HOW TO WRITE HEAVY STONER ROCK RIFFS (Tutorial)

Hey folks!
Seeing as my Black Metal Tutorial is my most viewed video by a bunch, I'm starting a 'How To Play In [Insert Genre]'.
This here is the second of it's type and will give you pretty much everything you need to sound suitably like Kyuss, Queens Of The Stoneage, The Sword, Red Fang or Elder.
So yes, we're talking about stoner rock, desert rock, or whatever else you might want to call it. Grab your guitar, tune to E-Standard and strap in and you shall learn How To Write Heavy Stoner Rock Riffs.
Enjoy

[@shredbacca]

i hope to start a stoner rock type band eventually

[@NicolasPerrault]

Go for it!

[@theoverstoker3430]

Where you located

[@shredbacca]

@@theoverstoker3430 east tn

[@monkeyliver1986]

Same here

[@alejandromanolson]

Nice, we need more stoner bands!

[@sassulusmagnus]

If you need a tutorial for this you're not stoned enough.

[@NicolasPerrault]

😂😂😂😂

[@smailee716]

Dude...thx a lot...i joined two guys who are into stoner and doom genre. I've always been more into punkrock and had no clue about "the groove". It's not that easy to slow myself down. I've got a lot of work to do. That lesson was quite helpful

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks mate! Whenever you have something we can listen to, make sure to drop it in the comments!
Glad the video helped, now go and haveth a great time 😁

[@xeverettx2564]

Dude dign that fuzz tone! I’ve always like using hollow/semi hollow guitars on neck humbucker. It can produce that essential sound you are getting. That kinda out of phase and clipping sound! Although starting late 80’s early 90’s their are some bands much more influential than maybe kyuss or QOTSA. I.e. Sleep, eyehategod, Orange goblin, Fu Manchu, not that queens and kyuss aren’t great but they still had that desert sound that almost made them more of a sub genre of stoner. Just my opinion though. Great vid especially talking in the beginning about trucker hats and beards improving tone. LOLHSHAHA!!love that dry witty humor that uses cliches and goes right over the top of people’s head.

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks mate! If you're into EHG, Sleep and so on check out my series on doom. I'm pretty sure you'll like it.

[@peterolsson8857]

I dont know anything about guitars or technique but i know that i love fuzzy riffs.

[@klaushaerens9960]

i want to make stonerrock and i really got al lot of help from this tutorial, thank you so much !!
just keep it simple is what i got from it...
GRTZ from Ghent, Belgium

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks a lot dude! It's all about the groove really. As long as it feels relaxed and "shuffle-y" it will sound suitably stoner rock. The simplest melodies are usually the ones you can play for a hundred years... I mean dope smoker is really really simple and awesome.

[@guyguyguyjean]

Just such fun to watch!! Really entertaining!!!And so informative!!

[@mapleleafer74]

THAT WAS DECENT MAN. INSPIRING! NOW I'LL GO CREATE MY OWN!

[@Micah77798]

This is awesome man great song demo. Learned a lot thank you very much 🤘🏼

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks dude! Means a lot!

[@seinip]

Got me head banging, great and fun tutorial, thanks a lot my dude 🤟

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks!

[@Sergmusicserg]

Very cool lyrics. Got me the vibe to grab my guitar and jam to some drum beats doin it since an hour

[@NicolasPerrault]

Epic!

[@Chantelle33901]

your song at the end to help us remember!!! you rock, thank you

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thank you!

[@NikoKozlowitz]

Amazing. Thank you for tutorial, really helpfull!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks mate! Hope you can put it to good use!

[@ToyTrexx]

Legendary telling about stoner ))))
Thank you 🙏 ❤
Спасибо большое за подробное объяснение, чуть позже аернусь к нему еще раз с более свежей головой

[@davidmcgirr]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks! Glad I could help!

[@spacewhaleband]

Brilliant. Great tune, man.

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks 😊!

[@Rallase]

Great video man! Thanks a lot!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks mate! Any other genre you'd like to know more about?

[@nikorex32]

Thanks mate! Good stuff!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks!

[@TheGoutMan1000]

Amazing ✅

[@russellrussell5495]

Sweet, man! Thanks a lot.

[@NicolasPerrault]

No worries mate! Be sure to post your stoner Riffs and bands in the comments!

[@user-bj5dm9bm7h]

Спасибо большое мужик, разложил как надо!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Spasibo!

[@blast721]

Great vid keep uploading content!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks mate! There's a few things coming soon in the How To Play [insert genre] series

[@fuckinchencho]

Awesome!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks!

[@keithhampton9700]

Very cool Blue Cheer sound!!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks Keith!

[@egokapelle]

sehr cooles video, mit top lyrics 🤘

[@NicolasPerrault]

Dankeschön!

[@UnderGroundMusicStudioHorsens]

Nice work dude 😎 Thanks

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks!

[@UnderGroundMusicStudioHorsens]

@@NicolasPerrault you are welcome

[@geej12]

Inspirational!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks mate!

[@dreamscapedg2774]

You are awesome!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Aww, thanks!

[@426baron]

As a former thrasher, I still struggle to put the treble down, the mids un scooped and such. I barely manage grooving instead of speeding... Now you tell me I have to use the neck pickup?! 😅 Thank you excellent tutorial and song. You make it look easy.

[@NicolasPerrault]

The struggle is real

[@brandonlam166]

Great video! \m/

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks dude!

[@mikeg6258]

That was f'ing epic😁

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks!

[@joky2120]

Sick!

[@dektrimusic]

Unfortunately, the brilliance of the riffs and the song you did, were overshadowed by the brilliance of the lyrics 👏👏👏 Great job, man… awesome & informative video

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks!

[@imthelaw74]

Just sent this vid to my gutair player hes got work to do ... great vid

[@NicolasPerrault]

😅

[@gabrielsanchez9739]

Sick! Love every videos of your . May I ask what kind guitar is that?

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks mate! This guitar is a vineyard, apparently, but no one knows exactly 😅

[@woopidtywooptydoo1378]

Please do Down/COC type stuff! Pretty please you awesome bearded wizard! 🥳

[@NicolasPerrault]

On it!

[@woopidtywooptydoo1378]

@@NicolasPerrault yeeew!! 🥳

[@wyvernx666]

where's the black metal video? lol great tutorial. gonna try this stuff out.

[@NicolasPerrault]

I have one... it's just hella old. Gotta remake that...

[@caljerm]

your example of chugging sounded like Spirit in the Sky LOL

[@zenica12]

Nice one, man. What is typical drum bpm in stoner rock?

[@NicolasPerrault]

That's a tough one. There's "fast" and slow. I'd say for a fast track try anything between 120 and 140, and for a slow track between 80 and 100. Now there are also suuuuuper slow tracks, that border on drone and some mid-tempo ones, but I feel these are good starting points.

[@zenica12]

​@@NicolasPerraultthank you!will try

[@KlausDoitschlaaand]

Using the neck pickup for stoner stuff is interesting.

[@NicolasPerrault]

It's also particularly good on strats. Very phat fuzzy bass, but with a relatively clean top end that translates notes through even the biggest walls of sound.

[@rolfrolf9176]

Great video! What did you use for drums?

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks!
Drums are programmed with EZdrummer as sound source. I think for this video I just tweaked the vintage kit sounds that come with EZdrummer as standard with a little eq and compression.

[@rolfrolf9176]

@@NicolasPerrault thanks!

[@sammy_rayz]

dude what's your headrush rig set up for this?

[@lawngnome412]

freakin sweet. 🤘

[@user-gm6kn7nl9g]

I think that harmonic minor scales should also be used.
Nice vídeo.

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks! To be fair, you can use any scale you like, but that classic desert sound uses the minor pentatonic almost exclusively.

[@gaddibjarna6166]

Awsom like on grete stoner song gret

[@jscurtiis]

Am I wrong or do you have unknown joy division pleasures in your arm as a tattoo? anyway good work

[@NicolasPerrault]

I don't, but I love the album! And thanks!

[@endorphinagrb___insta]

🤘🏻

[@NicolasPerrault]

🤘

[@SomeJustice19k]

Killer

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks mike!

[@nelson-haha89]

Can confirm. hair is going, beard is growing.

[@NicolasPerrault]

Then it's about time to get into the stoner rock game 🤣

[@bondiablo4267]

Takes a Perfect Man to play like that. Love that Buffalo Fuzz sound.

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks, but mister perfect man
Who are you to judge
When you’re livin’ life
Like you’re already dead

[@bondiablo4267]

I was sitting here thinking “I know I recognize it!” It did take me a bit though!

[@kd-rr7vi]

is this I am the Mountain by Stoned Jesus?

[@NicolasPerrault]

If it is, it's not by design. But I guess I wasn't that far off the mark then 😅

[@KY-zerSOH-zay]

Awesome! you fucking nailed it Nicolas. Wanna form a band:-)? been out of playing stoner since 06. and i fucking miss it

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks mate! Shoot me a DM on insta about the band 😁

[@jann_rygh]

geil wies rotzt 🔥

[@ushnicyuvnikof2748]

Cranked RAT instead of a fuzz, noodle around on the minor pentatonic on a downtuned gibson or some old ass dad axe into some kind of classic Marshal kind of amp sound - and your good. Just bluesy dad rock out, bit of phase, maybe a bit of wah. And especially if you a non drug taking dad with a beer gut the Stoner will engulf you, you will feel the Iommi running through your chubby dad fingers and you will be stoner riffing like the true inner adonis you truly are in no time! Dads - this is the way.

[@NicolasPerrault]

😄😄😄😄😄

[@howlinwolf9448]

What tuning is that

[@NicolasPerrault]

Probably C or C# standard. But to be honest I can't remember 😅

[@jmk527]

I can take left.

[@Crgs0510]

Bam Margera is quite the guitar player

[@NicolasPerrault]

😂😂😂

[@DenseConnection]

That’s 100% lateralus

[@NicolasPerrault]

Caught in 1080p

[@crazydiamond3403]

Soooooo it's kinda like Blues but sky high stoned with weed?
It's badass tho

[@NicolasPerrault]

Something like that. It's like 80s metal minus the cocain...

[@crazydiamond3403]

@@NicolasPerrault replace the cocaine with weed I suppose

[@prenkiller]

[@reTool462]

#cough#Lateralus intro #cough# 🤙

[@jonahbeverley5127]

You think I didn't notice lateralus you can't just sneak that in there 😂

[@NicolasPerrault]

😅😅 and I would've gotten away with it - if it wasn't for you meddling youtube commenters.

[@realdrdork]

I own many Trucker caps, but it doesn t work at all ....Maybe my beard is too short🥃

[@NicolasPerrault]

😂😂😂😂

[@jmk527]

Can I borrow you for the rest of time?

[@NicolasPerrault]

I think you'll need to fight my wife...

[@jmk527]

Honestly

[@jmk527]

More like a foot washer than a helping hand ✋ 🙄

[@jmk527]

She and all your family invited. 👪

[@arissp4950]

just copy/paste whatever Sleep did in the 90s. done.

[@NicolasPerrault]

That'll definitely work

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

As long as it's not Dopesmoker, then you're off into the Drone abyss.

[@PinataOblongata]

Just hit like, but then realised it was at 420 and i made it 421, so had to unlike. I actually liked it, though, great sound.

[@acidwizzardbastard]

Interesting that you're using a hollow body guitar for this, always liked the sound of one when used with a bunch of fuzz. Hits like a truck. I hope to start up my own stoner rock project some day, just need to gather a few like-minded folks to jam with. Cool video, cool track!

[@NicolasPerrault]

Thanks!

[@robashton8606]

So, _did_ you get your money for nothin' and your chicks for free?
Enquiring minds need to know.

[@NicolasPerrault]

Don't know, I haven't played the guitar on the mtv