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The real fear is starting to play stairway, nobody stopping you and then you realise you've never learned more than the first two bars because you've never made it further into the song...

i want 30 people dressed as led zeppelin members to storm a guitar store and all play stairway to heaven

I learned how to play the entire song including solo back when I was about 16. It took me about a year to get it down and the local music store owner would always ask me to play it when I came in. He was an instructor too so it was his way of forcing me to practice. I stopped by about 5 years ago when I was in town to say Hi. He looked at me and said "well good afternoon and damn you are getting old. You know what to do, right?" and pointed the tester amp stacks. I'm 45 now and haven't lived in my home town since I was 19. He still makes me practice the solo!

The sound during 4:36-5:11 is out of this world. 😍

I can't play Stairway? "Not here" Alright, then here's Wonderwall. "Get out"

*starts to Play stairway* Rifften guard: By the order of the Jarl stop right there.

Electro Harmonix is just GOD TIER. The pedals are so nice, Tyler almost forgot he had a skit to do.

All of the Forbidden Rifts: 1:24 3:13 8:40 11:15 12:41

“I’ll let you play if you buy it” *plays stairway* (Taking guitar off him) “sorry not for sale”

*start playing stairway to heaven* Salesman: We dont do that here

I am fascinater by these guitar nerds. How knowledgable they are but then also how serious they are about the forbidden riff. And the first one, how quick he notices it...

That electro harmonix clip was so cool. Those sounds were so amazing

I came to KZfaq tonight to watch a video about fixing my truck. Now I'm about 30 minutes into researching the history of the "Forbidden Riff". You win again YT.

For those wondering why it's "the Forbidden Riff", it's because it's real easy to learn and is generally the most overplayed riff when trying merchandise at guitar stores, to the point where the store owners have said "Don't do that."

the way he looked at the camera every time 😂😂😂

10:24 Amazing guitar riff.

Okay, this is a real clever way to get someone to watch a video they otherwise wouldn't be at all interested in.

Me: >starts to play Stairway To Heaven Guitarists: *"So you've chosen death"*

I loveeeeee that Martin 16e at the end. What a beautiful sounding guitar. Definitely on my list now!

I'm not a musician, let alone a guitar player, but I still watched the entire video. Well done, good sir.

Why is this in my recommended And why did I watch the whole thing even though I don’t play guitar?

When you're not a Guitar person, so you read the comments to get the joke.

I don't play guitar, but that omc-16e was just beautiful and sounded great to me. I might have to start taking lessons.

Love it that all manufacturer reps go with the fun ❤ What a great industry

This was back in the good old days when you could still go out and do stuff like this

This is such a clever marketing strategy. It keeps people watching, anticipating the forbidden riff, while you get shown loads of awesome gear. And then the satisfaction of seeing the reaction. Perfect!

3:46 I absolutely love that sound and pedal!

You are a brave man

This guy: **plays stairway to heaven for 1 milisecond** guitar players: we don’t do that here

"Hey man, I'm going to play this riff on camera. Stop me when I do. Gotta make this look legit!"

all of this is very entertaining, i'm curious if he's ever been introduced to either Simon the magpie or Sam from look mum no computer, both men do really incredibly interested and entertaining things with sound equipment that would make this epic.

Those acoustic guitars are awesome!!! 😍

-Stairway to heavem Guitar store: No -Highway to hell Guitar store: Yes

Riff starts Employee: *STOP. YOU’VE VIOLATED THE LAW.*

I love his camera gaze when they prevent him from playing the fobidden riff🤣

Only seeing this now and the timing of Starway in each booth is just so perfect! XD

They may not like "Stairway To Heaven", but I´m sure they cannot resist to the charm of "Smoke On The Water" played on the low E-string!

"No stairway" "No problem man" *plays wonderwall

4:48 that mood is hauntingly beautiful.

A great video, and a great laugh. My warmest regards from Dean in Australia.

I play "Stairway" at home, often. My girlfriend loves it. Her boyfriend really likes it too.

I used to play it at music stores when I was being ignored. Works EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

I love the pedal sound effects.

11:30 is such a mood. Sounded really nice.

Guy: *Plays stairway.* Guitar store employee: So you have chosen, death!

So it's like playing Fur Elise on the piano. Most novice pianists know the beginning but rarely the entire thing, and people will hate you if you try.

That’s pretty funny! The look on his face when he’s stopped cracks me up🤙🏼

Im gonna make a guitar store were the only riff u can play is stairway to heaven...

Really want to see a video of Jimmy Page going to guitar stores and playing stairway and watching them try to tell him that he can’t play it.

He he Excellent marketing tool, people watch waiting for the forbidden riff but cannot help seeing all the lovely goodies

I love how he throws them off actually playing nicely and then whips the riff out

The first guy stopped him 😂 he smiled like what is he doing

Everyone who doesn’t know what the forbidden riff it’s one of the most overplayed riffs in guitar history Which is stairway to heaven by Led Zeppelin and guitar store workers hear it about 90 times a day. Thx for all the likes

This right here has that sound to 3:25 especially that last part when it just feds into that dark creepy sound god damn.

6:20 i actually love that sound

Starts Riff: Guitar Store Employees everywhere: Imma have to stop you right there chief

Let's be honest, you just wanted to see people's reactions. 😏 1:24 "Ohh..." 3:12 "Oh yeah, no. None of that in here." 8:40 "No Stairway. Not here." 11:16 "Get out!" 12:42 "Oh dude. Sssh!! No, play something else." You're welcome. 😉

His face waiting menacingly to ply the riff 😂

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I would've thought Smoke On the Water was worse, personally.

Jimmy Page: * Walks in, plays Stairway * Worker: Not even you

4:56 that sounds like the 432 htz frequency music on KZfaq… very awesome.

Love this!

Here’s a thought, what if jimmy page himself walked in there and started to play stairway to heaven? Do you think they’d stop him, or let him keep playing?

8:46 “No stairway. Not here.”

Well played

Someone should get a booth of their own and play the " Stairway to heaven" intro each time they do a demo or when someone walks by...This would drive all the vendors and attendants nuts...

*plays forbidden riff* Smoke on the water: Am I a joke to you?

This is honostly really smooth advertisement though, not even a criticism, you are keeping people hooked with the stairway to heaven gag while also teaching us a lot about these products

if I ever get guitar lessons I would play the forgotten riff and adore it

My guilty pleasure is to go into the room they keep the acoustics in at my local guitar store. Wait until I am the only one in the room, then play Stairway. I hope no one ever checks the security cameras 😅 I bought a new acoustic yesterday and was sure to complete this tradition on it before I went to checkout!!

“Hey when I play this riff. Act like I just offended everyone you love.”

Should be called: “How to get any guitar store employee to touch your hand”

Nice pedal demo

Cool video and nice chops

*Starts playing Stairway to heaven* Employee: That's Illegal.

“We’re shooting a video, when I play stairway will you tell me to stop?”

Holy crap I love that grand canyon. The sound! Melts into tranquilty

The slow look to the camera after getting stopped always gets me 💀💀💀💀

What can I say man,,,,,,,,,no one wants to climb stairs anymore. How about a remake. Escalator to heaven?

Someone played Stairway at my school as part of the pre-show to the concert and all the guitarists looked at each other and said "He played the forbidden song" 😂

Went from one to stairway to heaven and that guys mood switched so fast 😂

The worst fear is when they let you play it but you don't know the rest of the song.

I dont play guitar but the fact that they dont want anyone to play stairway makes me want to see you do it all that more.

The first music store I ever went to had a sign: No Enter Sandman No Stairway To Heaven No Sweet Child O' Mine

The song he made at 10:02 was awesome

Those Electro Harmonix boxes are a Dream!! Wow! So sweet!! So did you love that Taylor builders edition!?

I thought the Forbidden Riff was Smoke On The Water, but I guess that's just "The Riff That Shall Not Be Named".

No Stairway? Fine. Smoke on the Water it is.............

I knew what the "Forbidden Riff" was even before I started watching. I don't play but my cousin and nephew do. I made my nephew learn Stairway. Very funny bit. You got me to watch the whole video. Thanks.

Nice work with the gag, man! Those sales people did a pretty decent job with their acting.

The forbidden riff is a joke that was in an episode of Wayne's world from 1992 when Wayne pops into a music shop to try out a guitar. He starts to jam, but barely get off a few notes before the clerk grabs the neck of the guitar and points to a sign hanging nearby that says NO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. And then Wayne says “No 'Stairway'! Denied” as he turns to the camera.

I'd love to see Jimmy Paige in disguise going into different stores and start cranking out Stairway at 50% talent.

i love the face you make when they shut it down LOL!!!!

That Grand Canyon pedal sounds amazing.

Led Zeppelin's, "Stairway to Heaven" came out in 1971. It was so loved that everyone wanted to play it. It was played so often in guitar stores that within a few months (as I recall) it was forever banned. The guitar store employees were quite tired of hearing it. It looks like I have to address the, "NO, IT WAS WAYNE'S WORLD" punks who are obviously suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect. I'm in my 60's. I was there. Stairway to Heaven came out in 1971. I was in high-school at the time. Wayne's World came out in 1992. My best friend and I were into playing guitars. As something to do, we would cruise the music stores. Everyone was blown away when Stairway came out. It was a really great tune. People who knew how to play it would go to these places to show off. A number of students would bring their guitars into their classrooms at high-school and play it, until it got weird. The first couple times we saw this happen at the music stores it was pretty cool. Then it became a joke, "ya think when we get to Guitar Showcase, someone's going to play Stairway to Heaven, ha ha?" "Ya, probably". It finally became annoying. It got to the point where we would see a music store employee go to a guy and politely explain that they hear that song so frequently that it's really getting on their nerves, so could they please not play that song. This is what made me crack-up to see it on Wayne's World, because it made me remember the whole thing. Of course a lot of young people heard about it on Wayne's World for the first time and made the assumption that they now know everything.

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 : The forbidden riffs are famous riffs you're not allowed to play in guitar stores, by example Stairway to Heaven, Smoke on the Water, and others. They're forbidden cause shop owners are tired of hearing it thousands time a day. Some people say that they are forbidden cause everyone would play them and it would damage the guitars, but it isn't really sure.

No stairway denied.

This video cracked me up so much. There are some amazing sounding guitars and effects in this video, and in my teenage years I was asked a couple times not to play Stairway to Heaven lol.