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Off-Topic => Creative arts => Topic started by: Desimodontidae on July 17, 2006, 04:54:11 PM

Title: Solo riff
Post by: Desimodontidae on July 17, 2006, 04:54:11 PM

Ok, so I was messing around and came up with this tapping solo riff on my guitar. I want to expand on it and make a full blown solo from it, but uhh..... it sounds really familiar. I dont want to think that I'm ripping it off from anyone. So if you can help me out and tell me if this sounds original or ripped off I'd really appritiate it. Thanks.

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Post by: Meiscool-2 on July 17, 2006, 05:15:02 PM

I liked it, does sound original.

However, when I played it, the people in the office asked me "what the hell is that?" ... Old people...

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Post by: Grandy on July 17, 2006, 05:26:49 PM

 Does sound familiar, but I don't know from where.

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Post by: Archem on July 17, 2006, 06:07:48 PM

Sounds like one of those common overused guitar solos from the late 70s to late 80s. Not bad, but way too familiar.

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Post by: Desimodontidae on July 18, 2006, 01:15:59 AM

Yeah, I think thats it. It sounds similar to other stuff but it isnt quite. Anyways, I love 80s metal.

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Post by: Drace on July 18, 2006, 08:26:11 AM

Sounds like something I heard in some classic music part. Sounds really familiar.

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Post by: charaman on July 18, 2006, 04:34:16 PM

sounds a lot like Bach's Tocatta and Fugue. Not quite, but a bit.

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Post by: Desimodontidae on August 14, 2006, 01:25:48 AM

New riff. I was messing around... started off with some little scale thingy then kept ascending... turned out pretty good, in my opinon.

http://macangy.sitesled.com/asdd.WMA

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Post by: drenrin2120 on August 15, 2006, 03:58:56 PM

Nice, I like it a lot. :)

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Post by: Desimodontidae on August 24, 2006, 05:06:50 PM

I call this "80's Riff" cause it sounds 80s. It even has the little triple picking thing in it... yeah...

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Post by: Emerates on August 24, 2006, 05:36:45 PM

I liked the 80's Style thing.  It was pretty spiffy.

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Post by: Meiscool-2 on August 24, 2006, 09:46:10 PM

It's good, but I don't like (I think it's called scratching... anyways, it's the sudden stops in the music with a high pitched noise) scratching parts.

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Post by: drenrin2120 on August 24, 2006, 10:32:33 PM

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It's good, but I don't like (I think it's called scratching... anyways, it's the sudden stops in the music with a high pitched noise) scratching parts.

I think your talking about the fret noise. If you are, it's pretty much unavoidable.

I think it kicks *** desi. Sweet job.

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Post by: Desimodontidae on August 24, 2006, 10:38:12 PM

Thank you...

And about the noise... I know what you mean... it's mostly cause of the addition of my pedal, it makes the strings really sensetive to any little thing you do to it... grah, ususally I tune it out, but now that you brought it up its bothering me... grah......

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Post by: Desimodontidae on September 21, 2006, 10:19:40 AM

Ok, this one's not original, it's a cover. Fade to Black intro solo. I messed up a little bit... but whatever...

Also, Ill have the extended version of my ascending riff up later... so yeah...

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Post by: Dragonium on September 21, 2006, 03:28:51 PM

Sir Desimo, I must say, that is quite a fine display of soloing you have there. Personally FTB is one of my favourite Metallica songs, and you most certainly did it justice. :D

By the way, what pedal are you using for that one?

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Post by: Desimodontidae on September 22, 2006, 11:52:40 AM

Thank you.

I am using my digitech death metal pedal... not the best, but its the only one I've got right now...

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Post by: Almeidaboo on September 22, 2006, 06:07:00 PM

*wishes that could hear it :("

Title: Update!!!
Post by: Desimodontidae on November 26, 2006, 02:06:28 AM

Ok, been awhile. Got a new riff. It's not that great, and I'm not really playing it fast here, but I think it's pretty good for something I made up myself.

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Post by: Moosetroop11 on November 28, 2006, 02:06:37 PM

Hmm, obviously it'd be way better faster, and in context. I can't judge it until then, It just sounds like an average scale.

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Post by: Desimodontidae on December 29, 2006, 10:12:26 PM

I've been practicing my neoclassical.

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Post by: drenrin2120 on December 30, 2006, 05:28:30 PM

I liked the last one, the one before sounded just like MT said. Too much like a scale. The last one was good though.

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Post by: carmen on January 08, 2007, 09:07:58 AM

Lol now the neo classical one sounded a bit like tocatta and fugue.

Are your strings real thick?

are they old?

Those could increase that fret slide noise alot. Depending on what guitar you use, and how you record it all play roles in it too.

Alot of times it's when I press on the strings to hard then slide off suddenly; like here:

http://h1.ripway.com/Volver/PunkyriffYO.mp3


(I know it's off beat at the end)

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Post by: MrMister on January 08, 2007, 11:22:31 AM

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Originally posted by Desimodontidae
Thank you.

I am using my digitech death metal pedal... not the best, but its the only one I've got right now...

Get a metal zone.. :S

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Post by: Linkizcool on January 10, 2007, 12:07:45 AM

Hey it's Carmen!

Nice thing BTW.

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Post by: VahnGrave on January 15, 2007, 11:15:23 PM

Well, Ronnie..

On the Fade to Black intro, you didn't play part of it fast enough.

On the "Classical" thing, it sounded a LOT like "Last Rites"..

The riff that people sounded like a scale was just kind of blah to me..

That's really all I gotta say.

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Post by: Desimodontidae on January 24, 2007, 01:13:17 PM

Thank you all for your comments. Most of my strings are like, almost 2 years old (some I've had since the day I got my first guitar, I've had to change a few b and e strings here and there, though).

Gunnar, I recorded that Fade to Black thing what seems like forever ago. I know that version sucked, but now the comments I get when I play it is "too fast"... meh... I dont feel like recording it again though.

Anyways. Here's what's new: A video!!! It's a very short solo excerpt from Symphony X's "The Damnation Game". Unfortunatly, the picture quality sucks (well, it isn't horrible, but still...) and I have to record clean because my pedal just died and I don't have any 9V's... uhm... anyways, hope you enjoy, please comment.

PS: WMV file.

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Post by: VahnGrave on January 25, 2007, 01:04:51 AM

I was watching that video earlier..

There's some slight error, but otherwise it's good man.

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Post by: Desimodontidae on April 06, 2007, 04:49:34 PM

Ok, got a new riff for ya'll. It's part of a song called "Shretdboard" by Fugetta. Its on my myspace videos, for easy access.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2020415248

Tell me what you think. By the way, quality kinda sucks.

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Post by: Desimodontidae on July 24, 2007, 08:11:32 PM

Ok, this is a new video this time. It's been awhile, and I've gotten, much, much better. Unfortunately, this video doesn't completely show you every aspect I've improved on. But. Yeah. Check it out. It's the solo to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. I've tried to replicate Brian May's sound the best I could. Kinda hard with the shitty pedal.

btw, it's on myspace.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=13965377