asked a question about how he taps. He gave me a one on one tapping lesson. He is just a regular great person who enjoys playing guitar.
Agreed. I always think of Reb and Vito as the 2 most underrated... that I know of. But recently I have discovered a few guitarists that were insane that I wasnt even familiar with.
John Sykes is the best riff writer if you take just one album like you did with Winger's first. The Whitesnake 1987 album is a masterpiece and "Still of the Night" riff is untouchable.
@@artistCDMJOnly the songs “Here I go again” and “crying in the rain”. Sykes co-wrote the rest of the album, like “still of the night”, “don’t turn away”, “bad boys”, “children of the night”, “you’re gonna break my heart again”, “looking for love”, “is this love”, “straight for the heart”, “give me all your love”
@@phutureproof Listen to the first 2 Badland albums , Jake was fire 🔥 on them. But good luck finding it because it's not on Spotify , you might find it on YT....
@@AllThingmac I can’t think of anyone who shreds and can sing that well like Sykes. He’s honestly in a class all his own. No, not Hendrix, and no not Crapton either.
hey man! I'm a 16 year old kid who just loves the 80s shred stuff loll. Two of my favorite riff writers of the 80s was Michael Sweet and Oz Fox of the band Stryper. Love their stuff.
My favorite riff writers of the 80’s (in no particular order): Reb, John Sykes, Jake E. Lee, John Sykes, Warren DeMartini….and of course, Hetfield, Mustaine, & Scott Ian!
I saw them a lot in the89s as they toured with everybody , But remember the first time I saw Kip just solo and him with his acoustic opening up for Poison years ago and he was just frikkin fantastic .
So many great riffs on erase the slate,seen him on that tour also reb is fantastic and he also puts his own spin on all the George lynch stuff while in dokken, love George also
Reb is one of the must underrated guitarists of all time. He pioneered that "liquid-tapping" technique. John Sykes, George Lynch, Warren DeMartini, Jake E. Lee, Dan Huff, and Vito Bratta all legends with Reb. Nuno I believe debuted in the 90's, but he's up there as well. Beautiful Voyager btw Robert!
Thanks for keeping the 80's riffs alive....Winger had some great riffs. I was always partial to the main riff in Seventeen. So many great bands back in the day. High School in the 80's was great. Many memories of getting out of school and cranking the car stereo...FWIW the frequency response on the airpod pro2's handle 80's rock very nicely.
WOW! SO MANY overlooked/forgotten guitarists who consistently, and repeatedly came up with killer licks, riffs, and solos; Neil Schon (Hardline, Journey), Mick Jones (Foreigner), Bill Leverty (Firehouse), Rick Stier (Kingdom Come), Joey Allen (Warrant - check out "Bridges Are Burning", on the Dog Eat Dog album), Paul Quinn, Graham Oliver (Saxon -- check out their cover of "Ride Like the Wind" on the Destiny album), and sooo many people for get Brad Gillis (Night Ranger), Jeff Carlisi (38 Special), Eric Carr (KISS), Paul Gilbert (Mr. BIG), Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.), Mick Sweda (Bullet Boys - check out covers of Balls To The Wall, Livin' On A Prayer", and re-make of "Talk To Your Daughter"), Wolf Hoffman (Accept), Brian Forsythe, Ronnie Younkins (Kix), Rudolph Schenker, Matthias Jabs (Scorpions), Tim Kelly (Slaughter), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), and finally -- too often never mentioned -- Andy Timmons (Danger, Danger). Hopefully this gets the followers thinking a little more about their playlists and albums. :)
I AGREEEEEEE! I saw the small thumbnail to this video, read the text and sat for a short moment and said out loud, "Reb Beach". Completely unfairly treated in history, JUST AS WINGER WAS, and he wrote the most amazing, hook-filled riffs I heard during that decade and probably any other. I truly appreciate you especially for giving him the props he deserves. Much love, mang!
Queensryche duo. Chris DeGarmo and Micheal Wilton wrote some awesome riffs back in the day! Even though queensryches sound changed a lot from there beginnings to the mid 90s there’s still some great playing!
Saw winger a few times in the hay day man i thought they were toit and talented as hell !!! Reb was at the house of guitars doing a clinic at one of the rochester visits !!!! 🤟🤟🤟🤟 That never surrender riff slays !!!!
@@davidpapendorf6764agreed. Always wanted to know what his setup was back then. Off To The Sun gives me chills no matter HOW many yours l times I hear it and the album is bookended by two absolute MONSTER tracks, Face Down In The Gutter and H.H. Boogie.
@@stoicscorpio3838 It was a Jackson with a Seymour Duncan JB humbucket into a Mike Morin modded marshall. I think it may have been the JMP1 digital tube pre amp. If it wasn't that it may have been a Mike Morin modded jcm800?? I'll ask Mr Diglio when I get a chance. But good luck getting a Morin modded amp either way haha
I met Reb a couple years ago when Winger played a local theater. We were walking through the parking lot as he was walking from his tour bus. Total down to earth guy. Great experience.
I sat and played with Reb for a few minutes at GC several years ago. Very cool guy! He's definitely a fantastic riff writer! His stuff is very fun to play! Vito and Nuno also write some very fun riffs to play!
Totally agree on that-I've had the DVD for years and always love checking it out--Reb is smokin' hot as usual and Doug is awesome as well. Phenomenal indeed!
I started playing in 1984 and was obsessed with soloing (like most of us) but Reb and Nuno were the first guys that really got me excited about rhythm playing. I still play through "Loosen Up" during my warmup. Great post, Rob.
@Robert Baker, Reb definitely was a great riff writer and this has always been one of my favorite riffs of his. Loving the 80s content. I know nobody ever likes to talk about them but Oz Fox and Michael Sweet from Stryper had just some sick riffs and leads!
I’m game for this. Everyone has already mentioned nearly everyone I would mention: Lynch, Bettencourt, DiGarmo/Wilton, etc.. but who is very underrated and missing here is Brooke St. James, from Tyketto. The riffs he had on Don’t Come Easy were phenomenal (Forever Young, Wings, Strip Me Down, etc.), but then doubled down on it with their second album, Strength in Numbers. The title track, Rescue Me, All Over Me, and Inherit the Wind were all breaths of fresh air while harking back to when those riffs were big from grunge and the like taking over in the mid 1990s.
Lots of great 80s guitarists mentioned in this thread already. I also liked Kee Marcello's playing on Europe's "Out Of This World" album. I also enjoyed Danny Stag and Rick Steier on Kingdom Come's first two albums with Polygram records. Others: Steve Clark and Phil Collen of Def Leppard; Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch of Tesla; Erik Turner and Joey Allen of Warrant; Billy Squier; Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpions; Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple/Rainbow; Tim Kelly of Slaughter; Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath; Randy Rhoads of Ozzy; Mladen of Von Groove; etc. So many great six string riffers, I could go on forever.
That is a sweet Voyager my friend. I had the Koa one with a clear finish and gold hardware. I had to pawn it in 2000. They sold it before it my payment was due.
I’ve been learning Cutting Loose by Reb. It’s a riot to play and challenging. Love his riffs. You can tell when a guy is really influenced by EVH. Killer rhythm guitar work like Reb and Nuno.
This is one of my favorite songs from Winger, and a nasty riff! I always thought that first sound you hear was hitting a high note on the E string, then bending the B-string not quite up to match it, so the notes just grate against each other. But the whammy-bar flick works as well.
Hey Robert-You've got no argument from me on how Reb's playing was underrated. He was one of the best. He really had some superb, very unique taps going on in his solos that were different! Also a fine rhythm player no doubt too! I must say that is one sweet Reb Signature Ibanez you've got, man it sounds (and looks) great! Never got one but always lusted after that model. Put in an EMG SA-SA-85 set like he used in a Charvel though. You've got some nice chops yourself by the way. Keep up the fine work!
His solo albums contain his best work, specifically The Fusion Tapes and A View From the Inside. Stellar musicianship. Wish he’d get back to fusion, it’s a natural fit for him more than Winger ever was/is.
I see Robert with an Ibanez and I click, Definitely a cool riff and the Voyager is one of those dream guitars for Ibanez guys . I’m a sucker for those “tag lines” they always put some extra stank on the riff or in the song.
Had that darn flu bug over new years up here in NY, hope your feeling better & glad ur back! Im an 80's teen as well, waiting for the resurgence 🎸 warren d, viv c , jake e etc
Wish I'd had the pleasure of meeting him, you are so right his tapping is unique! That's something I immediately noticed-no one sounds like him. Very musical, dazzling and takes you to unexpected places. Man did he have some chops!
There might be guitarists out there that wrote -A- great riff or 3, but the sheer amount of awesome riffs Reb has written, and still writes, is hard to believe. He just seems to be tapped into wherever riffs come from in the universe. There's a a few videos out there of him and Kip working together in the studio, and he just so naturally comes up with tasty riffs at the drop of a hat. Edit: Damn! I just realized a song I wrote back in 93 or 94 basically lifts the first few chords from your first example-- never even noticed it before. It's a different timing, and goes in a different direction, but it shares a lot. Sorry, Reb :)
I wasn’t a huge Lion fan, but man his playing was just absolutely Stellar!! I never looked into why he just disappeared from the scene, but I would really like to have heard more from him. No doubt one of the best players of the time!!
The boys from Ratt wrote some pretty cool riffs as well.
tricky to play too
Their riffs were way cool, junior.
Yup
Absolutely right , Warren Demartini along with George Lynch and Jake E Lee.
Yup just was gonna say this Warren was one of if not the best riff writers imo
Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton of Queensryche are always overlooked. Their first 5 records are loaded with riffs.
Operation Mindcrime is one of the greatest prog albums of all time
Yes, yes and yes!
Oh man the rage for order album….just proper metal!
Operation: Mindcrime! The Warning! Rage For Order!!!
Loaded with riffs, killer modal solos, progressive bridges, harmonizing dual leads, etc....best duo of the 80's or 90's!
I met Reb at a restaurant in an airport years ago. They were playing cool 80s rock on speakers at the bar. I said something to the guy next to me about how awesome def leopard was. Reb was sitting next to me, I had no idea who he was, and said yeah they’re good dudes and fun to hangout with. I gave him a puzzled look. He said, I’m the guitar player from Winger. WHAT!?!.. we talked and had beers for next half our about winger, white snake, Alice cooper, guitars, amps…until he had to get his flight. he was just awesome. Friendly and gracious.
I met Reb at a guitar clinic in the early 90s. The clinic was skipped due to only 3 guitar players showing up, everyone else was a fan. After the impromptu concert he signed autographs. When it was my turn i asked a question about how he taps. He gave me a one on one tapping lesson. He is just a regular great person who enjoys playing guitar.
Great story!! Love it!!!
Dave Meneketti - Y&T. Killer riffs, great solos, and Bro could sing as good anyone of the time.
Vito Bratta, another hugely under-rated guitarist
Overlooked, maybe. Not underrated.
@@POOKIE5592 I don’t really see a difference
The solo in "Wait" was amazing.
I’ve always liked White Lion but having a rhythm guitarist would have elevated their music in my opinion
Agreed. I always think of Reb and Vito as the 2 most underrated... that I know of. But recently I have discovered a few guitarists that were insane that I wasnt even familiar with.
John Sykes is the best riff writer if you take just one album like you did with Winger's first. The Whitesnake 1987 album is a masterpiece and "Still of the Night" riff is untouchable.
Also the first Blue Murder, even better imo
Warren DeMartinis Lay it Down riff is the Alpha and Omega of all riffs..
Agreed - Sykes was very much overlooked at the time by the hoards BUT those who knew, knew. Monster player.
Those songs were already written and played by the original Whitesnake line up before Coverdale hired the new band including Sykes.
@@artistCDMJOnly the songs “Here I go again” and “crying in the rain”. Sykes co-wrote the rest of the album, like “still of the night”, “don’t turn away”, “bad boys”, “children of the night”, “you’re gonna break my heart again”, “looking for love”, “is this love”, “straight for the heart”, “give me all your love”
Jake E Lee wrote some killer riffs that he never got credit for!!
Jake and George and Warren Demartini who wrote the best riffs IMO!
Bark at the moon one of my favourite riffs! and shot in the dark almost forgot that one 🤘
We all knew he did.
@@phutureproof Listen to the first 2 Badland albums , Jake was fire 🔥 on them. But good luck finding it because it's not on Spotify , you might find it on YT....
Sharon did that to many great musicians
Reb is SO underrated as a player and a writer. He's a true original.
Bill Leverty from Firehouse had some great riffs
The intro and playing on Reach for the sky are phenomenal .
Very nice guy too!
John Sykes... between the Whitesnake album and Blue Murder... some cool stuff.
That's one guy who is so underrated it's sickening!
I love Sykes. And he's a pretty amazing singer also.
@@AllThingmac I can’t think of anyone who shreds and can sing that well like Sykes. He’s honestly in a class all his own. No, not Hendrix, and no not Crapton either.
@@totigerus Only other musician is Dan Huff that could come close to Sykes.
@@drockny thx ill have to check him out
Criss Oliva of Savatage , very under rated guitarist from the 80's and 90's.
Yes sir!
Agree !
Agreed! Very underrated!
oooo I remember Savatage, oh man that hasn't crossed my brain in a loong time :)
Criss was a great guitarist and song writer , to bad we lost him so soon !! Can’t believe it’s been over 30 years since his passing
hey man! I'm a 16 year old kid who just loves the 80s shred stuff loll. Two of my favorite riff writers of the 80s was Michael Sweet and Oz Fox of the band Stryper. Love their stuff.
Those dudes get such short shrift as guitarists and writers its completely insane .
they rip
and they're still tearing it up !!!
The boys from Scorpions. They had so many memorable riffs.
I agree, everything they did was amazing.
Seventeen by Winger is just soo hard to play exactly right with the timing and stuff. That riff is fire!!
I've never seen anyone do it
Vivian Campbell
Gary Moore - Murder in the Skies and Out in the Fields are a couple of banger riffs.
Craig Goldy had some badass riffs for Dio. And that right hand...😮
Chris Degarmo wrote some cool riffs. Empire is a real cool riff and so is Jet City Woman.
1990
TY TABOR!!!!!
A TRUE Master. Ty Tabor makes Reb Beach sound like a little kid.
Yep! Ty Tabor riffs are on another level, the outro to "I'll never be the same" being one of my all time favs.
@@bigbugger7660what a song. Love how they allude to the outro riff earlier in the song before they ride out the song with it
This!!! Try to play Lost In Germany… 🤯
My favorite riff writers of the 80’s (in no particular order): Reb, John Sykes, Jake E. Lee, John Sykes, Warren DeMartini….and of course, Hetfield, Mustaine, & Scott Ian!
Chris Degarmo - Michael Wilton
Kings of the dissonant double stop riffs
80's music was definitely cool and so happy to have been in high school right in the middle of it all. Am now waiting for history to repeat itself. 🙂
Snake Sabo and Scottie Hill from Skid Row wrote some awesome riffs. Monkey Business is a great example.
Dude monkey business is such a killers song!
"The Threat" on Slave to the Grind is a top drop D riff for me, up there with Ratt's "Lay it Down". Probably my favorite to play from Skid Row.
🎯💯🔥🔥
Kip was/is such an underrated writer... and player too!
Metallica really fucked Winger. But Hair Metal was already on its way out my that Black Album video anyways so maybe it didn’t matter eat her way. 🧐
I saw them a lot in the89s as they toured with everybody , But remember the first time I saw Kip just solo and him with his acoustic opening up for Poison years ago and he was just frikkin fantastic .
Pete Lesperance of Harem Scarem - very overlooked and underappreciated in the cool riff industry. 😊
He's a beast!
Great names are coming out on here, all noteworthy. Blues Saraceno needs a shout-out as well. 💯🤘
Agreed. Reb is a true badass. His riffs with Winger were killer!
Erase the Slate is an underrated Reb album.🤘
Yessss. Saw him on that tour and he was incredible.
So many great riffs on erase the slate,seen him on that tour also reb is fantastic and he also puts his own spin on all the George lynch stuff while in dokken, love George also
I’m old enough to remember watching that performance on MTV.
100% agree that Reb is the best, period. He's as smooth as it gets and is criminally underrated.
Reb is one of the must underrated guitarists of all time. He pioneered that "liquid-tapping" technique. John Sykes, George Lynch, Warren DeMartini, Jake E. Lee, Dan Huff, and Vito Bratta all legends with Reb. Nuno I believe debuted in the 90's, but he's up there as well. Beautiful Voyager btw Robert!
First Extreme album was like 89 so yeah! on the line .
Akira Takasaki from Loudness, Japan
Thanks for keeping the 80's riffs alive....Winger had some great riffs. I was always partial to the main riff in Seventeen. So many great bands back in the day. High School in the 80's was great. Many memories of getting out of school and cranking the car stereo...FWIW the frequency response on the airpod pro2's handle 80's rock very nicely.
WOW! SO MANY overlooked/forgotten guitarists who consistently, and repeatedly came up with killer licks, riffs, and solos; Neil Schon (Hardline, Journey), Mick Jones (Foreigner), Bill Leverty (Firehouse), Rick Stier (Kingdom Come), Joey Allen (Warrant - check out "Bridges Are Burning", on the Dog Eat Dog album), Paul Quinn, Graham Oliver (Saxon -- check out their cover of "Ride Like the Wind" on the Destiny album), and sooo many people for get Brad Gillis (Night Ranger), Jeff Carlisi (38 Special), Eric Carr (KISS), Paul Gilbert (Mr. BIG), Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.), Mick Sweda (Bullet Boys - check out covers of Balls To The Wall, Livin' On A Prayer", and re-make of "Talk To Your Daughter"), Wolf Hoffman (Accept), Brian Forsythe, Ronnie Younkins (Kix), Rudolph Schenker, Matthias Jabs (Scorpions), Tim Kelly (Slaughter), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol), and finally -- too often never mentioned -- Andy Timmons (Danger, Danger). Hopefully this gets the followers thinking a little more about their playlists and albums. :)
Eric Carr for Kiss???
Neil Schon never played for Hardline, He was just there when the made the video.
Eric Carr? He was the drummer
His work on the Dokken Erase the Slate was killer. I'm a huge Lynch fan but Reb wrote some great tunes for that album!
I absolutely love GL, but I really didn’t miss him at all when I saw Reb with Dokken. Brilliant lineup.
I AGREEEEEEE! I saw the small thumbnail to this video, read the text and sat for a short moment and said out loud, "Reb Beach". Completely unfairly treated in history, JUST AS WINGER WAS, and he wrote the most amazing, hook-filled riffs I heard during that decade and probably any other. I truly appreciate you especially for giving him the props he deserves. Much love, mang!
winger is still touring and his 12 string sessions are pretty great
Ronnie Le Tekrø
Yes! He's a wizard!
Damn right ! Probably the most adventurous and inventive guitar player of the genre.
He is a real phenomenon….wonderful music.
Queensryche duo. Chris DeGarmo and Micheal Wilton wrote some awesome riffs back in the day!
Even though queensryches sound changed a lot from there beginnings to the mid 90s there’s still some great playing!
Saw winger a few times in the hay day man i thought they were toit and talented as hell !!!
Reb was at the house of guitars doing a clinic at one of the rochester visits !!!! 🤟🤟🤟🤟
That never surrender riff slays !!!!
In these days I’m very hooked with inside out’s xyz and Marc Diglio…
Sick song and riff…
I was looking for this comment! He's a super cool guy and an amazing musician. Last year I got the opportunity to take guitar lessons from him
Agreed. Unbelievable player. His sound on their album "Hungry" is perfect.
@@davidpapendorf6764agreed. Always wanted to know what his setup was back then. Off To The Sun gives me chills no matter HOW many yours l times I hear it and the album is bookended by two absolute MONSTER tracks, Face Down In The Gutter and H.H. Boogie.
@@stoicscorpio3838 It was a Jackson with a Seymour Duncan JB humbucket into a Mike Morin modded marshall. I think it may have been the JMP1 digital tube pre amp. If it wasn't that it may have been a Mike Morin modded jcm800?? I'll ask Mr Diglio when I get a chance. But good luck getting a Morin modded amp either way haha
My top five riff writers of the 80's were definitely (in no order):
Reb Beach
George Lynch
Jake E Lee
Vito Bratta
Michael Sweet
Him and Vito Bratta
Wonder what ever happened to Vito, he just disappeared?
Family happened.
@@9unslin9er gotcha, how do you know this?
@@mygt8a4re Eddie Trunk interview.
@@9unslin9er thanks, I'll have to look that up
How about Vivian Campbell with Dio? Holy Diver and Last in Line albums are packed with awesome riffs.
Totally agree and forgot about him , I'd put him up there with Warren , George and Jake for sure....
I have to agree , Vivian did not get half the credit he was due. Of course
Jake E.
Reb is amazing. Great riffs and his lead tone is very unique, love his playing! Great video Robert:)
One of my favorite hidden gems on RUclips is Reb and Kip writing and recording IV. Killer musicianship.
Dave Meniketti wrote some cool 80s riffs
Killer player, man.
Such a beautiful player and his solos on the outros are simply the best , He rarely gets talked about anymore .
Reb Beach, Vito Bratta, Nuno Bettencourt….the guys from the late 80’s….Vinnie Moore too….LOVE EM!!!
I just have two words for everyone: TESLA! 😂
I met Reb a couple years ago when Winger played a local theater. We were walking through the parking lot as he was walking from his tour bus. Total down to earth guy. Great experience.
Reb Beach- George Lynch and the dream team- DeMartini/ Crosby
Agree with you on Beach but also think his heaviest competition and influence was DeMartini and then Lynch. Thx for the lesson!
As far as 80s metal or hair metal goes, Reb and Warren D are at the top of the elite !!
I sat and played with Reb for a few minutes at GC several years ago. Very cool guy! He's definitely a fantastic riff writer! His stuff is very fun to play!
Vito and Nuno also write some very fun riffs to play!
There’s a full concert video of Whitesnake with Reb and Doug Aldrich on guitars. It’s phenomenal! Must watch!
Totally agree on that-I've had the DVD for years and always love checking it out--Reb is smokin' hot as usual and Doug is awesome as well. Phenomenal indeed!
I started playing in 1984 and was obsessed with soloing (like most of us) but Reb and Nuno were the first guys that really got me excited about rhythm playing. I still play through "Loosen Up" during my warmup. Great post, Rob.
REB and VITO made a HUGE impression in the World of Guitar and will be talked about for years to come. SKILL!!!!
Yeah this riff has the same groove as "Lay it Down" by Warren De Martini from Ratt. This one is in a lower key and at a slower tempo, though.
My favorite Reb Beach riff is blind revolution mad (I know technically 90’s)
"Pull" was released in the 90's, but is STILL one of the best 80's albums of all time!
@Robert Baker, Reb definitely was a great riff writer and this has always been one of my favorite riffs of his. Loving the 80s content. I know nobody ever likes to talk about them but Oz Fox and Michael Sweet from Stryper had just some sick riffs and leads!
Reb, Warren and George - the holy trinity!
One of my favorite riffs to play when I first pick up the guitar. RB was is/was awesome. Always appreciated!
Right on! Not only Reb but Winger as a whole were underrated.
That fist tag always reminds me of a similar tag in Make it Last from Montrose. Love Reb’s little motifs!
I’m game for this. Everyone has already mentioned nearly everyone I would mention: Lynch, Bettencourt, DiGarmo/Wilton, etc.. but who is very underrated and missing here is Brooke St. James, from Tyketto. The riffs he had on Don’t Come Easy were phenomenal (Forever Young, Wings, Strip Me Down, etc.), but then doubled down on it with their second album, Strength in Numbers. The title track, Rescue Me, All Over Me, and Inherit the Wind were all breaths of fresh air while harking back to when those riffs were big from grunge and the like taking over in the mid 1990s.
Many of his riffs are on the upbeat. Which is why they are fun to play imo. Love his voyagers and shurs too
Kip went hard core classical, check out Rick Beato's interview last year. I never knew. This was awesome RB.
Thanks for this cool tiff . Lynch is my favorite guitarist. One of my favorites to play of his is The Hunter
Adding Lynch into the conversation was the ! mark for me. Thanks.
Lots of great 80s guitarists mentioned in this thread already. I also liked Kee Marcello's playing on Europe's "Out Of This World" album. I also enjoyed Danny Stag and Rick Steier on Kingdom Come's first two albums with Polygram records.
Others: Steve Clark and Phil Collen of Def Leppard; Frank Hannon and Tommy Skeoch of Tesla; Erik Turner and Joey Allen of Warrant; Billy Squier; Matthias Jabs and Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpions; Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple/Rainbow; Tim Kelly of Slaughter; Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath; Randy Rhoads of Ozzy; Mladen of Von Groove; etc. So many great six string riffers, I could go on forever.
That is a sweet Voyager my friend. I had the Koa one with a clear finish and gold hardware. I had to pawn it in 2000. They sold it before it my payment was due.
This is one of your best Robert!! Thank you!
I’ve been learning Cutting Loose by Reb. It’s a riot to play and challenging. Love his riffs. You can tell when a guy is really influenced by EVH. Killer rhythm guitar work like Reb and Nuno.
Being a teen in the 80s was absolutely insane.! The concerts, the parties, and the girls . Damn it was fun !
This is one of my favorite songs from Winger, and a nasty riff! I always thought that first sound you hear was hitting a high note on the E string, then bending the B-string not quite up to match it, so the notes just grate against each other. But the whammy-bar flick works as well.
Every song on the “ Pull “ album is incredible ! 🤙
Hey Robert-You've got no argument from me on how Reb's playing was underrated. He was one of the best. He really had some superb, very unique taps going on in his solos that were different! Also a fine rhythm player no doubt too! I must say that is one sweet Reb Signature Ibanez you've got, man it sounds (and looks) great! Never got one but always lusted after that model. Put in an EMG SA-SA-85 set like he used in a Charvel though. You've got some nice chops yourself by the way. Keep up the fine work!
You should do an in depth look at Reb’s spin on two handed tapping. He had his own thing !!!!!!!
Reb is good. I saw them live twice back in the day and he did a killer solo. It was wicked. ❤. Nice Ibanez man. ❤
SUCH a fun riff to run! Thanks RB!
His solo albums contain his best work, specifically The Fusion Tapes and A View From the Inside. Stellar musicianship. Wish he’d get back to fusion, it’s a natural fit for him more than Winger ever was/is.
Very nice, love the 80's guitar sounds. Glad to see you are getting over being sick.
That was cool, fun to play. Great simple lesson. Thanks 😎🎸🤘🌴😊
Love Reb Beach! Possibly my favourite.
I see Robert with an Ibanez and I click, Definitely a cool riff and the Voyager is one of those dream guitars for Ibanez guys . I’m a sucker for those “tag lines” they always put some extra stank on the riff or in the song.
And you have the appropriate RBM1 Guitar! I bought the Koa wood RBM2 30 years or so ago. Small frets compared to modern options but hot pickups.
I really liked Reb Beach on his first album with Dokken. Some really really tasty sounding guitar tracks on that album. Awesome riffs on it.
Cant wait to learn this! Awesome riff
Can you do more Winger stuff esp from that album? The day we’ll never see has such a riff
I was hoping this one was the Winger song you were referring to...very catchy but also challenging in a few spots.
No one was better that George Lynch! He ruled the 80's!
Had that darn flu bug over new years up here in NY, hope your feeling better & glad ur back! Im an 80's teen as well, waiting for the resurgence 🎸 warren d, viv c , jake e etc
Dude! Killer Voyager! His signature model is my dream axe!
you forgot to link the tabs!! Loved the tutorial. Really cool practice for timing
Marc Diglio from XYZ is an absolute beast of a riff writer. He had one of the best tones out there.
"Can't Get Enough" I know it's their more poppy stuff but I love that riff.
I got familiar with Reb when he joined Whitesnake and couldn’t believe I haven’t heard of him since I love the 80s. Fabulous guitarist.
I love Reb Beach. I met him once when he was playing in Alice Cooper and he was super nice. Nobody sounds like his tapping. It's so unique.
Wish I'd had the pleasure of meeting him, you are so right his tapping is unique! That's something I immediately noticed-no one sounds like him. Very musical, dazzling and takes you to unexpected places. Man did he have some chops!
Loving it !
I was in high school at this time, blew out my car speakers with this song!!!
Moar 80's please! Already have and love your 2 80's courses. Please keep 'em coming! \m/
There might be guitarists out there that wrote -A- great riff or 3, but the sheer amount of awesome riffs Reb has written, and still writes, is hard to believe. He just seems to be tapped into wherever riffs come from in the universe. There's a a few videos out there of him and Kip working together in the studio, and he just so naturally comes up with tasty riffs at the drop of a hat.
Edit: Damn! I just realized a song I wrote back in 93 or 94 basically lifts the first few chords from your first example-- never even noticed it before. It's a different timing, and goes in a different direction, but it shares a lot. Sorry, Reb :)
Oh learnt this one instantly when I heard this back in 2020 or something. Timeless.
Vito Bratta of White Lion, most melodic riffs of the era.
I wasn’t a huge Lion fan, but man his playing was just absolutely Stellar!! I never looked into why he just disappeared from the scene, but I would really like to have heard more from him. No doubt one of the best players of the time!!