Members Puckman Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 It changes a lot for me. But some of the "go-to" riffs that i play when i pick up a guitar: * Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker* Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd* intro to Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry* Hey Joe - Jimi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted November 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 I guessing early Fleetwood Mac "The Blues Period" Great clip you found.Open tuning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Puckman Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Great job on that. I'd never heard that tune before. It's very pretty. Gonna have to check out that album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jaaron Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Bark at the moon "outro" Just got paid Cowboys from hell Tush Freebird "slide part" Stranglehold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted November 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Blues Theme by Davie Allen and The Arrows Me Likey! Sounds like a modern surf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted November 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 if i could play it well, i might say "Miserlou" I struggle with Miserlou too. The consistency of the vibrato picking is hard to do without having the uber thick strings Dale uses and having the strings upside down probably helps a bit too. I do fine on the low E, but the trem picking on the wimpy high E is where I usually get tangled up a bit. But yeah, love Hank Marvin. Apache used to be in my repertoire. I've forgotten some bits of it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members modeerf Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 red hot chili peppers: under the bridge A lot of fun to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeatherAnnePeel Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 This is another fave of mine. One of the greatest Rock chord progressions, ever!: [YOUTUBE]fF6fUgKoY_M[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Me Likey! Sounds like a modern surf.Davie Allen is the King Of Fuzz! Here is the original version of the song.It was used in the sound track of the 1966 biker film Wild Angels(Peter Fonda,Nancy Sinatra).pKpAJF4zCwY&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueHeaven Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 ACDC 'Shook Me All Night Long' Solo. I don't really like the song, but the solo is jsut so fun to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ramsey Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 I really like playing Just Another Twelve Bar from Pink Floyd's Smoking Blues album. Also, Wish You Were Here, Money, and Sunshine of Your Love to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 How about Day Tripper? V2UYRoti-tY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheTones Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 VH - Somebody get me a doctorRush - In the moodAccept - Love child Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members book_of_lies777 Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 I'm real proud of this song I wrote - it's called "Hillary Clinton Is The Devil". I think it's a cool riff with a great groove(it's got some timing issues, but oh well... I'll fix it one of these days): KKBva7ZF86g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 It changes a lot for me. But some of the "go-to" riffs that i play when i pick up a guitar:* intro to Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry Those Chuck Berry doublestops end up in all my soloing just about. Definitely my fave rock riff. One I use to check guitars out with is the intro to "Roundabout" by Yes. It has those harmonics to begin, so it checks intonation, then goes to classical-style open chord fingerpicking, then chugs into barre chords when the vocal comes in. Within 30 seconds you can tell a lot about a guitar by playing that snippet. For rhythm, Baba O'Riley and the intro to Pinball Wizard are instantly recognizable and great fun. Also, and don't laugh, the rhythm intro to "What I Like About You," with that 7th fret E-chord with the sus4th added, and then sliding down to the E-A-D open chords is really fun too. Ooh, and of course "Sedated" by the Ramones. And don't forget the half-step modulation for the last bit. I've noticed that a lot of songs I like do that. For easy fingerpicking, the intro to the Youngbloods' "Get Together" is easy and immediately recognizable. A new one I learned over the weekend like that is the intro to Tom Petty's "Here Comes My Girl," where the vocal is spoken for quite awhile. The gist of it is just an open A chord, then the fretted strings slid up a whole step, but leaving the open strings open, back and forth. So simple, but try it, it sound boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JModius Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 [YOUTUBE]YzB-3oKIfRw&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Puckman Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Those Chuck Berry doublestops end up in all my soloing just about. Definitely my fave rock riff.One I use to check guitars out with is the intro to "Roundabout" by Yes. It has those harmonics to begin, so it checks intonation, then goes to classical-style open chord fingerpicking, then chugs into barre chords when the vocal comes in.Within 30 seconds you can tell a lot about a guitar by playing that snippet.For rhythm, Baba O'Riley and the intro to Pinball Wizard are instantly recognizable and great fun. Also, and don't laugh, the rhythm intro to "What I Like About You," with that 7th fret E-chord with the sus4th added, and then sliding down to the E-A-D open chords is really fun too. Ooh, and of course "Sedated" by the Ramones. And don't forget the half-step modulation for the last bit. I've noticed that a lot of songs I like do that.For easy fingerpicking, the intro to the Youngbloods' "Get Together" is easy and immediately recognizable. A new one I learned over the weekend like that is the intro to Tom Petty's "Here Comes My Girl," where the vocal is spoken for quite awhile. The gist of it is just an open A chord, then the fretted strings slid up a whole step, but leaving the open strings open, back and forth. So simple, but try it, it sound boss. I just recently learned (if you can call it that, as it's so easy) "Sedated" and a couple of other Ramones tunes. Always a good way to test out some chunky power chord stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Both leads from Comforably NumbThat's not a riff. It's a freakin' solo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deoreo Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 XYZ - Inside Outhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7H2HBZ8lYU Whitesnake - Still Of The Night Van Halen - Hot For Teacher Van Halen - Feel Your Love Tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SevenString Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 I keep gravitating back to the "Man on a Silver Mountain" intro riff. That and "Scarified". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarplaya2000 Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Soul Man (Sam & Dave) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 The Riff that launched 1,000,000 bands y6EDQI7Y7hM&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarlady Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 I guessing early Fleetwood Mac "The Blues Period" Great clip you found. Open tuning? Yes that version was early Fleetwood Mac with Jeremy Spencer on the slide.I use Open E tuning for it which it appears that Spencer does too. I believe Robert Johnson used Open G on his original recording of it back in the early 20th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6StringSling Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 The opening riff to Gypsy Road from Cinderella's Long Cold Winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 I've always kinda dug this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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