Hey, ALL Riffs are insanely fun, just.. some riffs are more fun than others... we shall see which are the greatest! You have all time classics such as "Smoke on the Water", "Life in the Fast Lane", and "Day Tripper". I hope there will be a 12 string riff in there somewhere
Hey Mark -Recovering from Carpal Tunnel Surgery on my left wrist last week. Looking forward to playing soon, but I can still listen. Hope to hear some 12-string on the list
Anther great ranking of the most fun guitar riffs. My personal favorites are Black Dog and Pretty Woman, and I really can't wait to see other people's opinions on this subject!
Since for most of us, these lists are ever changing, I sometimes gravitate towards things that are less complicated. I stress sometimes because I'm notorious for spending time on little things that aren't really going to matter in the long run. My long winded point is, the timing for Black Dog is a bitch (I can do it with a band but counting zep and I'm on take 4 before you know it and I like Levee better anyway). :)
Hazy shade if winter,,,,cos it sends me back to a Greek holiday. You couldn't change guitars this quickly without Rok Lok..Trying to sort out when the hat has to be worn.....must be a reason? Thanks for making me smile need it right now eh?😅
I was in the line at the bank once and I mentioned my mortgage and then I mentioned being a musician. The lady behind me said, you're a musician and you own your own home. You must be famous? That was about 20 years ago. :)
I was going to go out to rake leaves, but think I will have to delay it for this instead. Hopefully by the time this has finished they will all have blown back into the neighbor's yard which has the trees!
Hey Al. Great story about Joe Walsh learning how to play the riff on one guitar. He was disappointed to learn that it was double tracked. Take care and be well. Mark
Yes Mark Ringo's Brother in law Joe Walsh was struggling to play it. Ringo told him no it was Paul & George doubling it on the record. I love the Rok Lok changed strap color for Church today. Took one minute with the Rok Lok great invention@@8MinuteAxe
Mark, I'm sorry I missed the Premiere. I had planned on being there, but I lost track of the timer. I loved the hats. I used to wear a hat when I had a long commute to work, but now my drive is only three miles. Still, I need to start wearing one again, and seeing you in those hats made me want to pick up another for my wardrobe. The riffs were all excellent choices, all well-played. My favorites were Hazy Shade of Winter (I think Paul Simon is underrated as a guitarist), Norwegian Wood, and All Right Now (not in any particular order). There were several I did not know at all, probably because of my age. I'm unfamiliar with most music recorded after the mid 70s.
Thanks so much for the kind words and great word choice. Sadly, elan really is underused (I'm not sure it applies to me but I'll take it. LOL). Enjoy your Sunday and an extra hour of sleep...or in my case, work. :o. Mark
Hey Mark, RATS! I can't attend today but will be eyeballin' YT later. Have fun! Uh, one more thing...I hope you're favorite riff is coming from the 12-string!
I used one of your questions today. I knew the answer to 2 of 3. I would have gotten the third one with a multiple choice quiz (Santana). Thanks for that and for all of your support. Mark
Silver Wheels/Crazy on You is one of my all time favourites! There is a great video on line of Nancy Wilson teaching how to play the riff. Another really good acoustic song by Heart is Dog and Butterfly. I also loved the Monkee's riff. Most people think they were a made up band that couldn't play their instruments, and that is far from the truth. Mike Nesmith not only had a record contract before the band, but a publishing deal as well. It's his riff that you are playing on Pleasent Valley Sunday. Davy Jones also had a record contract, funnily enough, with the same label as Nesmith. Peter Tork was a fixture of the early 60's folk scene in Grennwich Village in NYC and was a good friend of Stephen Stills, who he was stay with who had pointed Tork at the audtion call for the Monkees. One wonders if Tork hadn't gotten the Monkees gig, may have become a member of Buffalo Springfield. Micky Dolenz had been the singer in a cover band. So they all had musical skill and talent before the Monkees.
Hey Farrell. Always a pleasure to read your comments. I've done the PVS riff with the 12 string several times and occasionally I get the "it was actually played on a 6 string" comment (actually, three Les Pauls according to a couple of sources) but Mike used his Falcon 12 to play it throughout the 67 tour. Here's Carol King's original demo ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FtyqPzeso5A.html&ab_channel=VicBerger. Amazing. I love the banjo. Happy Sunday. Mark
Great Job Mark .. the clarity of your playing leads me to start listening to tunes that because of the mix and tone I never cared for,…You have the cleanest chops…
I take that as the highest compliment. I'm getting there. Lots of practice. I always tell my students that while my ultimate goal is to make them great players, I will settle for great listeners (for their own enjoyment). Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Mark
Hey Mark, great selection of riffs, really like Never Going Back and Norwegian Wood the most. I did notice on some of your guitars was a white Rok-Lok are they coming in colors or is that one of your prototypes. Keep rocking on.
Good catch. It's one of the 3D printed prototypes. We will be introducing a couple of other colors at the NAMM show in January. Right now it's looking like white and metallic (silver) are our two picks but the brushed nickel is also in the running if we can find a color that works. Enjoy your Sunday. Mark
Nancy Wilson's intro to "Crazy On You" actually uas a name. She calls it "Silver Wheels" There is a segment of a RU-vid interview kicking around where she explains a bit about how she plays it. Got to see her do it live just a few years ago. The lady can play! "Iron Man" came out shortly after I graduated college. I had a job on a playground with an outdoor skating rink. "Iron Man" was played about every fifteen minutes on the P.A. system for weeks! Can still picture all those teens skating around that rink in near-zero weather to that riff! Good choiices, Mark. Nice variety!
Wow! I don’t know who was enjoying that more - me whilst listening to you delivering those great riffs, or you, obviously enjoying playing them! 😎👏👏 Ni e work Mark, as always 👍
another great selection, mark! did i mention that i gave one of my nephews my 2nd rok-lok? he's from out of town, and, when he got back to his place, i asked him how he liked it - and he replied - i don't know - i forgot it back there at my dad's place. oy! kids! haha looking forward to the next video, my friend!
The green Rickenbacker and every song here kicks ass. My favorite on this list is Free Ride. And the only one I know is #2, Never Going Back Again. I'm still working on the 3rd Rate Romance lesson.
Hey Mark, I discovered your channel recently, and was watching some of your older content. I love your content especially based around 12 strings. Really has given more vibrancy and feel to playing my 12 string. I’m also thinking about getting a new 12 string as mine which is an Emperador (made in 1968 in Japan) has some flaws such as the strings run at a slight angle due to a neck misalignment and bridge warping making playing then further down the fretboard difficult and making pullofs and quick playing almost impossible and this would be most likely too spendy to fix (potentially $700). Also has to have a capo for standard tuning due to it being unable to support standard tuning due to tension (it is tuned a full step down). Plus it was my dads old guitar so I wouldn’t want to ruin originality. It has a beautiful finish and is a large luscious sounding guitar but with that main flaw. What would you recommend as an affordable 12 string (Taylor would be nice but currently way outside my price range) that is a nice large body 12 string with that really deep and full sound, that could really replicate some great classic sounding 12 string songs such as made by Tom Petty, Eagles, Rush, America, etc?
Hey DRB. I really appreciate the thoughtful comment and thanks for sharing some info about you. Vangoa makes a very reliable guitar at the entry level. I've touted them for a few years (not a paid endorser). Great customer service, always improving, and a lot of cool extras. For about $100 more, Yamaha's FG 820 is a lot of guitar for the money. Email me at markaranalli@gmail.com if you would like any tabs, have questions, or need any help (all of this is free). Have a great Sunday. Mark
I have an old Alvarez 5014-12 that I got used at a guitar store clearance. It has a sweet sound that has gotten many compliments. I keep it tuned down to protect the bridge and soundboard from warping. They seem to be selling $250-400 online.
I don't have musical talent; however, I do enjoy greatness. Thank you for the high-quality trip down memory lane! That said, what's your process for rating difficulty? One could computationally process the music by the numbers for chord changes, complexity, meter, and so forth. But where's the fun in that?
Hey, Mark. Love your videos. I have learned a lot from them. I checked on you videos for the chance to win a 12 string accoustic guitar but can't find it. Hope you can help. thx
So I noticed in some songs you have the hat on, and some you don’t. Does it help in certain situations? JK… I did notice you had a Fender with the sticker still on it. I’ve got a fairly new Squire Paranormal Jazzmaster 12 string with the sticker still on it after about 6 weeks, which is what your sticker made me think of. I’d highly recommend this guitar to you as a 12 string aficionado like myself.
Hey Mark…periodically you showcase Zebra riffs, and I was wondering how you became aware of their work. I always thought they were an awesome act, but never broke out of the “regional” type of band.
Hey E Mac. I'm curious if you're from Louisiana or NY? I know those guys were transplanted southerners who first had success in the NY suburbs. I've only played their hit on the channel, albeit several times but I do love that entire first album. I was 11 when that song came out and didn't really know it until I was in my late teens but since then I've always felt that they were mistakenly lumped into the hair metal crowd (even though they didn't help matters with the look they adopted). The music is more sophisticated and the lyrics, while not great, are more evolved. Thanks so much for the comment. It brought me back to the 80s for a few minutes which is awesome! Have a great day. Mark
