This double-wide issue of Riff is free for the asking, but the content herein may trigger involuntary spending while disrupting your lazy, dog days of Summer by compelling you to hit the shed for extended periods of time. Forewarned is forearmed! We’ve cherry-picked the 17 top student-ranked lessons, from 17 of TrueFire’s top educators, presented here in this issue’s Lesson Portfolio. Practice rhythm tracks for these lessons are featured in this month’s Riffage. We asked 21 TrueFire educators to share what they’re listening to this Summer and we’re pretty sure you’ll be as pleasantly surprised when we perused their playlists. 20 TrueFire artists and educators give you a rundown on their live gig rigs and tell you why that rig helps them sound so good. In addition, gear-centric articles from Chris Buono, Jeff McErlain and Anthony Stauffer may make matters potentially even more expensive for you.