These Guitar Center FAILS Will Make You CRINGE
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The cringe level is over 9000!
Love u bro
I understood that refernce! And I'm proud of it!
Let us know when you are out here in Orygun.
Cringe
@Aubert Lachance you can probably change language
Shout out to anyone else too self conscious to plug in a guitar in Guitar Center.
Only when I was too drunk or half drunk LOL
I used to plug in and play; then I turned 17 and stopped
You got this, brother. Learn a riff and just use it to test gear. No need to be Eddie
@@JustinSpakable I got open chords for days buddy.
Lol , tune up, hit the E chord, call it a day
Meanwhile I keep my volume on a blues junior at 2 and still wonder if I’m being an asshole
Couldn’t relate more 😂
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Lmfaooo this was me just last week
I tend to not especially when I have a few beers in me. Yesterday a neighbour asked me: "Did you hear that guitar last Friday? Was just playing random things, not even finishing a song" Yeah that would be me just sitting there playing radom riffs and licks. I would probably fit right in at guitar center. Wonder if the neighbour was passive aggressive though. "you suck anyway so keep it down" was implied :P
@@IrLosin my neighbor likes my playing so much, he threw a brick through my window so he could hear me better😂😂
My signature guitar center move as a kid was to go to the Boss pedal display, turn on every single pedal, then set the delay feedback to infinity, crank the amp.. then play a harmonic and walk out of the store watching the employees run to the pedal board covering their ears. Good times.
So YOU'RE the reason most of those are unplugged 😒
Love it. Legend
That shit is hilarious
@@georgehill6098 this was the early 00s, it guitar center was the Wild West haha
@Casual Observer that is funny as fuck.
I used to work at Guitar Center's San Francisco branch back in the late 90's, and this sure brings back memories. I've both witnessed and been some of these people. But to be fair, there have been some magical moments too, because we had a few talented and skilled musicians working at the branch, and sometimes they'd jam with the customers or each other and blow everyone in the store away. There was this one time when a customer came in to test out amps for his harmonica, and his friend was playing some really basic chords on the guitar to accompany him. One of our guitar techs was an accomplished guitarist and was like, "His friend is totally selling him short." So he plugged in a guitar and joined in, playing some really beautiful and sophisticated chord progressions, and the guy with the harmonica responded by playing some really amazing stuff. The whole store was entranced. There were also times when the drum department guys all got on kits and played together and that was always a lot of fun.
Ill bet guitar center you worked for in san francisco witnessed a lot of well known guys coming through town. You probably know personally .Did you ever deal with guys like (demanding equipment?? Lol
@@dannyhood7433 We've had some famous musicians do clinics or judge competitions, and they were all very nice and gracious. I don't recall any asshole behaviors. We once had Akira Jimbo come do a drum clinic in-store and it was awesome. Drummers from famous bands came to check it out and pay their respects. We also had a drumming competition in-store and the judges were all drummers from famous bands (Faith No More was one of them).
@@LunatiqueRobcool
I'm sorry, I don't believe that a harp player played anything amazing. (Mic drop)
@@vicferrari89 The guy was no Toots Thielemans, but he was pretty damn good. He wasn't just playing some simple blues lines, but jazzy stuff with interesting melodic contours.
To be fair, if im usually a 5/10 guitar player, when i step into a store im automatically a 3. I dont know why this happens but its real.
when I used to go in hungover,I was usually less self-conscious and knew the person that worked there was trying to impress them with my latest flicks
I get that same disorder whenever someone asks me to play for them. Can’t remember how to play anything.
@@doughnut3639 when that happens my mind can only go to songs u learned 15 years ago when i started.
@@blackmage567 it’s a curse, my mind instantly goes to smoke on the water 😂
Same I forget everything when I test out a guitar, and I’ve gotten into Berklee jesus....
I clicked faster than it takes for someone with perfect pitch to tell me they have perfect pitch
This deserves to be hearted 😂
As someone with perfect pitch, I would like to say that I don’t say that I have perfect pitch every opportunity I have.
But I agree xD
Rudy Ayoub
I rarely ever talk about mine tbh.
@@noahprice4894 you just did
There was this guy I saw the other day who got kicked out. He was going around playing in everybody’s face, insulted the old nice tech, insulted the employees, acted insanely arrogant, then I heard an employee say “he auditioned for my band like 2 years ago and he was the weirdest kid I ever met” lmao.
Alex Van Halen has the Harley shuffle; Guitar Center visitor has the dirt bike groove.
I'm a 3/10 guitar player at best and found myself in a guitar store in Mexico City one day, picked up a guitar and started to Noodle it wasn't two or three minutes later a crowd had gathered around me and stared in awe and applauded when I was done. Made no sense but I was King for a day!
you dont sound too 3/10 to me then lol
The last clip could literally be a form of mental torture
It's the sound of imminent death I wonder the store owner didn't kick them out
I like your name
I would give up the locations of all the missile sites, name all the spies, sell out my own family even, if the CIA subjected me to that for even an hour. How on earth anyone can remain sane and work in a Guitar Center is beyond me. They should be trained up as Navy Seals or something 😂
There's an album called "Everywhere at the End of Time." It starts out as music, but slowly devolves into just noise, representing the progression of dementia. That is what that Final clip sounds like
I believe it's like 6 hours long or something like that isn't it?
@@Krullmatic it is
9:17 almost fell of my chair laughing! "Its like stubbing your toe, on drums"
I once thought I was alone in guitar center. I tuned up and played a few notes and landed on an E and from there I went into playing Killer of Giants Ozzy/Jake E Lee and when I got done with the badass solo I was feeling it and ended it with improv and the employee with a customer came out and said "dude, that was beautiful.." and I'm still embarrassed to play at guitar center.. Never again
Lmao -“this is what hell sounds like.” You hit the nail on the head.
8:55 When you get caught stealing and have to pay a different way
Lmao, Best comment
I don’t get who you’re referring to?
@@vs4571 he's referring to Tyler describing the low strings on the 8 string by stroking his hand back and forth and making a "choking on dick" sound.
Only at guitar center.
LMAO...my 4 year old came to see what I was watching and said, "Dad...that sounds terrible!" gave me a nasty face and then ran off covering his ears LOL
You're not playing enough metal around your child. I'd recommend 'Ba-by Shark djent djent djent-djent djent-djent.' to start.
can we get a lesson on that dirt bike technique??
Just bend the A5 chord down
I'm gonna put it on my TikTok www.tiktok.com/@musicisw?lang=en
You need a Yamaha! They make both guitars AND bikes :)
2:51 Me trying to impress the employees in the store
I clicked on this video so fast that playing the forbidden riff in guitar stores was still a trend
Cringe
Is the forbidden riff paradise city?
@@jackgraham5037 no it's darude sandstorm bro
"the bass player doesn't seem to pay any attention" as a bass player I can confirm that sometimes, that is the case xD
As soon as he said that I felt like there almost needed to be a tongue in cheek fourth wall break
The drummer sets the beat and the vocalist sets the key. Once the bass player knows both of those things, everything else is irrelevant.
What goes around comes around
As a bass player I also second that lol.
11:34 that scene in Toy Story 3 when the kids come in from recess and screw around with the toys
I strive for these peoples level of “not giving a damn”
Air Guitar Demon: Only a true master of guitar would see that I am there... When is this meet up this summer?
Guitar center was different in the 90s. Now, it's a lot more tame
cause people regularly have Cameras now.😂
8:54 I’m sure someone will make a meme of this 😂
Of an ad?
@@tahirmukic5460 Ararararararararara
11:15 "Dude, Guitar Center on a Saturday, this is what Hell sounds like." LMAO
Scheters going into a line 6... exactly what I had when I was 15 still have them actually
I have absolutely no issue with people playing "badly" in a shop, we are all at different stages in our journey and even when you're not great, you need to be able to try out gear.
"This is what Hell sounds like."
Apparently, he hasn't been to Chuck E. Cheese on a Saturday afternoon.
Kinda begs the question what would it sound like if these guitar players (I use the term loosely) crashed a Chuck E. Cheese?
Im thinking 13th level of Hell
I've been playing for over 30 years, last time I bought a Guitar in my local store, I played it unplugged for 5 minutes, liked the look and feel of it, plugged it in and played a C major chord arpeggio once for each pick up position to check the volume and tone knobs worked, all I needed to know before bringing it home,
I think the store employees are more likely to give me a better deal if I don't make a shit load of noise and annoy them first, like anyone else I'm sure they appreciate a professional attitude, I know I got discount, a strap, a couple of extra picks and a spare set of strings thrown in, and the dude's in the store always say hi when I meet them out and about.
Same rule goes for, don't piss off the cook who cooks your food.
Last three guitars I've bought I barely even played them. You may laugh but the first was an Ibanez SZ540QM, the second was a Yamaha RGX640DX, and the last was a cheap Aiersi Chinese Tele copy, that after I levelled the frets is actually the guitar I pick up first. Traded a Marshall 100W Valvestate for the Ibanez, paid $300 for the Yamaha, and $125 for the Aiersi.
The Ibanez is in the middle of a fret job as I played it to death, the Yamaha is just an amazing guitar that never needs tuning (and has a floating trem/plays like a $1000 guitar), and the Tele copy is just the workhorse that I'm so glad I drove out of my way to steal at that price. It's hilarious how good cheap guitars can be with a little love.
I just look at the level of the frets, the action, obvious chips/cracks, fret wear, and abuse. To me, playing a used guitar won't tell me much unless I sit with it for a week. Usually at the end of the week it plays like I've spent 4 times more than I did. I like turning junk into gold.
Pretty much the same deal here. I do a check for dead frets unplugged and then play the same run up and down the neck to make sure it's comfortable and not something I'll have to get used to playing. Then I plug it in and do the same run a few times to make sure the electronics are in order and everything sounds clear. Then we're done. Takes like a minute.
On my latest GC visit (at Arlington, TX) I walked in behind a dad and his son. Guessing the son was about 17 or so and soon it was obvious they were shopping for his next guitar. Pop was kinda pushing Teles and Strats, son liked Gibs and Epis. Anyway this kid was awesome, played some warmups then got into various song passages and freeform improvisations, scales and arpeggios, all sounding very technical and musical but in no way stiff or mechanical or riffy. A skilled, gifted player with no bad habits or crutches. He was actually using his repertoire to help him choose a guitar rather than to show off in public. It was some of the best playing I've heard anywhere in a while and I felt lucky to be there. I'm pretty good and been playing for decades but this young man already blows me away and he and dad have class and treated me and everyone with respect. Anyway he did not find what he wanted that day but they hung out and we ended up talking for about a half hour about music, looked at a few guitars together. One of those great days at the guitar store.
I've never been to guitar center. The state I grew up in never had one until literally the day my parents and I moved out. Their grand opening was on the same morning that we started our road trip across the country, and we moved to another place nowhere near a guitar store of any kind. I really feel like I'm missing out on some of the key experiences of every player's journey here. I can only hope that someday I get to experience the joy and embarrassment of annoying the employees with my terrible playing.
If I bring my gf to GC, she will head to the drums. Which is ok, because she has zero sense of rhythm. You could be blindfolded and throw random things at the drum section, and have better rhythm.
Always puts a smile on my face.
There is also an older gentleman who seems to think he is putting on a show for us.
Plays every 80s metal song he knows, and pauses after each one and looks around for praise.
The last one is literally wat my anxiety sounds like. Like literally every since I was a kid there was this weird anxiety episodes I would get where I just hear and mentally visualized tons of random instruments playing super loud no one in unison and just random loud noises that I couldn’t get to stop. I can’t be the only one and there’s got to be a name for it...or maybe I’m just loony
Auditory illusions from schizophrenia?
Not trying to be rude here, people often stigmatize mental illnesses.
You may need to see a psychiatrist. That could be fixed with medication, it could be a small tumor. For your health I hope you are getting that checked out by a professional.
“Guitar Center on a Saturday... this is what hell sounds like” 🤣🤣🤣 So very true.
Sadly we don't have any guitar center within a few hundred miles of where I live. I actually buy all my gear at a barber shop that happens to also sell guitars.
And pizza??
"Not everyone has to hear you, believe it or not." -My FAVORITE quote!
Those two kids rehearsing in guitar center sounded like an old 56k dial up modem
This video takes me back when I was a teenager going to the music stores with my friends. LOL! Our main store here in Ontario Canada was Steve's Music. It was a wall of noise on the weekends.
I've never really had the guts to be most of those folks, mainly cuz it seem like everytime I plug in at the guitar/music store my mind goes completely blank and I have no idea what to play, or that I even know how to play. Thankfully, that doesn't happen to me live!!
When you said " This is what Hell sounds like" I was laughing for 15 minutes. When I hear all that when I enter G.C., I just walk right out. Great video!
I had a bad experience at Guitar Center. I was shopping for a new acoustic acoustic guitar and wanted to try the higher end models. Not being a person who just grabs guitars off the rack, I waited for someone to ask me if I needed help. These guys wouldn’t even look at me. One guy was all excited selling a mandolin strap and the other guy was all excited selling a $200 Yamaha acoustic. I told my wife they have 5 minutes to help me or we’re out of there. We ended up leaving and driving 20 minutes away to a small music shop. As soon as we walked in we had the owners attention and he asked what I needed and I told him what I wanted and how much I was spending and he brought me 5 guitars to try that he thought I’d like. I asked him if I could detune and he said sure, you obviously know what you’re doing. I ended up leaving with a nice Taylor guitar. I love it. Sales people acknowledge your customers.
Most salesmen nowadays wait to be approached since most people don’t want to be approached anymore so they don’t bother. Places who still practice standard procedure are nice tho!
That's the difference between a guy who plays and that has his life invested in the store as opposed to some kid who has a shitty retail 'job'.
I had a similar experience. Some salespeople were making negative comments trying to be funny. Once they learned I owned the biggest recording studio in town, I was then greeted with respect every time, as we had an account there. But it doesn't have to be that way. Basic respect isn't that hard.
I remember one time I was in a Music Go Round and I had been trying a guitar out for a few minutes and then another guy sat down at amp with a guitar and started playing. He began laying some licks down over what I was doing and then I did the same to what he he was playing and we went back and forth for a few more minutes. It was pretty cool and sounded good.
My favorite fail is when they send a well used floor model even if you purchased as “new” online. :D
Amazing content as usual brother. Tbqh I genuinely look up to you as a mentor figure. Whenever I get frustrated while practicing, I'll take a break and watch your videos to reset my brain, have a laugh, and get motivated again. 👌
I'll also admit that I embarrassed myself so hard at Sweetwater, in front of everyone (plus my personal sales engineer). I had only been taking lessons for a year and was handed a guitar I've never touched before to test out a tube amp. My hands were frozen solid. I ALWAYS have to warm up for a few minutes to sound like I'm not playing drunk. Plus I was exhausted from the three hour commute and I also have really bad performance anxiety when I'm being watched, especially when I'm put on the spot (I'm working on this). Excuses, I know. Being said, I'm trying to get better! I still cringe at how awful I was though. It's frustrating because it seriously appeared like I had picked up a guitar for the absolute first time, ever. I know I made everyone involved uncomfortable. It still haunts me at night.
Lol. I play amazing after about 2 beers. It loosens me up, allows me to relax, and lets me actually 'go for it' with more complicated passages that I wouldn't normally attempt. I'
ve recorded myself and yes it sounds as good sober. I'm not recommending you start drinking to be able to play though.
"I thought the fail was gonna be like the guy was gonna turn up the amp and play terribly..."
No Tyler, that's you.
BOOM. ROASTED.
I lost it with the dirt bike!!!! Well played, Sir! Great edit!
the first guy can play but everyone else sucks!😋, BUT If they only played with the Wah Wah Pedal, ALL your solos will sound Good whether your a beginner or a noob. Whammy Pedal is the Ultimate Guitar Invention Ever. It beautifies my crappy soloing and masks my shaky and horrible vibrato.🤘
Not sure which video you watched, but the first player in this video sucked out loud.
The best experience i had trying new rig was in a Chilean music store inside a shopping center..
right there they got a small sealed room for testing stuff... it is great idea for both customers and sellers...
Most decent stores have a 'practice room' that has diminished audio output
I love how someone disliked the video without even watching the whole thing :|
@The SNES Man yeah, I tought so as well, but after seeing Aidan's coment I think they actually do that.
I think there is a not insignificant amount of people who downvote strictly based on titles. A lot of people holding onto their hopes that they can make a stand against "clickbait" titles. Some may see the word "cringe" and assume it's used that way.
Probab is y one of the cringe people lol
I'm really glad I stuck around for the ending. Haven't been there for a while. Thanks for the memories 😊
Please remember when you go into a music store with the intention of being super loud, you don’t have to be there and the employees do.
That second to last group sounded like a flock of bees coming at you 😂
Tyler: I wish I could have coffee with Jimmy Page."
Also Tyler: *Plays Eddie Van Halen's guitar* "Oh well!"
Also Tyler as well: *plays Eric Clapton's guitar with Van Halen's pick*
My Saturday job while still at school was in a music shop. (Polishing, re-stringing, etc. Making coffee or tea.) It's a real experience more need to go through!
The nice thing about being a bassist, you've got your own corner of the store
Can't wait for the Oregon stop. It would be awesome to meet you.
The aired guitar demon is like watching Stevie Wonder try to play guitar
Idiot- Stevie wonder can play every instrument
Consider this: he is a multi-instrumentalist.
The man is blind, and could STILL play better than most everyone here.
That made me laugh too hatd
So I can buzz with the guitar like I'm riding a motorcycle? Huuumm... Cooool!! 😂
This is why I always look at a few electrics casually, then dive into the acoustic room, where I can hide, feel comfortable, and not allow myself to look like any of these people :)
yeah I agree
And it sounds phenomenal in there. I love hooking a nice Taylor up to an acoustic amp. Omg it sounds great and hardly anyone goes in there lol
I think the guitar center dude said "you gotta go" I actually can't stand guitar center. I mean in small doses to get what I need and leave it's ok. But the staff always seem to think they know more than they actually do and are occasionally rude.
I think that's why the " can I help you" is mostly treated with "no, go f yourself"
why I'm too scared to pick up any instrument in a music shop...you just never know who is filming
@Nostalgia For Infinity you make a good point
Yeah, playing what you can is fine. If youre a beginner nobody judges you. But if you try to be yngwie but cant even play smoke on the water on time. People will judge you
One thing I like about most of these people, they really don't seem to care what others think. That can be a pretty good quality to have.
For some reason Everytime I'm in Guitar Center, instead of playing the stuff I know down pat, I always am like oh that riff I just learned of three seconds ago I'll try that lol. So I understand ... Kind of lol
You had me dying with that one guy who was playing that noisy riff that sounded like a motorcycle muffler! Hahahaha
2:26 he just has a lot of feeling 😂
That Crack Groove 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@justintaylor8043 lmao
“Guitar center on a Saturday” - I laughed so hard I was crying...I still can’t catch my breath...
10:50
Probably the song is Flight of the Bumblebee, I can’t tell 😂
That's what i thought 😂
That was completely unfair, you melted yourself out the video and left me alone my ears bleeding 😃 thank you for your continued enthusiasm for the craft
8:36 Primus but unironically
Every time I wanted to try an electric guitar, this was the atmosphere, so I usually just gave up and went to the acoustic room.
8:55 can you spell that the close captions didn’t get it. 😂🤘🏽
10:00 cowboys from What the hell?
I think you are right about CFH. Dime guitar and all!
I was thinking CFH. Either that or a very, VERY bad attempt at Walk without bending the string and hammering from F to Gb and then G to try to get the same effect.
What the guy played at 10:00 kinda makes me think about one of the riffs in Harvester of Sorrow lol
My first guitar (brown sunburst Memphis Les Paul) was from Wally's pawn shop in beautiful downtown Zion, Il. I don' think Guitar Center was even thought of yet at that time.
I am a simple person, I see Tyler, I click and press the like button
The Kawasaki guy looked a little like your sketch doppelganger. 😄
The kid wasn't wearing headphones, it was ear protection.
When I went to buy my last guitar I went to a huge music center after Christmas. It was hell times 10, not just guitars, everything. Parents with vouchers and their kids trying out every instrument on the planet, including violins they couldn't play. It was still fun to buy my guitar, but boy...
Tyler: Stay tuned for the meet-up
Me watching from India: Yeah Sure buddy!
Hope you are staying safe over there friend.
@@doughnut3639 that's so kind of you Thank you❤
Guitar store fails is part of the allure! Cheers Tyler!!
I worked in a Guitar Center for almost a year and a half and had previous experience selling guitars, keyboards, pro audio, etc. and know how to program drums and keyboards besides being as audio engineer in NYC for 20+ years!! That wasn't good enough for them!! The managers helped their buddies who worked there take away my sales, refused to make me full time although one of the stipulations of me taking the job was to be full time in 6 months but the worst fail I experienced was a new store manager who got the idea in his head that I was a Republican ( He's a Democrat and I'm an Independent although it was none of his business!), calls me into his office and says "Republicans all hate women and are all Racist!!" That's all he said and the following week he cut my hours down to 4 a week and when Covid happened I was the first to be laid off!!! It's funny because in pro audio I was the only one who knew MIDI, recording, signal flow plus I could work in any department and do good but they don't care about that stuff!!! I won't tell you which store it was but I live in West Palm Beach, Florida!!!! They never asked me to come back but they did hire more hacks for sales!!! I feel so much better now!!!!
Sounds a bit like Nazi germany. Progressive liberals, which are 99% of musicians are funny that way
you should have sued him for discrimination based on political beliefs or affiliation. same as religious or racial discrimination. you have laws protecting you from this kind of treatment.
I used your audible code from one of your other videos, thank you, audible is awesome and I feel like I retain so much more information.
This is what Hell sounds like! Still laughing!!! That was great Thanks.
That last video is the grand opening of the Guitar center in times square ( RIP btw) they called it " the night the gates to hell opened" i was part of the opening crew and personally turned up everyone's amps...
1:48 that's called the guitar world standing seizure!
I wish you had gotten to WA sooner, at least in the Seattle area we have had 2-3 of my favorite guitar shops close down due to covid.
Loved the flanger effect at the end, is that some weird phasing issue from the video or did you add it on purpose?
I worked at guitar center around the time those Line 6 Spiders came out with the iPod jack. I remember like it was yesterday… Three times a week this smelly guy would come in, plug his iPod into the spider, grab a $1500+ type guitar off the wall, and he’d jam out to his iPod with his volume set at eleven. We had two nicknames for him “Sweat Master Zero” or “the dude who smells like cheese” our GM told us we had to let him do his own thing because every once in a while he’d buy something. After he left we used to have to wipe his nasty sweat of the guitars. Fond memories I tells ya!
that last one - you know they told all their friends that they had a monster jam session at the guitar center and it was AWESOME
Had a part time gig in a local music store back in the mid 2000s. There was a guy who was known as “The Serenader” among the staff. He would always come in every Tuesday morning, grab a Gibson or Martin off the wall in the acoustic room and sing James Taylor and Harry Chapin songs for an hour.
Over the six years I worked there, we wound up changing a lot of strings on those guitars solely because of that guy.
Guitar Center on a Saturday had me laughing so hard! hahaha
"This is like my golf swing." 😂😂🤣🤣
Guy at 9:51 sounds like he’s trying to play cowboys from hell lol
If you're not feeling well, don't listen to the end. Feel like I'm gonna pass out. Mostly my MS though. Good video!!
11:44 Brings back Road-Rash memories
I loved road rash!
When you visit WA, you should come to the Guitar Center in Redmond Town Center!
When I bought my first guitar , GC wasn’t even a wet dream , not to mention a total destruction of great mom and pop music stores everywhere.
We had this stellar music shop in my city. I only bought from them to support them, then they built a GC a couple blocks away and the old music shop is dying. I'm forced to go to GC a lot now cause my shop just doesn't have what I need half the time anymore. I always go there first, but at least 60% of the time I end up having to leave and go to GC. Sucks.
Today's gonna be a great birthday. Thanks for the upload.
11:42 everyone louder than everyone else
My first guitar was bought at a Media Play! A BC rich warlock lol!! They always had cool pointy guitars and caught my eye at a young age
“Shelter guitar through a Line 6 Spider. Classic tone” one of my favorite lines of all time
bruh @10:20 that sounds like bees buzzing! lmao!!!!