Most enjoyable riffs to play

[slan]

Erotomania.

 

[Ordacleaphobia]

I just learned Anchor by Misery Signals a couple weeks ago and literally cannot stop playing it. The back half of that song is so fun.
Same for a lot of their stuff actually; Parallels and A Certain Death for sure.

If you're an Extended Ranger™ then just about anything After the Burial puts a stupid grin on my face. Rareform, Deluge, and Anti-Pattern especially.

Also just picked up Forget Me by Currents; first song I've tried way out of my comfort zone in a while but man it's fun if you've got the setup for it.

Honorable mention for Blessed Burden by Defeater if you're into that vibe. Great if you aren't feeling techy stuff and just wanna beat the shit out of some strings for a couple minutes.

 

[Bearitone]

The opening riff is a BLAST to play

 

[ThePhilosopher]

A few Deftones song are among my favorites to play Root, Lotion, Passenger, When Girls Telephone Boys, Rocket Skates, Goon Squad.
I've also had fun figuring out some Gojira lately too.

 

[Masoo2]

The opening riff is a BLAST to play

Dang how could I have forgotten that, by FAR one of the most fun songs to play

 

[gunshow86de]

The opening riff is a BLAST to play

Dang how could I have forgotten that, by FAR one of the most fun songs to play

The only reason to own an octave pedal.

 

[Hollowway]

No joke, I’m going to find the tabs and play all of these this weekend. I feel like part of life is just looking for fun riffs to play!

 

[Flappydoodle]

Megadeth back catalogue for your thrash needs

Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying back catalogue for your drop C chugging needs

 

[rokket2005]

Nevermore riffs are always awesome. A personal favorite is the chromatic riff that comes in at like 1:55 in Never Purify.

 

[budda]

Fun?

You mean southern hardcore?

Cancer bats - birthing the giant (drop C)
Maylene and the sons of disaster - i, ii, iii (drop D or D standard, not sure)
The Holly Springs Disaster - motion sickness love (drop C)
Every time I die - the big dirty (drop D)

It's a start.

 

[Rosal76]

No joke, I’m going to find the tabs and play all of these this weekend. I feel like part of life is just looking for fun riffs to play!

Huge +1.

That's why I will never, ever get bored with playing guitar. Infinite amount of songs from so many bands and genres.

 

[nickgray]

Death. Pretty much most of the riffs, Chuck was a Riff God.

 

[Rosal76]

Death. Pretty much most of the riffs, Chuck was a Riff God.

+1

I just covered Lack of comprehension a few weeks ago. Whole song and solo. Some really cool riffs in there. I'm gonna tackle Suicide machine sometime in the future.

 

[zappatton2]

Probably cliché, but I still love going back to classic Metallica. Just challenging enough, but not so complex that you can't enjoy yourself playing along. That said, that downpicking on Puppets always kills me. I still make a go of it, but almost never successfully though the whole song.

 

[Fenriswolf]

The true answer is the riffs that make your heart happy.

Follow those riffs and good things will come to you.

I've been kind of bored with guitar recently, and have been going back to the stuff that got me going when I first started playing.

I haven't had this much fun since I learned the riffs the first time. As satisfying as it is to learn a new complicated song, there's nothing like going full on Phil X on some AC/DC and Sabbath.

Also, if you can't remember the last time you've been to a guitar shop, you could try learning Smoke on the Water the right way.

Probably cliché, but I still love going back to classic Metallica. Just challenging enough, but not so complex that you can't enjoy yourself playing along. That said, that downpicking on Puppets always kills me. I still make a go of it, but almost never successfully though the whole song.

That's what kills me. I used to have most of their stuff down to Live Shit speed, all downpicked, now I can make it about halfway through Puppets before my arm cramps up, and forget about any kind of gallops.

 

[Randy]

The opening riff is a BLAST to play

Came to post this.

Some others. 11:06 here



Main riff here at 0:15, through the verse although the entire song is really a treat

 

[narad]

And playing the intro to the solo in Mile Zero is like 100% guaranteed to happen at some point every time I pick up a guitar. Physically, that's such a fun lick @ 3:50

 

[Dumple Stilzkin]

Working Man by Rush.

 

[bjgrifter]

I'll hop on bass and run with that. Classic rock is pretty fun. I love my modern metal, but switching gears to ZZ Top, Skynyrd...more classic stuff. That's a blast too.

Athsmatic by Spineshank, stuff by Seether, Blind from Korn...I'll put it out how Limp Bizkit is fun to play.

 

[r33per]

Erotomania.

Oh yes, especially the G#m section after the first solo. Love it.

Knights of Cydonia by Muse, especially the outro.
Red Barchetta, Rush.
Technical Difficulties, Paul Gilbert (i really cannot play it, but have great fun trying and pretending that I do... )