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Unread post by waffle_house_jam » Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:44 pm

Tim Mahoney from 311 is really easily recognizable to my ear. So is Santana, but he sucks ass. I can always tell a David Gilmour solo as well, 'cause they're all just genius.

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Unread post by mangold » Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:44 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:
Ryeguy wrote:To me.. I think Santana has the most distinctive riffs.
If by distinctive you mean 'all identical', then yes! :)
:lol: i second that
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Unread post by Ryeguy » Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:53 pm

Add Tom Morello to the list.... I also agree with you waffle house that David Gilmour's style is definietly recongnizable.
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Unread post by Locarius » Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:32 pm

Ryeguy wrote:Add Tom Morello to the list.... I also agree with you waffle house that David Gilmour's style is definietly recongnizable.
Agree, and agree.

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Unread post by saleen » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:11 pm

not really a riff, but I can pretty much tell any nirvana song for sure.
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Unread post by Appfro » Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:17 am

as stupid as this sounds, tenacious d has great riffs using nothing but three chords, usually g, c, d, w/ the occasional am

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Unread post by mangold » Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:30 pm

Appsoldier wrote:as stupid as this sounds, tenacious d has great riffs using nothing but three chords, usually g, c, d, w/ the occasional am
tributes got f's and is in the key of amin. i think, while they sound good, its not nescessarily distinctive.
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Creedence!!!!!!!

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Unread post by Appfro » Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:18 am

praisedave wrote:
Appsoldier wrote:as stupid as this sounds, tenacious d has great riffs using nothing but three chords, usually g, c, d, w/ the occasional am
tributes got f's and is in the key of amin. i think, while they sound good, its not nescessarily distinctive.
come on man. i said usually. of course they use other chords. let's not split hairs. and i think they're riffs are very distinctive. it's an opinion.

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Unread post by mlb1399 » Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:46 am

Slowhand aka Eric Clapton has a very distinctive sound as well as Jimmy Page.

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Unread post by mangold » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:51 pm

Appsoldier wrote:
praisedave wrote:
Appsoldier wrote:as stupid as this sounds, tenacious d has great riffs using nothing but three chords, usually g, c, d, w/ the occasional am
tributes got f's and is in the key of amin. i think, while they sound good, its not nescessarily distinctive.
come on man. i said usually. of course they use other chords. let's not split hairs. and i think they're riffs are very distinctive. it's an opinion.
i know... its just that tribute is the only tenacious d i kno. and i dont know if chord progressions are really considered "riffs". if so nirvana has very distinctive riffs cause they use like 3 different chords and the blues scale. thats it. im not tryin to be nit picky. i like tenacious d.
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Unread post by acusticdude » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:17 am

Trey Anastasio, Jerry Garcia, Robert Johnson, TIM REYNOLDS, Michael Hedges, Peter Green, Django Reinhardt, Andres Segovia, to a lesser extent The Edge, The guy from P-Funk (bootsie collins??), Esteban, And I absolutely hate to say it but, Mark Tremonti. Dispute if you will.

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Unread post by ericwormann » Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:28 am

Why hasn't SRV been mentioned yet?

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Unread post by helixbaseballstud » Sat Oct 30, 2004 12:28 pm

i think the guitarist formerly of creed (i say formerly they are no longer a band) and currently of alter bridge, mark tremonti has a style or sound that is easily recognizable.

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Unread post by thejoe » Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:45 pm

i can pick out a john fruciante from anything
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