Greatest Guitar Riffs

Westside Steve

@nickers said:
To Me..there really isnt a "Best" guitarist,per se'... There are alot of non houshold greats like Mike Landau and Carl Verheyen that get very little ink, but are no less inventive or inspirational. I like a lot of different players for different reasons. And you take a bit of each one and just try to make it your own. And thanks for the kind words,Steve..great job yourself.

yes I think that's exactly right. I mean you can tell if somebody is sloppy and not very technically proficient from somebody who's precise but still there are a lot of guys who are fast and sharp. Hard to tell if one is better than the other. There's no real objective test. Kind of like who's the best athlete?

WSS

miktoxic

i haven't even tapped into a umpteenth of music that is out there, meanwhile my collection of bands and musicians that 'no one' (my friends) have ever heard of scares most people.

something about jeff beck that i always turn to when someone says technical....i mean it seems like the guitar is an extension of his natural body, maybe vai too.

another great finger picker is/was mark knoppfler. when sultans of swing came out i was pretty floored.

brian may used to play with a coin instead of a pick, which i guess gave the guitar a different sound.

interesting stuff here.

nickers

They great thing about Jeff Beck is.. theres no gimmick.. It's all pure tone that comes from his fingers..If your a good player...It really doesnt matter what you play through (amp wise) . Your natural finger print will shine through.

larryfine

How about Alvin Lee on I'm going home when he played at woodstock. Roy Clark was great too!

Zombo

When I think of riffs i think of:

Satisfaction

Smoke on the Water

Money for nothing

Sweet child o mine.

Thats a pretty good Mount Rushmore of Riffs.

Z

Axe

Born to be Wild

Working Man

Crazy Train

Hall of the Mountain King..

Mr Scary

Back IN FUCKING BLACK!!!!

The Gipper

Golden Earring then had several great riffs then, including 3-4 songs from the Radar Love album.

Then, also going by all y'alls definition of riffs, Simple Sister by Procul Harum had two of the best contained in the same song:

Westside Steve

Good call Gipper. I think that was the broken barricades album. Robin Trower last one and they gave him what's more songs that he ever did before.

WSS

Axe

Let's not forget Steel Panther

The Gipper

@westside-steve said:

Good call Gipper. I think that was the broken barricades album. Robin Trower last one and they gave him what's more songs that he ever did before.

WSS

The first "riff" has got to up there with like Smoke on the Water for simplicity and effect. The second riff could be a TV show theme song.

Westside Steve

Lest we forget the opening guitar hook on aqualung.

WSS

slowburn

steve stevens is a bad man

Axe

@slowburn said:

steve stevens is a bad man

Indeed he is

Some of his best work was on Vince Neil's solo cd "Exposed"

Browns149

Back to the "RIFF" thing.

this is one of my favorite riffs. As soon as it comes on I turn it way up

Axe

Wolf Hoffman has written some awesome riffs..

The Cysko Kid

I just flat out love this band

The Gipper

I guess that White Stripes song they play everywhere would have to be considered one of the top known recent riffs, no? Seven Nation Army?

Axe

The a fore mentioned Mr Hoffman

Before someone brings up Hanson or Tiny Canadian Pussy Douche in a "Greatest Guitar Riffs" thread

The Cysko Kid

The good thing about music is its subjective and you can never be wrong. What Axe just put up raped my ear holes and you could not pay me to listen to it again. But to him it's great and who the f am I to say different?

Axe

Yeah, well, seeing how we're being all subjective and no one can be wrong..

What you posted epitomizes the pussification of America imo..

If someone asked me to listen to it again I'd tell them that before I would, I'd slap the dick taste so far out of their mouth that it would be late next week before they could enjoy it again.. But hey!! To you it's great !

Just being subjective and all.. No one can be wrong,, right

Now maybe,, before you decide to get all snarky again under the guise of subjectivity and insult some one else's appreciation of good taste on anything, perhaps you'll remember...

c'est la vie

or

Pura vida