Capitol One's new commercial features none other than Slash auditioning for the guitar spot in a teenage band. And he wows them with a rendition of a riff he knows off by heart; Guns N' Roses's classic Sweet Child O' Mine.
You can learn it for yourself too with our Sweet Child O' Mine riff lesson and find out the story behind the recording of the song from the man himself.
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![Justin Hawkins [left] of the Darkness plays an open G on his offset electric and closes his eyes as he performs onstage; soul-reggae icon Johnny Nash [right] frets a chord on his acoustic and wears a patched denim jacket.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hWzCjD9ZWQiPPjMtTWiFfa-840-80.jpg.webp)
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