Riffs: The Blackbird Rider, Flaxwood and Elixir Together, Chinese Democracy Reviewed

	Blackbird Rider from Wired The Blackbird Rider Nylon blends old school with high tech. This three pound travel-ready carbon-fiber guitar is said to be "nearly indestructible."

	Flaxwood Chooses Elixir from Ecoustics Findland-based Flaxwood is giving all their guitars Elixir Strings. As of January 2009, every molded wood electric guitar will be strung with light-gauge Elixir strings with Nanoweb coating.

	Chinese Democracy Reviewed from Rolling Stone The long-awaited Guns n' Roses album is set to be released on Sunday, November 23rd. Interested in David Fricke's take on the disc? Check it out.

Lessons In Tonewood w/ Andy Powers