Members TechBrother Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I was checking out at GC and my friend who works there was talking w/ one of the guys from accessories. This other guy was talking about how he had just learned Dancing Days by Zep. My friend who works there looks at me and says "you know how to play that right?" I replied that I learned the song from STP's acoustic version and that it was in DADGAD tuning. The kid looked at me wierd. He asked to play it on the guitar I was holding and proceeded to play his version. He was pretty close... at least he had two notes right. He was pretty insitant that was it. My friend then insisted that I show him how I play it. I re-tuned the guitar and played it how I knew it and it sounded a little closer than his rendition... at least all his co-workers thought so. While being confident in my ability I try to not come across as being cocky. It felt good to be able to show him up at someone else's insitance. If he were close to playing the song or wasn't so sure he knew it I would have never played. Ever notice that a lot of music store employees aren't the most able musicians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrweems Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 the ones i know. are badass. Every other employee in a music store that i do not know. Is a giant chode monkey that needs to stop using their butterfingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jake.lind Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I think this is pretty easy to explain. It's sort of similar the the old adage: "Those that can't do, teach." Only it's: "Those that can't play guitar, sell the damn things." It makes sense that those who can't play guitar as well as others but still enjoy being involved in the musical community are working at Guitar Center, you know? Because, after all, if they could play, they would be gigging instead of selling to people who do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bowlingshirt Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Ever notice that a lot of music store employees aren't the most able musicians?Ever notice that a lot of car salesmen aren't racecar drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matt the rat Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Ever notice that a lot of car salesmen aren't racecar drivers +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ara Ajizian Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Well in his defense not everybody is that familiar with alt tunings. Hell, I had a friend who used to play "The Rain Song" in standard, and it sounded like LZ to me, but he would have to stretch his hands like crazy and play these crazy chords. Then one day he picked up a guitar mag about Jimmy Page (imagine that) and they had the open tuning he uses for the Rain Song...much easier to play. I'd give the kid props at least for having good taste in what he's learning;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L_Z_nut Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Seems like you are actually bragging about this. ^ Nice avatar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 well at least he could play something, I hate going into shops where the salesperson knows {censored} all about what they are selling. I had this experience last in 'dixons' (large electrical store) I was asking this guy about a dvd recorder with a hard drive and freeview reciever and he didn't even seem like he understood what I was asking, he was coming out with all this technical bull{censored} that he had obviously learned parrot fashion, but when I asked him a question like 'can you transfer stuff recorded on the hard drive to a dvd' he didn't have a {censored}ing clue....I got really pissed off and when home and ordered one online in the end...I really don't know how they sell anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coma Larkin Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 What's the point of this thread again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 What's the point of this thread again?no idea."pwned and employee" I guess.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGareth Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 well at least he could play something, I hate going into shops where the salesperson knows {censored} all about what they are selling. I had this experience last in 'dixons' (large electrical store) I was asking this guy about a dvd recorder with a hard drive and freeview reciever and he didn't even seem like he understood what I was asking, he was coming out with all this technical bull{censored} that he had obviously learned parrot fashion, but when I asked him a question like 'can you transfer stuff recorded on the hard drive to a dvd' he didn't have a {censored}ing clue....I got really pissed off and when home and ordered one online in the end...I really don't know how they sell anything. Ahhh don't get me started on Dixons and Curry's and their {censored}ty extended warranties. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TechBrother Posted February 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Seems like you are actually bragging about this. ^ Nice avatar Bragging? maybe a little... my point was, this kid was pretty cocky and acted like I was crazy for proposing a different way to play the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Turd Furgison Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 opening this thread i had high hopes that someone down on their luck had to turn to, of all places, GC for employment so their trailer wouldn't get repo'd, hence a "pwned and employe" title. the actually OP just makes me go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 I was checking out at GC and my friend who works there was talking w/ one of the guys from accessories. This other guy was talking about how he had just learned Dancing Days by Zep. My friend who works there looks at me and says "you know how to play that right?" I replied that I learned the song from STP's acoustic version and that it was in DADGAD tuning. The kid looked at me wierd. He asked to play it on the guitar I was holding and proceeded to play his version. He was pretty close... at least he had two notes right. He was pretty insitant that was it. My friend then insisted that I show him how I play it. I re-tuned the guitar and played it how I knew it and it sounded a little closer than his rendition... at least all his co-workers thought so. While being confident in my ability I try to not come across as being cocky. It felt good to be able to show him up at someone else's insitance. If he were close to playing the song or wasn't so sure he knew it I would have never played. Ever notice that a lot of music store employees aren't the most able musicians? Music shops are utterly stupid places in which to see who has the longest dick or who can piss the furthest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L_Z_nut Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 ^^ Yeah I don't really understand how this is pwnage either... seems more like "correct'd" to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members therhodeo Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 My favorite guitar salesman ever was a sax player and couldn't play a lick of guitar. Knew every technical detail about every guitar and urged you to pick based on sound and feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members therhodeo Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 ^^ Yeah I don't really understand how this is pwnage either... seems more like "correct'd" to me. Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Turd Furgison Posted February 29, 2008 Members Share Posted February 29, 2008 Music shops are utterly stupid places in which to see who has the longest dick or who can piss the furthest. two weeks ago i would have disagreed with you till i was blue in the face, but after last weeks unfortunate power stirp+urine incident i now agree 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobalt-60 Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 Ever notice that a lot of car salesmen aren't racecar drivers +1 again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 Yeah, good job playing guitar better than someone, you're probably the best there is you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HMCMedic Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 I have a couple friends that work at my local GC, I became friends with them after buying stuff from them. They are both killer musicians and we support one another by attending each others gigs quite a bit. Whenever I play someplace he'll show up and I do the same for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaSkip Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 Overall, I find GC to be quite the beating. Between, the sonic onslaught of really poor players and what seems to be somewhat mis-informed staff. I have little time for the BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 Yeah, I don't really "get" GC. It's a neat idea to have everything set up and testable, but in practice you end up with a wash of {censored}ty players. I try to be considerate of others which ends up with me turning what I'm playing down so low that I'm not really getting an idea of what it sounds like, and then some awful Dimebag wannabe plugs in to a buzzing B-52 combo with a $300 camo-colored guitar with more awful angles than Fox News during an election year and begins to approximate a cat being gutted loud enough that if I couldn't hear the gear I'm testing BEFORE he started playing, the ringing in my ears from his awful cacophany insures that it's a no-go afterwards. I like small music stores for just that reason. Less people means you can actually get a feel for what you're playing without either bothering others or going deaf, and the hovering vultures trying to pick dollar-shaped scabs off of eachothers asses are replaced by at worst benign indifference and at best genuine concern for you as a customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members homestar_kevin Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 a 75 year old woman who knows dick except "that one is pretty and sounds nice" works at my local music go round, and she's awesome. She's probably one of my favorites who works there. I would much rather have the people that work there not be douches about how good they are. I'm not that amazing at guitar, and I really really don't enjoy(and really can't ) playing shred stuff. So I hate those guys/kids at a music shop, and its 20 times worse when they turn around and you see they work there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Keith SIO Posted March 1, 2008 Members Share Posted March 1, 2008 a 75 year old woman who knows dick except "that one is pretty and sounds nice" works at my local music go round, and she's awesome. She's probably one of my favorites who works there. I would much rather have the people that work there not be douches about how good they are. I'm not that amazing at guitar, and I really really don't enjoy(and really can't ) playing shred stuff. So I hate those guys/kids at a music shop, and its 20 times worse when they turn around and you see they work there. I think shred guy is sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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