I got this tune stuck in my head earlier today, and I’m pretty sure it’s a guitar solo. However, I cannot remember anything more than the particular motif in the linked .m4a, and I’m not even sure about the accuracy of what little I remember. The pitch might be way off too.

While I recorded this on an unplugged electric, the guitar tone that comes to mind is a distorted one with some heavy flanger and phasing effect, similar to what Kurt Cobain/Nirvana use on some songs. This causes me to believe it might be a 90’s alt rock song.

I feel that this is a song I’ve heard a million times before, but it’s been a while, so I’m sure if someone identifies it for me I will immediately go “of course, why didn’t I think of that!”

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      Turns out I was originally right about the era, but severely wrong about the genre. Somehow your mention of 60s psychedelic made me think of Type O Negative (I dunno how), which lead me to the right song. I’ve edited the details into the original post.

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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      8 hours ago

      Yes, it very well could be. I may be completely off with my leaning towards a grunge tone and groove, possibly because the motif fits very well over the Come as You Are riff.

      If it is in fact something from the area you describe, the pool of possible artists is very limited as it’s not a genre I normally listen to. Clapton could be it, but the only song I’ve listened to a lot is Cocaine, and that’s definitely it.

      About the tone, it could be a very high gain one with boosted mids and dropped lows. I also want to say it’s intentionally slightly out of tune.

      If it is indeed that 60s or 70s, it would most likely be Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Rolling Stones, or something influenced by those.