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Interviews 
The One Guitar Riff Every Player Should Know — We Asked the Pros at NAMM
At this year’s NAMM Show, I decided to ask every guitarist I could find the same question: if there’s one riff every guitar player has to learn, what would it be — and why? The answers ranged from Hendrix to Metallica, from BB King to the O’Jays, and from classic rock anthems to fingerstyle masterpieces.
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Reviews 
This Guitar Was Made From 7,500-Year-Old Wood — And It Sounds Incredible
Imagine wood older than the Great Pyramids. Older than Stonehenge. Wood that was buried in the ground for more than seven millennia before anyone thought to turn it into a guitar.
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Lessons 
The Night a Casino Burned Down and Gave Us Rock’s Most Iconic Riff
There are guitar riffs, and then there’s that riff. You know the one. The very first thing millions of people learn when they pick up a guitar for the first time.
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