For all you guitarists...

rickysambo · #11 05-11-2013, 08:54 PM

Just a few off the top of my head-
My guitar lies bleeding in my hands(One of a kind song.I try to ration the whole album listens and playing so that it doesnt lose its novelty.Yeah,all those years and its still pretty refreshing and hasn't lost its charm)

Any other day(A memorable melodic solo and one of the better post 2000 songs)

Dry county(Obvious pick)

By the way,could anyone help me with the intro riff to "Homebound train"?I posted a long time back but it got "lost".

Iceman · #12 05-11-2013, 09:03 PM

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Just a few off the top of my head-
My guitar lies bleeding in my hands(One of a kind song.I try to ration the whole album listens and playing so that it doesnt lose its novelty.Yeah,all those years and its still pretty refreshing and hasn't lost its charm)

I like the riff, but I don't like detuning and retuning... I sometimes go in the dropped-D mode and play all the songs I know in dropped-D, but mostly I avoid playing anything with an alternate tuning.

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By the way,could anyone help me with the intro riff to "Homebound train"?I posted a long time back but it got "lost".

http://www.freezezone.com/tab_albums.php?s=newjersey

Ice

Juls Sambora · #13 05-11-2013, 09:04 PM

Bad Name is really cool to play. You can put your whole emotions into the intro, riff and solo. It's easy to play but kicks ass. But I also like Raise your hands and Bad medicine. Compared to that stuff the new songs are just boring. There's no song on What about now that demands to be played except of the solo in I'm with you.

Living_on_my_Hair · #14 05-11-2013, 09:31 PM

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The riff's easy. Solo's a bit harder, but it's not impossible by any means.

Well, it's not ''easy'' - demonstrated by the fact that I can't play it.
The Raise your hands riff too, whilst simple - it can be tricky to keep it up without dropping my timing or fluffing a note. But like I said, I no longer play my guitar seriously. Oh, and I'm also not very good anymore..

Andi

WillRunForChocolate · #15 05-11-2013, 10:40 PM

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Whilst not technically my favourite to play, the automatic reaction for every time I pick up an acoustic guitar anywhere, is to play the opening riff of Wanted. It's like it's programmed into me, sometimes I don't even realise I've done it - it's one of my 'go to' songs to play. Like 'Fade to black', 'Every breath you take' and the ever predictable 'Stairway to heaven'.. I like picky acoustic type stuff

Andi

I like the Wanted riff too. I've only had an acoustic guitar until recently so I've always been drawn to their acoustic, easy strumming songs. I'm not talented enough to be more than a rhythm guitarist

WillRunForChocolate · #16 05-11-2013, 10:41 PM

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Aloha !

Am I the only one on here who rarely plays Bon Jovi songs anymore? I occasionally play a song, but I don't have one that I keep going back to anymore. Every now and then I do try to teach myself how to play a song or guitar solo, but once I actually can it's no longer interesting to me.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

What type of non-Jovi music do you enjoy playing?

WillRunForChocolate · #17 05-11-2013, 10:45 PM

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Actually, one of the reasons I don't play as much anymore is actually kind of like this. It takes away a bit of the ''magic'' for me - sometimes I hear a tune, think it would be fun to play, look up the tabs and think ''Oh..it's a simple G,C D song..meh..'' and learn a riff or two then quickly lose interest.
Obviously if I had a band to jam with I would probably be happy to play with it more, but on their own, Bon Jovi songs aren't actually that interesting to play - bar a few obvious exceptions and their solos.

Oh, and I'd obviously love to be able to burst out ''Homebound train'' on my guitar, but I think I'd probably have a stroke.
The ''guitar'' on WAN is a snorefest, nothing interesting on there at all and I would have no desire to learn any of that.

Andi

This is the difference - I love it when I discover another G, C, D, Em song! Although that's probably why one of my kids says everything I play sounds the same, lol.

I'd love to learn Homebound Train one day. It's still one of my favorite songs.

Supersonic · #18 05-11-2013, 10:59 PM

Aloha !

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What type of non-Jovi music do you enjoy playing?

I play a lot of Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses, because it's very riff orientated and bluesy at the same time. Whenever I play on my acoustic I tend to play more indie or the simple Beatle stuff, or just some acoustic blues. I do try to teach myself Bon Jovi guitar solo's every once in a while, but that's about it. I've pretty much taught myself to play the stuff I've always wanted to play. Whatever's left takes me too much time to figure out.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

semigoodlookin · #19 05-12-2013, 12:24 AM

I enjoy playing I Believe, Bad Name, Wild in the Streets, Never Say Goodbye, a few others as well that are not jumping to mind. Oh and weirdly, I love playing the "solo" from You Want to Make a Memory, sure I know it is not a lot going on there but I like to see how much feel I can get out of it, or to see if I can nail a tone that elevates it beyond a simple lick. I do both every single time naturally

rickysambo · #20 05-29-2013, 07:53 PM

Thank you Iceman,for the link to the tab site.I thought it would have all Bon jovi songs,but couldnt find any bonus tracks.I was specifically looking for "Sad song night"(I wasnt able to figure out the chorus chords right away and started looking).

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