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Johnny Mac

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Re: first riff you learned to play
« Reply #45 on: January 12, 2009, 10:15:16 PM »
Mine was the James Bond theme on an old acoustic that was so old it smelled old, called a 'Milner Cello Guitar' that my Grandad brought with him to London from Stirling (in the 1930s!). Played subtlety and with bronze file-ings with a Victorian Penny, aged about 10.
Got a cheapo electric and WEM amp and started playing Stranglers bass lines and stuff by The Jam. Then sussed Hey Joe and Wild thing, then seek and destroy, got a Charvel and wanted play anything and everything. Still do but, mostly try and make my own riffs up like most of us and promptly forget them!
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carlaz

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Re: first riff you learned to play
« Reply #46 on: January 13, 2009, 02:12:28 PM »
I think it was probably The Beatles' "Day Tripper" riff for me.  Still, a good riff, that ....  8)
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James C

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Re: first riff you learned to play
« Reply #47 on: January 13, 2009, 02:25:27 PM »
The first riff i learnt was 'Floyd the Barber' from nirvana's bleach album, that and the intro to Children of the Damned from NOTB - still one of my favorite songs.
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