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Originally Posted by DamianJ
A riff is not a solo. A riff is a guitar hook (usually only a few notes) that makes the song work. A solo is played in the middle of a song and is (usually) little more than the guitarist masturbating.
Cream had some great riffs. Sunshine of your love, Cocaine, etc.
Smoke on the Water has to win though. imho. First riff I played on the guitar!
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thanks for explaining that, although I'm more than certain that a few dozen posts later people will still be writing their favorite solos in this thread...