See Slash audition for a teenage band in new commercial

By Rob Laing
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He plays the Sweet Child O' Mine riff

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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Rob Laing
Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar in the UK. When I'm not rejigging pedalboards I'm usually thinking about rejigging pedalboards.