The riffs that changed my life as a guitar player! How I was inspired to play guitar for 30+ years
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- This is the story of the guitar riffs that have been fundamental in my life as a guitarist and a musician!
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I’ve been playing guitar since I was a boy, and there have been so many bands, songs, and guitarists who have inspired me to play in that time. This list contains the best of them - the riffs that I’ve been playing over and over again ever since I first heard them.
This video idea was partly inspired by the wonderful Andy @TheGuitarGeek Ferris, by the way - he’s done a similar fundamental riffs video (link below!) which you should really watch as well if you’re so inclined.
It took me a massive amount of time to compile this list, by the way - I’ve timed myself at over 100 hours of listening, shortlisting, and then recording and making this video!
So finding my fundamental riffs has really been a labor of love, and a hugely fun one, because along the way I’ve been able to reconnect with so many awesome bands and records - and great guitar riffs - from my life (including a great many who didn’t make this list in the end).
Helping me craft the perfect guitar tones for each of the riffs here is the Walrus Audio Fundamental Series of FX pedals - the guys at Walrus sent me the entire range to check out (this was before the new Ambient reverb pedal that just came out!) and I made a nice little board out of them, also using the Walrus ACS-1 as my amp, and their brilliant Canvas Tuner to keep myself in tune at all times. Many thanks to the tenacious Mario at Face MI for sorting this out!
So, enjoy the riffs, and I hope this video also inspires some of you to search out your own fundamental music, songs, bands, and riffs. Believe me, this is an extremely worthy (and at times even cathartic) exercise, and it’s inspired me no end as a guitar player and as a songwriter.
Here are some links to the various riffs and parts of the video:
00:00 Hello and what we’re doing today
01:16 My Fundamental Riff Rules
04:07 How I got started on guitar and my first influences
06:20 Riff 1: Queen (Brian May) - Tie Your Mother Down
07:19 Riff 2 AC/DC (Angus & Malcolm Young) - T.N.T.
08:56 Riff 3: Nirvana (Kurt Cobain) - Territorial Pissings
10:40 Riff 4: Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong) - Nice Guys Finish Last
11:57 Riff 5: The Seahorses (John Squire) - Love Is The Law
13:26 Riff 6: Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl) - Monkey Wrench
14:29 Riff 7: System Of A Down (Daron Malakian) - Sugar
15:28 Riff 8: Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl/Chris Shiflett) - Aurora
17:00 Riff 9: Stereophonics (Kelly Jones) - Pick A Part That’s New
18:12 Riff 10: Rage Against The Machine (Tom Morello) - Guerrilla Radio
19:45 The Walrus Audio Fundamental Series of pedals!
20:56 Riff 11: The Hives (Nicholaus Arson) - Main Offender
22:10 Riff 12: Jetplane Landing (Andrew Ferris - not that one!) - The Boy You Love To Hate
23:13 Riff 13: Muse (Matt Bellamy) - Plug In Baby
24:27 Riff 14: Oceansize (Mike Vennart et al.) - One Day All This Could Be Yours
26:30 Riff 15: The Darkness (Justin & Dan Hawkins) - Black Shuck
27:41 Riff 16: Mastodon (Brent Hinds & Bill Kelliher) - Blood And Thunder
29:04 Riff 17: Bloc Party (Kele Okereke & Russell Lissack) - Blue Light
30:24 Riff 18: The White Stripes (Jack White) - Icky Thump
31:42 Thank you for watching!
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My setup was as follows: I ran from my guitar into the Walrus Canvas Tuner, then into the drive pedals (Drive, Distortion, Fuzz). Then I went into the ACS-1 and out into the time-based and modulation effects (Tremolo, Phaser, Chorus, Delay, Reverb), and from the Reverb straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.
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Timestamps team:
00:00 Hello and what we’re doing today
01:16 My Fundamental Riff Rules
04:07 How I got started on guitar and my first influences
06:20 Riff 1: Queen (Brian May) - Tie Your Mother Down
07:19 Riff 2 AC/DC (Angus & Malcolm Young) - T.N.T.
08:56 Riff 3: Nirvana (Kurt Cobain) - Territorial Pissings
10:40 Riff 4: Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong) - Nice Guys Finish Last
11:57 Riff 5: The Seahorses (John Squire) - Love Is The Law
13:26 Riff 6: Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl) - Monkey Wrench
14:29 Riff 7: System Of A Down (Daron Malakian) - Sugar
15:28 Riff 8: Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl/Chris Shiflett) - Aurora
17:00 Riff 9: Stereophonics (Kelly Jones) - Pick A Part That’s New
18:12 Riff 10: Rage Against The Machine (Tom Morello) - Guerrilla Radio
19:45 The Walrus Audio Fundamental Series of pedals!
20:56 Riff 11: The Hives (Nicholaus Arson) - Main Offender
22:10 Riff 12: Jetplane Landing (Andrew Ferris - not that one!) - The Boy You Love To Hate
23:13 Riff 13: Muse (Matt Bellamy) - Plug In Baby
24:27 Riff 14: Oceansize (Mike Vennart et al.) - One Day All This Could Be Yours
26:30 Riff 15: The Darkness (Justin & Dan Hawkins) - Black Shuck
27:41 Riff 16: Mastodon (Brent Hinds & Bill Kelliher) - Blood And Thunder
29:04 Riff 17: Bloc Party (Kele Okereke & Russell Lissack) - Blue Light
30:24 Riff 18: The White Stripes (Jack White) - Icky Thump
31:42 Thank you for watching!
It's not easy to tell a long story in a short way... My father heard and still hear every kind of music, blues, jazz, rock, pop, classic, from BB King to Jimmy Hendrix, Uriah Heep and so many others...and I was used to hear different music genres and styles. I started with 15 years to learn acoustic guitar, first some simple songs and than I discovered the blues, bought books to learn how to play blues riffs and melodies... After some time I really got inspired by the bands Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Thin Lizzy, Scorpions, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, White Snake....but also Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan...ELO, Pink Floyed... This all is still inspiring me. Today I really like the heavy stuff, different styles of metal, doom, stoner...and progressive metal. Well, I just like music, no matter what kind of music, but good made music. My first electric guitar was a cheap and bad "Stratocaster" from East Germany. It was ok for learning. After some years, I was about 18 years old, I bought me an Ibanez Roadstar II and this was and still is a riff machine. Today I have 7 different guitars and I love to play my baritone. I really get inspired by the band Tool. So, it's an endless journey and I like so much. Of course AC/DC and ZZ Top where some of the bands I always heard. I these days there is so much to discover. Rabea Massaad, InVase, Alberto Barrero, Ghozer...and so many others...
Great story Robert! Love to hear about your inspirations and pathway on the guitar. Seems your father has great taste... we were both lucky to have parents that gave us a great and varied musical education in that sense! Interesting that you developed more of a taste for some heavier music over time... for me, it's kind of the opposite. I still love heavy music but I focused on it very strongly when I was late teens/early 20s. After my initial pop punk phase I guess 😉 But now I'm like you, and I appreciate anything good... generally that includes guitars of course, but sometimes not. And I'm also finding myself playing more acoustic as I age too. I guess I need to make some acoustic videos at some point.
The gear is also important in inspiring us too... I also had a cheap Samick Strat copy at some point, but it was the Epiphone SG that inspired me in the same way your Roadster II inspires you and keeps the riffs coming! And it's great to have a collection of guitars, but that first one you bond with always remains special. I am still searching for a good, affordable baritone by the way 😅 Hopefully this year I'll find one. I'm actually very much inspired by Rabea's baritone playing too, so it all fits together nicely! Thanks for taking the time to write such an awesome comment! Keep rocking and see you soon!
Cool idea for a video… made me reflect on the question… fun.
Cheers! Yep, Andy's vid inspired me to do this and it was loads of fun rediscovering old riffs and bands from my past while I compiled the list. I would recommend anyone give this a go!
Great to hear "Black Shuck", absolute classic! Awesome tone 🎶
Gotta love The Darkness... plenty of other riffs of theirs I play a load too that were on my shortlist for this, but Black Shuck is just iconic in my eyes (and ears!). Cheers and rock on!
Glad to hear "Love is the law". That's an epic riff of the great John Squire.
I think the idea came from the bridge riff of back in black.
I don't think there's a single guitar player that hasn't run to learn that riff after the first listen.
Such an amazing riff... and that Back In Black reference does make sense! I'd never heard that before, but I do hear what sounds like a connection now I listen to both. I always found that Back In Black part a bit finger twisting too!
Absolutely among my fav channels, man.. Looking forward to learn more about your inspirations behind everything.. Keep up the great great work ☀️
Thanks so much, I'm really happy you're enjoying my channel! I'd love to do some more "inspirations" stuff too, so watch out for that sometime 😊 Cheers again and rock on!
Amazing 10/10 video! Worth all the time & effort. Haven't heard that Seahorses riff in 20+ years!
Thanks man! Yeah, that Seahorses riff is one of the best I've ever heard. You should totally do a vid like this as well...
@@RichWordsMusic great riff. I’d love to! I’m definitely not above stealing content ideas 😂
Man, those are some solid riff choices! Also: this whole idea could and SHOULD be a podcast!
Thank you for sharing this - lots of fun! The riff I can't stop playing thru the years is on the song "Universal Corner" by Billy Zoom of X on their album "Wild Gift".
Thanks a lot! I'd never heard that song and riff before... sounds great straight away though. Off I go to explore Wild Gift, so cheers for the tip!
John Cale once made a sort of "halloween" version of "Heartbreak Hotel", and he played it with a white leather mask on his face. It's been a while, but I still think it's worth listening to,
and once I learned the little shift trick, I could play the riff myself. It still sounds impressive, on any guitar!
I don't know if you remember, but some time ago you made a video about the St James amplifiers and plug in at Henning's place in Germany. You had a guest named Mendel, I think.
At the very beginning of the video, the sound is incredible with the plugin. Do you remember or can you check which guitar cab you used with the plugin?
Thanks
Very nice riff rock inspiration video. Yes AC/DC but also other Motorhead, (Judast Priest, Saxon 2 x guitar) etc. Of course LZ, DP....Then also musically heavier things from the prog-rock area (but that's a problem for me), old time i the new ones (Dream Theater, etc., although they are close to me in age). Personally, I'm more inspired by their sound and melodic creation (today I ran out of 6 more effects, I prefer to meet the carrier outside the home, although my better half has his own understanding for now. On the other hand, I'm a grandfather for 7 weeks, so I have the right to my quirks Excellent, good work. I wish you a nice weekend. Pavel CZ.👍👍👍🎸
Thanks Pavel! You must be the most rocking grandfather around 🤘 Congratulations there! Great taste as well, but I already expected this from you 😉 The prog rock stuff I listened to a lot when I was younger but I could never play it... I guess I didn't have the patience or skills to master it, and something like Dream Theater is also way out of my league, but like you say, great to listen for in terms of songs, songwriting and tone ideas! I am on vacation at the moment and there will be a few new FX waiting for me when I get back as well 😉 Cheers my friend, and rock on!
@@RichWordsMusic Thank you, dear friend, for your kind words, I wish you a pleasant and peaceful holiday, especially in good health and well-being.👍👍👍🎸
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Cheers as usual my friend!
You got lucky was the first tune that made me want to learn how to play. Now my first riffs were Black Sabbath then metallica and megadeth tunes. Rust in peace was extremely educational and difficult.
Even some of the tabs we had back then were not correct. 🫤
Great ones to start out with! You began playing when riffs were harder than when I did 🤘 It's funny, but I never even questioned tab books back in the day... looking back at some of mine now and it's clear there's the odd mistake here and there. Would love to see you make a vid on this!
@@RichWordsMusicI’ll keep that in mind
I meant on your fundamental riffs, not mistakes in tabs books obviously 😉 Should've made that more clear!
@@RichWordsMusic maybe I can do both, my fundamental riffs and the bad tabs I learned them from 😂
Yer the only other person who's ever even mentioned "Tie Your Mother Down" - are ya me, I'm wondering....
Such a great song though! I guess it's because Queen have so many other massive songs that this one sometimes gets forgotten. But I love the riff and the groove and everything about it! Glad you think so too - great minds think alike 🤘 Cheers and rock on!
Why? Well, duh, girls of course....
He he, that may have had something to do with it also 😅