Goo-Goo Dolls owe me £600 for all the d-strings I’ve broken since the 90s playing this f***ing song 🥸

Guys! Before you tune your guitar, if you're afraid of breaking your strings you can tune you guitar down to CGDGDD and then Capo on 2nd. All good and no risk of breaking a string :D

All the time spent to explain this song for free is really outstanding. The production is awesome. I like the commentary about the background of the song and band too. It's obvious these guys love music.

I play in this tuning (which I have been doing since I don't want to fuck up my strings): D-A-E-A-A-E D (One step down) A (same as standard) E (One step up) A (One step up) A (One step down) E (same as standard) It still fits the chord. Great lesson, very useful.

Instead of tuning up, I actually tuned down my 5th and 2nd strings tuning to D, G, D, G, A, E, and then put a Cut Capo on the 2nd fret. That gives you the following tuning: D, A, E, A, A, E. The second string is supposed to be an E but it sounds nearly identical. Plus, my strings aren't going to snap.

Played this fully in 15 minutes and impressed my entire family. This breakdown is Perfect!

Luckily I've played guitar for 25 years. I watched this video once all the way through and it's like I've always known how to play it now. Thanks man.

I just got back from the goo goo dolls concert and this is my cousins favorite song, so I promised her I'd learn it and it took me under 2 ish hours to learn, but it's a little off, all I need is a little practice, thank you for this awesome tutorial

excellent performance.. it's a song I've been meaning to learn for years.. and thanks to you, I'll be learning very soon, thank you!

Good gosh that guy behind you is huge

Lol gotta love the freedom of trash talk people ruin awesome things with....great job on the video my man

Thanks. I really love guitar. 👍

one of the best songs ive ever heard !!

This is such a perfectly instructed tutorial, and the video editing and multiple angles of the guitar are superb. Excellent work!

6:32 tuning

Good lesson, bro. I know your tuning is correct. That's how Rzeznik tunes it. Far be it from me to criticize his genius. He certainly came out with some cool stuff. But I really think it's better to tune the B string one step down to A. For one, you won't pop ur strings, which is always a major plus. And two, it makes picking out those arpeggios-like phrases even easier for me. Not that it's very difficult either way. But if you're doubling the E string to shoot for this "droning, feeling out the sound thing" you still get that effect with your 2nd and 3rd strings both being A notes instead of the 2nd and 1st string being E's. So I'm going with: D, A, E, A,, A, E. And I won't have to worry about popping any strings if I'm playing someone else's guitar.

thanks man, strings held on fender acoustic. I really love this song, glad I have 2 acoustics leaving the fender in this tune just for name

This is the tuning I have always used and I tune it down a half step and use a capo on the first fret. It sounds amazing. This is an awesome tutorial.

Hey DJ I've only been playing for a month, and I've seen a lot of good, bad, and mediocre guitar teachers on you tube so far. But you are hand down one of the best. This was an AMAZING lesson. Great pace of teaching, amazing camera angels and I loved the history of the band/song. Even with limited experience I can already play a lot of this song, and it is great practice for using the the fingers that a lot of beginners (like me) try to avoid. I'll definitely be back to check you're lessons out in the future. Thanks man.

Thank you very much for providing such an accurate way to play "Name", exactly the same as the original song. I searched for the accurate guitar score of this song for more than ten years, and finally found it on KZfaq today. I am very touched. Thank you for your patient guitar teaching! I like this song very much. Wish your fans will exceed 1 million next year, come on!

That Taylor sounds outstanding. Nice job.

That is an excellent guitar lesson, slow enough and really detailed and a simple presentation. It also helps that you sound kind and your guitar looks awesome.

Awsum brother playing it first then the tutorial is exactly wat needs to happen so we get a full picture of how it's played

Now I can play name perfectly thanks to this man

You are Amazing! Great instruction! I want to learn how to play my guitar. I don't know all the terminology yet so I will research it so I can learn from your tutorials. I love the Goo Goo Dolls and would love to play one of their songs. 🎼

DAEAEE?! That’s wild

Thanks so much for this video! You really made playing this achievable for me. Wonderful song and excellent tutorial!!

Great job. One of my favorites. I had it in a GUITAR WORLD or GUITAR PLAYER mag and learned it, then stopped playing it for some reason. Now I forget the tuning and how to play it. Thanks for sharing!

Great lesson. Very thorough and I enjoyed the extras, since I love this band. As everyone else, I wish that the solo lesson was accessible.

DJ - Yes - great video. Looks like my 3-year old liked it even more than me.

Thanks so much! Still looking for the solo tutorial

You are a good guitar player , musician. As far as teaching..... you’re assuming the people know as much as you in this video. Many other tutorials dumb down the cords and are super easy to follow. I’m sure this is great if you have been playing for a while.

Thank you Jam Play and D.J.. Just what I needed

Hi Jam Play,,i:ve watch all GOO GOO Dolls ( Name) guitar lesson...and you are the only one tune and played real close to original song...very smooth.watching you,,,I see myself...GOOD JOB..

honestly, this video changed me. thank you

LOVE ♥ THIS SONG A LOT

Thanks buddy, MY GUITAR STRING JUST SNAPPED, NOW I HAVE TO WAIT 2 WEEKS TO GET IT REPAIRED, THANKS ALOT

This is incredible. I miss the old internet.

HELLO HAPPY !!

This is a killer lesson video. This guy is fantastic teacher!

I know it's an easy tune to play........ But it doesn't have to be difficult to sound pretty. I couldn't ask for a better lesson. Full cover than an explanation. Not to mention the player's POV video. Really nice job dude.

Seriously THANK YOU. BEST VIDEO ON THE INTERNET

For some reason I absolutely cannot sing this song while strumming the chorus the right way. I always end up strumming down down up up down up

You could teach us the solo. That was amazing!!!

I strung one of my guitars with two 9 gauge E strings on the first and second and tuned to DAEAEE like he said and OMG it sounds cool. And BTW y'all, I've had it strung and tuned like this for over a month with zero popped strings. (knock on wood) This is currently my favorite thing to play on the guitar. Thanks for the tutorial DJ.

I love the way you just removed your fret hand when you didn’t need it so the attention would be drawn to the rhythm. Very well done 👍 sounds great 👍 thanks 🙏

this is a tune!! love this song

Good job and nice lesson from you DJ! Thank you very much! Now I can play the song way better than before! More power to your work!

Tried this crazy tuning on my cheap 10 year old Squier Strat with original strings it came with [besides the low E string that was replaced once] and the strings surprisingly didn't break like what?! Then tried it on my friend's nice and expensive Taylor acoustic guitar with original old strings and always kept in standard tuning. G-string snapped after like half a turn. Mind blown

Thank you!

Good song, thanks for teaching it!

I could not find the solo tutorial

I watch lots of guitar vids to improve my playing and I freaking love how you teach and the way the entire video is produced ! Awesome job 💪🏻

You are a great singer man! I loved your style of teaching

I know the Goo Goo Dolls personally! John Rzeznik uses alternate tunings, he always has. Hang in there, you can do it!

Where is the rest of this lesson?

Love your tutorials keep up the good work 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I love this song going to learn it

Im thinking about TRYING to learn to play acoustic guitar, there are about a half dozen songs I really want to learn, but I think this one the most

Wow that is amazing great lesson ..... the question is am I able to play .... let’s see. Thankyou so very much

Good lesson! Thank you very much!

Thumbs up for the cover alone. Not to mention the lesson

Good Job There My Friend...👍🏻😎

They were always huge among the Buffalo music scene. One of the best bands of the 90's. BTW, MAD skills DJ. Keep rockin' baby!!

Great lesson thanks man! Johnny rzeznik made a really cool tuning with this one, definitely gunna mess around with it for weeks

That face when you have to use 2 e Strings just for a one song lol

The only Nedra I’ve thing I can say about this video, the song or the whole experience…Is dang having to retune your whole guitar for one song. Or dedicate a guitar just for this.

I'm chiming in after all of these years because this is freaking amazing! DUDE. I have been trying to figure out this song for eons... It was never right. It was the tuning. and probably my Taylor. LOL Peace.

Way underrated? Not sure how old you are but for a time they were one the biggest acts in music!!

It sounds amazing!

Love this song!!!!!!

Well done...

Beautifully done my friend

FKN BEAUTIFUL!! Coming from a 30 year guitarist!!

Awesome. Thank you.

Awesome stuff.

wow... great playing..

Excellent video

Using another e String is very much worth it. Love the airy sound

Great job I wish I can play the guitar like you, make more Goo's lessons, Iris?

Great job.

Cool the way it's filmed so you can see what his hands are doing. Sounds correct.

Fantastic

Awesome 👍😎 dude, your very good at teaching bro!

you are a fantastic instructor

great video! no chance you have a lesson for the solo? preferably the newer 1?

JUST WOW

wonderfully done!! great camera angles as well! All these years I never checked the tuning and glad I came across you

This is a ridiculously informative video. It's also the first I've ever really seen to play the original solo part (some come close but stay down below the twelfth fret - you didn't - NICE). Very cool. I'll be reviewing this for months. Thanks!

make the guitar solo! for this one please great lesson

CAN YOU PLEASE DO AN INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO ON BIG MACHINE BY THE GOO GOO DOLLS

try bringing the b string down to E instead of up you get more jingle jangle

Instant sub. Well done

I love you DJ :)

I was just tuning my guitar to this tuning and my worst phobia came true of a string breaking with the tension as i tuned it up hahahaha

Really great video

Great, thanks

Great tutorial....thanks much!

You rock! I knew all those other lessons and tabs were close but not quite right especially on the hammers and slides in the verse. That is, the ones that didn't totally miss the boat. They're close but most have you sliding 5/7-4/5 to 5/9-4/7, then hammering the pinky, which I knew wasn't right although it sounds close. I watched John Rzeznik closely and could see it was something diff and you were to first one I saw that had it right and matched what he is doing. Keep up the good work.

Tuning that D string to E made my palms sweat