Reb is most often lauded for his soloing techniques, and while I don't disagree, the cleanliness and fluidity of his rhythm work is among the very best in the rock guitar industry.
Exceptional! Totally underrated guitar slinger. Fantastic rhythm playing, harmonically rich, in the pocket time, excellent tone, great solo phrasings that speak to the listener. An unknown super hero.
@@breadyegg Very unknown.......................................... Played in Dokken, Winger, Whitesnake.......................totally unkown................................Has his own signature Guitars (like the one in the Video) by Ibanez and Suhr.............................. but sure nobody knows him 🤣
@@Worlds_Worst_Guitarist LOL point taken and well made 💯 I guess he fell through the gaps for me and that maybe I didn't actually listen to that much stuff back then!
Reb Beach one of my top 10 favorite guitarists!! One of the most beautiful tapping techniques in history and plays furiously and with too much feeling!
I had a Voyager that I purchased from the Great House of Guitars in Rochester back in 1999 that was actually autographed by Reb. I paid $1,000 for it back then, and unfortunately, sold it about a year later when I moved down to Pennsylvania and desperately needed money. I think I only got about $300 for it. Seeing what they go for these days, I'm absolutely sick that I had to part with it.
The thing I've always loved about Reb Beach is his approach to tapping. He uses it less for arpeggios and more as like an extension of his left hand legato almost like he has an extra finger on the fretting hand. You will notice in this transcription that most of the tapped notes are only a fret or two higher than the left hand notes. I find this approach to be very intuitive and accessible and it's a simple way to increase your speed because you can do similar legato runs as you would do without tapping but squeezing in the extra tapping finger to sneak a few notes allowing you to often go from 16th notes to 16th triplets or from 16th triplets to 32nd notes. Yes, he does do arpeggios. You can see that here. But the tapping in the scale runs is really just a useful way of utilizing the technique without just doing arpeggios all the time.
Nzinn73 I recall an interview in Guitar World, I believe it was the issue with Reb, Nuno Bettencourt and Ritchie Kotzen, circa 1989, where Reb said something to the effect he used tapping to kind of replace not using his pinky, or something very similar. Personally, I don't get why people wouldn't use your pinky at least some of the time, it's an extra couple of frets to use. But the guy is an awesome player regardless and clearly doesn't need my advice.
Reb is one of the few guitarist to come out of the hair metal scene who was actually phenomenal. Like Vito Bratta, they were excellent guitarists whether they tapped or not. They didn't use tapping as a gimmick. They used it because it fit the song
When I was thrash metal-crazy teen I shocked my guitar teacher at the time by asking him to work through some Winger stuff with me. He recalled how back in the 80’s he and his buddies (all big time thrash guys) used to see Winger music videos on Headbanger’s Ball and say “they’re posers, but that guy can shred” (obviously referring to Reb lol). Winger were actually a super cool band though - easily one of the most complex of the hair/glam scene if you pay attention. I listen to those original three albums often.
Differs for me from the late 80's/early 90's videos in that it's not just lead, it's great rhythm playing and a great groove. This one must have taken time to transcribe.
Had to grab my guitar to play along with the bit startig at 1:35. Great stuff, not heard anything from him before. I mean I've probably heard it but didn't know it was him. Another great vid Levi 👍
I bought Reb's solo album (Fusion Demos) back in the day, and he signed it too :) Excellent guitar player!! I first heard him on a Winger album, and his technique, feel and sound was amazing... I saw a secondhand Ibanez signature, in natural finish, some time ago, but it was quite expensive and unfortunately not completely original anymore - so I didn't go for it... But it's still such a great looking instrument!
the best thing I took from hearing this tune years ago was that clean open cross string arpeggio part its super slick ! Of course his solos are killer too.
Winger has a new album coming out and they just dropped a new track. I totally recommend checking out it all comes back around for Rebs solos especially his second one. Great mix of style and taste and tone. Very mature sounding without tossing out the stuff we love from him
Sweet riff. I'm learning that one to relive the 80s! Maybe a George Lynch/DeMartini chaser. Wonder if I can get that bass/drums backing track anywhere. And how about that new Nuno solo?
Is the repeating lick at 1:03 played with double upstrokes on the B and G? Thats the only way i can figure he’s getting it up to that speed. Down stroke on the high E and then sweep across the B and G.
Woohoo! Amazing playing and awesome transcription :) . I would love to collect some of these dvds and vhs . I think they are on TH-cam . I really love the John Petrucci Rock Discipline videos too! :)
At 3:40 bar 70, on the tapping ascending 3nps lick, it looks like he is plucking the higher string with the right-hand ring finger, then hammer, then tapping with right-hand middle-finger. Kind of crazy
Anazing as always Levi - this guys tone is awesome ASF Great phrasing from him too, I hate to say it and a little embarrassed, but had never actually heard of this guy - so cheers for introducing me to a new player
The best tapper ever, with Vai a close second. No, I'm not talking about tapping with 8 fingers or being the one to popularise tapping - I'm talking about players whose tapping sound like a chapter in a solo, so melodious...e.g, Vai's outro on 'Answers' in the 1995 G3.
There's an interview in which Reb says something like "I wish I could pick all those notes, but, since I can't, I just tap them". He's the real tapping master!
Reb beach might the most underrated shredder ever. in the late 80s hair metal became a joke,but reb still managed to show everybody why he is a guitar god.Levi,I adore your videos , why aren’t you playing guitar?
I could be transcribing full time for work, I’ve passed most of my work on to students so I have time to do all the other things I like to do for work - but transcriptions are 50% of that maybe?
Hey Levi, these are great and I know this is an older video but can you please include the chord symbols above each bar from next time? That would be so helpful. Thanks.
For the most part I don’t like the extra space it takes on screen. I did them for the petrucci one I posted, and have done them several times, but the chords always feel like they’re too high up in guitar pro
@@LeviClay Aesthetics aside, if it's not too much work (with the level of skill that you have, it shouldn't be much) I am sure nobody would object as to it's usefulness.
Mr. Clay tabbing another all-time great from my TH-cam watch history. Much appreciated. Edit: My wife said "That sounds like Winger!" Time for another kid, I guess.
Reb looks like AJ Styles' evil twin in that thumbnail. I had a red base model Voyager. Sold it to fund an ESP Lynch Skulls N snakes, which I still have after 25 years.
Killer guitarist. Winger get a bad rap, but Kip is an excellent singer and songwriter that definitely elevated the band beyond the typical hair metal dreck. Reb's Masquerade album isn't very good, but his Fusion Demos release is great, especially if you want to hear a different style from him.
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Reb is most often lauded for his soloing techniques, and while I don't disagree, the cleanliness and fluidity of his rhythm work is among the very best in the rock guitar industry.
Levi out here doing Gods work. Putting up flawless transcriptions of the best guitarist in the world daily.
Exceptional!
Totally underrated guitar slinger. Fantastic rhythm playing, harmonically rich, in the pocket time, excellent tone, great solo phrasings that speak to the listener. An unknown super hero.
he's not unknow
Indeed. I had not heard of this guy before and knew a few of these kind of groups back then
@@breadyegg Very unknown.......................................... Played in Dokken, Winger, Whitesnake.......................totally unkown................................Has his own signature Guitars (like the one in the Video) by Ibanez and Suhr.............................. but sure nobody knows him 🤣
@@Worlds_Worst_Guitarist LOL point taken and well made 💯 I guess he fell through the gaps for me and that maybe I didn't actually listen to that much stuff back then!
Was a in Alice Coopers band and a load of sessions including the Bee Gees and Chaka. Week rounded guitar player
Absolutely underrated for sure! Reb should be acknowledged as one of the best rock/fusion players out there.
My old guitar teacher shared on his facebook this many years ago and I've been a fan since!
Reb Beach one of my top 10 favorite guitarists!! One of the most beautiful tapping techniques in history and plays furiously and with too much feeling!
Incredibly underrated guitarist. Also always liked his Ibanez "Voyager" signature guitar.
I had a Voyager that I purchased from the Great House of Guitars in Rochester back in 1999 that was actually autographed by Reb. I paid $1,000 for it back then, and unfortunately, sold it about a year later when I moved down to Pennsylvania and desperately needed money. I think I only got about $300 for it. Seeing what they go for these days, I'm absolutely sick that I had to part with it.
Grooving SO hard I love it! Nice to hear a guitar song in D minor in standard tuning and not in drop D these days.
One of the best!!! Totally underrated.....
This track made it onto Reb's 2020 solo album, "A View from the Inside", which is a fantastic album that blew me away on first listen.
The thing I've always loved about Reb Beach is his approach to tapping. He uses it less for arpeggios and more as like an extension of his left hand legato almost like he has an extra finger on the fretting hand. You will notice in this transcription that most of the tapped notes are only a fret or two higher than the left hand notes. I find this approach to be very intuitive and accessible and it's a simple way to increase your speed because you can do similar legato runs as you would do without tapping but squeezing in the extra tapping finger to sneak a few notes allowing you to often go from 16th notes to 16th triplets or from 16th triplets to 32nd notes. Yes, he does do arpeggios. You can see that here. But the tapping in the scale runs is really just a useful way of utilizing the technique without just doing arpeggios all the time.
Nzinn73 I recall an interview in Guitar World, I believe it was the issue with Reb, Nuno Bettencourt and Ritchie Kotzen, circa 1989, where Reb said something to the effect he used tapping to kind of replace not using his pinky, or something very similar. Personally, I don't get why people wouldn't use your pinky at least some of the time, it's an extra couple of frets to use. But the guy is an awesome player regardless and clearly doesn't need my advice.
This is an amazing display of technique serving the song! A great player, and an outstanding transcription!
Rebs tapping technique is second to none. Don’t think anyone will ever be able to replicate that waterfall sound it has on the ears .. so so smooth
Reb is one of the few guitarist to come out of the hair metal scene who was actually phenomenal. Like Vito Bratta, they were excellent guitarists whether they tapped or not. They didn't use tapping as a gimmick. They used it because it fit the song
Steve Lynch from Autograph as well
Good call, you never really hear about Vito Bratta. Always loved his style
Nzinn73 Love me some White Lion. Hair metal was great back in the day!
Brother, There Were A LOT OF GUITARISTS TO COME OUT OF THE 80's THAT WERE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND SOME OF THE GREATEST PLAYER'S EVER🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸!
@@ScottD-44 I 2nd that as well!
this is how guitar is meant to be played, just my opinion (rhythm, cool techniques, style, sounds exuberant)
Reb is awesome. His rhythm playing is so underrated. Some of his riffs I find to be tougher than his leads.
Awesome seeing you here!
When I was thrash metal-crazy teen I shocked my guitar teacher at the time by asking him to work through some Winger stuff with me. He recalled how back in the 80’s he and his buddies (all big time thrash guys) used to see Winger music videos on Headbanger’s Ball and say “they’re posers, but that guy can shred” (obviously referring to Reb lol). Winger were actually a super cool band though - easily one of the most complex of the hair/glam scene if you pay attention. I listen to those original three albums often.
Thank you! Reb is awesome, unique and overlooked...
🌎✌🌱🎶
I used to watch this video on TH-cam back in 04’ when I was 15
Always replaying it and showing it to my dad. So melodic and nasty.
DUUUUDEEEE im so happy you made this vid !! one of my fav tunes from my fav guitar player!
He never got enough credit for his rhythm imo. What a pro at 17 with Winger and went to Berkley right? Always loved his style.
Well that’s this weekend sorted!
Thanks for this one 👍👏🙏
Reb Beach is underrated! insanely cool....really love this 80's? shredder.👍
Agreed
Reb is a phenomenal player one of the best from the 80's.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for transcribing this! Reb is an awesome player and I've always loved this piece.
Reb Beach is a legend 🎸 I have always loved this song!
Incredible artist!!!!!
Differs for me from the late 80's/early 90's videos in that it's not just lead, it's great rhythm playing and a great groove. This one must have taken time to transcribe.
Such an amazing player. Chops and melody for days,
One of my fave players… still.
Unfairly slated in some quarters.
Man this solo was SO COOL to me when i first picked up the guitar. Definitely going to learn this now. Thank you so much for transcribing it!
I still have my guitar world with Reb, nuno and Richie in the cover and amazing they all 3 are back baby!!
Loved that tune since I first heard it as a kid. I had Cutting Loose on VHS.
Probably one of my favorite riffs!
That open string lick is magnificent, always loved Reb, the later albums with Winger have some stunning playing on em. Great transcription!!
Had to grab my guitar to play along with the bit startig at 1:35. Great stuff, not heard anything from him before. I mean I've probably heard it but didn't know it was him.
Another great vid Levi 👍
I wanted one of those guitars SO bad when I was a kid. He’s a fantastic player.
I had one! Base model in red, though
Gary and Rick from Exodus played them back in the day as well. Killer guitars.
Almost bought one 10 years ago on eBay should’ve done it …
Me too
Wow! Reb is one of my all time favorites. Thanks Levi!
Thanks for the tab!! I love this solo!!!💯
Finally!!! I had my own version of transcription that I did and played this over a decade ago!
Thanks Levi!
I bought Reb's solo album (Fusion Demos) back in the day, and he signed it too :)
Excellent guitar player!! I first heard him on a Winger album, and his technique, feel and sound was amazing...
I saw a secondhand Ibanez signature, in natural finish, some time ago, but it was quite expensive and unfortunately not completely original anymore - so I didn't go for it... But it's still such a great looking instrument!
Reb has always been awesome! Thank you Levi, for all of these transcriptions! 😃
the best thing I took from hearing this tune years ago was that clean open cross string arpeggio part its super slick ! Of course his solos are killer too.
Beautiful player, very happy to hear this.
Reb Beach is a monster guitar player
Winger has a new album coming out and they just dropped a new track. I totally recommend checking out it all comes back around for Rebs solos especially his second one. Great mix of style and taste and tone. Very mature sounding without tossing out the stuff we love from him
The riff at 1:34 is one of my favourite riffs ever written!
Reb was, is, and will always be my guitar hero
Reb is a fantastic player, love his solo work and if you get over the bias, his work with Winger is awesome, their live shows were/are pretty killer.
Winger is brilliant and then some. The hits aren't even half the story! People are missing out.
Sweet riff. I'm learning that one to relive the 80s! Maybe a George Lynch/DeMartini chaser. Wonder if I can get that bass/drums backing track anywhere.
And how about that new Nuno solo?
This track along with Black Magic are my favorite Reb Beach tracks.
Great great great work. Thanks!!!!!!
golden content . Thank you so much . I explore more amazing guitarists
He is also one of the rare guitar players that hardly ever uses his pinky finger on his fretting hand.
Awesome. Just saw the video somewhere else last week, now you go dropping the tabs on us. Gotta learn it!
Is the repeating lick at 1:03 played with double upstrokes on the B and G? Thats the only way i can figure he’s getting it up to that speed. Down stroke on the high E and then sweep across the B and G.
Woohoo! Amazing playing and awesome transcription :) .
I would love to collect some of these dvds and vhs . I think they are on TH-cam . I really love the John Petrucci Rock Discipline videos too! :)
The guitar looks so stable with that strap position. I’m defo going to try it
Love him❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
Good job dude...always loved this along with Black Magic
At 3:40 bar 70, on the tapping ascending 3nps lick, it looks like he is plucking the higher string with the right-hand ring finger, then hammer, then tapping with right-hand middle-finger. Kind of crazy
Reb is great!
Anazing as always Levi - this guys tone is awesome ASF
Great phrasing from him too, I hate to say it and a little embarrassed, but had never actually heard of this guy - so cheers for introducing me to a new player
Thx for great transcriptions and choices! Btw, Winger recently released a new song!
The first time I saw that video clip was from the Guitar Suck compilación TH-cam videos. Such a groovy heavy song
Thank you so much. I hope you get to do black magic, that would be awesome
The best tapper ever, with Vai a close second.
No, I'm not talking about tapping with 8 fingers or being the one to popularise tapping - I'm talking about players whose tapping sound like a chapter in a solo, so melodious...e.g, Vai's outro on 'Answers' in the 1995 G3.
Best tapping technique ever
I already knew he was a genius (and listened to a ton of Winger in recent years), but let's just call him my favorite guitarist now.
Awesome!!!!!
Congrats on 77k!
hahah wow i was litterally watcing this the other day, reb beach is great
Quick sidenote, on the main riff with that descending lick, he's actually raising the whammy bar, not dipping it. Aside from that, AWESOME WORK
Reb is a beast!!!…🤙😎🤘…This and Black Magic!!!…
There's an interview in which Reb says something like "I wish I could pick all those notes, but, since I can't, I just tap them". He's the real tapping master!
I'm pretty new to this channel. Loving it so far! Have you ever analysed any Michael Lee Firkins? What a player ...
I really wish I'd gotten my hands on a Voyager like ten years ago before the price of guitars skyrocketed. They're one of the coolest Ibanez designs.
that was so rad
Hi Levi, are all of these new daily transcription available on your Patreon?
Reb is the man
Stu Anderson: 'I ❤ WINGER'
Reb beach might the most underrated shredder ever. in the late 80s hair metal became a joke,but reb still managed to show everybody why he is a guitar god.Levi,I adore your videos , why aren’t you playing guitar?
Because y’all don’t want to see me play, you want me to transcribe
Hi Levi, do you transcribe full time for work? or other music related things too?
I could be transcribing full time for work, I’ve passed most of my work on to students so I have time to do all the other things I like to do for work - but transcriptions are 50% of that maybe?
Love this. Wish Reb put THIS version on his solo album instead of the one with the whammy pedal lol
Hey Levi, these are great and I know this is an older video but can you please include the chord symbols above each bar from next time? That would be so helpful. Thanks.
No. I’ve been helpful enough 😁
@@LeviClay Haha .. oh c'mon.
For the most part I don’t like the extra space it takes on screen. I did them for the petrucci one I posted, and have done them several times, but the chords always feel like they’re too high up in guitar pro
@@LeviClay Aesthetics aside, if it's not too much work (with the level of skill that you have, it shouldn't be much) I am sure nobody would object as to it's usefulness.
Mr. Clay tabbing another all-time great from my TH-cam watch history. Much appreciated.
Edit: My wife said "That sounds like Winger!"
Time for another kid, I guess.
As long as she’s not only seventeen!
@@LeviClay Not since we got together 15 years ago! I turned 18 while she was still 17, so that was our unofficial song.
Excellent whammy face at the end
What technique he is using in bar 5?
Tasty!
that guitar is sweet too
How about black magic😊😊😊
Still use my Voyager to this day.
Yeeeaaa🤘
one of those riffs sounded like it was off Rust in Peace.
Also REB Never uses his left hand pinky!
I think many of us are waiting for your transcription of the solo from Extreme's new song, "Rise."
Reb looks like AJ Styles' evil twin in that thumbnail.
I had a red base model Voyager. Sold it to fund an ESP Lynch Skulls N snakes, which I still have after 25 years.
Miles away from what I can do on guitar
Killer guitarist. Winger get a bad rap, but Kip is an excellent singer and songwriter that definitely elevated the band beyond the typical hair metal dreck. Reb's Masquerade album isn't very good, but his Fusion Demos release is great, especially if you want to hear a different style from him.
The Winger albums are super rich from a compositional standpoint. Maybe too sophisticated for the hair metal crowd.
Winger was a very great band
they have some great albums
When Stewart Stevenson showed up on Beavis and Butthead with his Winger t-shirt. Reb became irrelevant.
I'm gonna cut loose