In the late 80's I went to a guitar clinic with Jason and Marty. I think there were maybe 40-50 people there. I couldn't believe more people didn't show up to see them. Later that night saw Cacophony live with the same amount of people. People just didn't get their genius.
That would of been epic to witness them 2 guitar virtuosos. It always amazed me how one could just start playing, noodling around and the other comes into improvise and they harmonize together yet playing different things that inter-weave in and out of eachother and it just fit perfectly together! I remember the 1st time hearing "The Ninja" & "Concerto" both intros are soo memorably huge sounding with an orchestral feel Cacophony is still underrated to me
Hey Ben, I'm glad someone finally pointed out that Marty uses Gypsy picking technique. The reasoning behind this picking style (the wrist angle, always downstroke a string change) is to get the most volume out of an acoustic guitar. This music predates electric guitars, so it was pretty necessary for the guitarists to utilize this technique if they wanted to be heard when taking a solo live!
I also love that Ben pointed this connection out. The Gypsy picking technique is a very powerful tool when playing acoustic - especially in an ensemble when taking a solo. I started playing as a teen metalhead and Marty was (and still is) my favorite player in the genre, because he was always doing such different things - exotic and very lyrical phrases - not just running up and down scales. After 25 years of playing metal, I discovered Gypsy Jazz, and that's what I mostly play these days. Committing to the Gypsy picking technique has made me lost some of my electric shredding chops, but I'm fine with that. I also appreciate that Ben points out the melodic link to Gypsy Jazz - to this day, when I am in a jam session and "Minor Swing" by Django Reinhardt comes up, I'll loosely quote Marty's Am6 arpeggio idea from "Symphony of Destruction". It works well in the tune and all of the other players have no idea where it came from!
Someone should point it out to Marty. The funny thing is, when asked about it, Marty has said it's just the way he holds the pick. There was never any certain approach he was going for. Watch some of his lessons, he's far less technical than people think. His approach to playing is pretty simple but brilliant.
@@jonlate4581 This exactly. Marty always said in interviews and still says to this day, that this is just the way he holds the pick. In fact, he holds the pick this way when playing electric guitar and he always has, even before Holy Wars. The Gypsy technique thing is just a coincidence. Although an awesome one. :D
Hey uncle Ben,Rust in peace was the first album I ever bought,that middle eastern sounding break caught my ear right away.30 years later I still haven't learned that lick,until now.Thank you Uncle Ben
I believe that "other" scale is called the "Byzantine" ...same as Phrygian dominant but uses a natural 7th instead of a flat 7th....i.e. "Misirlou". Awesome vid Uncle Ben, thanks! I feel very fortunate that i got to see Megadeth on that tour in a small club in New Haven CT. To say they kicked that place's ass is putting it very mildly indeed!
Having listened to this for almost 30 years, I can safely guarantee that this is not only the best played tutorial, but the best sounding. That Martin sounds identical! I have a '74 Gibson Hummingbird, so I am excited to hear what it will sound like on that. Thanks Uncy Bang!
Awesome lesson! I love that Martin guitar: I grew up around Northern Virginia/DC, which used to be the Capital of Bluegrass. Actually, tons of folk and bluegrass, so tons of Martins used to be around.
Marty is an absolutely phenomenal guitar player, I’ve been playing for a lot of years and I cant believe I’ve never come across another guitar player saying he was their favorite , his style is so freaking cool and he plays better in his sleep than most could ever hope to play, thanx for another great video
Thank you so much for doing this solo justice, Ben, and showing how Marty really plays it. That one upstroke/two downstroke-technique was the key to getting that flurry of notes like on the original recording. Thank you again for finally giving a humble guitar servant some peace of mind from all the "alternative" versions out there... Looking forward to the Budokan show-reunion with Marty and Megadeth. Much love and respect from Norway!☺🎸🎶
Marty's Gypsy style just sounds good with Megadeth and metal. Kind of like the same way Randy used classical influences mixed with metal. The different styles mixed together sound very nice. It's refreshing to listen to because it mixes things up from what you would normally hear.
Thank you very muchly, uncle Ben, for this stupendously wonderful tutorial. A good few hours of practice in getting that picking grip in the right position has helped me nail the part nicely. This is why uncle Ben is the most gooderest, bestest uncle on all of teh internetz.
The DOD jokes just never get old. I use an old 80's pumpkin orange DOD compressor, its rad, but they had enough flops over the years too. lol Thanks fro another great video Uncle Ben, you're awesome!
That's my weekend settled then. Although it's not acoustic, I'd love to see a highlights/"Everything you need to know" video of Bad Boys, because I've yet to see a tab that sounds correct. Love your channel! Picked up my guitar again after some years off when lockdown started, and I found your channel at the same time. I'm pretty sure I've become a much better player than I ever was because of it!
Hey Ben. Awesome lesson. It’s been a long while a since I’ve heard this one. I noticed that certain elements of it are eerily familiar to some Chopin I recently transcribed to the guitar, i.e. Sandwiched tonic between the flat 2nd and raised 7th. IMHO The highest level of creativity lies in the ability to mix and overlap different modal colors to the point of chromaticism without sounding like a chromatic exercise. Oh and that Martin is badass man! I have the Mexican Martin 12 String. It’s pretty good too.
Hey Uncle Ben, It's your biological twice removed step daughter Mr Phutureproof here (lol) I am slowly getting to grips with ever evasive (for me at least) sweep technique, with much advice taken from your two sweeping vids, cheers man really appreciate the tips, turns out it's my right hand that is the issue, so many years of alternate picking is making it very hard to break the habit, but it's happening, slowly but surely. Can't thank you enough! Thanks pal. Some really solid advice in this video, especially the checking out other players, always do this, always have a go at their style, learn if it suits you or not, take away the good bits, grow!
Ah, what a start...brill. I've missed a few weeks. Didn't realise how much until I clicked back on here. Great guitarist, great teacher ..a great man altogether.
At first glance I thought "what a coincidence, I've been thinking about this solo earlier this week" and them I remembered that it was because your post on Instagram... Anyway, awesome, uncle Ben!
I have always loved this lick, even years ago before starting to play guitar. And I always thought It sounded insanely hard, but I think I'm gonna give it a go. Thanks Uncle Ben!
Hey Ben, being a Marty scholar you'd probably go nuts over his "Exotic Metal Guitar" Hot Licks video. Totally blew my mind in the early 90's learning everything I could from it. He talks about a lot of the things you mention like the chromaticism that come from out of nowhere, the double downpicking thing, his thoughts on scales and ornamentation, all that good stuff. Tons of food for guitar thought.
Thank you for making this video! I've been trying to learn this solo ever since I started playing guitar, and still can't play it right. Maybe now I will finally be able to conquer this solo the right way. Seems I've been making all the mistakes you were doing, trying to alternate pick the triplets. The up down down picking was a huge help! Keep 'em coming!
Hey thanks Ben - really awesome to see this interesting breakdown of Marty's work. Perhaps you could do some Testament stuff on the acoustic? - Return to Serenity for example. And you could easily side track into Alex Skolnick's other projects from there - which is a beautiful place to explore - Planetary Coalition, his jazz trio , his work with Rodrigo y Gabriela etc...
It always sounded like he did it on a nylon string guitar to me, but you nailed the sound with that guitar... and i posted that before you said he actually did that way... derp. Great content as always Uncle Ben.
uncle ben you have done it again bro made my weekend with another magic lick im learning now cheeeeeeeeers m8 ..ps dave wrote this song inspired by a trip to my home city belfast yeah dude
LOL @ 1:57. I will never get tired of the DOD Grunge pedal burns. People throw "lol" around pretty loosely these days, but I mean it literally. Loving Uncle Ben.
a lot of tabs get the first lick totally wrong, they do a whole step for the second note instead of half, I was astounded at a lot of the lessons, even somewhat professional youtubers doing the lessons wrong! FINALLY someone who actually plays it right!
Rust in Peace (not remastered version) is THE best thrash, kinda jazzy, kinda progressive metal album ever. Nothing even comes close to this. Don't need to say that it is my favourite album of all time, but the sheer amount of innovation and great plays there is just unreal. To this day I couldn't find anything that could even compete. All hail uncle Ben for this lesson in awesomness!
Uncle Ben, never could figure out Marty's pick angle, but check out Tommy Emmanuel picking super sonic out of this world with a thumb pick. So that proves to me, what your stepdad always told you, ' Stepson, Aliens do walk among us!'
Two small corrections: - at 7:10 you play the D on the B string (3th fret) but Marty plays it on the G string (7th fret). - the chord at the end isn't actually an E but an E5 (same except you omit the G#, by either fretting 4 on the G or muting the string), so a dyad in fact.
Excellent video Ben! I’ve never really tried to learn this solo because the material I referenced seemed wrong. This was a great breakdown and thanks to you I have finally learned this solo. You should do a video like this for the Dave Mustaine solo at the end if you haven’t already.
Thanks for your instructions, a fan of Marty From Bangladesh. And of course I am a fan of your instructions... by following your video, I can play the solo of Symphony of Destruction.. and now this legendary exotic solo of Holy wars.
Damn, your breakdowns are way more betterlier than otherses. Also, 💚 the Martin. While you're at it, any chance we might get a breakdown of the intro to Crazy On You (Heart)? Imo, that shit is insane. Thanks again for the learning experience Uncle Ben.
Ben, please do an episode on Steal Away The Night from the Tribute album (live version). Another great song with a ton of bad tabs out there. Solo is also epic and is a great showcase of Randy Rhoads style. Song is also full of fills that blow me away!
In the late 80's I went to a guitar clinic with Jason and Marty. I think there were maybe 40-50 people there. I couldn't believe more people didn't show up to see them. Later that night saw Cacophony live with the same amount of people. People just didn't get their genius.
Unreal... So lucky you got to see that!
Hopefully the singer didnt show up
That's amazing dude
That would of been epic to witness them 2 guitar virtuosos. It always amazed me how one could just start playing, noodling around and the other comes into improvise and they harmonize together yet playing different things that inter-weave in and out of eachother and it just fit perfectly together! I remember the 1st time hearing "The Ninja" & "Concerto" both intros are soo memorably huge sounding with an orchestral feel Cacophony is still underrated to me
Waiting for step-dad speed
Og 2013 yt pfp nice
Actually not bad explaining it just takes some rewinding back few times
What are you playing step dad ?🍑
Hey Ben, I'm glad someone finally pointed out that Marty uses Gypsy picking technique. The reasoning behind this picking style (the wrist angle, always downstroke a string change) is to get the most volume out of an acoustic guitar. This music predates electric guitars, so it was pretty necessary for the guitarists to utilize this technique if they wanted to be heard when taking a solo live!
Nailed it!!! It’s all about the volume!
I also love that Ben pointed this connection out. The Gypsy picking technique is a very powerful tool when playing acoustic - especially in an ensemble when taking a solo. I started playing as a teen metalhead and Marty was (and still is) my favorite player in the genre, because he was always doing such different things - exotic and very lyrical phrases - not just running up and down scales.
After 25 years of playing metal, I discovered Gypsy Jazz, and that's what I mostly play these days. Committing to the Gypsy picking technique has made me lost some of my electric shredding chops, but I'm fine with that. I also appreciate that Ben points out the melodic link to Gypsy Jazz - to this day, when I am in a jam session and "Minor Swing" by Django Reinhardt comes up, I'll loosely quote Marty's Am6 arpeggio idea from "Symphony of Destruction". It works well in the tune and all of the other players have no idea where it came from!
Someone should point it out to Marty. The funny thing is, when asked about it, Marty has said it's just the way he holds the pick. There was never any certain approach he was going for. Watch some of his lessons, he's far less technical than people think. His approach to playing is pretty simple but brilliant.
@@jonlate4581 This exactly. Marty always said in interviews and still says to this day, that this is just the way he holds the pick. In fact, he holds the pick this way when playing electric guitar and he always has, even before Holy Wars. The Gypsy technique thing is just a coincidence. Although an awesome one. :D
According to marty he just doesnt like palm muted notes so he simply keeps his palm off of the strings lol
We don’t deserve an uncle like Ben.
At this point we're counting on you for all the solos on rust in peace lol. Thanks for spreading the knowledge
It's time for Lucretia
Hey uncle Ben,Rust in peace was the first album I ever bought,that middle eastern sounding break caught my ear right away.30 years later I still haven't learned that lick,until now.Thank you Uncle Ben
Awesome. Well I'll be practicing this over the weekend. Thanks Uncle Ben
I believe that "other" scale is called the "Byzantine" ...same as Phrygian dominant but uses a natural 7th instead of a flat 7th....i.e. "Misirlou". Awesome vid Uncle Ben, thanks! I feel very fortunate that i got to see Megadeth on that tour in a small club in New Haven CT. To say they kicked that place's ass is putting it very mildly indeed!
SLIGHTLY jealous that you've seen my fav Deth lineup! Awesome though! /,,/
Toads Place?
@@Cbuzz1399 yup
@@DomicidalCovers i saw them again the following tour in a much larger venue. imo the most dangerous 2-guitar lineup ever!
Finally! I've been waiting for this since the instagram post. You are the best!
For years I’ve wanted a closer look at this one. Gracias Tio Ben.
Having listened to this for almost 30 years, I can safely guarantee that this is not only the best played tutorial, but the best sounding.
That Martin sounds identical! I have a '74 Gibson Hummingbird, so I am excited to hear what it will sound like on that.
Thanks Uncy Bang!
Awesome lesson! I love that Martin guitar: I grew up around Northern Virginia/DC, which used to be the Capital of Bluegrass. Actually, tons of folk and bluegrass, so tons of Martins used to be around.
Thanks Ben! Been stuck on this forever, and I also tried to learn from the official tab book. Can't wait to get this clean
Marty is an absolutely phenomenal guitar player, I’ve been playing for a lot of years and I cant believe I’ve never come across another guitar player saying he was their favorite , his style is so freaking cool and he plays better in his sleep than most could ever hope to play, thanx for another great video
I'm so glad you did this. I've seen a lot of differnet versions but I always trust you. Thanks UB
Now I'll practice this like crazy, would be nice to see some poland stuff
Like polka?
@@jordanforbes149 I sure hope so!
Throw some Chris Poland 🇵🇱 (one of Megadeth's first lead guitarists), and you've got a great stew on your hands!
Poland rocks!
Thank you so much for doing this solo justice, Ben, and showing how Marty really plays it. That one upstroke/two downstroke-technique was the key to getting that flurry of notes like on the original recording. Thank you again for finally giving a humble guitar servant some peace of mind from all the "alternative" versions out there... Looking forward to the Budokan show-reunion with Marty and Megadeth. Much love and respect from Norway!☺🎸🎶
That lick is indeed holy. The dod pedal, is not
Oy, back off the Grunge.
@@thetribalist6923 Digitech Grunge pedal is better than the Soverign by Wampler. And many others.
@@jamesnorton7601 yeah I think there's some really good tones in the Digitech version.
@@thetribalist6923 great pedal.
@@jamesnorton7601 don’t diss Wampler!!! He’s like the real life Artie Ziff of the guitar world 😄
I absolutely love all your Marty Friedman lessons! Thanks a lot Uncle Ben! More please!
Marty's Gypsy style just sounds good with Megadeth and metal. Kind of like the same way Randy used classical influences mixed with metal. The different styles mixed together sound very nice. It's refreshing to listen to because it mixes things up from what you would normally hear.
YES! I had requested this a few months ago and here you are. Thanks as always, Uncle Ben! \m/
Thanks for shedding some light on that riff Ben.
Oh hell yes. Great stuff, Ben!
Thank you very muchly, uncle Ben, for this stupendously wonderful tutorial. A good few hours of practice in getting that picking grip in the right position has helped me nail the part nicely. This is why uncle Ben is the most gooderest, bestest uncle on all of teh internetz.
Thank you, Rick!
I've been meaning to learn this thing for years now. Needed the kick in the pants. Thank you Uncle Ben.
Been waiting for this since the Instagram post!
The DOD jokes just never get old. I use an old 80's pumpkin orange DOD compressor, its rad, but they had enough flops over the years too. lol Thanks fro another great video Uncle Ben, you're awesome!
I love the old DOD stuff. Fx 65, PDS 1550
I only own a couple old pedals, one is my DOD compressor, the other is an 80's ibanez prime dual chorus. Love them both.
LOL I have an old Stereo Chorus pedal somewhere, and a Super American Metal! I just remembered...
A Martin is on my shit to get before I die list, Nice guitar, fantastic playing as usual.
UNCLE BEN!!!
Thanks for responding on Facebook, that was neat
Oh yeah!! You Rock man! Thanks for this!
Amazing song! Thanks for covering this Uncle Ben.
Marty is a beast. I just love the things he does on guitar.
YOU REALLY MADE THAT LOOK SO EASY! NICE JOB!
that was great,. thank you Ben! good weekend all.
That's my weekend settled then. Although it's not acoustic, I'd love to see a highlights/"Everything you need to know" video of Bad Boys, because I've yet to see a tab that sounds correct. Love your channel! Picked up my guitar again after some years off when lockdown started, and I found your channel at the same time. I'm pretty sure I've become a much better player than I ever was because of it!
Hey Ben. Awesome lesson. It’s been a long while a since I’ve heard this one. I noticed that certain elements of it are eerily familiar to some Chopin I recently transcribed to the guitar, i.e. Sandwiched tonic between the flat 2nd and raised 7th. IMHO The highest level of creativity lies in the ability to mix and overlap different modal colors to the point of chromaticism without sounding like a chromatic exercise. Oh and that Martin is badass man! I have the Mexican Martin 12 String. It’s pretty good too.
Uncle Ben delivers the goods again!
Hey Uncle Ben, It's your biological twice removed step daughter Mr Phutureproof here (lol) I am slowly getting to grips with ever evasive (for me at least) sweep technique, with much advice taken from your two sweeping vids, cheers man really appreciate the tips, turns out it's my right hand that is the issue, so many years of alternate picking is making it very hard to break the habit, but it's happening, slowly but surely.
Can't thank you enough! Thanks pal.
Some really solid advice in this video, especially the checking out other players, always do this, always have a go at their style, learn if it suits you or not, take away the good bits, grow!
Hi Ben.
Your videos have really helped me out alot with things I've struggled to learn on my own for years. Thanks dude.
I want that Martin, perfect. Btw can't wait to get home to work out that lick, hope I remember to do that when I get there.
Ah, what a start...brill. I've missed a few weeks. Didn't realise how much until I clicked back on here. Great guitarist, great teacher ..a great man altogether.
At first glance I thought "what a coincidence, I've been thinking about this solo earlier this week" and them I remembered that it was because your post on Instagram... Anyway, awesome, uncle Ben!
Thanks for the acoustic content! 👍✨
Great content sir! Thanks!
ever since i foudn mr. Uncle Ben here i love his vids so much, like hey, he my favorite uncle no :D
I have always loved this lick, even years ago before starting to play guitar. And I always thought It sounded insanely hard, but I think I'm gonna give it a go. Thanks Uncle Ben!
As someone who has been wrestling with that tab book, I am SO glad to see how this ought to be played. Thanks!
'Flipper hand' you nailed it lol.
Hey Ben, being a Marty scholar you'd probably go nuts over his "Exotic Metal Guitar" Hot Licks video. Totally blew my mind in the early 90's learning everything I could from it. He talks about a lot of the things you mention like the chromaticism that come from out of nowhere, the double downpicking thing, his thoughts on scales and ornamentation, all that good stuff. Tons of food for guitar thought.
Thank you for making this video! I've been trying to learn this solo ever since I started playing guitar, and still can't play it right. Maybe now I will finally be able to conquer this solo the right way. Seems I've been making all the mistakes you were doing, trying to alternate pick the triplets. The up down down picking was a huge help! Keep 'em coming!
Awesome lesson, very informative details about Marty Friedman's picking anigma. Would have loved to hear a Victory solo lesson from Megadeth.
Uncle Ben always teaching us the best! My Boss Metal Zone isn't even modded at all... Amazing how it sounds when it's OFF.
Thank you Uncle Ben! You're the coolest ❤
Finally waiting since that insta post🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Gonna throw our Stochelo Rosenberg as well! Love the shout out to jazz manouche in this vid. Great work!
Hey thanks Ben - really awesome to see this interesting breakdown of Marty's work. Perhaps you could do some Testament stuff on the acoustic? - Return to Serenity for example. And you could easily side track into Alex Skolnick's other projects from there - which is a beautiful place to explore - Planetary Coalition, his jazz trio , his work with Rodrigo y Gabriela etc...
Dude, nailed it. Fantastic work!
It always sounded like he did it on a nylon string guitar to me, but you nailed the sound with that guitar... and i posted that before you said he actually did that way... derp. Great content as always Uncle Ben.
Hehe I mention that in the video
Thanks Ben!
How about something acoustic by Rik Emmitt? Midsummer Daydream or Lickety Bits are two of my favorites. Love your channel!
Thank you very much for explaining this double down stroke technic that well ! It really helped me to unlock lot of things in my guitar playing.
Pretty Accurate as always, Thanks Uncle Ben !!!
How Marty comes up with what he does is beyond me
uncle ben you have done it again bro made my weekend with another magic lick im learning now cheeeeeeeeers m8 ..ps dave wrote this song inspired by a trip to my home city belfast yeah dude
Sweet , one more to learn. Youre the best. \m/
LOL @ 1:57. I will never get tired of the DOD Grunge pedal burns.
People throw "lol" around pretty loosely these days, but I mean it literally. Loving Uncle Ben.
Uncle Ben Marty lessons are the best!
This was awesome Ben. I've attempted to learn this like ten times over the years and lost interest or got annoyed... finally got through it.
YESSSSSS THANK YOU SO MUCH BEN🤘🏼🤘🏼
When I see Marty's picking hand, my anxiety skyrockets. Doesn't look comfortable or like it should work, yet... it does.
a lot of tabs get the first lick totally wrong, they do a whole step for the second note instead of half, I was astounded at a lot of the lessons, even somewhat professional youtubers doing the lessons wrong! FINALLY someone who actually plays it right!
Thanks Uncle Ben!
That was awsome uncle, thanks mate.
Killer video, Ben. Unfortunately, Sweetwater doesn't ship all their products to Canada. 😞
Es justo lo que estaba buscando, gracias
I want to see a guitar player with Marty Friedman's flipper hand AND Tosin Abasi's 90 degree thumb bend.
Rust in Peace (not remastered version) is THE best thrash, kinda jazzy, kinda progressive metal album ever. Nothing even comes close to this.
Don't need to say that it is my favourite album of all time, but the sheer amount of innovation and great plays there is just unreal.
To this day I couldn't find anything that could even compete.
All hail uncle Ben for this lesson in awesomness!
Uncle Ben, never could figure out Marty's pick angle, but check out Tommy Emmanuel picking super sonic out of this world with a thumb pick. So that proves to me, what your stepdad always told you, ' Stepson, Aliens do walk among us!'
This is a really good lesson, I used it and actually learned this cool part!
Two small corrections:
- at 7:10 you play the D on the B string (3th fret) but Marty plays it on the G string (7th fret).
- the chord at the end isn't actually an E but an E5 (same except you omit the G#, by either fretting 4 on the G or muting the string), so a dyad in fact.
Excellent video Ben! I’ve never really tried to learn this solo because the material I referenced seemed wrong. This was a great breakdown and thanks to you I have finally learned this solo. You should do a video like this for the Dave Mustaine solo at the end if you haven’t already.
Thanks for your instructions, a fan of Marty From Bangladesh. And of course I am a fan of your instructions... by following your video, I can play the solo of Symphony of Destruction.. and now this legendary exotic solo of Holy wars.
My god even in stepdad speed it sounds so awesome!
Can't wait for acoustic opeth stuff. Really cool lesson as always.
Thanks! Any suggestions?
Puuurrrrfect. I was just learning this and said. Let me see if uncle Ben’s done this
Hlo uncle Ben 🤝❤️love from INDIA 🇮🇳
That acoustic sounds friggin' amazing.
Damn, your breakdowns are way more betterlier than otherses. Also, 💚 the Martin. While you're at it, any chance we might get a breakdown of the intro to Crazy On You (Heart)? Imo, that shit is insane. Thanks again for the learning experience Uncle Ben.
Video deserves a like just for the nod after that first acoustic break
Ben, please do an episode on Steal Away The Night from the Tribute album (live version). Another great song with a ton of bad tabs out there. Solo is also epic and is a great showcase of Randy Rhoads style. Song is also full of fills that blow me away!
Awesome guitar channel :) shout out from South Texas :)
OMG !!!!! The Goofy faces are back, and you were doing so well
Awesome content as always, thank you. A suggestion (but not acoustic) Plz breakdown JPs 6th feb Instagram alternate picking exercise.
Thank you SOOOOOOO much Ben!!!!!
That guitar is a beauty..
Finally!!!, Thanx
Joscho Stephan ...the man is a fucking monster
Absolutely
Fuck I love this song
Thank you for this. This seemed an impossible riff for me as a young guitar player back in the day. Maybe today with your help, we will get there...
One acoustic riff that always stuck in the back or my mind is Vinnie Moore's 'Never Been to Barcelona'
Simply FLAMENCO guitar