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WTF is this shit? Les Paul didn't play any of these riffs? Do you even know who Les Paul was? He had his own primetime television show in the 50s where he played all his western classics. This list makes no sense.
Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Gary Rossington. Southern Fried Rock guitarists are too often overlooked . But they were some of the greatest players out there .
Never heard of them. Happy to hit a search. But if they are in bands, I’m going to get the shits. Ie. I got no idea who the ZZ tops guys are but I know ZZ tops are tops. Know what I’m saying. So let’s help the people get to the good stuff. Deciphering shit ain’t nothing like it used to be. So give up the info or keep it for yourself. Name, and song so we can engage like a list would expect.
A hard list to compile, but few of these riffs would exist if not for Clapton showcasing his '59 Les Paul's tone with the Bluesbreakers. Hideaway, All Your Love...riffs galore and history making tone.
Most Led Zep riffs are the ducks nuts! "Over The Hills And Far Away" is my fave. When Bonham kicks in it goes off-chops. Far too much guitar is grossly inadequate, woefully insufficient & nowhere near enough! Rock 'til ya drop. Didyabringyabongalong Station, Central Queensland, Australia.
@@mooseknuckle8946 All accounts say that it was recorded on Les Paul. If it were a Tele, it doesn't sound like one. My humbucker Teles don't sound anything like my Les Pauls.
As usual great playing and tones. Great to watch, very talented. I think you covered all the riffs. One I would put in is the great Mick Ronson and Ziggy Stardust
I saw a video a while back explaining how Jimmy Page droned the open "D" string against the fretted and slightly bent D note for Whole Lotta Love, creating a bit of dissonant tension. Listen carefully to the very first notes on the recording. Also, it takes much discipline to pick just 10 Les Paul riffs. Well done!
I couldn’t agree more with your choice for #1. Whole Lotta Love is my favourite song of all time for having: A. the greatest guitar riff ever B. the greatest guitar solo ever C. the greatest drum fills ever.
I see where youre going with this, great riffs on the first album, but the whole second album (except for the electric 12 on Thank You and Living Loving) is the Les Paul... Iconic Les Paul tone, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, Moby, Bring it on Home, etc., etc, etc..... that aint no Tele!... oh and the Vox used for Lemon Song and Whole Lotta Love wasnt a Super Beatle it was a 7120....
He used a Tele for the first album but switched to the '59 Les Paul he bought from Joe Walsh for the rest of his career. He did use the Tele for the solo on Stairway to Heaven.
Jimmy said he used a Les Paul to record Whole Lotta Love, I think it was a heavily modified one as well but he said he loved how that exact guitar had amazing sustain (like all Les Pauls do but this one had even more)
If you want iconic Les Paul riffs and sound you have to go back to 1966 when Eric Clapton played his Les Paul through a overdriven Marshall on The Beano album and changed the world. Every track on that should have made this list!!!
Granted that this was an impossible task I'm still a little bummed to not see Eric Clapton in some capacity either with Cream or the Bluesbreakers stuff.
Clapton sold more original Les Pauls in the 60’s Than any other ( it made Gibson start making them again) Then people came in the shop and wanted to sound like Kossof and Page in the 70’s. In the 80’s they wanted to sound like kiss and Aerosmith, gnr int the 90’s and Darkness in the 2000’s
@@darrenc8776 agreed. And it should be noted Eric's close friendship with George Harrison profoundly influenced the way The Beatles played guitar in the final 18 months of their career together. Most notably heard on Abbey Road - in the form of Lucy, George's '57 Les Paul.
Great list, glad Paul Kossoff and Peter Green got mentions. And great playing, nailed those riffs perfectly. I'll also add I think Kossoff's playing on The Hunter is probably his best and a cracking riff, shame it's a cover. And Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well is a properly good riff.
Awesome review! A top 20 surely would have included: Tom Scholz Neil Schon Dave Meniketti John Sykes Steve Clark Ace Frehley Joe Perry Marc Bolan Mick Ronson
Perhaps because that riff may have been played on a telecaster one can't be sure when it comes to anything on Zep 2 even Zep 3, some is still telecaster
@@joshmuz9018 pretty sure page has said it’s a les Paul, he had just gotten his number 1 from joe Walsh at that point but I kinda sounds like his black custom to my ear. Mid 69 and forward it was mainly les Paul and the tele was used for overdubs but Led Zeppelin II is mostly les Paul
I love playing Design For Life, it can be tricky to nail, but there's always that nervous moment on stage the first time round the chords where I'm wondering whether it's going to be a good version or whether I'm going to butcher it!
Steppin Out and Still of the Night are great ones. But hell, the whole of Led Zeppelin's discography could be included. I don't think anybody has performed as many legendary riffs on a Les Paul as Jimmy Page.
@@danieljansson2310 That's mostly exaggeration by Fender honks. Page recorded Led Zeppelin one with the Tele and the solo to Stairway with his tele, but most everything else was the LP. Also, he never used the tele live after he got his first Les Paul in 1969.
@@mechmat12345 The early live shows were all the dragon tele. LZI was all Tele, lots of LZII were Tele. He only went to the LP live as it was easier to get the same sound as the small watt amps and Tele he used in the studio. He still used Teles for lots of recordings. The point being, it's not a Gibson Fender war. Keith Richards never cared - he said give me 5 minutes with any guitar, I'll make em all sound the same. Pros can do that easily. Gearheads are into gear.
Personally, as a riff, Rebel Rebel by David Bowie is my favourite out of those you mentioned. Mick Ronson was an astounding guitar player who always managed to get a great tone. I love how he created that " honking " tone ( as he calls it ) by using a Cry Baby Wah pedal and leaving it on a setting and cracking a small amp up to full volume.Jean Genie was another example of a simple riff played with bags of attitude. Thanks for these great video's Jack. They're really enjoyable brother.
If you put 00:00 at the beginning of the chapter list, it will give the video official chapters! I always put 00:00 Intro and then add the other chapter markers. Great video!
What a mouth watering line of Gibson's... wow. Great playing and great tones - only gripe is you didn't play the songs long enough! Lol.. I'd watch that all day. 👌
First, I totally agree that Whole Lotta Love is the all time most iconic LP riff (and solo Jack). I found your distinctly British perspective to be very interesting. Although I would agree with about half of your choices I realize how subjective this list (and indeed, Les Paul tone) actually is. So, MIA (for me), Aerosmith - Walk this Way, the opening slide riff in (love it or hate it) Free Bird and (the distinctly British) Do You Feel Like We Do. IMHO.
@@hermitrob5481 they built the US, framed it, founded it etc. It's just a product of their Christian culture, along with french, german, nordic christian culture thereafter (the locke, hume, marx or mason nonsense is the fatal flaw) (it's freedoms, rights etc are all christian concepts that right or righteousness can't be determined by man, therefore he is unstable with power and rights come from God, including property, speech defense etc. - basic christian concepts entirely divorced from pre-christian greek thoughts on stoicism etc. in it's philosophy). And they fought a different Hitler (if they hadn't the US would be speaking german today). They have a disproportional share of US Rock and Metal compared to any other nation due to the guitar players they produce and we are sister nations. Not that i disagree with the names you listed at all. I'd include a few more 70's acts. I thought nugents stranglehold was written on an LP. Maybe it was the semi he played, but that riff is supreme. peace
Interesting. I liked the honorable mentions more than most of the ones that made the list. I would have probably made most of the list Jimmy Page though. I might have included something by the Altman Brothers, maybe One Way Out. And isn’t Life in the Fast Lane on a Les Paul?
Cheeky -- open with 'Oh Well' then it don't get on the list :). Good to see Albatross. Wondering now if the Moore riff was on Peter Green's 'Greeny' Les Paul.
Nice playing, interesting choices in places. I would probably have included Pearl Jam's Alive, as it was a riff and a huge hit, and done on a Les Paul. 20th Century Boy would at least get honorable mention -- A great chord riff and Marc Bolan sold a few Les Pauls..... It was my dream guitar because of him. I personally would have included a Mick Ronson riff, too. Clapton's Steppin Out would also have to be in there somewhere, as another guy on here mentioned... Clapton put the Les Paul on the rock 'n' roll map, basically. But it's all good fun, regardless. Peace.
Man you started so well with “oh well” (even though for some reason it wasn’t in the list). But oasis? The darkness? Even the Sex Pistols? Out of 67 years of the les Paul I was expecting some heavier hitters?
Totally agree ....maybe Smokin or Foreplay or ....or....or.... but discard who? These lists can get enormous. Those first driving LP power chords of Foreplay are iconic Scholz/Boston. At least in this Honorable mention right? C'mon jack....let's hear it. 🤘
Massive kudos for including Oasis and Noel! The band made so many people pick up guitars ..especially after their appearance on The Word when they played Super Sonic . Well done Jack 👍
In 1969 I went to my firstt concert: a pop festival in Seattle. I saw Ike & Tina Turner, The Guess Who, Vanilla Fudge, The Youngbloods and many others band although I most excited to see the headliners: The Doors. My brother and I had been out in the hot sun all day so we decided to stay and listen to just the first song of the next band. We had heard of their name but never heard their music. The song was "Whole Lotta Love" and the band as Led Zeppelin. After the song we left... But since becoming so great I regretted walking out on Zeppelin.
I didn’t expect Peter Green, but thanks for giving him the appreciation he deserves. The best les Paul players have to be Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Gary Moore, and Jeff Beck.
I have a mostly'59 Burst. The body and neck and some plastic are from a 2001 R59. The rest, including the Brazillian fingerboard, inlays and frets, nut, all electronics, hardware, and tuners are from real '59 and '60 LPs. I've always played pretty much what you did on this vid on it, but one day I was doing an online session and they wanted a clean sound for a track. The Burst was nearest to hand and I plugged it in. Wouldn't you know, it, it has a wonderful clean sound in all positions. I was so pleasantly surprised and now I go to it for that sound as much as for the other. One great LP bit is the opening and rhythm guitar on "Daydream" by The Lovin Spoonful. That sound is inimitable. Keef's "Satisfaction" riff was indeed a place saver for a horn part or parts, was done with a Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-tone, and played very straight with no vibrato or harmony. He says he was horrified when he heard it on the radio for the first time and they hadn't added the horns but left the "crappy" fuzz guitar.
Alight now does have 2 guitars in it, still a clever rhythm . I used to play it exactly the way you do. Played crazy train in a 2 guitar band, played the chord pattern an octave higher above the 12th fret along with the original chording my friend played, we doubled the fills and climbs too . Sounded really good together. Great analyzations and playing . Satisfaction uses octaves c to b . Great videos for older guys and younger players..
I was thinking for a second "one band with lots of iconic riffing was missing" but hold on - their lead guitarist played an SG ;) So hey - this was an awesome collection of wonderful riffs and historical Rock memories. And once again I'm utterly amazed by Jack's knowledge of Rock'n'Roll and absolutely stunning playing skills !! 🤟 Hats off for that and thanks for the amazing content on your channel !!!
@@wxrey Hallo Wolfgang - die waren natürlich beide genial. Brian May hat seine Gitarre ursprünglich sogar selbst gebaut. Später hat er sie nachbauen lassen - wenn ich richtig informiert bin. Aber Du hast es bestimmt schon richtig vermutet ;-)) ich hatte bei dem Gedanken schon Angus Young ACDC auf dem Schirm. "High Voltage" war für mich die zweite Platte meines Lebens nur ganz knapp geschlagen von "Made in Japan" von Deep Purple. Beide habe ich so lange rauf und runter gehört, da musste ich selbst einfach auch Gitarrist werden :)
Was not most of Clapton's Cream period done with a GLP and let's not forget that Beck used one for his "Wired" album and got many amazing tones and effects from it...and as far as riffs don't forget Leslie West's contributions !
Best of all time vs best released during my youth: I grew up during 80’s & 90’s. Ace Frehley’s I Was Made For Lovin You riff was the first one I can remember. Survivor’s Eye Of The Tiger was another. Knopfler’s $ for Nothing, then it was all Ibanez for me until Gary Moore’s Still Got The Blues & of course Guns n Roses Sweet Child (Australian Crawl’s Unpublished Critics controversy aside), Pearl Jam’s Alive, more Gunners with Paradise City & Welcome to the Jungle, then Slash & Lenny Kravitz on Always On The Run - my favourite Les Paul riff of all time. Good list. Thanks.
Nicely done !! dang, the Still Got The Blues bit was pretty amazing. That amp LOVED that guitar. Almost thought you hit a wah, the feedback jumped so quick.
Awesome!! Some great riffs, beautifully played as always, I mean what better way to enjoy my coffee break. Loved the recent Strat riffs too, so I cant wait for the (hopefully) forthcoming Greatest Telecaster riffs of all time feature ;-)
Great job! There are so many great LP riffs but you guys definitely picked some of the very best! By the way, what amp did you play all these through? Sounds incredible!
Nice playing indeed! Can't say I'm surprised by #1, I guessed it beforehand, but NO ADAM JONES!!! This guy has done much for evolving riffs and the tones of the Paul...I mean, how many of us actually touch the tone knobs...honestly✌️
Very hard list to compile. You could essentially create a top 10 Les Paul list and only use Zeppelin and ZZ Top - and I don’t think you’d be wrong. Great playing, beautiful guitars.
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If you play Sweet Child O' Mine, you will get copyright claimed! Or as I say it, blocked!
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WTF is this shit? Les Paul didn't play any of these riffs? Do you even know who Les Paul was? He had his own primetime television show in the 50s where he played all his western classics. This list makes no sense.
What is the name of the song for the riff in the intro? Thanks
I was brought up to beleive that with a Les Paul and a Marshall you could rule the world. Here is the proof. Great work indeed Jack.
and a cry baby Wah.
Nothing an HSS or HSH superstrat can't handle.
But there's something beautiful about the neck pickup tones on Les Pauls.
This list could have been nothing but Led Zeppelin and it would have been accurate. Great playing!
Amen
Totally.
Except Peter Green also
Truth
Maybe so but all of the stuff on Led Zeppelin I and about half of II were played on a 59 Telecaster.
Peter Frampton's "Do you feel like we do " could have made into the list. Still, a good list of Les Paul riffs, and great playing. Cheers!
I am glad that Free's Paul Kossoff and Thin Lizzy were included. Definitely mandatory 70's rock bands.
Agreed and yet All Right Now is nothing like a typical Free song
@@geoffmcmahon4453 Mr Big might be my favorite Kossoff riff along with Fraser’s bass playing complimenting it.
@@jr13227 Oh yeah especially the Free Live version
Dickey Betts, Duane Allman, Gary Rossington. Southern Fried Rock guitarists are too often overlooked . But they were some of the greatest players out there .
Gary Rossington makes the Les Paul scream in a way I’ve never heard before. Easily one of my favorite guitarists along with Allen Collins
Yeah i missed Dickey Betts and Duane Allman too.
Amen
Yes yes yes!!!!!
Never heard of them. Happy to hit a search. But if they are in bands, I’m going to get the shits. Ie. I got no idea who the ZZ tops guys are but I know ZZ tops are tops. Know what I’m saying. So let’s help the people get to the good stuff. Deciphering shit ain’t nothing like it used to be. So give up the info or keep it for yourself.
Name, and song so we can engage like a list would expect.
A hard list to compile, but few of these riffs would exist if not for Clapton showcasing his '59 Les Paul's tone with the Bluesbreakers. Hideaway, All Your Love...riffs galore and history making tone.
That Gary Moore lick...superbly played, Jack! One of my favorite licks and guitarists of all time.
"Black Dog" is my favorite Zeppelin guitar riff.
Kashmir does it for me…
Most Led Zep riffs are the ducks nuts! "Over The Hills And Far Away" is my fave. When Bonham kicks in it goes off-chops. Far too much guitar is grossly inadequate, woefully insufficient & nowhere near enough! Rock 'til ya drop.
Didyabringyabongalong Station, Central Queensland, Australia.
I thought Black Dog was played on a telecaster. I could be wrong
@@mooseknuckle8946
All accounts say that it was recorded on Les Paul.
If it were a Tele, it doesn't sound like one.
My humbucker Teles don't sound anything like my Les Pauls.
I’m a fan of rock n roll lick it’s such a great one to play. Black dog is easy to stuff up. But is also great and very iconic
As usual great playing and tones. Great to watch, very talented. I think you covered all the riffs. One I would put in is the great Mick Ronson and Ziggy Stardust
Still of the Night (John Sykes in Whitesnake). My fav riff from the 80s
One of my favs of all time
Absolutely!
Finally! Someone who understands that You don't need dist pedals to make a Les Paul sing. Thank You!
You guys are brave Jack, I wouldn’t be able to narrow it down to 10, there are so many great riffs. Good job making a list!
Those guitars were fantastic!! Bravo on a great video!!
I saw a video a while back explaining how Jimmy Page droned the open "D" string against the fretted and slightly bent D note for Whole Lotta Love, creating a bit of dissonant tension. Listen carefully to the very first notes on the recording.
Also, it takes much discipline to pick just 10 Les Paul riffs. Well done!
Uncle Larry?
@@johnshanesyandtheaccommoda1189 We all have a little Uncle Larry inside of us.
And that's exactly how this guy played it.
I loved your playing of Crazy Train! I see no women in the comments. I don’t play the guitar but I enjoyed your playing of classic riffs.
Satisfaction, that was one of the first riffs my dad showed me when I first started playing.
now you gotta do the top 10 strat riffs
He did.
Mississippi Queen- it would have been fun to include an LP Jr riff. Also Walk This Way and Steppin Out immediately come to mind.
Walk this way was apparently a Strat
The video was totally bias towards English rock riffs… probably why.
Yes!
Mississippi Queen was done on a Les Paul Junior.........dog ear P-90 pup....
Walk this way apparently features Joe using a double cutaway LP Jr Model with a bridge p90 on the rhythm tracks and Strats on the solos
I couldn’t agree more with your choice for #1. Whole Lotta Love is my favourite song of all time for having:
A. the greatest guitar riff ever
B. the greatest guitar solo ever
C. the greatest drum fills ever.
Nothing has sold more Les Pauls than the tone of Jimmy Page’s Telecaster crunch through a cranked Super Beatle amp with Transonic cabinets. 👍😁
I see where youre going with this, great riffs on the first album, but the whole second album (except for the electric 12 on Thank You and Living Loving) is the Les Paul... Iconic Les Paul tone, Whole Lotta Love, Heartbreaker, Moby, Bring it on Home, etc., etc, etc..... that aint no Tele!... oh and the Vox used for Lemon Song and Whole Lotta Love wasnt a Super Beatle it was a 7120....
Wow, it's not as if I've read this comment 784 times whenever Led Zeppelin and Les Pauls come up on a TH-cam video....
Right on. Except I'm pretty sure Whole Lotta Love was recorded with a Tele. Nothing sold more Les Pauls than Jimmy Page's Telecaster.
He used a Tele for the first album but switched to the '59 Les Paul he bought from Joe Walsh for the rest of his career. He did use the Tele for the solo on Stairway to Heaven.
Jimmy said he used a Les Paul to record Whole Lotta Love, I think it was a heavily modified one as well but he said he loved how that exact guitar had amazing sustain (like all Les Pauls do but this one had even more)
@@BROWNCOAT74 well if anyone knows how to set up a Les Paul to get the most out of it Joe Walsh does! 🤠👍
Absolutely correct!
It begins and ends with whole lotta love
That LP you’re holding in the intro while talking is stunning 😍
With Led Zeppelin/Page, imagine being so good it’s kind of an unwritten rule that only one of your riffs can be included. It’s a hell of a compliment.
They don't want to steal the show, but could have easily.
No Duane & Dickey? PLEASE! That was the music that first enamoured me to the LP sound all those decades ago!
If you want iconic Les Paul riffs and sound you have to go back to 1966 when Eric Clapton played his Les Paul through a overdriven Marshall on The Beano album and changed the world.
Every track on that should have made this list!!!
your talking to people who can't understand the impact that sound had at the time
Absolutely nailed every tone. Sounds exactly like the records
Great choices, and some of my faves... Whole Lotta Love! And, Led Zep could own all 10 spots! Great playing as always!
Whole lotta love is definitely the sound I hear when I think of the Les Paul tone
I thought it was recorded on a Telecaster?
@@louissanderson719 we may never know until he confirms it, but it sounds like a Les Paul to me
Probably heard this one but would have Jessica on this list. This and your other Top 10s are wonderful. Thanks from Colorado.
The Darkness played on a '68 Black Beauty - stunning
Eric Clapton .Almost everything from the Beano album . The start of the rock sound
Granted that this was an impossible task I'm still a little bummed to not see Eric Clapton in some capacity either with Cream or the Bluesbreakers stuff.
Yeah Clapton really set the les Paul on its path to greatness
Clapton sold more original Les Pauls in the 60’s Than any other ( it made Gibson start making them again)
Then people came in the shop and wanted to sound like Kossof and Page in the 70’s.
In the 80’s they wanted to sound like kiss and Aerosmith, gnr int the 90’s and Darkness in the 2000’s
@@darrenc8776 agreed. And it should be noted Eric's close friendship with George Harrison profoundly influenced the way The Beatles played guitar in the final 18 months of their career together. Most notably heard on Abbey Road - in the form of Lucy, George's '57 Les Paul.
Great list, glad Paul Kossoff and Peter Green got mentions. And great playing, nailed those riffs perfectly.
I'll also add I think Kossoff's playing on The Hunter is probably his best and a cracking riff, shame it's a cover. And Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well is a properly good riff.
Although Alright Now and a few other riffs needed no delay to sound right All good tho
Awesome review!
A top 20 surely would have included:
Tom Scholz
Neil Schon
Dave Meniketti
John Sykes
Steve Clark
Ace Frehley
Joe Perry
Marc Bolan
Mick Ronson
I love Mick Ronson so much
I could watch anything this dude plays and be happy... man Peach Guitars is really luck to have you!
Fabulous playing, and after watching this I gave up MY aims to be a guitar player!
Thanks for this, amazing sounds and so fabulously played here!
Whole lotta love is the undisputed best les Paul riff ever
Perhaps because that riff may have been played on a telecaster one can't be sure when it comes to anything on Zep 2 even Zep 3, some is still telecaster
@@joshmuz9018 pretty sure page has said it’s a les Paul, he had just gotten his number 1 from joe Walsh at that point but I kinda sounds like his black custom to my ear. Mid 69 and forward it was mainly les Paul and the tele was used for overdubs but Led Zeppelin II is mostly les Paul
Unfortunately wrong played...
Great job 👌🏻 & tones too 👍🏻
Why not mention the signal chain for us tone geeks out there 😃
A cracking song played on a les paul
Manic street preachers, a design for life . Nice melody .
I love playing Design For Life, it can be tricky to nail, but there's always that nervous moment on stage the first time round the chords where I'm wondering whether it's going to be a good version or whether I'm going to butcher it!
White Les Paul ! The Holy Bible was an amazing album .. bit dark !
Steppin Out and Still of the Night are great ones. But hell, the whole of Led Zeppelin's discography could be included. I don't think anybody has performed as many legendary riffs on a Les Paul as Jimmy Page.
Still mist of them recorded with a tele😉
I saw a joke on here once about music stores and it said, “no one sells more les pauls than Jimmy Page’s telecaster.”
@@danieljansson2310 That's mostly exaggeration by Fender honks. Page recorded Led Zeppelin one with the Tele and the solo to Stairway with his tele, but most everything else was the LP. Also, he never used the tele live after he got his first Les Paul in 1969.
Because he recorded most of them on a Tele? He played live with a LP, But used both equally in the studio.
@@mechmat12345 The early live shows were all the dragon tele. LZI was all Tele, lots of LZII were Tele. He only went to the LP live as it was easier to get the same sound as the small watt amps and Tele he used in the studio. He still used Teles for lots of recordings. The point being, it's not a Gibson Fender war. Keith Richards never cared - he said give me 5 minutes with any guitar, I'll make em all sound the same. Pros can do that easily. Gearheads are into gear.
God above! The amp sounds are glorious! Plus the murphy aged custom was off the charts!
Wow, Rebel Rebel. Great underrated addition to the list. Never tried learning it but now it's a must. Off to learn it now. Thanks!
Excellent job on accurately capturing the tone and feel of each riff, Jack!
Personally, as a riff, Rebel Rebel by David Bowie is my favourite out of those you mentioned. Mick Ronson was an astounding guitar player who always managed to get a great tone. I love how he created that " honking " tone ( as he calls it ) by using a Cry Baby Wah pedal and leaving it on a setting and cracking a small amp up to full volume.Jean Genie was another example of a simple riff played with bags of attitude. Thanks for these great video's Jack. They're really enjoyable brother.
Ronson was great in so many ways but I'm pretty sure it was Bowie himself who played the guitars on "Rebel rebel".
For years I actually thought this was a Rolling Stones song lol
If you put 00:00 at the beginning of the chapter list, it will give the video official chapters! I always put 00:00 Intro and then add the other chapter markers. Great video!
What a mouth watering line of Gibson's... wow. Great playing and great tones - only gripe is you didn't play the songs long enough! Lol.. I'd watch that all day. 👌
Thanks Dave, glad you enjoyed it!
First, I totally agree that Whole Lotta Love is the all time most iconic LP riff (and solo Jack). I found your distinctly British perspective to be very interesting. Although I would agree with about half of your choices I realize how subjective this list (and indeed, Les Paul tone) actually is. So, MIA (for me), Aerosmith - Walk this Way, the opening slide riff in (love it or hate it) Free Bird and (the distinctly British) Do You Feel Like We Do. IMHO.
Although it could be argued that some of the old LZ stuff was a Tele
Would love to have a track by track dissection by Page
Thank you for your comment and I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Paul. Walk This Way nearly made the list until we found it was recorded on a Strat!
First thing I noticed as well. What different tastes we have. No Joe P? No Gary R? No Don F? No Dwayne A? Eh, no wonder we bailed them out twice!
@@hermitrob5481 they built the US, framed it, founded it etc. It's just a product of their Christian culture, along with french, german, nordic christian culture thereafter (the locke, hume, marx or mason nonsense is the fatal flaw) (it's freedoms, rights etc are all christian concepts that right or righteousness can't be determined by man, therefore he is unstable with power and rights come from God, including property, speech defense etc. - basic christian concepts entirely divorced from pre-christian greek thoughts on stoicism etc. in it's philosophy). And they fought a different Hitler (if they hadn't the US would be speaking german today). They have a disproportional share of US Rock and Metal compared to any other nation due to the guitar players they produce and we are sister nations. Not that i disagree with the names you listed at all. I'd include a few more 70's acts. I thought nugents stranglehold was written on an LP. Maybe it was the semi he played, but that riff is supreme. peace
WOW
Great video, Great playing
That les Paul in the into is stunning
Not only in looks but tone !
Interesting. I liked the honorable mentions more than most of the ones that made the list. I would have probably made most of the list Jimmy Page though. I might have included something by the Altman Brothers, maybe One Way Out. And isn’t Life in the Fast Lane on a Les Paul?
The Allman Brothers Band is missing for sure! One way out, Jessica or In memory of Elizabeth Reed should be included or at least an honorable mention.
That's a Strat.
Cheeky -- open with 'Oh Well' then it don't get on the list :). Good to see Albatross. Wondering now if the Moore riff was on Peter Green's 'Greeny' Les Paul.
I could have sworn that PG said he recorded that w a Strat
@@paulcowart3174 the slide part was on a strat
@@paulcowart3174 That is absolutely correct.
@@markwright9352 The main guitar was also a Strat.
Wonderful list, tones, and guitars!!
I love it!! Paradise city, Brothers in arms......just play them all, man. I'll watch it even if it's 2 hours long.
That Darkness riff just rips! Nothing like blasting an LP through a cranked Marshall! Vibrates your soul!
The tones on this video are incredible
A few tele riffs there? No matter, just looking at an LP takes you there, playing one just oozes soul. Great vid.
Could have listened all day. Great playing.
Nice playing, interesting choices in places. I would probably have included Pearl Jam's Alive, as it was a riff and a huge hit, and done on a Les Paul. 20th Century Boy would at least get honorable mention -- A great chord riff and Marc Bolan sold a few Les Pauls..... It was my dream guitar because of him. I personally would have included a Mick Ronson riff, too. Clapton's Steppin Out would also have to be in there somewhere, as another guy on here mentioned... Clapton put the Les Paul on the rock 'n' roll map, basically. But it's all good fun, regardless. Peace.
The riffs are amazing.
But special separate thanks for nicely putting short stories behind each of them!
Man you started so well with “oh well” (even though for some reason it wasn’t in the list). But oasis? The darkness? Even the Sex Pistols? Out of 67 years of the les Paul I was expecting some heavier hitters?
OMG the "money for nothing" ,play and quite impressively the tone as well, were bang on. Good job indeed.
No Boston Riffs. Tom Schultz and I are bleak... That said amazing playing as always. Thanks!!
Totally agree ....maybe Smokin or Foreplay or ....or....or.... but discard who?
These lists can get enormous.
Those first driving LP power chords of Foreplay are iconic Scholz/Boston. At least in this Honorable mention right? C'mon jack....let's hear it. 🤘
Love my 57 Les Paul standard. Thanks Duane Allman.🙏
Massive kudos for including Oasis and Noel! The band made so many people pick up guitars ..especially after their appearance on The Word when they played Super Sonic . Well done Jack 👍
Two thumbs up for including the Darkness
Great video!
Yea What amp and pedals are being used?
Thanks Ross, really appreciate it!
Great list! Loved seeing The Darkness on there, don’t get the credit they deserve in my opinion
In 1969 I went to my firstt concert: a pop festival in Seattle. I saw Ike & Tina Turner, The Guess Who, Vanilla Fudge, The Youngbloods and many others band although I most excited to see the headliners: The Doors. My brother and I had been out in the hot sun all day so we decided to stay and listen to just the first song of the next band. We had heard of their name but never heard their music. The song was "Whole Lotta Love" and the band as Led Zeppelin. After the song we left... But since becoming so great I regretted walking out on Zeppelin.
I didn’t expect Peter Green, but thanks for giving him the appreciation he deserves. The best les Paul players have to be Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Gary Moore, and Jeff Beck.
Paul Kossoff also
@@TheHumbuckerboy I have limited knowledge about him, but I have heard that he is one of the best.
@@youssefkasim7556 Check out his time when he was in FREE ...You won't be disappointed !
I have a mostly'59 Burst. The body and neck and some plastic are from a 2001 R59. The rest, including the Brazillian fingerboard, inlays and frets, nut, all electronics, hardware, and tuners are from real '59 and '60 LPs.
I've always played pretty much what you did on this vid on it, but one day I was doing an online session and they wanted a clean sound for a track. The Burst was nearest to hand and I plugged it in. Wouldn't you know, it, it has a wonderful clean sound in all positions. I was so pleasantly surprised and now I go to it for that sound as much as for the other.
One great LP bit is the opening and rhythm guitar on "Daydream" by The Lovin Spoonful. That sound is inimitable. Keef's "Satisfaction" riff was indeed a place saver for a horn part or parts, was done with a Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-tone, and played very straight with no vibrato or harmony. He says he was horrified when he heard it on the radio for the first time and they hadn't added the horns but left the "crappy" fuzz guitar.
Enjoyed watching and listening to you play these. Thanks much.
Thats a great list, I mean this list could be endless.Jack you done them all justice as always.
Sometimes he spoiles some of the greatest Riffs during the Intro (unmentioned): It is Fleetwood Mac's "Oh well".
Agree with you mate!
Absolutely! If someone to ask me to describe a great Les Paul tone I would tell them listen to "Oh Well”.
Incredible video and amazing playing!!
I'd love to know which cab + speakers were used? Any pedals? Cheers :)
Thank you Jack . I really enjoyed the video.
Sorry if this was already cleared up, but did you use a Maz for this whole video??? Sounds amazing!
Dude you nailed it perfect
Great video, I was surprised Alive by Pearl Jam wasn't in there! Was glad to hear Black Shuck got a little play at the end too.
Alight now does have 2 guitars in it, still a clever rhythm . I used to play it exactly the way you do. Played crazy train in a 2 guitar band, played the chord pattern an octave higher above the 12th fret along with the original chording my friend played, we doubled the fills and climbs too . Sounded really good together. Great analyzations and playing . Satisfaction uses octaves c to b . Great videos for older guys and younger players..
I was thinking for a second "one band with lots of iconic riffing was missing" but hold on - their lead guitarist played an SG ;)
So hey - this was an awesome collection of wonderful riffs and historical Rock memories.
And once again I'm utterly amazed by Jack's knowledge of Rock'n'Roll and absolutely stunning playing skills !! 🤟
Hats off for that and thanks for the amazing content on your channel !!!
That wasnt even an SG, if you´re talking about Queen (Brian May uses custom made guitars), or did you talk about Frank Zappa ? ;-))
@@wxrey Hallo Wolfgang - die waren natürlich beide genial.
Brian May hat seine Gitarre ursprünglich sogar selbst gebaut. Später hat er sie nachbauen lassen - wenn ich richtig informiert bin. Aber Du hast es bestimmt schon richtig vermutet ;-)) ich hatte bei dem Gedanken schon Angus Young ACDC auf dem Schirm. "High Voltage" war für mich die zweite Platte meines Lebens nur ganz knapp geschlagen von "Made in Japan" von Deep Purple. Beide habe ich so lange rauf und runter gehört, da musste ich selbst einfach auch Gitarrist werden :)
Angus Young !
@@stricknine8623 yessss !!! 👍 🤟
@@stricknine8623 if I’m not mistaking his brother played riffs on LesPaul
Was not most of Clapton's Cream period done with a GLP and let's not forget that Beck used one for his "Wired" album and got many amazing tones and effects from it...and as far as riffs don't forget Leslie West's contributions !
You put this list together very well, keep the top notch playing up and thank you.
Best of all time vs best released during my youth: I grew up during 80’s & 90’s. Ace Frehley’s I Was Made For Lovin You riff was the first one I can remember. Survivor’s Eye Of The Tiger was another. Knopfler’s $ for Nothing, then it was all Ibanez for me until Gary Moore’s Still Got The Blues & of course Guns n Roses Sweet Child (Australian Crawl’s Unpublished Critics controversy aside), Pearl Jam’s Alive, more Gunners with Paradise City & Welcome to the Jungle, then Slash & Lenny Kravitz on Always On The Run - my favourite Les Paul riff of all time.
Good list. Thanks.
Without doubt the greatest guitar for rock and blues and jazz.
Nice that you got Koss and Green in
Koss and green are the pinnacle of les paul tone in my opinion 🤘 you sir have great taste
@@Paul-D my two heroes
@@steveburroughs7343 indeed, RIP to both may the music last forever.
@@Paul-D amen
nice demo and playing, I think Whole Lotta Love also lets the open D ring out along with the D 5th fret 5th string.
Great riffs great playing .. when yoy doing part 2 😁😎
There were so many phenomenal riffs left over, a part 2 may be due at some point!
@@PeachGuitars sounds like a good plan to me 😎 🎸 could do a fender one as well .. maybe even a best acoustic riffs .. 😁
That LP custom looks sooo good
Great Job Jack , rock on mate !
Nicely done !! dang, the Still Got The Blues bit was pretty amazing. That amp LOVED that guitar. Almost thought you hit a wah, the feedback jumped so quick.
Awesome. More videos of similar context please :)
Awesome!! Some great riffs, beautifully played as always, I mean what better way to enjoy my coffee break. Loved the recent Strat riffs too, so I cant wait for the (hopefully) forthcoming Greatest Telecaster riffs of all time feature ;-)
this guys one of the best .... so enjoyed that ,,,,, thank you
Great job! There are so many great LP riffs but you guys definitely picked some of the very best!
By the way, what amp did you play all these through? Sounds incredible!
Excellent Top Ten , thanks
Nice playing indeed! Can't say I'm surprised by #1, I guessed it beforehand, but NO ADAM JONES!!! This guy has done much for evolving riffs and the tones of the Paul...I mean, how many of us actually touch the tone knobs...honestly✌️
Very hard list to compile. You could essentially create a top 10 Les Paul list and only use Zeppelin and ZZ Top - and I don’t think you’d be wrong. Great playing, beautiful guitars.
Super super.. I watched this, the strat and the Tele videos. Great playing and riffage!
You have a great grip on the rock side of the Les, but all in all I think the best Les Paul riffs were played by Les himself.
You did a smashing job on every one of those. Fair play 👍