Kurt Vile – Check Baby (Guitar Solo Tab)

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I've been transcribing some of the riffs I've seen him do live and listening to the studio version. I'm pretty sure I have the tuning right. There are so many variations on the little riffs he does throughout, but here are some initial ideas. [Intro] Bassy Snyth Part (for guitar)

D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------5-5-5----------------------------------------------------|
F |--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-------7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------|

Riff that plays throughout the song on guitar

D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------0---------------------|
C |-----------------3-0-----0-------------------------------------------------------0--------0-------|
G |----------------3---3--3------3-------0---------------------3------------3/5--3h5------3h5--3-----|
D#|--7\----2h4p2--------------2~-------4-----2h4p2------7----4-------2h4p2------------2/4--------2-0-|
A#|--5\--0-------0-------------------2-----0--------0-2/5--2-------0---------------------------------|
F |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

He throws in little improvisations live like the ones below when he ends a bar

D#|--------0-----0----------------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
C |----------2-----2--------------------------------3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2----|
G |------3-----3------------------------------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----|
D#|------------------2--------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Whammy down half step and back up on both chords
D#|----------4p0---0----------------------------------------------------------|
C |---3~-2~-----2h3-3-2-------------------------------------------------------|
G |---3~-3~------------3/5------------0--0---0--------------------------------|
D#|---4~-2~----------------4-2h4-4--7---9---9---9--9--------------------------|
A#|---2~-0~-------------------------------------------7b8r7-5-7-5-------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Many of the notes in the riffs are pentatonic.

D#|--------------------0-2-4--------------------------------------------------|
C |-------------2-3-5---------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------3-5---------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---0-2-4-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|