Lynch said: "I won the consolation prize. Twice Lynch auditioned for the position of Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist - once in 1979, losing to Randy Rhoads. Lynch was born in Spokane, Washington, and made the small town of Auburn, California, his home base between 19. 10 on "Top 10 Metal Guitarists of All Time" by Gibson. 47 on "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" by Guitar World magazine and No. He is considered one of the most famous and influential 1980s metal guitarists and is known for his unique playing style and sound. International bidders have to make all shipping arrangements and pay actual cost for shipping.George Lynch (born September 28, 1954) is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the hard rock band Dokken and his post-Dokken solo band Lynch Mob. Please feel free to contact me, and don't be shy about making offers. I've been privately collecting and trading modern and vintage guitars for over 40 years, and I am still trying to play. I am new to Reverb but you can find me and my reputation on Ebay under fineguitars. It is a plain jane hard case but it keeps the guitar safe. In either case I have bored you to tears right? Red comes with the hard case that is black with red stitching. So after all of this great information, HOW MUCH? Well, I'm not exactly sure how much a #1 prototype for the George Lynch Skull & Bones is worth so I am starting at $1 Million dollars. No, I am starting at $6800 obo, so let's see what the heck happens. It was made to be admired, but it was also built to play. The Floyd Rose system works as designed and stays in tune. This guitar plays like butter, fast, and enough cool for 20 guitars. The neck is 1 13/16" and 25/32" thin at the nut, and 2 1/16" wide and 7/8" thin at the 12th. The neck is straight, wide, fast and true! The frets are big/fat and in great condition. The finish isn't "pretty" like so may others, but it is very raw not to take away from all the carving and little paint detail. I am guessing that the pickup is a Dimarzio, but whatever it is, IT SCREAMS!!!! The longer I own Red, the more I appreciate the smaller details like the lines and shadows John painted into the teeth, and broken parts of the bones, and on, and on, and. Then Gerry donated an amazing Charvel Strat neck which they modified by cutting the "ball" off the head stock. Red started life as a Kramer Beretta body that was transformed by John with hand carved bones into the original body, then he carved the hands and Skull out of separate pieces of wood which he then attached to the body which you can also see in the pics. Frog was not a guitar player, he was an artist who was also a neighbor of George's. When I first got Red (also known as Blood) I thought, man that is a raw, rough, detailed, beautiful, ugly, and all around AMAZING playing and sounding AX. I happened to know said "Coin Collector" and had purchased many fine guitars from him through the years, and finally got the chance to purchased Red from him a few years ago - and here it is. After they build and some play time, the guitar was sold to a friend of Gerry's from Indianapolis, IN, and later Red was purchased by a "Coin Collector" from Indianapolis who locked it away for many years but did bring it out to ask George Lynch to sign the guitar which George did, and he added "Red Bones" down at the bottom of the guitar (see Pics). The story as told by Gerry Ganaden (guitar tech for Lynch, and an amazing player as well!!) who helped build and donated parts to complete Blood Bones (see YouTube video link below for the story straight from Gerry - Gerry discusses the building of Red in PART 2 of the interview). Frog" Garcia appropriately named "Blood Bones". This is THE original #1 prototype of the now famous Lynch Skull & Bones Guitar which Johnny "J.
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