Though I’m assuredly a rocker at heart, I’ve learned throughout my travels as a bassist that in order to stay employed, one must be adaptable, stylistically.

One of the perks of being a bass player is that our strings enjoy a longer lifespan than guitar strings.

In the following video, Guitar World's Matt Scharfglass shows you how to play the post-chorus riff to the title track off Metallica's sophomore album, Ride The Lightning.

In the following video, Guitar World'sMatt Scharfglass shows you how to play the main riff to "Creeping Death" from Metallica's 1983 album, Ride The Lightning.

In the following video, Guitar World's Matt Scharfglass shows you how to play the intro riff to the Anthrax classic, "Madhouse," which comes from the band's 1985 album Spreading the Disease.

In this new series Top of the Pops, Guitar World's Matt Scharfglass teaches you how to play the guitar parts in the hottest songs on the pop charts right now.

In this new series Top of the Pops, Guitar World's Matt Scharfglass teaches you how to play the guitar parts in the hottest songs on the pop charts right now.

In the following video, Guitar World's Matt Scharfglass shows you how to play the intro bass riff to the Anthrax classic, "Caught In a Mosh," which comes from the band's 1987 album Among The Living.

In this new series Top of the Pops, Guitar World's Matt Scharfglass teaches you how to play the guitar parts in the hottest songs on the pop charts right now.

In the following video, Guitar World's Matt Scharfglass shows you how to play the main riff to "Die By the Sword" from Slayer's debut album, Show No Mercy.

In this 3.5-minute lesson, Matt and his Martin acoustic guitar show you how to play the intro and verse to the Plain White T's song "Rhythm of Love" from their 2010 album, Wonders of the Younger.

In this three-minute video lesson, Matt Scharfglass and his Epiphone show you how to play the verse to the Mumford & Songs song "The Cave" from their 2010 album, Sigh No More.