Sick Riffs: Jacob Duarte teaches you the grungy drop-tuned riffs of Narrow Head's Hard to Swallow By Sam Roche This one features an altered tuning – drop C# with the B string tuned down to G#
Sick Riffs: Ben Greenberg teaches you the distortion-drenched guitar lines of Uniform's Life in Remission By Sam Roche This one's super simple, but tons of fun to play. Tune your guitar to drop C and you're good to go
Sick Riffs: Andy Gibbs teaches you the sludgy, chromatic wrecking ball of Thou's Ancestral Recall By Sam Roche The track is taken from the band's 2020 collaboration with Emma Ruth Rundle, May Our Chambers Be Full
Sick Riffs: Charlie Griffiths teaches you the thunderous verse riff of Harbinger's Healer/Deceiver – with tab! By Sam Roche Tune your axe to drop C – it's about to get heavy
Sick Riffs: Fredrik Wester teaches you the rapid-fire verse riff of Warfect's Pestilence By Sam Roche You'll need a strong picking hand and an agile fretting hand for this one. Flying V optional, but recommended
Sick Riffs: Tim Bray teaches you the rockabilly-flavored guitar solo of Karen Jonas's Pink Leather Boots By Sam Roche Warm up those fingers – this passage will test them...
Sick Riffs: Luke Bentham teaches you the crunchy riffs and soaring leads of The Dirty Nil's Doom Boy By Sam Roche Dial the gain to 11 for this punk-meets-metal freight train
Sick Riffs: Kyle Mortensen teaches you the delay-driven guitar solo of East of June's Rebel By Sam Roche Learn the band's electronically influenced 2019 single
Sick Riffs: Mike Visser teaches you the looped, alternate-tuned clean lines of Imaginary Tricks' Art Flakey By Sam Roche Learn the title track from the band's ambitious 2020 EP
Sick Riffs: Rob Grote and Pat Cassidy teach you the acoustic and electric guitar lines of The Districts' Cheap Regrets By Sam Roche This indie-rocker's a perfect example of complementing rhythm and lead approaches
Sick Riffs: Scott Kay teaches you the djent-y grooves of Voyager's Colours - with tab! By Sam Roche Unsheathe your seven-string and do battle with this odd-time-signatured prog-metaller
Sick Riffs: Quinn DeVeaux teaches you the soulful acoustic chord progression of Been Too Long By Sam Roche Grab your acoustic - you'll be playing along to this one in no time
Sick Riffs: Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe teach you the destructive rhythms and leads of Tetrarch's I'm Not Right By Sam Roche Tune to drop A and learn this metalcore banger
Sick Riffs: Wade MacNeil teaches you the two-handed tapping hook of Alexisonfire's 44 Caliber Love Letter By Sam Roche Hone your skill in ambidexterity with the post-hardcore titans' self-titled debut opener
Sick Riffs: Shawn Adams teaches you American Dream Machine's Dead in full By Sam Roche Tune your axe to drop D and get to grips with this super-fun punk-rocker
Sick Riffs: Joel Jasper and J.P. Bendzinski teach you the call-and-answer guitar lines of Drugs' Joyride By Sam Roche A refreshing dose of guitar-driven pop-rock
Sick Riffs: Johny Fisher teaches you the tremolo-drenched chorus line of Okey Dokey's Threw My Love Away By Sam Roche How you can use pedals to transform a guitar melody
Sick Riffs: Josiah Mazzaschi teaches you the electro-shoegaze thunder of Bizou's Crashing Sky By Sam Roche For this one, you'll need delay and fuzz aplenty
Sick Riffs: mxmtoon teaches you the stripped-back ukulele lines of cliché By Sam Roche This one's perfect for those socially distanced summer campfires
Sick Riffs: Mason and Spencer Hoffman teach you both electric and acoustic parts of Honyock's dreamy Sanity of Man By Sam Roche This one's made for those long desert drives
![[L-R] Rob Grote and Pat Cassidy of The Districts](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J86tpW7gH5LTGaScSm5a8H-1024-80.jpg.webp)
