{"id":2290,"date":"2012-08-11T11:58:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T11:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2012-08-11T11:58:34","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T11:58:34","slug":"watch-these-great-lessons-from-john-5-on-play-this-riff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2012\/08\/11\/watch-these-great-lessons-from-john-5-on-play-this-riff\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch these great lessons from John 5 on Play This Riff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2291\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2012\/08\/11\/watch-these-great-lessons-from-john-5-on-play-this-riff\/play-this-riff-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/play-this-riff-logo.jpg?fit=500%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,100\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"play-this-riff-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/play-this-riff-logo.jpg?fit=500%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/play-this-riff-logo.jpg?fit=500%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2291 aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"play-this-riff-logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/play-this-riff-logo.jpg?resize=500%2C100\" alt=\"Play This Riff teams up with John 5\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; 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