Equipment
Prior to 1986, Lynch used Charvel guitars, most notably the tiger stripe guitars. Lynch has endorsed ESP Guitars since 1986. His unique "Skull and Bones" guitar (affectionately named "Mom") that appeared in the late 1980s was designed and hand-crafted by artist John 'J. Frog' Garcia. Since George was contracted by ESP at the time, an ESP decal was applied to the headstock. Several George Lynch signature guitars have been produced by ESP Japan:
- The Kamikaze model, based on his first ESP guitar
- The Tiger model, a homemade Strat constructed from a stock of parts George bought from Charvel in the 1980s
- The Skull & Snakes, a design later used for the Lynch Mob "Wicked Sensation" album artwork
- The Flame Boy, based on an ESP Forest design
- The New Super V, which includes distressed hardware and features and a new "Super V" pickup
- The Ultra Tone, the first ESP guitar that George designed himself
- The Serpent, an ESP model released and used in the 1990s
He also endorsed the hand-crafted Yamaha L-Series Acoustic Guitars, and used these on the Asian 'Unplugged' Clinic tour May/June 2006.
Lynch is presently signed with Washburn Guitars, which has resulted in Washburn's creation of the Lynch Jumbo acoustic, featuring graphics designed by Stephen Jensen.
Lynch's use of Marshall, Soldano, Bogner & Diezel amps and effects units to achieve his famous tone is well documented in rock guitar circles. His rig changes with each successive tour. While on tour in 2005, Lynch used the Randall Dragon (non-master volume) tube head for the majority of his sound, the design being similar to the older Marshall Plexi heads he used early in the Dokken era. Lynch is a long-time endorser of Randall Amplification, and participated in the design of the George Lynch Box for Randall's modular amp system.
Seymour Duncan created the Screaming Demon guitar pickup (SH-12 and TB-12) for Lynch, which is featured on all the ESP Lynch signature guitars. Seymour Duncan also recently designed the new Super V pickup to be featured in the Super V model.
He also uses a Morley A/B box called the Tripler, and a limited edition Robert Keeley GL Time Machine boost. In 2008 Zoom released the G2g George Lynch Pedal.
Lynch has designed a new high-nickel content string through the Dean Markley company, with his name on the packaging.
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