My son and I went into a GC here in Texas. For some reason, the teenage girl at the checkout asked us out of the blue "Have you ever heard of the band Metallica?" We said no.
To be 100% honest, my custom shop strat rings like a bell, is beautiful to look at, resonates like and acoustic, and plays better than I woulda ever hoped. Plus it’s got a rosewood neck that I absolutely love and think is beautiful. I have a short on my page if you wanna take a gander… (shameless promo). There’s something to be said for a more expensive guitar. That said, I have Les Paul tribute that’s also fantastic, just not as fantastic as my custom shop guitars.
that's amazing! its exactly the same with golf clubs! really expensive clubs make you a better golfer. everybody know that... but if you want to be a really great guitar player, you really need a full 100W 8x12 stack. and you gotta crank it up.
@@smelltheglove2038 ya know man…im glad you’re happy with it but that said: the fact that you felt the need to defend your purchase on what was an obvious joke isn’t the best endorsement for it. Also, if you’re going to plug your page at least play the thing?
@@martyshwaartz971 someone’s jealous. I can’t be proud of my new purchase? Something I’ve saved for for three years? It’s really hard to hold a phone in such a way that I can also play at the same time.
When I worked in a guitar shop here in the UK some 25 years ago ,a common question asked, mainly by beginners was ' I want to buy a lead guitar do you have any lead guitars? 'etc. I did cut them some slack simply as they were new to the instrument but some just refused to believe that there wasn't a specific kind of guitar due to there being lead guitar players. Another common one was 'what's the loudest amp you have?' Not guitar related but when I later worked for a photographic retailer the dumbest question that was asked many times was 'how far can I see with these binoculars?', to which I'd reply 'well,you can see the moon so how bloody far do you want to see?
Nothing makes me more cynical than dealing with incompetent bureaucrats. I can deal with the stupidity of the general public, but government workers are on a whole different level. Especially since they can’t be fired, only promoted.
@@smelltheglove2038 oh trust me, they probably have to deal with a special kind of stupid on a daily basis. That’s gotta warp your brain at some point. When I worked at Parks and Rec, this guy approached me in the middle of my lunch break to tell me that there was a dead bat at the “ramp” as if there weren’t like 20-30 ramps around this huge ass park, and I asked, “which ramp” and he got frustrated with me and asked my supervisor. They eventually figured out where he was talking about, they found it, and it was literally a Halloween decoration bat.
@@kevinlittrell3407 that’s not even close to as stupid as filling a skate park full of sand because of the common cold. Guess who did that? Government workers. I watched a guy that works for my town put up Christmas lights on the sign with the towns name on it for THREE DAYS! Stupid or milking the job, both are unacceptable especially since the taxes in our town are 12k+ a year. I expect a certain amount of incompetence from the general public, but when my taxes go to paying the persons salary, I expect to at least be treated with respect. You never get that though.
You guys have a great, fun, entertaining, and informative channel. I love it! Glad you all made it through your power outage. We had some weird attack on our grid here in Oregon but not much happened thank goodness!
Around 1990 I did ask a guy in a guitar store - what is the one guitar you always pick up when you have free time? He immediately pointed at a made in Japan Strat. It was fantastic. I bought it. Years later I sold it. My greatest guitar regret. So that stupid question paid off for me. How I miss that guitar.
This was a very entertaining video and I'm pleased to know that I have never asked a dumb question in a guitar store. Thanks guys! I'm going to stop in at both Guitar Center and Sam Ash and ask them what their most expensive guitar is. 👍
I try to lay low in a guitar shop because i really don't know enough to ask questions .I do play but i love to just look because I think they are works of art Like a well built Motorcycle beautiful things
One can not be inspired by every guitarist that plays. There is quite a list of guitarist I admire for one aspect or another of their playing; however I quickly listed off the top of my head the guitarists that have most impacted me. These are the guys whose tone or phrasing I chase after. This list is an ever-evolving list, so it may change in the future. I try to keep an open mind and there are very few guitarist which I do not enjoy listening to their music.
Before the in internet I had to ask the difference between Epiphone and Gibson and Epiphone, Fender and Squire. I was given very informative answers and felt comfortable. I still only could afford the less expensive options, but they played very well for my level abilities. They also gave me a reason to improve my playing, and then upgrade to fit my comfort level.
Sweet! You mentioned the T5Z. It is the ultimate acoustic/electric! I have the custom koa. It is incredible! I can go from country strumming to Hendrix easily.
I just did a performance last week with a guy who plays a hurdy gurdy and a Norwegian nyckelharpa. I will def have to send him over to North Carolina to prank you guys.
The joke a friend of mine and I came up with is PRS stands for Perfect; Ready to Shred. The fit and finish is usually immaculate, but I still keep buying fenders and gibsons 😂
To the expensive question, I made one exception and that was for the most expensive non-special-order guitar I saw come through our store (GC) that's still there 5 months after I've left. It's a Murphy Lab Gibson reliced '59 reissue les paul that originally was going for $10.3k, then got a price increase to $11.6k (likely manufacturer price setting). I regularly used it as a fun way to joke with customers because we all thought it was ridiculous too. Hats off to the associate that manages to sell the damn thing to some lawyer or CEO with more money than sense and gets that sweet 3% commission if they don't screw up their $ per hour that month. My coworker did special order a martin D45 for a customer by request and I still tell that story since the customer had his guitar teacher come in to check it out, which is usually a good indication that you shouldn't be buying a D45.
House of Guitars in Rochester NY had a 1930s National Style O on display. No price tag. I jokingly asked the guy helping me "I wonder how much that one is worth" and he replied "I dont know. All i know is that if i touch it, I'll probably lose my job."
There's a place I really like in upstate new york. Spent a good amount of cash there over the years, but i'd rather help out small businesses. Started a convo with one of the guys there I never met before, and asked him if he could describe the difference in sound between a fuzz I was looking at and a distortion pedal and his response was uhhhhh....well... one is a distortion and one is a fuzz. Thanks, bro. If I didn't have so many good experiences there before, I'd probably not bother going back since it's way easier to just order online.
I've just started teaching guitar earlier this year. I remind anyone just starting guitar that "There is no such thing as a stupid question" because I know myself or someone else has had that question before.
I’ll never understand why some guys like this get off on making fun of beginners trying to learn things. I’m glad I first stumbled on a teacher like yourself who just loved to talk about guitars, and said “man, anything you want to learn about guitars, I’m happy to teach you”.
@@mph7282 All of that I completely agree with! I posted too early though. As guitar shop employees, those were a few VERY odd questions that a teacher, like myself, would likely never encounter.
@@Canadianwheelchairguitar read what I typed, “intentionally stupid questions” So yeah, it’s a stupid question on purpose, it’s not a real question they want answered, thus my adding honest question No honest question is ever stupid. When I taught I treated every honest question seriously If I wasn’t sure if it was honest, I clarified
Talking about acoustic guitars, all I play are GIbson's. Well, except for Guild. I love the old Guild acoustics. And the Martin D-28. Those are sweeeeeet! Oh, and maybe the occasional Ovation. There are instances when I've played an extra nice specimen of Ovation acoustic-electric. I think Taylor's are beautiful, but I haven't found one that I've bonded with yet (I'm still searching). As for boutique guitars, I haven't had the pleasure of trying any out (except for maybe in my dreams). 😁
Hey! I love my PRS guitars. They are probably my favorite guitars of all, just because they feel and play the best for me. I'm definitely a fan boy. BUT, I still love my Fender's, my Gibson's, and my Ibanez guitars!!!
Dumbest question I've ever heard in a guitar store, " Do you sell guitars here? " so I told the guy no we sell Mongolian Glockenspiels. The dude actually said ok and left bearing in mind the walls were lined with guitars.
That first question? That's why I look that up on Reverb because I'm a curious sort. On #6: one of my local guitar stores has an aluminum Strat, which is also one of their most expensive guitars.
Haven’t watched you guys for a while, I have to say, Jonathan is looking very different. Is it some kind of space time portal or some extreme makeover!?! Anyway, love your content.
My least favorite is the “what’s the difference between a $3,000 guitar and a $300 guitar?” But only when it’s asked in a way that’s less inquisitive and more like “why the heck is that so expensive what could POSSIBLY be the difference? They look exactly the same.” That’s usually when I go into nerdy guitar technical jargon, such as “nitrocellulose lacquer,” sometimes I use the car analogy, sometimes I genuinely explain it. I LOVE it when someone asks this with genuine intention to learn the difference though. My next least favorite is the acoustic/electric confusion. Some people even think a hollow-bodied electric guitar is an electric guitar that can sound like an acoustic. Next up, the “he/she’s just a beginner. Give me your literal cheapest guitar you can possibly think of, because, obviously, they’re just a beginner. $100? No that’s too much, he’s just a beginner.” At guitar center, the worst is hearing “I need an adapter...” “to go from uhhh... it’s uh.... here let me just show you what I got” *shows 30 year old speaker system* Then there’s people who don’t realize you need a speaker or amplification of some sort to use a microphone. Or think that “bluetooth” microphones exist, and that they exist for like $30. Also terrible is getting the long story over the phone. All I need to hear is “do you have this item in stock?” Not the entire reason of how you got into music or why you’re buying this item. Otherwise, I love working in a music store, especially around Christmas when there’s a lot of excitement around it.
I remember in my younger years I went to buy a guitar & found a beautiful strat. The shop guy got it from display, a tried it, everything went great. The I asked, “Do you have one in black?” He looked at me like he wanted to kill me!
I'm still looking for the right SG, is the one over Baxter's left shoulder on your web? Have pups, need body. Head break/crack OK. Prefer .85+ neck, hard to find non-CS. 70 y/o experienced player/repair guy. Thanks! --gary
Those see through Kramers with aluminum necks used to be pretty common. There have been steel strats and teles so I can understand asking what they are made from.
I just bought the most expensive guitar a company makes. That 1st question could be real. I was on the phone with several makers and manufacturers. I bought from the company that took me seriously, the one that wanted my business, that appreciated my business. I did not get the D35 I was looking to replace. I got something much better.
I worked at a music store and a kid about 15 years old was planning to steal a Peavey Rage amplifier, a little tiny thing. He kept walking around looking at everything, pianos, a ancient Conn organ...he kept drifting back to the Rage. He picked it up a few times about 4 inch and set it down. He didn't know all of our amps had the power cord picture wired to the power strip. But he finally walked out, and I noticed there was a pretty confetti clown vomit pick inside the back, just one. The next day he was back, wandered around, did nothing. That night there was an Alfred book 1 inside it. Eventually, over the days, the Rage gained a cord, a strap, a Metallica song book, a thumb pick. I finally emptied it out. He came back and noticed the Rage was empty. Confused, he said he was thinking of buying it. I told him we sell the boxed ones, THAT one had no insides, it was a dummy with a pilot light only. I got a boxed one from the back but he 'remembered something...' and left. Never saw him again. The Alfred book would have been a big help with Metallica, especially with a white thumb pick.
@@MADguitar The store has to pay for these...and they are very good, very beginner amplifiers. What did you use for a beginner amp when YOU started? First Act...? A Smoky...? Everyone has to start somewhere. We also sold 5150's...we were the Peavey dealer. They almost never broke or died. Pull the speaker cord and run it to a 4-12 slant, add a few pedals. Oh well...
@@MADguitar I agree...the Rage is the tiniest beginner amp they made. I have two Peavey Century 100 watt amp heads for monitors, back ups for anything else. People have told me their horror stories of Peavey's that fell out of trucks, off stages and they still worked, including a massive KB300. I've opened Peavey's and was shocked at the perfect layout of resistors, more like a dealer pack of resistors...side by side and all pointing in one direction, an values all at the same end. It was weird. I know they break, I've only seen one....a little bass Minx. My bass player liked the sound so much he was using it on stage as a main, not a personal monitor. After 6 months it blew. I replaced the blown IC, made a bigger heat sink, and it was great. (we miked it after that). I sold him a Patriot guitar I had and I miss it dearly....it was just a cool brown burst maple fingerboard guitar. I checked the Peavy site and they have really changed.....imports hurt them bad and they had to change of die. He bought a Peavey Unity Mixer and it was incredible, and I still own 4 of the plastic clamp-together floor monitors...really handy. I thought they would be too tinny but that was why they cut thru the band so well. Nice talking to you...Nyms.
"Can you just put a new string on this? I want to make sure my daughter likes it before we spend money on a guitar," as they hand you a forty year old broken toy that will ensure she hates not only guitar, but offers fodder for therapy when they grow up.
When I owned a garden centre my favourite stupid question was a lady in 2018 that asked how we kept our toilets clean because the bottom of her toilet had been ‘spiky with limescale since 1978’.
Actually you CAN play an acoustic/electric guitar as “an electric” guitar. It has a pickup so if you plug it in to your pedal board/amp setup, you are going to get signal/sound come out like a typical electric.
I was going to visit last week Monday on my way to Savannah... Stupid power... I was looking forward to eating at the PineScone too. Gonna have to reschedule. Betcha I can come up with even dumber questions!
I am so unbelievably obsessed with that Echopark Clarance Custom semi-hollow behind you on the wall.... its been in my cart for a month. I justy have to figure out how to grow 5K quick. Do you have any money tree seeds I could plant? 😂 I wish i was closer I would love to play that thing, it just checks all the boxes for me. Do me a favor and play it for me and let me know how it is lol.
As a Chef I always got a Chuckle when wearing a Chefs Coat standing in a kitchen I was asked, Do you Work Here? You Should Expand Inventory and add Kazoo's
"Do y'all have guitars?" I was at a shop down the road from my house to get guitar strings and a guy came in, went to the counter and asked the owner that question. To give the guy a little credit while they do have a few guitars hanging up in the front room of the shop most of the stuff in that room is stuff like strings, books, etc.... while most of the guitars are in the back room.
The trouble with the analogy is, everyone can see the difference between a tent and a mansion or between a Ford and a Bugatti. You do not have to be a house or car guy for that. But if I can cover up the headstock sticker, I challenge everyone to tell a thumbnail picture of a black bullet strat from a black custom shop strat (without relicing).
So are the expensive guitars the ones that come with talent? (700 subscribers to go then it's a talented guitar for one lucky individual, and an arm wrestling match for Baxter and Jonathan.)
You fellas are Awesome🙂, very funny... especially, # 10, I believe I would have demonstrated the shifty eyes thing, then leaned forward and whispered "You don't happen work for the CIA, FBI, or Homeland Security do you? " 😅 Oh hey I was wondering... Do you guys sell those "Esteban, Learn How to Play Guitar in 30 Minute Kits? "😗
Ha, 'Are these guitars made of wood' was funny to me. First real GF in '72 at 15 years old didn't like the 'blonde' Teles and Strats in a catalog i ordered then. She thought they looked like they were made out of plastic. ha, her older brother was an instructor at a local shop and a great player. She knew better.
When I was looking for my first guitar, I liked the look and price of the Yamaha Pacifica. So I picked it up and asked: 'Is this a lead guitar?' I was told it was an electric guitar. 'Yes, of course it is... but I want to play lead with it some day.'
My most expensive guitar is my first cheap electric Squire. I sold it, and 15 years later I wanted it back... Nostalgia comes at a price.. It was hurt and heartbroken, so now it's getting a rebuild but with way too expensive parts. But I guess those Fat 50s and roller nut etc will pay me back one day!... Nope, it won't. 🙄
