41 Police

[limbstan]

I watched a video of 41 Police and realized that 1. Dave doesn't play #41 quite this way anymore, and 2. that the studio #41 sounds more similar to this riff than the way he plays it now (or the way I've always seen it tabbed).

Is this true for one thing? And, does anybody have a tab for this?

[MGH4007]

I really havn't listened to 41 police in a long long time. I could almost guarantee you it's the same progression in both tunes no matter what Dave plays.

The riff that your talking about is probably the

F#/G-D (C-B)

general idea of the riff (tab)
e------10-(8)------10-(8)(7)--
b-7h8---------7h8-------------
g-----------------------------

that just played over the Am-Bm-Em-D verse progression

[limbstan]

I guess my question is does Dave play a different riff than the one that is most prominent on Crash? Because the performance I saw sounded a lot more like the album version than the way I've always seen #41 tabbed.

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5EEWMHWEdQ

[chr35919]

^i agree.

the riff is money.


i like 41 police a lot more than 41 as it stands today.

[rantingthespian]

The riff that is on the album, Crash, is not played by Dave. That is Tim. Actually the main guitar part in #41 Police seems to have been changed into the outro part of #41. It seems to have gone through the evolution similar to Any Noise/Anti Noise changed to into Say Goodbye.

[limbstan]

The riff that is on the album, Crash, is not played by Dave. That is Tim. Actually the main guitar part in #41 Police seems to have been changed into the outro part of #41. It seems to have gone through the evolution similar to Any Noise/Anti Noise changed to into Say Goodbye.

Is the riff Tim plays the same as what Dave plays in this video?

[bluesbrother41]

tim should play the 41 police riff live when they do #41.

[chr35919]

tim should play the 41 police riff live when they do #41.
:thumbsup:thumbsup

[chr35919]

The riff that is on the album, Crash, is not played by Dave. That is Tim. Actually the main guitar part in #41 Police seems to have been changed into the outro part of #41. It seems to have gone through the evolution similar to Any Noise/Anti Noise changed to into Say Goodbye.
not true at all.


they may have doubled the part but that's dave with an electric mod on his guitar.


since crash, they have never played it the way it was recorded...the way they played it in 1995.

[limbstan]

not true at all.


they may have doubled the part but that's dave with an electric mod on his guitar.


since crash, they have never played it the way it was recorded...the way they played it in 1995.

So the answer is that 41 police is the same riff as the studio #41, but different than the way it has been played since at least 1996. Am I right? My next question is does anybody have the tab?

[TSilk]

one sec, it's incredibly easy, the outro is the same as #41 and the chorus is the same chords too, the main riff goes

----x---x----10---x-
----x---8---------x-
----7---------------

[jmband]

one sec, it's incredibly easy, the outro is the same as #41 and the chorus is the same chords too, the main riff goes

----x---x----10---x-
----x---8---------x-
----7---------------

i use this too, 41 police is solid :thumbsup

[rantingthespian]

not true at all.


they may have doubled the part but that's dave with an electric mod on his guitar.


since crash, they have never played it the way it was recorded...the way they played it in 1995.

If you listen, you can hear Dave playing the main guitar part that he plays now. That acoustic guitar is just drowned out, like on many of Lillywhite's produced DMB songs, but this time it is majorly drowned out.

[limbstan]

If you listen, you can hear Dave playing the main guitar part that he plays now. That acoustic guitar is just drowned out, like on many of Lillywhite's produced DMB songs, but this time it is majorly drowned out.

I'll take your word for it that it's there, but I've tried to find an acoustic guitar on that track and I can't hear it. Which is funny when people say that Dave is too electric now, if you listen to #41, arguably one of thier best recordings, there is very little acoustic on there at all.

[TSilk]

one sec, it's incredibly easy, the outro is the same as #41 and the chorus is the same chords too, the main riff goes

----x---x----10---x-
----x---8---------x-
----7---------------

I forgot to mention, it's constant strumming and muting