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      <description><![CDATA[From Clapton to Cobain, these axes drew hefty price tags. <a href="https://wgrd.com/most-expensive-guitars/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[From Clapton to Cobain, these axes drew hefty price tags. <a href="https://wgrd.com/most-expensive-guitars/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[Including a one-of-a-kind Duo Sonic. <a href="https://wgrd.com/fender-ceo-andy-mooney-favorite-riffs/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Including a one-of-a-kind Duo Sonic. <a href="https://wgrd.com/fender-ceo-andy-mooney-favorite-riffs/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[The offer is free for 100,000 fans. <a href="https://wgrd.com/fender-free-guitar-lessons/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:19:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Can you make a guitar out of cardboard? Sure, cardboard is made from wood, but it's about as close to wood as I am to Steve Vai. But the guys at Cardboard Chaos decided to try to build a Fender Strat out of cardboard, and see if it would even play.
Not only does it play, but they took it to Linkin Park to test it out a bit. <a href="https://wgrd.com/linkin-park-plays-the-cardboard-chaos-paper-stratocaster-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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Not only does it play, but they took it to Linkin Park to test it out a bit. <a href="https://wgrd.com/linkin-park-plays-the-cardboard-chaos-paper-stratocaster-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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