8 Most Overplayed Songs in Guitar Stores - It's NOT Stairway to Heaven!

Dagan shows us the 8 songs that are ALWAYS played in guitar stores. Turns out it's not 'Stairway To Heaven' anymore!
In this very tongue in cheek video, Dagan shows us some of the most overplayed songs he's seen whilst working in PMT. Please note - we ACTIVELY encourage you to play these songs! They are great songs to hone your skills, learn new tracks and test out the sound of amps and guitars. They are great songs that we LOVE to hear you play, so keep doing it and keep pushing yourself to learn new songs!
Check out the honourable mentions too! We've all played these songs at some point on our journey.
Bonus points if you get the Tool album name correct ;)
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - No Stairway?! Denied!
1:29 - Pinch Of Salt Disclaimer ;)
2:23 - Gear Used
2:59 - 'Slow Dancing' - John Mayer
4:48 - 'Do I Wanna Know?' - Arctic Monkeys
6:15 - 'Crazy Train' - Ozzy Osbourne
7:10 - 'Can't Stop' - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
8:19 - 'Seven Nation Army' - The White Stripes
9:35 - 'Iron Man' - Black Sabbath
10:22 - 'Psycho' - Muse
11:16 - Honourable Mentions - medley!
12:11 - 'Schism' - Tool
13:33 - 'Higher Ground' - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
14:44 - 'The Chain' - Fleetwood Mac
15:39 - Final Thoughts
In this video, Dagan discusses why Stairway to Heaven is played (or not played) in guitar stores, and how learning some of these "overplayed" songs can help you really hone your skills and also help you test out how a guitar feels in your hands.
Did you know we hear John Mayer a lot in guitar stores? Did you know that 'Schism' by Tool and 'The Chain' by Fleetwood Mac are almost always played by bass players trying out gear?
In this fun video, we've rounded up the most overplayed songs that are actually some of the best riffs to play on guitar. They might not be the easiest riffs to play on guitar, but they're certainly the best songs to play when you're just starting out as they help you learn new skills whilst you're just starting out!
We also answer that great question - "is 'Stairway To Heaven' banned in guitar Stores?" paying homage to Music Is Win.
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[@PMTVUK]

We've forced Dagan to listen to Tool albums on repeat due to his mispronunciation of Lateralus. -Lee

[@_moosh]

You have done well.

[@PMTVUK]

@@williamjameson6866 I'll try and make him. -Lee

[@tomyates2551]

Fair.

[@miniontm69]

Dagan jamming out 7empest for 15+ minutes would be rad.

[@borodinski8960]

And where the hell is Billie Jean by Michael Jackson? That’s the most overplayed bass tune ever 😆

[@garrettwoodward7316]

Last year I went to guitar center and there was a 7 string (my preferred guitar) tuned to A standard and i picked it up and I'm insanely nervous to play in front of people because i never really have, well out of spite i just played the first few note of blind by korn figuring out what to play and the employee was like "Oh my God blind haven't heard that in forever give me a minute i want to play it with you" and we ended up playing most of the song it was awesome

[@pirate89RAWR]

They were so happy to hear something different. Kudos. We heard the same songs over and over and Korn is awesome. :D

[@usablefiber]

It’s official. I’m learning stairway to heaven just so I can play it at my guitar shop. I’m bringing it back

[@bmc87]

Dagan jinxed it. Next time he comes into work, first thing he hears is a loud, off-key Stairway. 😂

[@gjc115]

Dagans energy is so great, makes you feel like hes a friend youve known for years

[@ejaylatino1660]

Yes I was terrible trying out guitars in stores, I didn’t want anyone to hear me. The good old days

[@BoulderBum]

I'm still terrible but I want everyone to hear me anyway 😂jks I'm slowly getting better

[@lens3973]

@@BoulderBum I feel personally attacked

[@lucyfuir6386]

Ive played to over 300 people in a club no worries.. yet i hate playing in a store

[@saekhmet4186]

This is me too haha... I think I'm actually worse because of it sadly - think I should get a tutor to get over that 😅

[@SketchEtcher]

I’ve only tried out guitars in a store once, a few weeks ago, and it was a much more terrifying experience than I expected. Nervous, hands sweaty and shaking, forgetting every song or riff I know-and to make matters worse the guy plugged me into an amp that I didn’t know how to use and walked away (I’ve never used a real amp). Not pleasant.

[@archermcclain6587]

He is the only man who’s girlfriend likes tool more than him

[@Rick_Cleland]

_Pigs can sniff out truffles with their snouts._

[@GGMattt]

Whose*

[@kristjan1338]

@@GGMattt shut up

[@samuelshepard]

@@kristjan1338 no u

[@samuelshepard]

Men like tool???

[@oronk60]

This is actually a great To-Jam-List for beginners getting into guitar.

[@lespauldisciple3349]

I was in a music store right after Rush released 'Moving Pictures' (1981). Some dude was trying out a guitar and started playing 'Limelight'. Nearby was a guy trying out a bass and he obviously knew the song, and they started playing it together. It was seriously cool unplanned moment.

[@lespauldisciple3349]

Follow-up... I have a heavyily distorted crunchy chord pattern I like to play in stores. It's a B-A-G-A thunder riff with 2nd fret B5, 2nd fret "regular" A, grab and bend the 3rd fret G note on low E then back to the A chord. It's 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'. 😃😒

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

I once played 'Horizons' by Genesis on guitar in a guitar store and the store owner actually came up to me and said it was awesome that I knew how to play that, as not too many people know that song. So try to pick songs and riffs that not too many people know and you'll be ok in a guitar store, lol.

[@naturaljoe7397]

That’s why I did nothing but play Primus bass riffs in the guitar store lol.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

If you're actually intentionally picking songs that you think nobody has heard just so you can impress people (or not annoy) people in guitar stores you seriously need to reconsider your life.

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

@@crazyprayingmantis5596 Lol, ok thanks for that great advice.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

@@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy Here's some better advice, buy Bitcoin

[@dylanadams1455]

Yeah I would intentionally avoid Metallica riffs, just make up something on the spot. Occasionally put in Desperate Cry by Sepultura cos it has that inverted Bb that sounds huge...

[@iliana_b]

I always play a bit from Master of Puppets because I'm a girl and no one expects me from that and I laugh so hard after seeing their faces :D Happy New Year Dagan and PMT!

[@BOBANDVEG]

With a lil alt pick, just to show them who's boss

[@ryanp7782]

@@BOBANDVEG that's illeagal

[@curdledcuntjuice]

Just being a girl that’s not there to watch her bf buy a guitar is enough

[@iliana_b]

@@BOBANDVEG blasphemy! :p

[@vemonguy686]

This isn’t accurate because you didn’t butcher the living hell out of the songs

[@JONIRULES]

Really? Lol

[@adolescence8305]

Seven nation army is banned in my school, me n me mates were playing it as a joke n we all got threatened with detentions by our music teacher.

[@James_Dawes]

Same with the licc

[@_vixen_4504]

I like your teacher he hates seven nation army as much as me

[@itsliketryingtofitapowerst1860]

Dj button banned tho?

[@MustObeyTheRules]

He should have expelled you on the spot

[@adolescence8305]

MustObeyTheRules If he could’ve believe me we would never have being back in that school 😂

[@boppermacca9346]

I was always a little timid to play in a guitar shop when I was young and first learning as I'd go with my best mate who could really shred at 14. But luckily my local guitar shop we'd go to here (in Sydney Australia) , the salesman/tech would always throw me on any guitar in the store and just say play anything mate just play .! And he'd take the time to teach me riffs and jam with my mate and I.. Haven't seen that salesman in years but thanks Charlie you were a legend

[@neckcheese1356]

What about the track, 'Random Shredding'?

[@easy-to-read-name62]

Close second to "Random bluesy E minor pentatonic"

[@Murf_Workshop]

Random shredding topped with an "Eruption" tapping sequence

[@mahdiyussuf9804]

That's the only track I play ^^

[@stevec6427]

Or badly played djent noise

[@thebeastmaster3453]

Haha yeah “shredding”

[@fajaradi1223]

No poorly played Sweet Child O mine intro? I guess time has changed. GnR is no longer the thing for lads these days.

[@stephengiffith1010]

How s. About a BILLY STRINGS INTRO BILLY'S SO. GOSH DANG AMAZING I LOVE HIS PICKIN AND SINGING THE BESTEST DANG DUDE AROUND MORE UPLOAD S MOE BILLY'S MUSIC. PLEASE

[@90rohancd13]

I was thinking the same. And when he mentioned Drop D I was sure it was gonna be Master of Puppets. Used to be everyone's first Drop D when I was coming up

[@stuartpowell7216]

I have never heard that John Mayer song in my whole life, when I first saw his name on guitar magazines I thought someone had spelled Johnny Marr wrong.😂

[@thomaschilds8781]

In Bristol, it's pronounced John Mayall. That gets confusing

[@niekvanwensen]

Slow dancing in a burning room is one of the biggest songs by John Mayer

[@guitarzan34]

@@niekvanwensen Absolutely great guitar work. Mayer is very soulful.

[@gazzie12000]

@@thomaschilds8781 Ha ha! Brilliant! You can buy his CDs down Asdal I think. I'm from Frome by the way.

[@quantumcelt]

Dagan “ I’m not a bass player “ , then kills it . Could listen to this lad talk/play guitars all day !.

[@thorggernaut3081]

really!?? john mayers slow dancing, 1 of the most overplayed riffs?? damn u guys got cool guitar stores in the uk...

[@loganking9719]

Ik that's what I was thinking

[@Torquemonster440]

No shit !! Kids who actually know how to play... Challenging riff.

[@lookandlisten5740]

"House of the rising sun"...that's what I play, and continue to play it until I get it right...and then I might decide to buy a guitar some day.

[@PMTVUK]

We also thought we'd throw out an homage to the legend that is Music Is Win.

[@benny1767]

Tyler Larson where you at👀

[@Westw00do]

@@benny1767 Hospital with Covid last I heard.

[@easy-to-read-name62]

@@Westw00do He's recovered, fortunately. You can check his Instagram.

[@Westw00do]

@@easy-to-read-name62 I'll take your word for it. Taking a unnecessary trip to New York really bit him.

[@easy-to-read-name62]

@@Westw00do was that the trip to promote the failed guitar auction?

[@lordlorzius]

This was very interesting to watch! Had been a while since I've been too a physical music store. The last big one closed down a couple of years ago in my city. I miss it now, seeing your video.

[@tito.tarantula]

Great run down! Happy New Year, Dagan. Keep on keepin on.

[@Birkguitars]

Sitting here waiting for Hysteria on bass... Breaths again at the end

[@jasoncrobar724]

I've done that one a couple of times, plus a few other Leppard riffs... Rock of Ages more often, Rock Rock Till You Drop, and Armageddon it, both many times (probably too many), but Switch 625 is the only bass riff I've played in a store that got a random guitarist to join in. That was a good day.

[@stevec6427]

It's an awesome riff but the potential for really screwing it up is very real.

[@roosterj2599]

Last time I was in a music store here in the US was over a year ago. I was playing an ESP M2 Custom Kirk Hammet signature model through a BOSS effects pedal display into a Rolland CUBE. I played Ain't Talking About Love and Unchained. Love to see the kids get a kick out of those tunes. I'm 50 by the way.

[@NoirL.A.]

i'm 52 and a total gearhead and i've been to millions of guitar shops over the decades corporate and indie and i have never noticed any particular song being played more than any other. i personally think it's a bit of an urban myth. me myself i tend to default to 'DAY TRIPPER' simply because it's the first really complex lick i ever learned and i hammered on it til i got it (i was still a beginner). btw "IT'S ALL MUSIC AND WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER" in his awesome northern english accent gotta love it could not have saud ut better myself!

[@erestube]

I lke to play Stairway to Heaven on the bass in music stores.Always good for a chuckle.

[@edwright6994]

I perked up when you got the thunderbird out, god I love that guitar

[@jeffmansfield914]

“My girlfriend is a huge fan of tool” Hehe... hehehe

[@akc5150]

Thought the same!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gregthornton4209]

...Who's...?

[@jimmym3352]

A woman who likes Tool? Marriage material.

[@corvidcapers]

My girlfriend is a fan of huge tool 😏

[@alanwilkin8869]

That thunder bird bass is a thing of beauty,

[@SgtZaqq]

Sounds like crap tho, sorry xD

[@stevec6427]

The biggest problem with the Gibson Thunderbird is that the Epiphone sounds better and is a third the price. Gibson have really dropped it with the T bird and Epiphone have really smashed it

[@staciehaskins6483]

What enter sandman is no longer played in guitar stores I WILL CHANGE THAT Mwuhaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@Rick_Cleland]

_Slugs have four noses._

[@mikesteelheart]

The worst is when 14 year olds play Metallica riffs with 10x more distortion than James Hetfield uses on a cheap solid state amp lol.

[@PaulMabley]

Back in 'the day' my chosen demo songs were the intro to Hotel California, Substitute and Painball Wizard.

[@RobBCactive]

Painball lolol. Very creative

[@georgebentley-ricardo9445]

Absolutely outstanding entertainment. Thanks for sharing 🎸🤠

[@pallekjrlaursen8388]

What a great vid to kick off 2021.

[@GoldenOcelot11]

ok but like that honorable mentions transitions were so good; and you are correct, i play mainly old school and all the employees get hyped when ever i play pearl jam

[@70selvisfan]

Love your vids Dagan. Cheers from Texas.

[@Liesjepiesje]

The pinch of salt disclaimer was definitely something I needed to hear. I am for sure not a beginner but I am so terrified of playing in guitar stores, this will help me a bit. Thank you!

[@mattjames9941]

When I first started out, I played ‘sweet child o mine’ in a shop in Denmark Street in London, a customer looked at me, tutted and shook his head...... so I turned it up and played it again. People should play what the hell they like. 🤘🏼

[@PMTVUK]

We agree!

[@AdamDeMoor]

So true. And I truly appreciate the fun Dagon had this with list with the intent to encourage people to just play whatever you want and play it loud and proud! People just plain want you to enjoy your instrument and and join the craft!

[@happyjellyfish2008]

When I first started playing in early 90s the first riffs I learned were Smoke on the Water and Ironman... super easy, and super fun to play

[@MrMurphyum]

Im about to visit a guitar store, but before I get there I'd love to watch an updated version of this list for 2022. Please make it! Only this time try to find 10 songs that may be not overplayed in guitar stores but quite often to be heard.

[@richiesimons4403]

Dagan is yet another guitar player who says" I can't play this as I'm not a bass player". And then proceeds to play a fine version of a tune 😁 Love the videos and you're playing Dagan. Another great video. Thank you.

[@thelolguy007]

I used to love going to guitar stores - especially when I was younger - it was such a treat. But I’d never know what to play when I got there ha. Now it’s not so much of a big deal as there aren’t many stores really. But when I do find one I enjoy it much more, I just go for it, thankfully my playing is a lot better than it was ha.

[@ManOfJupiterMusic]

My iconic song in PMT Romford when in was in the old location back in the early 2010's, I would bang out one direction and sing it in store. I also did the deeds of sins and played every song down the list of forbidden songs and I had to walk back with a packet of biscuits haha I'm not sure if they hung out one of my legendary CV's too, I still have them somewhere, but they were special! ooh I miss being a teenager. I had so much fun in those stores and I have spent most of my money on guitars and keyboards since I started working even though I'm suppose to be saving to move out :)

[@stereoroid]

One time I walked in to a guitar shop in Dublin, and someone was playing King Crimson’s “Fracture”. That’s not one you’ll find on a list like this ..!

[@thedarkwolf1392]

I finally got my first Kramer! And it was the Illusionist custom graphic 84 just what I wanted! I love it!

[@boxer4engine]

Dayan you are an awesome host bro! Keep it up PMTUK!

[@brapdab669]

😆 good stuff...some day I will play something in a 🎸 store: bucket list #7...

[@SamasakiXBL]

As a bassist, I knew Schism and Higher Ground was definitely on the list for us, since Schism is easily the most unique and simple bass lines to play and Higher Ground being easy to learn for slapping. And the fact that I DID play them myself when I started out but realized soon that everyone knows it's overplayed lol Also, I didn't expect Dagan doesn't know how to slap! I watched his presentation on the GT-B1 because I wanted to buy it. He seems well versed in music so I'd thought he'd dabble with bass as well!

[@Ryan-gp9lu]

I spent 10 years working in guitar shops and it is true, Stairway is not overplayed. However, in the shops I worked in, young customers repeatedly played Sweet Child of Mine & Master of Puppets, while most old customers played Blackbird by the Beatles.

[@punkoid76]

My go to bass riffs when trying out a bass in store are Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Rio. Keeps people thinking.

[@shawnforbis6125]

Happy new year, thanks for all the laughs

[@Pablo-bo2ru]

Geez, Russell Brand! I love your movies!

[@matthewshort7904]

A while back was down in Denver playing at a guitar store. Customer walks by and noticed I was playing Wicked Sensation by George Lynch. I love it when others pick up on classics like that.

[@Shafa1Uchiha]

I love you man, you're the reason I'ma buy my first guitar.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

Wayne's World killed Stairway in shops. lol

[@wyvernflight]

no stairway! denied.

[@jbratt]

Back in the day I tried so hard for a few years and just sucked at playing the guitar. I never had lessons and just got stuck and could not get better. Now with KZbin there is enough information I think I could have gotten over the hump. I have learned so much from KZbin in other in devours. Let that be a lesson, use the internet for good not evil. Thanks for a fun video.

[@BenAck912]

12:49 We pronounce it as "skiz-um" in the U.S. Also, the album is called 'Lateralus' (pronounced "latter-alice.")

[@MacySpitfire]

Later Alice 😂

[@occamsrazor3128]

​@@MacySpitfire Must be the same as aluminum instead of aluminium 😂😂

[@joewright9009]

Could u do a what bass for what player like what bass goes best with what genre, or something like a review on the Yamaha BB234 bass cause I’m looking at it but there isn’t many vids on it, keep up the good work

[@jasoncrobar724]

One of my favourite simple bass riffs to play in a store is Switch 625. I don't know if I'd call it overplayed... I've never worked in a guitar store. But the last time I played at a Long & McQuade in Toronto, I heard a guy in the guitar section around the corner join in, so I kept playing.

[@russ1915]

I was playing Stairway yesterday. LOVE it (even when I play it) 👍🎸🎸

[@boppermacca9346]

I always used to hear two particular green day songs in guitar stores way back in the 90's and early 2000's . One guitar tune was Brain stew and the great old bass line to Long view

[@DVMartin997]

Funny how things have changed. In the 70’s and 80’s when I was starting to build my collection it was Stairway. Or Smoke On The Water, usually played very wrong. My go to song was always Rock The Nation by Montrose. And my bass go to was Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste Of Honey or Geraldine And John by Joe Jackson. Graham Maby and Janice Johnson kill it. Thanks for video.

[@dave3124]

Great video, many people are intimidated playing guitars in music stores & not just because the guys that work in these shops are pretty tasty on guitar but if you only know 3 chords or none it doesn't matter because we've all gotta start somewhere & these music shop guys know this, so my advice is just have a go & bollox to what anyone else thinks

[@RQ7BShadow]

That Kramer made me sooo happy. Awesome!

[@GettingBentWithBo]

LOL your "honorable mention" is pretty much my whole set when riff'n around in a guitar store LOL

[@EricRShelton]

Wayne's World made that joke 30 years ago. If kids are listening to Zeppelin it's not from their older brothers or dads- it's from their grandpas.

[@robertemerson1087]

You just turned me into an old man in just a couple sentences.

[@daro9582]

My younger brother listen to my Led Zeppelin records, I’m f***ing 13 years old!

[@DookyShoes1]

Sad old man noises

[@g_man2177]

Higher Ground is covered by The Red Hot Chili Peppers. The original is by Stevie Wonder.

[@jaimekemp9181]

I thought I was the only one that knew that in these comments

[@edc8879]

I’m really surprised that more people haven’t commented! ✌🏻💙🙏🏻

[@arjunchakrabarti9491]

This is so awesome. I went and played Sweet Child and then Sayonee when I bought my guitar. Now I just play basic chords :D :D

[@BingTheCheeser]

Just watched this and as a bass player and funk lover feel like I need to make sure that people know Higher Ground was written by Stevie Wonder. Now, no doubt everyone knows Red Hot Chili Pepper's iconic version and Flea's awesome bass line, but in the original, the bass lick is actually a Moog.

[@adamziolkowski2549]

Hell Yeahhhhh!

[@joeyannece6197]

You are a very entertaining fellow.

[@thugnite1287]

Yesterday I went to a guitar store and I tested out an amp for the first time I was so nervous to play my foot was shaking looking back I know I shouldn't have been but I was, when I played that Epiphone on the Boss Katana the sound just made me smile when I played the Wherever I May Roam riff and Symphony of Destruction. Ended up buying the boss Katana amp and now looking to upgrade my guitar possibly getting a Bronze Series Warlock and upgrading the Humbuckers to possible KH Bone breakers!

[@grease3873]

I remember a year ago in early 2020 where everything wasn't shut down yet. I went to a music store, found a cool expensive guitar, plugged it in and played Greensleeves.

[@_vixen_4504]

Hmm the first riff that i learned was smoke on the water 2 years ago when i started playing guitar but the first whole song that i learned was Lick it up by kiss that was my riff when i were in guitar stores. But now it’s almost anything from Cinderella or any of the old metal bands from the 80’s like Lizzy Borden, autograph, quiet riot, White lion, twisted Sister or Yngwies old stuff from eclipse and those albums with real songs.

[@danielmiloknoja8640]

✨🤘✨

[@davidmcque627]

Last time I played in a shop I played "Shakin all over" & "20th Century Boy" The Guy in the shop was really impressed and started singing!

[@Synathidy]

When I went into a Guitar Center the other day to get a new guitar rig, I tested it out with Morbid Angel's "Damnation." I may have played the chorus riff to Scorpions "Rock You Like a Hurricane" once...

[@djguac4867]

Well, unchained is actually a favourite of mine to play when I try out new guitars... bit hard to do properly due to the tuning! 😂🤘

[@guitarplayerz4893]

I definitely think you're on to something, Dagan. The last few times I was in a guitar store I heard several guys playing "Smoke on the Water" and "Iron Man". Cool riffs, but they definitely get overplayed in the stores I visited. The other one I kept hearing was "Breakin' the Law" by the priest that is the beast (Judas Priest). Still, it's nice to see people getting into guitar playing. 🤘🤘🤘

[@stevegardiner8473]

That rig sounds great. Whenever I try out some gear at a music store, I make a point of playing Stairway. :-D

[@stuartcleary8621]

Aye I’ve heard your bird loves the tool 😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@gerald5028]

When I first went into my local music store to try out a bass I played Strutter, Black Diamond and Kickstart my Heart ^^

[@matej2268]

I love your taste in Music, Strutter was what got me into Rock, and i love KISS and Motley Crue

[@nobbyclarke9166]

Why have I only just come across this channel? It’s mint! (Fellow Geordie) 😂

[@josephgaude]

Dude.... you are a lot of fun!

[@glenkepic3208]

I haven't been to a music store in nearly 5 years . I demoed a Strat thru a Magnatone twin V (stereo, model escapes me). Played Trower's Daydream. Aside from Crazy Train, i'd never consider anything on this list but then again i'm old ;)

[@craigw1911]

I've wanted for years to learn how to play guitar, because of one player and one song in particular: Terry Kath and his riffs & solo on 25 Or 6 To 4.

[@forbiddenyoungones]

I very rarely play covers as I use guitars for songwriting for my personal pleasure. I have received many compliments for my songs from PMT staff.

[@Extra_Onions]

Tbh. as a bass player striking those 3 riffs gives me a pretty good idea of the guitar- they cover playing down the neck, up the neck, slap, pick... summed up they also cover all strings (I'd probably go for a different slap song. Forget me nots by Patrice Rushen for example)

[@Danzig5577]

A one string wonder I go to, as I am still not very good is London Dungeon by The Misfits. But it's fun, and works on both the bass and guitar.

[@OgamiItto70]

That bass riff from _The Chain_ always reminded me of the _Barney Miller Theme._ They're not the same, but they're ve-e-e-ry similar. I wonder if John McVee had watched that show or if it was just "parallel thinking."

[@jimir68]

Was in my local guitar shop in Belfast, Northern Ireland, a couple of years ago and asked one of the staff which song was played the most and surprise surprise it was Slow Dancing In A Burning Room

[@dorfsteen]

I'm teaching myself guitar and bass and keyboards as well but on the bass I love playing with a pic I don't know if I'll ever switch to just fingering but one of my favorite bass players always plays with a pick Benjamin Orr great bass player great singer great musician plays Bass with a pick always

[@Jaffytv]

No SRV on this list. Can’t wait to go to guitar center.

[@matthewlima4029]

Don’t worry Dagan if I’m ever in PMT I’ll make sure to play unchained

[@PMTVUK]

Please do!

[@izatazmir6707]

My go to riff in any guitar store is " pursuit of vikings" by Amon Amarth..simple yet meaty🤘🤘

[@loco323rhythm]

I was taught by someone on a Bass in the beginning of my musical guitar journey Smoke on the Water but I personally learned Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace and Cassie by Flyleaf first.

[@charliepetang]

Good fun Dagan. I like to play Ziggy by Lord David.

[@sleevelessace]

is that a baretta special? im asking because im thinking of buying it but im worried cause the price? should a shell out another 200$ for a striker? or does a baretta special sound awesome as is?

[@IgnorancEnArrogance]

I've been working fulltime at a guitar store for a couple years and I can attest to the validity of this list! You don't hear Stairway as often as you think because it's actually requires a little bit of skill. It's not for beginners! The pretender by Foo Fighters is one I hear a lot, and nobody ever plays past the intro.

[@Simon-C]

When I decided to get a new bass after playing for a decade on a blagged P, Teenage Kicks was about the only song I could play the whole way through (I should probably say”play badly”). So the guitar store people were in danger of hearing it for an hour on a few different basses. Luckily for them covid gave me a few months to practice so they got a bit of variation.

[@Kajerman]

I always play the Top Gun Anthem by Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens :D