I've tabbed out lots of riffs and licks, check my blogs, dude.

Yes Ive noticed, your at it all the time, your well devoted to it, I think it's great we can find people like you around. your work ethic is pretty intense.

But are you saying more riffs and less licks?

No not at all, Ive seen a lot of what you do and im impressed with it, theres a few things im gonna steal from you that I like, hehe ( isnt that how it works). we are totaly different players influence wise, but I can see what you are doing and its cool stuff. Im not really a shred head, im more of a classic rock player really, although I have borrowed from loads of places like everybody does, its quite strange how people react when I sweep during my deep purple hush solo, and I very seldom tap, Ive noticed that you dont over do things in that department either. you have made quite a contribution to the online community over the years, well done.

This is a exercise I use to warm up. it's easy to play, works hammers and pulls, and involves alot of pinkey. I don't have my guitar handy so I'm not certain I tabbed it out perfectly. Trying to tab stuff from memory is like advanced air guitar (mind guitar)... Also, I replaced the hyphens with the "~" in hopes that the spacing will be maintained a little better in the tab.

E|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
B|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5h7p5~~~~~~
G|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~9v~7~~~~~~~7v~~~
D|~~~~~~~~~~~~~4h7p4~~~~~6h9p6~7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A|~~~~~4h7p4~5~~~~~~~5/7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E|~3/5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

E|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
B|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G|~9p6~~~6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D|~~~~~7~~~9p6~~~6~7p4~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A|~~~~~~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~5~~~7p4~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~7p4p0~4~5v~~~

I can tab out a more advanced version of this if there is any interest...

I like it, how about your favorite riff or run or musical sequence these are the things I'm after. I really like blues based stuff like the Dorian pentatonic that PG and Blackmore use, and the Zack Wylde pentatonic runs. maybe the Hammett style or Rhodes type runs etc.

You can't escape the theory though, man. ANYTHING you can play or write can be analyzed and explained using music theory. It's nothing more than a language to explain how notes interact with each other.

I think what you were trying to say is you're tired of the neo-classical stuff, the sweep arpeggios, the oddball scales, etc etc. There's a pretty big difference between massive riffage and speed-of-light "hungarian tetraphonic googoltastic proletariat scale in the third" runs. You're tired of a certain style that concentrates on applying a vast knowledge of theory to speed of light histrionics.

In that case, I'm right there with you. I like the ridiculous fast crazy stuff, but sometimes you just have to rock out and ignore the speed. A good balance is what I'd like to get, and I think guys like Paul Gilbert and Andy Timmons are examples of guys who can balance the act.

I suck at making tab work on this site, so I'll just share a favorite chord. Remember to play it clean (maybe with a little bluesy grit...I kind of like that)

E - Open
B - Open
G - 9
D - 9
A - 11
E - Open

It's just a revoiced major chord but it sounds AWESOME.