Check out this rad video of Alex Chadwick, of the Chicago Music Exchange, playing 100 recognizable guitar riffs in ONE TAKE.

Find out which of your co-workers is the most musically inclined by turning on the video, and trying to name as many riffs as possible without looking at the subtitles.

On top of having awesome employees that can play every guitar riff EVER, The Chicago Music Exchange is just about the sweetest looking guitar store on the planet. The showroom is decked out with chandeliers, couches, expensive looking rugs and, of course, some of the most beautiful guitars you’ve ever seen. Chicago Music Exchange: Making musicians drool since 1990.

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100 Riffs, A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 23, 2013

<h1>100 Riffs, A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 23, 2013</p> <p>Check out this rad video of Alex Chadwick, of the <a href="http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/" target="_blank">Chicago Music Exchange</a>, playing 100 recognizable guitar riffs in ONE TAKE. </p> </p> <p>Find out which of your co-workers is the most musically inclined by turning on the video, and trying to name as many riffs as possible without looking at the subtitles.</p> <p>On top of having awesome employees that can play every guitar riff EVER, The Chicago Music Exchange is just about the <a href="http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/showroom-tour/">sweetest looking guitar store on the planet</a>. The showroom is decked out with chandeliers, couches, expensive looking rugs and, of course, some of the most beautiful guitars you've ever seen. Chicago Music Exchange: Making musicians drool since 1990. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/chicago-music-exchange-showroom/u/original/2211004/1358963826-chicago_music_exchange.jpg" alt="Chicago Music Exchange showroom" title="Chicago Music Exchange showroom" width="500" height="328" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650"></a></li> <li>Chicago Music Exchange showroom</li> </ul> </div> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/100-riffs-a-brief-history-of-rock-n-roll-2210982/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16326&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/100-riffs-a-brief-history-of-rock-n-roll-2210982/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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