George Lynch (born September 28, 1954) is a Hard rock guitarist best known as a member of the band Dokken.

George Lynch is often praised for his extremely unorthodox style of guitar playing.

Lynch plays rhythm using a lot of open string chords and hitting all six strings to fill out the sound. Full barre chords are extremely rare, although he does use a lot of root-5 power chords. Tritones are also a preferred part of his playing; he can often be heard sliding the 5th down to a b5, and also happens to slide the root down 1 fret as well. The most interesting thing about the way George plays rhythm is to listen to what is going on with his picking hand. He employs a lot of accents, chirps, bends, etc., to spice things up. When playing clean passages, he relies on arpeggios and usually tries to stick to open string chords, often employing some unusual fingeri