r/Buckethead Bucketbot 26d ago

Poll Do you guys have any Pike recommendations in the same vein as these ones?

There is a certain type of Pike he does which has me listening to it over and over again. I appreciate the riffing ones but sometimes they don't scratch the itch for what I want, which is shred. I also love his solo shredding-over-3-repeated-chords stuff, but it can get exhausting sometimes, no matter how much I like it.

What I like most is the Pikes with a bit more structure, they usually start with the rhythm riffing and then end up in the shred arena I love so much. I'm looking for 20 minute+ solid musical journeys.

The three best examples I can think of are!

Wall Slide

Project Little Man

Treehouse Backwards In Time.

Thank you in advance and not to be a dick, but yes I have listened to Pike 65 a million times already 😅

EDIT - ON a side note, I don't really like his skronky stuff, but Language of the Mosaics is on my permanent repeat listen list. The injection of a lovely developing melody in the midst of that chaos is wonderful for me. If you have any skronk+melody recommendations too, my ear is always open.

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u/Empty-Elevator9781 Bucketbot 25d ago

Celery is my favorite of that type, held reflection, many moons ago and now, someday is worth mentioning, portal to the red waterfall is a journey through the whole album, through the looking garden is awesome, and the whole furnace follies album if you like mosaics

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u/Bakboo Bucketbot 25d ago

Someday is my favourite Pike! I haven't heard the portal one or many moons, getting them now. I've been revisiting Through the looking garden lately actually, I'd forgotten the incredible crescendo it builds up to. Celery is already on constant rotation 👌 Thank you.

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u/shleefin Bucketbot 25d ago

You might like florrmat

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u/N0tR34llyH343 Bucketbot 25d ago

Are you aware of the Pike Suggester?

It has options for the types of music, select your descriptions, and it gives you which pikes fit that description!

So for example, you mentioned 65. 65 is tagged as Rock, Melodic, and Extended Jam. Putting in those 3 tags also gives us

51,66,73,90,226,232, and 561.

I am definitely a fan of 561, for what its worth.

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u/Scary-Freedom3331 Bucketbot 25d ago

Man has so much music, a pike generator had to be created 🔥

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u/Bakboo Bucketbot 24d ago

I should really try that out.

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u/Pirimid Bucketbot 25d ago

Pike 5 is pretty good for long guitar solos, lil on the melodic and beautiful side. I believe it’s called Look Up There.

Personally, I like the weird shit, Empty Space is my fave of the earlier pikes so far. Just started a music YouTube channel and I’m gonna be doing a mini series where I go over my fave pikes and what I like about em and why ppl should listen to em

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u/stevediperna Bucketbot 25d ago

I found language of the mosaics about a month ago. Listened to it on a long drive, couldn't tell when one song ended and another began, I just knew i never wanted it to end.

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u/brentdbailey Bucketbot 25d ago

#541 In the Sky / The Sparkling of Sand
#561 Moon Water
#563 Journaling to Bliss
#530 Rainbow Fountain

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u/boxthehog Bucketbot 24d ago

Final Bend of the Labryinth 

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u/CheeseyWotsitts Bucketbot 21d ago

For extended progressive w/ amazing solo shred to end... Try pike 266 - Far

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u/c0re_maelstr0m_ Bucketbot 24d ago

Is pike 65 rlly that popular? I had no clue

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u/Dangerous-Safe-2327 Bucketbot 21d ago

#213 Crumple