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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