Mark Lettieri - My Favorite Riffs

[@burroughs334]

He just won me over completely with the King’s X riffs. I really like this guy. He’s a total geek in the very best way.

[@GrooveBros]

Who's here for Mark!! 🙋‍♂️

[@BigSh00tsie]

Was actually hoping he meant favorite riffs he wrote. Got excited to see if “Little Minx” would make the list (my favorite tune of his).

[@trijigon]

Groove Bros I’m here for bruce

[@KristinaMay2109]

Groove Bros me🤚😍

[@adam872]

King's X - hell yes! Great choice and Ty is one of my all time favourite guitarists. Love Snarky Puppy too.

[@worldwarmiii]

Just another comment about how much I love both Mark and Ty Tabor. King's X for the win.

[@DroneCorpse]

Mark is one of my favorite guitarists of all time. Y'all need to check out his solo work. Especially Spark&Echo, and Deep: The Baritone Sessions. No one quite like this 🐐

[@peaelare]

His new album is fantastic! Things Of That Nature. May be my favorite yet.

[@justyo96]

Spark&Echo blows my mind every time. He's one of my favorite contemporary players as well! (Along with Guthrie Govan of course ;P)

[@zachrollins9034]

So glad to see some love for King X, one my favorite bands of all time as well. Mark is as tasteful of a listener as he is a player :)

[@dennispack350]

I love that Mark is influenced by King’s X! One of the greatest rock bands of all time!!!

[@thinweasel1]

Absolutely. Criminal how unrecognised they are

[@TheFirstGroover]

I hear a lot of heavy grunge hard rock stuff: soundgarden, alice in chains, nirvana, green river, faith no more, smashing pumpkins, temple of the dog, primus, Melvins, but man, I just miss King's X. Such a shame for me.

[@pusztai777]

All excellent choices! Black The Sky is my favorite riff by one of the most underrated bands of all time, so glad it got some love!

[@dallasstorey]

Nice to hear a tasteful guitarist, not just another Shredomatic !!

[@goodguy2627]

You don’t accidentally mean Frank Gambale? 😀

[@dallasstorey]

@@goodguy2627 Mr Sweep ! :-)

[@pauljohnson1065]

Ty Tabor would be proud of Mark!!!! What a guy!!!And he plays well also!!

[@Jay-lr3me]

Love how much mark is into prince.. prince never gets enough credit in the guitar world.. and that probably explains why I love marks playing so much too!

[@andrewwright3949]

What I love is all the love for the love that Mark showed for King's X. I was like, right on, and then I read the comments .... and then I right on'd again!

[@kelporter5932]

Bambi was my favorite riff way back when and I totally havn’t heard it in years. Put this on to check out the riffs and you start with that and it really made my day. Love that track glad you had it on here!

[@mozartsp]

Wow, black the sky! nice pick!

[@CainPaisley]

Mark Lettieri talking about King's X is everything I needed today :D

[@kntuchy]

jist in case some bassist comes across this and wonders what the bass in the background is: it's a Sandberg Classic.

[@suedehead23]

DAMN IT - All Day Sucker is such an underrated song, great choice! Love that verse riff with Stevie mirroring it in the vocals :D Also win with the King's X

[@jamesfurr3346]

“King’s X favorite rock bands of the history of the world” 👍🏻

[@Dontchangemynameok]

James Furr I totally agree- and they are recording a new record!

[@jamesfurr3346]

Kevin Call I heard that!

[@CGCEifel]

Moanjam from FHL is my #1 Blues ever!

[@paulvillarreal1588]

Very tasty list! Always happy to see love for the Mighty King’s X!!! And Stevie Wonder is of course legend, but cool to see a a lesser known tune but one that I totally agree just absolutely jams!

[@mrkb34]

Thanks Mark! I love playing that Sly tune you shared here. That is my first foray into playing funk licks on the guitar. Can anyone else recommend some others?

[@jorgetenamusic]

Mark such a great player!!!

[@marksystemed4678]

Ojai, Point Iz, and Naptime are great tunes from the album "Things of that Nature'.

[@sushigimme]

Though Mark Lettieri plays the guitar, he reminds me so much of Guy Patterson from the movie "That Thing You Do" when he talks. He just seems like a really-down to earth fella and even when his musical vocabulary and knowledge is quite impressive, he's still a humble person.

[@albertmiller3082]

Great call re: Guy Patterson. LOL Bravo, man.

[@RandyWillcox]

Saw Mark at M3 in Anaheim at NAMM for the Elements of Sound show. Stellar player, killer funk chops and this was great! And as King's X is my fave, as soon as he started Black The Sky, I knew he'd forever be one of my favorite players. 🙌🏻

[@mjlettieri]

Thanks dude! That was a FUN night!

[@patxmcq]

One thing - the Band of Gypsies New Years Eve album was recorded in the Fillmore *East*, making that song recorded not in Berkeley but in the one and only New York City

[@gaelenmckee6400]

I've been getting really into his playing recently, so cool to see this. The fact that he chose a King's X riff just makes me love him even more

[@codyburgess7034]

I’ve always dug Snarky Puppy but you made my day with the Kings X riff. Ty has always been my fav player.

[@francescomoneti6737]

mark has the whole package,he s the man!

[@danieloliveiraog]

Good God! I don't know why but that G-Style he uses for Black the Sky just vibed with me something crazy, what a BEAUTIFUL instrument!!

[@jasonpitre1249]

“I threw some reverb and delay on it to make me feel better about myself”. So true!!! Lol I wish I could throw a bit of verb and delay other aspects of my life. Boss gets mad…throw some verb on it. Lol

[@binface9]

Mark's such a cool guy

[@TheloniusJ]

Hell yeah. So killer. Also, the TONE he has is phenomenal.

[@MyLesley01]

I like Mark even more for loving kings x!!!!!

[@Davidmeinhorn]

That King's X riff killed me.

[@elrafa782]

Love this guy, watch ever he plays. I guess I’m just a fan.

[@mattgilbert7347]

The best riff is the opening to Beethoven's Fifth. "DADA-DYMMMM/DADA-DOOOMMM" - closely followed by 85% ofAC/DC (R.I.P Malcolm, you lived and died in the pocket)

[@charlesford8692]

This is incredible

[@sauravpradhan1566]

wooo! more like this pls

[@theprisonier]

what a sound with single coils and what a player, and yes you're right, kings'x is for me the best underrated band in rock history. Ty and DuG are genius. thx to the Master of Funk M.E. for this.

[@kevinhicks3214]

Whenever I play the Who Knows riff it, sooner or later, turns into Sunshine of Your Love by Cream.

[@stk7778]

King's X!! YES!

[@JuneTao-z2j]

totally makes sense that he is a Kings X fan and heavily influenced by them .. his groove is fire

[@kevinbrennen6773]

KING'S X!!!!! YES!!! Much respect!!

[@luvisacigarette8]

For those that love Mark and King’s X, checkout Cosmosquad (fusion + heavy edge w/ guitarist Jeff Kollman)

[@Alfalfa_Male]

Omg, I fucking love playing that Bambi riff!

[@cesmcmyth]

Mark is great. TC Electronic is great - except for the pedal I got that came in the post defective :-( - but that tone of the first riff is huuuuuuuuuuge and on the bridge? EEEEEY!!!! :-D yesterday I heard for the first time Who Knows, covered by Philip Soyce and I was noodling right on the moment of this video the riff.... and then he starts playing it! ha! cool stupid little moment hahaha

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

"Band of Gypsys" - Recorded at Fillmore East (NYC), January 1, 1970. His last full-length album, and one he would not have released except for contractual obligations with Capitol records.

[@pauljude]

Gotta love the Sly and Stevie Wonder riffs. I'd mention Jimi but that's painfully obvious.

[@matthewjumps]

dude looks like colin firth and badger blended together

[@AlmostGrewMyHair]

How profoundly accurate.

[@zacharyariasmusic]

Amazing tone bro

[@shannon1664]

And just to prove he loves music for the sake of music, King's X and Stevie Wonder. Any argument, any argument at all, is invalid.

[@LoopConnection]

THe Who Knows riff sounds a lot like Good Morning Little School Girl

[@GraemeStanfordWilson]

Yeah, it do.

[@MirageLovesGuitar]

WOW! Prince - Bambi

[@timwoodruff]

5:25 Props for the King's X riff.

[@bobbyfoster3769]

All over the love for King's X.

[@chrisf6216]

Mark, you did King's X. We can be friends!

[@chadh6640]

King's X!!!??!! Mark, you da man!

[@TheArturoLig]

Great töne! Does anyone know what guitar and (most importantly) what pickups he is using? Such a fat tone for a strat, love it!

[@JPOliveiragtr]

Up

[@FunkadelicPancho]

Dogman is such a killer album

[@mgrimault]

who knows 😍😍😍😍

[@wartimemodels]

Mark is awesome.

[@ericamorelli9223]

The first riff was a relatively obscure Prince song and I immediately shit my pants

[@karen22103]

For the Hendrix riff check out John Lee Hooker's Good Morning Little School Girl for the source

[@Josh-iw2kw]

Bambi sounded fucking huge

[@chefsize]

Where's the Grosh?!?

[@lilsponge777]

Awesome as. I need to get a few more mod type pedals. Pedalboard giveaway?

[@hack-ta-guitare]

He did a full pedalboard review for thomann on KZbin. You'll find it easily ;).

[@nathansturgess92]

Bambi! Yes!

[@PatrickHaeslerMusic]

What's the orange pedal next to the pipeline? Something new?

[@tcelectronic]

Nope. It's the Gravy Tri-Chorus & Vibrato, a TonePrint pedal we did in collaboration with Guitar Center some years ago :-)

[@Matellois1996]

Band of Gypsys was recorded in NYC. Not Berkeley !!! Most interesting Hendrix live performance !!!

[@JohnnyBargeldBoom]

lol At first I thought, he played a Harley Benton Guitar!

[@regularviewer1682]

Perhaps this guy is a suppressed rocker playing for Snarky Puppy?

[@tarkus1056]

Check Slugbug

[@tonelocrian]

What were you using in your rig to get the sounds for heavy riffs & how is TC Electronic a part of the rig ? (especially for King's X)

[@tcelectronic]

This is the bass rig: bit.ly/marklboard ... but for the King's X stuff, it's a HoneyPot Fuzz 🙂

[@calebbohrer3757]

Looks like Badger from breaking bad

[@masterwong3837]

KingsX rules!

[@nwillard81]

What is the tele that he is playing and where can I get one? That guitar is amazing

[@HisFeralMajesty]

nwillard81 A Hansen G-style

[@malaabestia]

Once you’ve seen the video, here the songs open.spotify.com/user/eak48awep4l2ee0x09g9l3bm0/playlist/5powSJqVjWvc6PxZVRJVtA?si=y3csxZCqS1ePwX4FsfOROQ

[@jessicaanzanello4047]

What pickups is Mark using with this beautiful strato?

[@seantyler]

What is the guitar Mark is using for the Kong’s X riff? That thing is beautiful!

[@HisFeralMajesty]

Tyler Southern It’s a Hansen G-style.

[@marcdifrancia6952]

simple song riff is very similar to the one on "we gotta live together" on the memorable "Band of Gypsys" !!! who's first ?

[@dlein93]

Jimi was referencing Sly there. "Sing A Simple Song" is off of Stand! from '69, Band of Gypsys was recorded on New Years of '70.

[@marcdifrancia6952]

@@dlein93 thanks +++

[@williamengler321]

isnt the Jimi riff actually "good morning little schoolgirl"?

[@MIRAOfficial1]

I wonder what the amp was

[@austinprince5979]

What pedals and amp is Mark using?

[@robertstone1218]

Austin Prince There’s a couple videos on KZbin where he talks about his pedal set up for the road and his supro, and he was also featured in an add for a supro statesman or somethin. I dont remember but yeah i suggest those vids

[@tcelectronic]

In this video, he's rocking this board: bit.ly/marklboard The exception is on the King's X tune, where we added a Honey Pot Fuzz for some dirt.

[@whitneycruikshank2374]

Not Jeff Beck on All Day Sucker, It's W. G. "Snuffy" Walden..Beck's on Looking For Another Pure Love though.

[@mjlettieri]

Ah you're right! I don't know where I read it was Jeff...#alternativefacts

[@andreadichiara1280]

What's brand it's that guitar? Thank you

[@Josh-iw2kw]

Hansen guitars, both the tele and strat

[@andreadichiara1280]

Thank you so much!

[@git606]

Made in Denmark

[@nigel_tufnell]

That dude is so nice :) i'd like to hang out

[@srfiorini]

Funk scale?

[@AdebayoFayemi]

Mixolydian mode. Major scale with a b7

[@benjaminfrm4618]

Ho! Hi Mark.

[@timlimiscool]

Why does it sound like someone is eating next to the mic..

[@binface9]

I've just noticed that Mark looks like a young Dominic West - I've just started a rewatch of The Wire

[@noelhoekstra6852]

Mark Lettieri playing bambi from Prince. He does understand good music :D! And look at his budget pedalboard 1:00 proves that a great guitarist does not need the most expensive gear! Even a cheap Mojo overdrive, damm. Oh wait he does play a 'Haar" guitar... o_O.

[@benjaminbroecks6798]

Unfortunately it's not a Haar strat. Mark plays a Hansen Stratocaster build in Danmark

[@noelhoekstra6852]

@@benjaminbroecks6798 Oh! I see it now haha.

[@borislozovina7184]

You should try MojoMojo with drive/gain under 11 or 12 o'clock... if you understand what is the purpose of that pedal. And then try to buy the most expensive pedals that you can buy with the same purpose as mojomojo. And then put them all in front of very very expensive amp, and don't forget also very very very good guitar. And then, let me know what you think about mojomojo. And don't forget, don' try pedals at home, but with band in real situation. Which pedal is better than mojomojo and why?

[@murillojules]

CHANGA LANGIN!!

[@patxmcq]

3:57 "Maybe there's a different way to finger it or something" - Mark Lettieri