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Riff Week on MusicRadar

The Top 50 Guitar Riffs Of All Time: Part One (50-26)

The greatest riffs ever, as voted for by you!

The Top 50 Guitar Riffs Of All Time: Part Two (25-1)

We have a winner!

9 guitar heroes pick their favourite riffs

Joe Perry, Tony Iommi, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Beck and more!

The alternative 10 greatest riffs of all time

Your favourites as you've never heard them before

The evolution of the guitar riff

Charting the riff from Howlin' Wolf to Jack White

SampleRadar: 400 free heavy metal guitar samples

Celebrate Riff Week with these crunchy free sounds

VIDEO: Slash picks his favourite riffs

Plus riff-writing tips from the GN'R and Velvet Revolver star

VIDEO: Queen's Brian May picks his favourite riffs

The Kinks, Black Sabbath and The Beatles all feature

Guitar legends

28 Telecaster legends: part 2

Fender lovers, from Steve Cropper to John 5

28 Telecaster legends: part 1

Fender's singlecut celebrated

10 unsung Fender Stratocaster stars

Ask MusicRadar: your favourite players revealed

35 Fender Stratocaster stars: part 1

The best-selling guitar, the best players

35 Fender Stratocaster stars: part 2

More legends of Leo Fender's crowning glory

29 Les Paul legends: part 1

Iconic players of an iconic guitar

29 Les Paul legends: part 2

More wizards of the Goldtop, Sunburst and Custom

11 legends of the Flying V and Explorer

Players of pointy axes - in pictures

16 Rickenbacker guitar and bass stars

Lennon to Lemmy and beyond

Ask MusicRadar: the best music-making gear as voted for by you

The best electric guitars under £300

The top 21 axes your money can buy

10 best acoustic guitars under £300

Ask MusicRadar: we asked, you answered

10 best bass guitars under £300

Ask MusicRadar: your ultimate budget bass revealed

7 best low-powered tube amp heads under £300

Ask MusicRadar: we asked, you answered

12 best amps for heavy metal

Ask MusicRadar: your top amplifier revealed

The 11 plug-ins you can't live without

MusicRadar users pick their favourites

The best hardware synths available today

We reveal MusicRadar users' favourites

The best music-making apps on the iPhone

All of these should be on your Apple handset

Next page: Synth Week, Beatles Week and more

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