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Post by tekrek on Jul 22, 2004 17:56:01 GMT -5
I was just thinking  Do you have a riff or two you always play at the local guitar shop......When that shiney new axe is just begging you to take it off the wall and strum it for a while!!!Or for you on-line shoppers,when the big brown truck pulls up with your newest purchase.....Do you have a riff/song that just always seems to get played first?For me always seems to be Bark at the Moon by Ozzy then a little Crazt Train always followed by Hell's Bells and Back in Black by AC DC........I don't know why but it always seems to go in that order |
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Post by jeje on Jul 22, 2004 18:37:15 GMT -5
A little Stairway never hurts  |
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Post by RB on Jul 22, 2004 19:14:50 GMT -5
Humm I think it go's ..... Crazy Train, Iron Man, Thunderstruck, Sweet Child O' Mine... and then my own stuff from there....
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Post by chrisgrimes on Jul 23, 2004 2:10:58 GMT -5
In my local store, (which is incredibly friendly and welcoming) they have a "banned riffs" list, the items on the list vary from month to month but they always include the following
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
These are mainstays on the list coz the guys in the store are just sick of hearing them !! Any of us regulars who hang out there who "accidentally" hit any of these are forced to pay a penalty, such as a donation in the charity box, changing the filters in the coffee machine etc etc.
May seem a little draconian, but it makes the young kids laugh.
My own favourite for the store is Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan ........ "Who are they ?" I hear you ask, check them out and marvel at the ability and inventiveness of Walter Becker.
Chris - UK
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Post by Steelpriest on Jul 23, 2004 3:22:57 GMT -5
Hehe, "banned riffs" list... funny but it makes sense. ;D I remember we had an "irish pub" in our town for a couple of years. You could imbibe "Guinness" and "Kilkenny´s" and it was a place full of music. Once or twice a week there was some kind of "open stage" and everybody who could play the guitar and sing was invited to do so... but as well they had a "banned songs" list... On it: Wonderwall from Oasis, American Pie and Hotel California..." Same thing as in the guitar store... just to protect the staff who´s ears might be ringing already from those ever repeated songs, repeated most often in not the best quality, hehe!  |
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Post by sacrifice on Jul 23, 2004 5:49:07 GMT -5
oh yeah back in high school is was definately sweet child o mine on the most expensuve les paul i could touch!
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Post by jeje on Jul 23, 2004 5:58:19 GMT -5
Have you seen Wayne's World? "No Stairway. Forbidden!" |
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Post by tekrek on Jul 23, 2004 6:06:46 GMT -5
A banned riff list LMFAO!!! And Chris yes even an old metal head knows who Steely Dan are.....Stairway always seem a little to "Waynes World"... |
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Post by EpiJunkie on Jul 23, 2004 10:15:14 GMT -5
With me, it's usually "Sting Me" by the Black Crowes. It's an awesome blues riff, plus most people have never heard it, so you don't annoy the staff.
Mainly tho, it's cause it took me SO EFFIN' LONG to learn it, I'm using it every chance I get, dammit!!!
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Post by zep on Jul 23, 2004 10:49:53 GMT -5
I like to play a little Crazy Train, Carry on Wayward Son, Rock and Roll, Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love, whatever I can think of that I know how to play...then just a lot of different chord progressions/scales.
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Post by supedupviper on Jul 23, 2004 22:50:37 GMT -5
I usually like to play Over The Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin, then, of course, STH, then a little AC/DC, and then a few of my own riffs
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Post by ZacAttack on Aug 1, 2004 19:06:07 GMT -5
Never really thought about it until now but for me the song seems to be Jessica by the Allman Brothers Band. I add the first 4 piano notes on the "E" string then strum the chords. It gives me a good idea as to tone and possible fret buzz. Then the lead gives me a good feel of the action.
If I am playing on an amp then its time for some bluesy distortion where I play a little Can't ya hear me knocking, or Midnight Rambler by the Rolling Stones or I heard it on the X by ZZ Top.
If the guitar passes both of those tests then I go full crunch and play a few of my old speed metal and mosh tunes.
Then I have a good overall feel of the guitar.
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Post by Ol Geezer on Aug 1, 2004 19:32:45 GMT -5
Back in my day you could hear "Sunshine Of Your Love" being played from every corner of the guitar stores.
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Post by Uriah on Aug 4, 2004 19:38:54 GMT -5
Ol Geezer, hehe. Well when I bought my guitar about 4-5months ago I didn't know any full songs, or even timed riffs  I played layla on it and bought it. Then when my brother bought his I tried it out in the store and played Stairway to heaven (of course), sunshine of your love, back in black & smoke on the water (of course :lol:) |
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Post by doug on Aug 25, 2004 16:07:37 GMT -5
Here are my fave riffs when trying a new axe:
Detroit Rock City- KISS
Any ZZ Top
Solo from "Lights"- Journey
Scales up and down the neck
Crazy Train
Cat Scratch Fever- Nugent
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I played layla on it and bought it. Then when my brother bought his I tried it out in the store and played Stairway to heaven (of course), sunshine of your love, back in black & smoke on the water (of course :lol:)