Post your 1 all time favorite riff to play

[Puckman]

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

[GAS Man]

I guessing early Fleetwood Mac "The Blues Period" Great clip you found.

Open tuning?

[Puckman]

 

 

Great job on that. I'd never heard that tune before. It's very pretty. Gonna have to check out that album.

[jaaron]

Bark at the moon "outro"
Just got paid
Cowboys from hell
Tush
Freebird "slide part"
Stranglehold

[GAS Man]

 

Blues Theme by Davie Allen and The Arrows

 

 

 

Me Likey! Sounds like a modern surf.

[GAS Man]

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.

[modeerf]

red hot chili peppers: under the bridge
A lot of fun to play

[HeatherAnnePeel]

This is another fave of mine. One of the greatest Rock chord progressions, ever!:

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[fuzztone]

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).

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[BlueHeaven]

ACDC 'Shook Me All Night Long' Solo. I don't really like the song, but the solo is jsut so fun to play.

[Ramsey]

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.

[fuzztone]

How about Day Tripper?

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[TheTones]

VH - Somebody get me a doctor

Rush - In the mood

Accept - Love child

[book_of_lies777]

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):

 

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[Brian Krashpad]

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.

[JModius]

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[Puckman]

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.

[docjeffrey]

Both leads from Comforably Numb

That's not a riff. It's a freakin' solo

[deoreo]

XYZ - Inside Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7H2HBZ8lYU

Whitesnake - Still Of The Night
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
Van Halen - Feel Your Love Tonight

[SevenString]

I keep gravitating back to the "Man on a Silver Mountain" intro riff.

That and "Scarified".

[guitarplaya2000]

Soul Man (Sam & Dave)

[fuzztone]

The Riff that launched 1,000,000 bands

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[guitarlady]

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.

[6StringSling]

The opening riff to Gypsy Road from Cinderella's Long Cold Winter.

[Burgess]

I've always kinda dug this one...