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Title: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Gadough on May 13, 2010, 02:23:47 PM
I thought this would be interesting.

Riff: This one is easy. CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings. Absolutely no contest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQ7qOCDFYQ

Solo: A bit harder, most of my favorite solos are by Petrucci. If I had to pick I'd go with the solo from In The Presence of Enemies Part 1, 2:10-4:10.

Your turn.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Sigz on May 13, 2010, 02:29:32 PM
Riff: Gojira - Flying Whales starting at 4:55

Solo: Probably the second solo in Windowpane
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Jakartabassplayer on May 13, 2010, 03:31:36 PM
My god this is hard......

Riff: i'd go with Kashmir

Solo: Comfortably numb, Pretty epic!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Marvellous G on May 13, 2010, 03:36:37 PM
Very very difficult.

Riff: Battery or He Man Woman Hater

Solo: Sweet Child O Mine
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: InTheNameOfGod on May 13, 2010, 03:44:44 PM
Riff - Guthrie Govan - Waves

Riff/Solo - Jeff Loomis - Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor @ 7.13

Solo - John Petrucci - Stream Of Consciousness @ 3.50
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: King Postwhore on May 13, 2010, 04:22:53 PM
Riff--Kiss    War Machine

Solo-- Rush      Mission(end solo)
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Samsara on May 13, 2010, 04:24:35 PM
Solo - NM 156 by Mike Wilton/Chris DeGarmo (Queensryche)

Riff - that's really difficult...a ton of memorable riffs.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: chrisbDTM on May 13, 2010, 04:39:47 PM
riff:

Riff: This one is easy. CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings. Absolutely no contest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQ7qOCDFYQ


solo: JP - Scarred
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: TAC on May 13, 2010, 04:43:18 PM
If I had to take one riff... probably the bad ass riff in Black Sabbath's Megalomania
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: MetalManiac666 on May 13, 2010, 05:30:15 PM
Riff: Probably either something from Meshuggah (such as "Bleed") or The Dillinger Escape Plan's "43% Burnt" :metal.

Solo: I have no idea.  Possibly Rush's "Jacob's Ladder."
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Basekick on May 13, 2010, 05:46:18 PM
The riff that started it all for me:  Wake Up by Rage Against The Machine

Solo: Honestly there isn't a solo that conveys more emotion and pure amazingness in my mind right now than Blackbird by Alter Bridge.  That duel solo is above and beyond on so many levels.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Gadough on May 13, 2010, 08:48:38 PM
riff:

Riff: This one is easy. CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings. Absolutely no contest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgQ7qOCDFYQ

 :tup
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on May 13, 2010, 09:02:23 PM
I will attempt to weigh in on this when I'm not drunk.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Gadough on May 13, 2010, 09:05:35 PM
I will attempt to weigh in on this when I'm not drunk.

Or, you could weigh in on it now, and later see how your drunk favorites and your actual favorites match up.

Just an idea.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on May 13, 2010, 09:08:11 PM
I will say tha tthe solo to "Slide It In" by Whitesnake uis one of my favorites.  Gotta thinks on it soime.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Adami on May 13, 2010, 09:13:00 PM
I will say tha tthe solo to "Slide It In" by Whitesnake uis one of my favorites.  Gotta thinks on it soime.

I have no idea what your post says. I can't read it. You can figure out why. For some reason my eyes keep veering left.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: King Postwhore on May 13, 2010, 09:13:24 PM
I will say tha tthe solo to "Slide It In" by Whitesnake uis one of my favorites.  Gotta thinks on it soime.

You are buzzed. :D  And what the hell are you doing home so early?!
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Gadough on May 13, 2010, 09:16:53 PM
 :rollin
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Nic35 on May 13, 2010, 09:25:20 PM
Riff : ITNOG
Solo : LITS
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: FiberglassMoon on May 13, 2010, 10:02:16 PM
Riff: Sea of Lies by Symphony X or Bleak by Opeth, or something by Iced Earth (Too damn many to have one all time favorite)
Solo: Hollow Years solo Live at Budokan

Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Adami on May 13, 2010, 10:03:51 PM
Best riff and solo?

Oh man, so many Godsmack songs to choose from.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Gadough on May 13, 2010, 10:14:14 PM
You kidder, you.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Sir GuitarCozmo on May 14, 2010, 06:30:11 AM
I have no idea what your post says. I can't read it. You can figure out why. For some reason my eyes keep veering left.

This is probably as it should be.  I have a hard time reading what I've posted also, for the same reason.


You are buzzed. :D  And what the hell are you doing home so early?!

Hehe.  That wasn't TOO early, really.  A few weeks ago we were at our usual dive til around 1 AM (this is after getting there about 4:15).  Fuzzy Friday in effect.

On topic, I gotta think on this some more.  I couldn't name JUST one of either, it would have to be at least a few of each.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: robwebster on May 14, 2010, 06:45:30 AM
I will say tha tthe solo to "Slide It In" by Whitesnake uis one of my favorites.  Gotta thinks on it soime.

You are buzzed. :D  And what the hell are you doing home so early?!
He's mainly vomiting into a bucket.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Sintheros on May 14, 2010, 07:17:30 AM
Riff would have to be the main one to Suicide by Devin Townsend
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: ZKX-2099 on May 14, 2010, 07:44:14 AM
Solo is an easy pick. The closing solo from The Best Of Times. Technicality and emotion have never been fused so perfectly.

As for riff I would say Fossil Genera - A Feed From Cloud Mountain at about 5:30.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: lonestar on May 14, 2010, 09:30:24 AM
Riff- You Really Got Me, Dave Davies of The Kinks (is there really any other??)

Solo- Leap of Faith, Mike Holmes of IQ
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: AwakeFromOctavarium on May 14, 2010, 09:38:41 AM
Riff - Revival. The riff in the outro. God, that pinch! :metal :metal :metal

Solo - Scarred easily.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: skydivingninja on May 14, 2010, 11:24:09 AM
On topic, I gotta think on this some more.  I couldn't name JUST one of either, it would have to be at least a few of each.

This is my problem as well.  I think favorite riff would probably be a Zeppelin song though, or maybe something super-heavy, like the riff in "Blackwater Park" around 9:42, though its incredibly difficult to just pick one.  Favorite solo is the same way, but the dueling guitars in "Welcome Home," Dave Murray's "Powerslave" solo, "Comfortably Numb," "The Best of Times" outro (DT), and Mikael's solo in "Arriving Somewhere" would all be high contenders...dammit can't we just change the thread to "top ten" of each?"
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: sneakyblueberry on May 14, 2010, 05:21:39 PM
Riff: Iron Maiden - 'Revelations', after Adrian's solo.

Solo: This is tough.  Maybe 'Voices'?
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Dark Master Of Sin on May 14, 2010, 05:42:19 PM
Riff: Ugh, huge toss up! The Glass Prison, In The Name of God, Hallowed Be Thy Name, and Stream of Consciousness being the front runners...

Solo: Hollow Years (L@B)
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: Global Laziness on May 14, 2010, 11:04:32 PM
The ending riff of Porcupine Tree's Time Flies. When I saw them play that live last week, it was pure ecstasy.
Title: Re: Your all time favorite guitar riff and guitar solo
Post by: MykeHavoc on May 14, 2010, 11:59:07 PM
My absolute favorite riff of all time is the intro to "Ride the Lightning".

Solo? That's tough. I'll have to think about it.