Forbidden songs =D


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01/19/2004 8:01 am
Hi!

I don't know if this topic allready has been discussed, but anyway:

Which songs is forbidden to play in a music-store when you try a new guitar?

My personal opinion:
"Smoke on the water"
"Nothing else matters"
"Stairway to heaven"

Kinda stupid, acctually, but it feels like a golden rule or sumething.. Ghaa!
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01/19/2004 8:16 am
i think you can play any song you want in the shop when trying a new guitar its funny like on waynes world.
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01/19/2004 3:03 pm
I always like to mess with people especially at the guitar shop. So I usually pull out alittle "twinkle twinkle little star" and "frosty the snow man". Is snow man two words or one? Anyways I think songs like these are forbidden in a guitar shop unless your an outlaw. ;)
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01/19/2004 9:18 pm
I find that Steppenwolf "Monster" is a very effective 'old fart' detector! :)
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01/20/2004 12:57 am
I love smoke on the water.... why not play it...... but i ussually get a nice SRV fender at the stores and start ownin up some vaughan hendrix or any blues riffs.
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01/20/2004 3:45 am
I know the store owner where I'm from completely hates when people play this one metallica riff

E-0-3-5--0-3-6rb5--0-3-5-3-0

That one.
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01/20/2004 4:35 am
Originally posted by Hammurabi
I know the store owner where I'm from completely hates when people play this one metallica riff

E-0-3-5--0-3-6rb5--0-3-5-3-0

That one.


Yeah, the one where Jaymz starts singing about recording their first album in Montreux and some stupid with a flare gun burning down the studio.
... and that's all I have to say about that.

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01/20/2004 2:24 pm
Playing and singing "La Bamba" at the top of your lungs while outputting the amp to headphones.

Actually, one time I went to the guitar store and there was a guy playing the electronic drums and listening to them on headphones. He wasn't that great, but what was funnier was that he was singing along to what he was playing. The best song was "We Will Rock You".
... and that's all I have to say about that.

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01/20/2004 7:46 pm
Horrible attempts at 'fade to black'.Of course they all skip right over the intro solo.

I'd be a bad guitar salesman...
You would see kids running out of the store crying with thier hopes of being a famous heavy guitarist shmuck destroyed.
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01/20/2004 8:30 pm
Originally posted by chucklivesoninmyheart
Horrible attempts at 'fade to black'.Of course they all skip right over the intro solo.

I'd be a bad guitar salesman...
You would see kids running out of the store crying with thier hopes of being a famous heavy guitarist shmuck destroyed.


lol... how do you actually mess up the chords in fade to black?
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01/20/2004 8:32 pm
You're probably right, I've never heard the song. I don't even know what song it is. What I have heard, though, is about a dozen people play it exactly like that and call it metallica, so my point still stands :)
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01/20/2004 9:13 pm
band: Deep Purple.

album: Machine Head.

song title: Smoke On The Water.
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01/22/2004 7:29 am
Originally posted by Inisfail
Hi!

I don't know if this topic allready has been discussed, but anyway:

Which songs is forbidden to play in a music-store when you try a new guitar?

My personal opinion:
"Smoke on the water"
"Nothing else matters"
"Stairway to heaven"

Kinda stupid, acctually, but it feels like a golden rule or sumething.. Ghaa!


I totally agree!!!!!!!!
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01/22/2004 7:57 am
i want to add

Black Sabbath - Iron Man

Metallica - One

i don't know how many times i've heard wannabe guitarists try to play taht in guitar stores. i was laughing with a sales guy about it
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01/22/2004 6:18 pm
Why are people playing al those songs to tryout a guitar?
just play some scales I think, try to play some solos... thats when you find out if the guitar is good enough I think :)
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01/22/2004 10:06 pm
The way to see if a guitar is any good(correctly) has little actual playing involved.First check the specs...make shure they meet what your looking for.Check the guitar for cracks,chipping,orange-peel and inconsistancies in the finish.Next check the neck to make certain its not warped by looking down the fretboard with the bridge at eye level.Check over hardware for any flaws.Look over the fret/inlay work as well.

finally...bend some notes on all strings to assess tuning stability and check for fret buzz.
Obviously you want the guitar to 'feel' good too.

No need to play any song...
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01/22/2004 11:24 pm
Originally posted by chucklivesoninmyheart
The way to see if a guitar is any good(correctly) has little actual playing involved.First check the specs...make shure they meet what your looking for.Check the guitar for cracks,chipping,orange-peel and inconsistancies in the finish.Next check the neck to make certain its not warped by looking down the fretboard with the bridge at eye level.Check over hardware for any flaws.Look over the fret/inlay work as well.

finally...bend some notes on all strings to assess tuning stability and check for fret buzz.
Obviously you want the guitar to 'feel' good too.

No need to play any song...


Yeah sure, if you want to do it the LAME way.
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01/22/2004 11:26 pm
I think you would most definitely need to play a song.

Each guitar has a different type of tone to it. The difference in wood, makes each and EVERY (even if it's the same brand, same type of guitar) sound different.

Also, what about the pickups. Even though most stock pickups suck, you still would want to hear what they sound like if you were purchasing that guitar.
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01/23/2004 4:56 am
If you're looking at a stereo system, you should bring along a few CDs, tapes, LPs, that you're very familiar with, so you can accurately judge the sound.

The same (only more so), with guitars! You need to play something that is as familiar to you as breathing, so that any differences become apparent to you right away.

If that means subjecting the store staff to something they are tired of hearing, don't worry about it.

You are in that store, playing that guitar, because you are interested in paying a large sum out of your hard-earned savings for it. The sales staff are in that store, listening to you play that guitar, because they make their living by selling instruments to people who are willing to part with their hard-earned savings, Their discomfort at hearing your version of something they've heard too many times before is [u]temporary[/u]! Your unhappiness with an unsuitable guitar is [u]24/7[/u] until you can get rid of the offending beast, often at a financial loss!

There are no 'forbidden songs' - only people who expect to be entertained every time they see someone pick up a guitar. Such folk should limit themselves to nightclubs. Music stores are for those who wish to sell instruments, and those who wish to buy them.

uuuurm... I have spoken. ;<{)
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01/23/2004 6:25 am
Well said Lord, now if only you'd get rid of that Caddy....
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