Reb Beach | Whitesnake | Tapping Technique Guitar Lesson
April 2, 2009 by musicman
Filed under Blog, Celebrity Guitar Videos
Reb Beach was born on August 31, 1963, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Reb has played in the bands Winger, Dokken and Whitesnake. He has also played in Fiona and Alice Cooper’s backing bands. Reb is also known for his extensive studio work. Beach is best known for his work in the melodic rock band Winger in the late 80’s to mid 90’s.
After Winger disbanded in the mid 90’s, Beach first joined Alice Cooper’s band and later replaced George Lynch in heavy metal band Dokken. With Dokken he recorded one studio album titled Erase the Slate and a live DVD titled Live From The Sun.
After leaving Dokken, Beach has been a part of several different recording and touring projects. Since 2003 has been a member David Coverdale’s current incarnation of Whitesnake; A “supergroup” project called The Mob with King’s X frontman Doug Pinnick and Night Ranger drummer Kelly Keagy. Their CD titled The Mob was released in 2005. Reb has played Ibanez guitars for many years.
Doug Aldrich | Whitesnake | Guitar Lesson
March 19, 2009 by musicman
Filed under Blog, Celebrity Guitar Videos
Doug Aldrich was first introduced to the guitar at age 11 when his sister Jennifer introduced him to the playing of Jeff Beck. Doug’s first guitar came from Sears, it was a copy of a Les Paul. Doug has played with Whitesnake, Dio, Hurricane, Burning Rain, Lion, House of Lords, Bad Moon Rising. You’ve heard his distinctive guitar tone on many hit songs. Doug even auditioned for KISS. He didn’t get the gig but as a result of the audition he met Gene Simmons and he and Gene are friends to this day. Doug was also once a highly sought after guitar teacher, at one point he was teaching over 70 students a week.
Doug was previously endorsed by Jackson guitars. He used their Dinky and Soloist model guitars as well as his own signature model which uses “Full-shred” bridge and neck position pickups which Seymour Duncan specially wired. Currently, Doug plays a collection of Gibson Les Pauls and Fender Stratocasters through Marshall amps. Doug recently endorsed Marshall’s new Vintage Modern amplifier series. Doug sums up his philosophy of playing this way, “I’m not one of those guys that follows whatever is trendy. I’d rather do what I do best and do it to the best of my ability.”
