Riff Retrospective: John Sykes

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Snag your official SHRED TILL YOU'RE UNDEAD merch here!!!! https://vonkowen.threadless.com/collections/ben-eller Downloadable practice tracks, bonus guitar lessons, and MORE here: https://www.patreon.com/BenEllerGuitars This week, all my Patreon supporters, even at the $1 level, get access to TABs to go along with easy week's lesson, PLUS practice tracks to help you get them up to speed, PLUS PLUS a sick bonus lesson showing you how to take this idea and put it in descending form!!! Grab last week's practice tracks at a variety of tempos, plus the midi tracks so you can build your OWN workout, PLUS the downloadable TABs here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/50395556 How about a treasure trove of drone tracks that i made!? 12 root notes, 12 major chords, and 12 minor chords, for a total of 36 super long drone tracks! Its everything you need to learn all your scales in every key! Here's the direct link you need: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49828461 Snag your official Shred Till You're Undead merch here!!!! I'm so excited about getting some sweet merch made, i hope you all love it!!! https://vonkowen.threadless.com/collections/ben-eller/ Wanna learn ALL the notes and master the board? Here's the lesson you need: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45181774 The BEST Half Hour of Alternate Picking Practice EVER: https://www.patreon.com/posts/33563344 The secrets of note targeting revealed: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38535524 My followup to my Ditch the CAGED System video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40492155 Get sweet deals on all the nice things i use here as part of @Sweetwater Guitar Month!!! Sick deals on all kinds of good stuff: https://imp.i114863.net/jxdA0 hey guys!!! its your good buddy Uncle Ben Eller here with a very special Riff Retrospective on one of the greatest guitarists of all time: John Sykes! His careers with Tygers of Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, and of course his solo career have yielded a megaton of incredible riffs, and we are here today to celebrate them! Armed with a Mesa Badlander 100 rack mount, Suhr RL/IR, Ownhammer IR, Logic Delay and Reverb, a Boss SD1, and my buddy Mitch's Les Paul Tribute, i'm gonna take you all through his entire career, spotlighting some of his greatest riffs from across his career. Whats your favorite Sykes riff? And who should i feature on the next Riff Retrospective? Let me know in the comments!