The Riff by Riff series is designed to give all musicians the most complete, in-depth, and thorough analysis available of a given band or artist.

Riff by Riff presents detailed and easily accessible instructional materials that address all aspects of the music. By taking a close look at all the riffs, rhythm figures, solos, harmony lines, ensemble figures, and intertwining figures, Riff by Riff examines essentially every guitar sound in the music using the actual music as played on the recording.

This book features over 100 annotated, note-for-note excerpts from Appetite For Destruction, GN'R, Use Your Illusion I & II. in standard notation and tab.