You had me at "Reb Beach". Hardly anyone on YouTiube mentions that guy as an inspiration, or one of the premier guitarists of the eighties, and most just remember Winger as the butt of Mike Judge's humor...but they had some good tunes and Reb is a PHENOMINAL player. Kudos for name-droppin one of my guitar heros.
The chord at 5:03 is Dmaj7 sus2. (d,a,c#,e) Could also be thought of as A/D. (A major with D note in the bass) This progression occurs in the chorus of “Cult of Personality” D A/D C G “..leader speaks...” The open first string E technically is in the 9 position but without an F# present, it is generally referred to as sus2. If F# was in the chord; say, instead of the fifth(a), it would then be an add9. Love your work Robert!
I think that Acacia maybe my favorite of your guitars. That and the crackle Charvel. Then again, that 335 smokes. Ah crap, nevermind, they all kick ass!
Your chops are great and seemingly endless. You are entertaining and fun. You explain and demonstrate concepts with clarity but... But my favorite thing about you is your modesty. It's a rare and wonderful quality. Stay awesome Rob!
Hi, Rob I was planning on getting another guitar under $500 and I was looking at the Squire Classic Vibe 50s Stratocaster 2-tone sunburst or the Squire tele custom 60s 3-tone sunburst and the new 2020 Epiphone Sg Special (the new inspired by Gibson one with p90s) and your opinion on it If you awnser please leave a suggestion if you have one 🤟great video as always
I go to a lot of Open Mic Nights and sometimes it sucks when musicians play the same riff and the same key in all their songs.I feel as a musician myself,it's good to learn new riffs.
How TO Avoid Writing Boring Riffs? Write...Write...Write...Write... and Write some more lol I always look to use a different Key / Scale/ Tempo / Techniques / Effects / "Patterns|" etc...then anything i have written before..its fun!
Best advice ever! Be a rhythmic player! A lot of kids can't Groove. That's one thing dad rockers have. When you can groove you can make it last, all night long! Class of 84!
I ALWAYS tell anyone who asks me for guitar advice, which isn't that often lol, to learn how to play rhythm FIRST. Get your rhythm chops more perfected before you venture off into the high flying world of being a lead guitarist with blazing solo's. Name me a song that people immediately recognize by the solo, sure some guitarists might know the song like if you started jamming out the solo from Whole Lotta Love, but "most" people would only recognize it from the rhythm part. Plus, the rhythm portions are the song, they are the meat, they are what makes or breaks a song. You could have the coolest rhythm but if it's paired with the wrong temp or even the wrong lyrics, it most likely will sound like a bad song and people will skip to the next song. Let's say you took the rhythm of Zeppelin's "rock and roll" and used it for the lyrics of a song like 'Hey Lady", both are great songs, but if you switched the lyrics from one song to another, they would be terrible songs. I think the reason why you want to add that picking stuff between the chords Robert is because in your music mind you are combining 70's rock with 80's rock. The 80's is when they started to really do a lot of that style of playing and it became the norm, but in the 70's, just playing chords was the name of the game. I think there are two reasons why this began to happen in the 80's, 1) The Van Halen effect, Eddie's use of picking between the chords was so heavy at times and so cool sounding people wanted it all the time. 2) Better recording equipment. Some of that old recording equipment made it very difficult to get the sounds we love to hear on the guitar without it being too muddied together.
Steven Sharpe yes A is the fifth of the D. And if you saying maj 7 and 9, then it will be D (root) f#(3rd) A(5th) C# (maj7) and E(maj 9) just started watching
Take a leaf out of old school rock n roll / blues. Write one riff, play it in a different order and slightly different keys 7 times and you got yaself a record
-Play chords
-Add shit
ROCK N ROLL!
love the video btw
hahaha
You had me at "Reb Beach". Hardly anyone on YouTiube mentions that guy as an inspiration, or one of the premier guitarists of the eighties, and most just remember Winger as the butt of Mike Judge's humor...but they had some good tunes and Reb is a PHENOMINAL player. Kudos for name-droppin one of my guitar heros.
Is there anyway you could teach how to write blues rock riffs and chord progressions? I would appreciate it.
The chord at 5:03 is
Dmaj7 sus2. (d,a,c#,e) Could also be thought of as A/D. (A major with D note in the bass)
This progression occurs in the chorus of “Cult of Personality”
D A/D C G
“..leader speaks...”
The open first string E technically is in the 9 position but without an F# present, it is generally referred to as sus2.
If F# was in the chord;
say, instead of the fifth(a),
it would then be an add9.
Love your work Robert!
Don't say "sorry" to us about your mustard hands, say "sorry" to your guitar! o.O
You know it's a good riff when you feel yourself wanting to solo over it.
I think that Acacia maybe my favorite of your guitars. That and the crackle Charvel. Then again, that 335 smokes. Ah crap, nevermind, they all kick ass!
Your chops are great and seemingly endless. You are entertaining and fun. You explain and demonstrate concepts with clarity but... But my favorite thing about you is your modesty. It's a rare and wonderful quality. Stay awesome Rob!
I'd love to see more content like this! The open ended how to or a look into the process is extremely helpful!
What I love most about your work man, is your enthusiasm. Always wanna share all the stuff and just plain genuine. Love your work bro
Keep on rocking!
Loved this, a lot of "dad rock" sounds similar, probably because they riff around and borrow from the styles and techniques of their influences.
At least they can change the key...
This is how you make art, explained simply. You rock, brother!
I'm always happy when I see you getting back to this guitar. There is no Robert Baker without this guitar, crackle charvele and les paul km
Such a good rock player! The guitar is at one with you 🤘 I'll keep trying!
Great ideas! Thanks for posting. Very Van Halen-y, always a good thing.
Just found your channel a couple days ago, you have some great content and very useful tips transitioning to an intermediate guitarist. Thank you!
Diggin it. Love watching you progress.
It’s like Dave’s World... if you can do I can do it. You inspire
Great video! Always an interesrinf topic when it comes to improv!
I love it ! Put something out there, Robert ! Surfing with the Robert ! Maybe you need a walnut SG ?
Have you done a video about making your playing more rhythmic? Would love to see that.
Great fun listening and watching to this organic process Robert. Thanks man!
Hi, Rob
I was planning on getting another guitar under $500 and I was looking at the Squire Classic Vibe 50s Stratocaster 2-tone sunburst or the Squire tele custom 60s 3-tone sunburst and the new 2020 Epiphone Sg Special (the new inspired by Gibson one with p90s) and your opinion on it
If you awnser please leave a suggestion if you have one
🤟great video as always
Epiphone all the way
Definitely the sg
Wonder if mustard would improve my skills ...
*going to my fridge
I go to a lot of Open Mic Nights and sometimes it sucks when musicians play the same riff and the same key in all their songs.I feel as a musician myself,it's good to learn new riffs.
What's Dad rock? Classic rock mostly?
Awesome. Great to see how a great player just let's it come out and goes with the bits they like.
Great video :)
Great video as always Rob, I will implement everything when I'm writing! \m/
God there's really no way for me to watch one of your videos and NOT get my guitar :D Keep it up man :)
The riff starts like Bryan Adams - It's only love...
That would be an awesome looking guitar if it had a small hockey stick headstock.
Kinds sounds a little like Drop Dead Legs by VH at 6:35
How TO Avoid Writing Boring Riffs? Write...Write...Write...Write... and Write some more lol I always look to use a different Key / Scale/ Tempo / Techniques / Effects / "Patterns|" etc...then anything i have written before..its fun!
Just amazing, thanks so much for this.
What guitar is that? Looks cool!
the original chord change reminded me of stone in love by journey.
nonetheless, it was cool to watch you develop a riff from a basic chord change.
I needed this video
Unskinny bop was the Poison song you were thinking of. 😅😅😅
Awesome! Super inspiring!
Best advice ever! Be a rhythmic player! A lot of kids can't Groove. That's one thing dad rockers have. When you can groove you can make it last, all night long!
Class of 84!
Robert: "Fast Fret?? Who needs Fast Fret? I use mustard!"
I’ve been wondering if you still had that Acacia. Love that guitar, it’s on my bucket list.
Great playing!
Like the thought process
pls tell me which of your amps you used in this video
Where is the maj3 in that D chord??
I mean isn't "A" the fifth?
@@noaviamasnombres you're totally right I was going off of memory I'm totally not playing a 3rd. Just watched the vid again and realized it
Awesome Stuff!!
I ALWAYS tell anyone who asks me for guitar advice, which isn't that often lol, to learn how to play rhythm FIRST. Get your rhythm chops more perfected before you venture off into the high flying world of being a lead guitarist with blazing solo's. Name me a song that people immediately recognize by the solo, sure some guitarists might know the song like if you started jamming out the solo from Whole Lotta Love, but "most" people would only recognize it from the rhythm part. Plus, the rhythm portions are the song, they are the meat, they are what makes or breaks a song. You could have the coolest rhythm but if it's paired with the wrong temp or even the wrong lyrics, it most likely will sound like a bad song and people will skip to the next song. Let's say you took the rhythm of Zeppelin's "rock and roll" and used it for the lyrics of a song like 'Hey Lady", both are great songs, but if you switched the lyrics from one song to another, they would be terrible songs.
I think the reason why you want to add that picking stuff between the chords Robert is because in your music mind you are combining 70's rock with 80's rock. The 80's is when they started to really do a lot of that style of playing and it became the norm, but in the 70's, just playing chords was the name of the game. I think there are two reasons why this began to happen in the 80's, 1) The Van Halen effect, Eddie's use of picking between the chords was so heavy at times and so cool sounding people wanted it all the time. 2) Better recording equipment. Some of that old recording equipment made it very difficult to get the sounds we love to hear on the guitar without it being too muddied together.
Sounds like it was going into a Def Leppard direction.
No matter how careful I am, mustard for some reason ends up everywhere. 😆
What is up with that stuff??
Robert Baker - I don’t know. Ketchup, nope. Mayo, nope. Mustard, crap. I need more napkins!! 🤦♂️
Nice axe. What is that?
Nice tips
Those riifs have a little extra mustard- sounds good
Wooo! Mustard Monday!
Super helpful stuff
I hear music 24/7 its like a faucet, I can't turn it off!
Back in Black?
For everyone wondering they are fishmen fluence pickups. Yes they are killer.👌
I Call them Chords my Southern Rock Chords 🎻🎻👽
Isn’t an “A” the fifth of D not a third. So the notes of the chord are D a Maj 7 and a 9. I think correct me if i’m wrong lol
Steven Sharpe yes A is the fifth of the D. And if you saying maj 7 and 9, then it will be D (root) f#(3rd) A(5th) C# (maj7) and E(maj 9) just started watching
But I thought that the only way to get radio exposure in this era was to rely on writing songs with boring riffs.
The action on that guitar seems impossibly low! Wow!
Take a leaf out of old school rock n roll / blues. Write one riff, play it in a different order and slightly different keys 7 times and you got yaself a record
Cough cough Richie Blackmore and jimmy page.
D Major? Wouldn’t it be G major? Kick ass video though!
I was told once before, less is sometimes more
jeez man do you ever make a bad vid hahah content for years!!!!
Why is it always when I watch a video on TH-cam there comes a video from you online?????🙃
Big Data is behind that 😉
Waaaaaaiiiitasec - you mean YOU'RE not Reb Beach?
I can hear some Drop dead legs in there a bit
I dont think I remember that guitar having fishmans in it. Those are fishmans right?
Right
I’m no rocket genius... but that looked a lot like D mixolydian.
So my G E A over and over and over and over and over then maybe a C isn’t cutting it anymore 😂
Awesome - need tabs please
what do you mean when you say guitar players 'write riffs'?
Are you from the south?
@Ron Gillespie he says interesting the same way I do. Figured it was a southern thing lol guess not?
Ohio and Indiana
North Dixie 😁😁
You look like a dad rock version of Lucas Mann
D2.
Little bit Bryan Adams influenced
Wow, too much fun!
how in the f*ck did GNR write those riffs!!
So early! #mustardhands
Just don't write music