[mevans]

what is your favorite tune that you could always play and never be sick of it, like sabbath, iron man or smoke on the water for example

[Ledhead V-2]

Considering that at this point I only know a handful, I'd have to say "Sunshine of Your Love"; though I'd give my right arm (well, you know what I mean...) to get the tone that Clapton gets.

Anyone know what he's using to achieve that effect?

[fly135]

Check out this thread, it posed a similar question....

10 favourite riffs

For a real good hand stretching exercise I've been playing the riff from "Every Breath You Take" by The Police.

[cshude]

That's a great riff, fly- I've been playing that one too. Another good finger stretching riff is Message in a Bottle.

Been playing Double Vision by Foreigner lately.

[blackcat]

Tambourine man(dylan)

[fly135]

I know that seems to be some shame associated with playing Stairway to Heaven. But I always throw a little practicing of the solo in every time I play my electric. I still don't have it down. How many of you guys have put it into your repertoire?

[Stratrat]

Fly - I learned "Stairway" when I was a teen.....forgot a lot of it in the ensuing non-playing years, but I was amazed at how quickly it came back to me when I started playing again! Yeah, I'll admit to being one of the ones who still plays it when I practice.....can't do the solo, though....that was the part I never worked on.

As far as other songs I like to play....I recently learned "Bridge of Sighs" by Robin Trower, and it's a fun song to play. Other than that I've been leaning towards country recently, so I've been playing "Boot Scootin' Boogie" (Brooks and Dunn) and "Fast As You" (Dwight Yoakam) a lot.

[Observer]

Currently, I'm finding "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits simply irresistible to play. It's also a good exercise for mastering barre chords (and chucking) because you have to move quickly from Dm to C to B (root on 5th string) and then F (root on 6th string) and back to C again, all while keeping the rhythm. It sounds so damn cool as well especially when you sing along as you play

Edit: There's also that super-cool slide from B to C, when he goes "we're the sultans... we're the sultans of swing".

[coldethyl]

Originally Posted by fly135

I know that seems to be some shame associated with playing Stairway to Heaven. But I always throw a little practicing of the solo in every time I play my electric. I still don't have it down. How many of you guys have put it into your repertoire?

Yeah I started learning it some time ago but it took me a while to get it down properly. I still wouldn't be game to play it in a guitar shop though. These days I'd probably get thrown out.

[DemoEtc]

Right now, I still find myself doing the Crossroads intro and then the first two solo verses - or however you count it; after the first bunch of singing and then that first bunch of lead guitar . The third and fourth (or that second batch of lead) when he goes waaaay up there, still defeats me though.

[fly135]

Let's hear some riffs guys.

[lengate]

Hody lengate here get some music!

[Hey]

The Rev. Gary Davis's licks I could play all day.... Best guitarist who ever lived.

[scrappydidnt]

Favorite riff?? or can it be riffs? My hands-down fave is Changes (commit a crime) by Buddy Guy next in line would be Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac back in the Pete Greene days

[AX7221]

I have 2 favorites, but neither are songs. I like repeating 4 chords over and over again with different strumming or different picking, and I'll switch to different chords when i get sick of the ones im playing and a lot of times go back.

First i like i, iv, III, VII - Am, Em, C, G, which i play in open chords
Then in bar chords i like i, iv, VI, III (the root is the highest in pitch) and i slide that one up and down the neck

I play different ones but these the a lot