Deron Miller CKY riffs with Esoterik LK27 baritone 

The fact the 96 riff never gets featured in any top 10 best riffs of all time lists is criminal

His unusual riffs combined with his almost synth-like tone is really specific to him.

Underrated guitarist

96QBB is the absolute greatest riff in history. My fav ever.

How does he even come up with this stuff.. so good.

derons riffs are one of a kind

It’s almost as if he writes his riffs to be a song themselves rather than just a part in a song hard to explain. Very catchy it’s like his riffs are the choruses rather than the verses. Amazing writer.

Such an underrated guitarist

That tone is signature D. Miller. So much love for the ninja. So humble and down to earth. He was blown away that I drove 3 hrs to see him play a dive in Hollywood.

There is no CKY without Deron. CKY forever

Deron Miller is kick ass. Also is it just me or does 96 Quite Bitter Beings sound fucking wicked slowed down

15 years later and I still find myself coming back to these songs and riffs. Especially this time of year- some spooky Sci-Fi rock for Halloween.

As a 90s guy this is the hardest riff that carried me through the good times…. Every time

Cheers Deron! Always awesome to see this kinda stuff. Still some of the catchiest sweetest riffs I've ever heard man!

Legendary. Hella underrated. Both of these were a staple of my teens kept on repeat skating with the bros. Lol

Wish he was still in cky, was such a big fan of them growing up. I can't get into their new sound without him. I hope he continues making music and one day gets the recognition he deserves. Super underrated player, nobody sounds like him

Dudes riffs have always addictive to my ears. Such a cool and unique tone as well.

I remember when i first heard of CKY. The night before my first celebrated 420. My uncle had a jacket of patches of bands that he passed down to me. He said hes seen all those bands live. CKY was one of them, along with Linkin Park, Green Day, SOAD. I watched the Familiar Realm video and my 13 yr old mind was blown away i never heard anything so sick. Thats what started my journey into wanting to play the guitar and sound like Deron. Wish he was still with the band, rip to a cool Uncle

Most original rock guitarist of all time!

Love that tone.

Amazing stuff! Thanks you rock

I am learning guitar and this is my first song. I found that all youtube video covers were completely different to the tab I was using. Then the man who is definitely in the know comes along and plays it exactly as it is written on the tab I'm using. What a relief. I'd have been really pissed off if I learnt my first song wrong. So if anyone needs this, it's like this on Songsterr if anyone needs the tab.

Amazing riffs, such an underrated musician

Suddenly Tragic is missing, that is just as kick ass riff as 96 quite bitter beings! Absolutely love playing it

Underatted indeed..that sound is all him and it sets him apart from the typical guitar player,ive listened to everything hes put out and its never disappointing

Holy crap! So technical and smooth! How you can create these riffs/sing on top/master your skills is so far beyond my comprehension! 👏 well done sir! I’ve been playing it wrong all along! Appreciate the slower down riffs to really see what’s going on! Hats off to your Deron! You’re a savage!

Came back for a brush up. and Guys at Esoterik, you couldn't have a more unique and awesome player holding your instruments than Derron.

Nothing like getting the riff from the guy in the band, thank you

The world NEEDS more Baritones thank you guys so much for making these! And with Deron to Demo it! I’m also impressed with the choice of the 59 over the Jazz Neck. Wish you guys the best in your search for a new manufacturing partner these guitars are killer!

the 96 riff gave the the fucking chills. fucking much love

The riff that built careers.

Deron im miss u in CKY

Great , great , unusual riffage that should get more credit and notice than they do .. awesome sound !

how can he be as underrated as he is? As unique as you can be while not sacrificing bad-assness.

Deron's a god damn genius, he's penned some epic riff's, you cannot help but get pumped when hearing "testing" - sk8life

That tone is unlike anyone else.

Thanks for sponsoring Deron.. I love all his shit!

currently saving up for a LK27. cannot wait to get a hold of one of these bad boys!

The man, the myth,the legend

96 quite bitter beings was one of the first riffs I learned.

Black Christmas shirt OG asf

Deron is fricken awesome rock guitarist A very Cool dude

Right i need to check out more of their songs

Best riff ever

Damn I can hear the song in my head too lol. Great riffs and a great guitarist

Deron I love your sound and style. Ever since I saw CKY2K like 18 years ago I've been a fan

Amazing riffs, such a unique tone

Super good robot sound effeXx on the cya and Awesome riff

You guys got me into the sludgier stuff sick riffs man

Damn that’s a lot of vinyl. Just my opinion. Was one ☝️ of my hero’s growing up. Thought Cky was the sabbath/ Metallica of my generation

Super nice tone

96 bitter beings was the 3rd song I learned on my guitar

I'm in love with all the lyrics from the album infiltrate destroy rebuild seriously it's good stuff. can't wait to be able to hear songs from 96BB. I bet I will be mind blown. \m/\m/ ♡☆♡☆ still... I'm serious blown away by them lyrics! whomever writes them, just WOW. good stuff.

Before deploying in 06 we went to JRTC, a final training. All I had was a CD player with a like 5 albums, but two were "Infiltrate Destry Rebuild" and "An Answer Can Be Found". I would listen on max volume while doing whatever on my cot, mostly cleaning the carbon from those damn blank rounds lol. Had a friend get into the band just hearing the riffs blaring from on ear headphones a few feet away.

Smooth like butter

gotta love the pen drawing of his wife in the frame, hahaha

I never would've considered an octaver sounding good until I listened to cky

Awesome! Love that song!

That guitar looks so good,

Sounds so good. I love baritone guitars and I think they are underutilized

oooh so he uses an octaver pedal, I was wondering if they had another guitar tuned all the way down to drop B to do the riff

Thank you Deron

Fucking amazing tone

I want that tone. Now

Nice vinyl collection

fk me, that tone sounds amazing

Would love to see Rio Bravo riff next

It makes my head and fingers hurt, riff master

coolest riffs!!

Devon has an awesome voice!

Damn wouldn't it be sick if he were to re-record some of these classic songs on this fucking killer guitar sound.

Deron Miller's da shizznit!!

Rifs awesome but that tone is so freaking good.

i really wish that jess did the same kinda thing clearing out the surface with the drum parts of cky songs. i have some songs that i really want to get down, yet i have some hard time figuring out which just by ear.

He looks like he's lost weight.

Did you ever notice almost every one of his songs uses that bounce-around-the beat rhythm? So many of his best songs use that in some variation. That's (one of the reasons) why his riffs sound so good. He's mastered a very specific approach to riff writing.

7A, 5D, 4G, 0E - 7A, 5D, 4G, 5G, 4G, 5D, 4D, 0D - 3A, 5D, 5G/7G, 5G, 4G, 2G, 0G, 2G/4G, 0G. Tabs of how he plays it for anyone who wants them. I took particular attention to Darren stating people were making this more difficult than it really is, that walk down part in particular.

It's D#, not D standard tuning. Right? Thank you for the sick tutorial Deron. You are a legend.

Does anybody have a clue what pedal he’s using? Sounds like a harmonizer. Such an iconic tone.

Wall of records. So many hidden gems in there I bet.

It's gotta be like Bernadette Nerr.

A fucking genius in his own right! ... his style must come from death metal ! Its so fiddley! LEGEND. 👊❌

I always wonder what was his inspiration for these? Such unique riffs super creative guitarist

the BEST

Fuckin awesome

You had to have had some of the hardest riffs back in the day

0:57 "Las Aventuras de Roberto Manfinfla"

How tf he get younger?

Clever riffing

Deron is tremendous

Fucking love these riffs

Hey Deron. Mend fences. We need CKY back...

96 on the record is tuned in Eb not D for anyone who is confused.

What is this clean tone ending riff called?

The other secret to making these songs sound right is that CKY used an octaver pedal, specially the BOSS OC2 I think, to blend the regular signal with a signal pitched down a whole octave where the bass plays. Blend the two signals about 50 percent in the pedal and you'll sound like Deron.

but what about the TONE

Can you tell us how you get that tone I've fucked around with with an oc2 and amp settings for ever and just can't get it

Fuckin riffmaster and sings on top of that. Crazy.

It's a shame they dont sell these guitars anymore. Very unique looking style