My son and I went into a GC here in Texas. For some reason, the teenage girl at the checkout asked us out of the blue "Have you ever heard of the band Metallica?" We said no.

"What's your best pickup line?" is a great double entendre in a guitar shop

When I worked in a guitar shop here in the UK some 25 years ago ,a common question asked, mainly by beginners was ' I want to buy a lead guitar do you have any lead guitars? 'etc. I did cut them some slack simply as they were new to the instrument but some just refused to believe that there wasn't a specific kind of guitar due to there being lead guitar players. Another common one was 'what's the loudest amp you have?' Not guitar related but when I later worked for a photographic retailer the dumbest question that was asked many times was 'how far can I see with these binoculars?', to which I'd reply 'well,you can see the moon so how bloody far do you want to see?

The more expensive a guitar, the more cool licks it plays. At least that's what I always hope

Didn't realize Baxter's hair was contagious.

Ah, the joy of working with the public. Made me a cynical, bitter old man....

Around 1990 I did ask a guy in a guitar store - what is the one guitar you always pick up when you have free time? He immediately pointed at a made in Japan Strat. It was fantastic. I bought it. Years later I sold it. My greatest guitar regret. So that stupid question paid off for me. How I miss that guitar.

Baxter had me rolling "Number 3... Are you natty?"

Glad I found you guys, definitely a very welcoming channel!!

"Where's the harley bentons"

If a person needs a pick, give them a pick. If they are clueless, help them. If they suck, encourage them. Don't rip them off. Be nice. Be kind.

You guys have a great, fun, entertaining, and informative channel. I love it! Glad you all made it through your power outage. We had some weird attack on our grid here in Oregon but not much happened thank goodness!

I feel the, “Why do you have 7 Stratocasters?” Question! 😂. I blame Jimi, SRV, Mark Knopfler, John Frusciante and John Mayer!😂🤣

I'm coming to NC, just so I can ask you guys every single one of these questions, and yes, I will be bringing a broken hurdy-gurdy. Cheers!

I try to lay low in a guitar shop because i really don't know enough to ask questions .I do play but i love to just look because I think they are works of art Like a well built Motorcycle beautiful things

Where’s Jonathan been? Hope all is well.

This was a very entertaining video and I'm pleased to know that I have never asked a dumb question in a guitar store. Thanks guys! I'm going to stop in at both Guitar Center and Sam Ash and ask them what their most expensive guitar is. 👍

I can watch Casino Guitars videos all day. You guys just bring happiness and humor to us. Love your channel

To the expensive question, I made one exception and that was for the most expensive non-special-order guitar I saw come through our store (GC) that's still there 5 months after I've left. It's a Murphy Lab Gibson reliced '59 reissue les paul that originally was going for $10.3k, then got a price increase to $11.6k (likely manufacturer price setting). I regularly used it as a fun way to joke with customers because we all thought it was ridiculous too. Hats off to the associate that manages to sell the damn thing to some lawyer or CEO with more money than sense and gets that sweet 3% commission if they don't screw up their $ per hour that month. My coworker did special order a martin D45 for a customer by request and I still tell that story since the customer had his guitar teacher come in to check it out, which is usually a good indication that you shouldn't be buying a D45.

Pickup a relic guitar and ask, “how much discount do I get for this scratch and dent guitar?”

I saw a person at a guitar center,his t shirt said,only you can prevent horrible music.

Best pickup line? "Would it help if I told you I had twister bed sheets?" ... Ok, it hasn't worked yet, but when it does!

I remember when I got my first acoustic. I'd already had electrics. My grandma said, "ooh, an actual wooden one".🤣

" excuse me, is the soundhole on this acoustic big enough to fit all my picks in"?

Before the in internet I had to ask the difference between Epiphone and Gibson and Epiphone, Fender and Squire. I was given very informative answers and felt comfortable. I still only could afford the less expensive options, but they played very well for my level abilities. They also gave me a reason to improve my playing, and then upgrade to fit my comfort level.

House of Guitars in Rochester NY had a 1930s National Style O on display. No price tag. I jokingly asked the guy helping me "I wonder how much that one is worth" and he replied "I dont know. All i know is that if i touch it, I'll probably lose my job."

Sweet! You mentioned the T5Z. It is the ultimate acoustic/electric! I have the custom koa. It is incredible! I can go from country strumming to Hendrix easily.

I've just started teaching guitar earlier this year. I remind anyone just starting guitar that "There is no such thing as a stupid question" because I know myself or someone else has had that question before.

Those see through Kramers with aluminum necks used to be pretty common. There have been steel strats and teles so I can understand asking what they are made from.

Go into a guitar shop, and ask for a left hand set of guitar strings. Or a left hand set of drum sticks.

“We like to struggle, that’s why we got married” 😂

I just did a performance last week with a guy who plays a hurdy gurdy and a Norwegian nyckelharpa. I will def have to send him over to North Carolina to prank you guys.

Very Funny! OK, I have not asked any of those questions! WooF!!

I often wonder if those ask to see a wood guitar actually mean acoustic instead of electric

The PRS bit had me dying😂😂 I’m not married yet but I own more fenders then I do PRS’ and I get it🤣

"Can you just put a new string on this? I want to make sure my daughter likes it before we spend money on a guitar," as they hand you a forty year old broken toy that will ensure she hates not only guitar, but offers fodder for therapy when they grow up.

There's a place I really like in upstate new york. Spent a good amount of cash there over the years, but i'd rather help out small businesses. Started a convo with one of the guys there I never met before, and asked him if he could describe the difference in sound between a fuzz I was looking at and a distortion pedal and his response was uhhhhh....well... one is a distortion and one is a fuzz. Thanks, bro. If I didn't have so many good experiences there before, I'd probably not bother going back since it's way easier to just order online.

I did legitimately ask someone at guitar center why tuner peals are so expensive. The response I got was “yes” lol

Talking about acoustic guitars, all I play are GIbson's. Well, except for Guild. I love the old Guild acoustics. And the Martin D-28. Those are sweeeeeet! Oh, and maybe the occasional Ovation. There are instances when I've played an extra nice specimen of Ovation acoustic-electric. I think Taylor's are beautiful, but I haven't found one that I've bonded with yet (I'm still searching). As for boutique guitars, I haven't had the pleasure of trying any out (except for maybe in my dreams). 😁

Where’s Jonathan?!

The joke a friend of mine and I came up with is PRS stands for Perfect; Ready to Shred. The fit and finish is usually immaculate, but I still keep buying fenders and gibsons 😂

I worked at a music store and a kid about 15 years old was planning to steal a Peavey Rage amplifier, a little tiny thing. He kept walking around looking at everything, pianos, a ancient Conn organ...he kept drifting back to the Rage. He picked it up a few times about 4 inch and set it down. He didn't know all of our amps had the power cord picture wired to the power strip. But he finally walked out, and I noticed there was a pretty confetti clown vomit pick inside the back, just one. The next day he was back, wandered around, did nothing. That night there was an Alfred book 1 inside it. Eventually, over the days, the Rage gained a cord, a strap, a Metallica song book, a thumb pick. I finally emptied it out. He came back and noticed the Rage was empty. Confused, he said he was thinking of buying it. I told him we sell the boxed ones, THAT one had no insides, it was a dummy with a pilot light only. I got a boxed one from the back but he 'remembered something...' and left. Never saw him again. The Alfred book would have been a big help with Metallica, especially with a white thumb pick.

Best hair awards go to y’all for sure

Dumbest question I've ever heard in a guitar store, " Do you sell guitars here? " so I told the guy no we sell Mongolian Glockenspiels. The dude actually said ok and left bearing in mind the walls were lined with guitars.

I love you Baxter!

I know the feeling, I have a couple Les Paul's, an Ibanez, Gretsch, an a 58 Flying V reissue. Gotta get em all! Lol

If someone calls the shop and asks, "How Big'A Boy Are Ya?"....might want to hang up.

That first question? That's why I look that up on Reverb because I'm a curious sort. On #6: one of my local guitar stores has an aluminum Strat, which is also one of their most expensive guitars.

My LGS had an accordion on consignment... It sold in less than a week.

Haven’t watched you guys for a while, I have to say, Jonathan is looking very different. Is it some kind of space time portal or some extreme makeover!?! Anyway, love your content.

No phones, no lights no motorcars not a single luxury......

These guys really work well together

You all should live there. You could set up the shop like the Ghostbusters firehouse. Replete with the pole.

Hey! I love my PRS guitars. They are probably my favorite guitars of all, just because they feel and play the best for me. I'm definitely a fan boy. BUT, I still love my Fender's, my Gibson's, and my Ibanez guitars!!!

Do you brush your hair. Is probably the most common huh

I just bought the most expensive guitar a company makes. That 1st question could be real. I was on the phone with several makers and manufacturers. I bought from the company that took me seriously, the one that wanted my business, that appreciated my business. I did not get the D35 I was looking to replace. I got something much better.

What's your most medium priced guitar???

I work at a game shop, the super common one I get is "what's the difference between boxed and unboxed" Me: "........ The box"

The trouble with the analogy is, everyone can see the difference between a tent and a mansion or between a Ford and a Bugatti. You do not have to be a house or car guy for that. But if I can cover up the headstock sticker, I challenge everyone to tell a thumbnail picture of a black bullet strat from a black custom shop strat (without relicing).

I remember in my younger years I went to buy a guitar & found a beautiful strat. The shop guy got it from display, a tried it, everything went great. The I asked, “Do you have one in black?” He looked at me like he wanted to kill me!

You need to make a private stock balsa wood guitar you could bring out when someone wants to see the most expensive guitar in the store. 🤣

“If you’re a PRS person, you hate everyone else usually”…….,,,,,,I feel seen. Lol!!

"Some of us like to suffer. It's why we got married." 🤣🤣🤣

I was going to visit last week Monday on my way to Savannah... Stupid power... I was looking forward to eating at the PineScone too. Gonna have to reschedule. Betcha I can come up with even dumber questions!

"do you guys repair guitar strings?" or "are all 6 strings in this string set?"

Me, coming into your store: "I see you have a lot of guitars here. Which are the good ones?"

“If you’re a PRS person, you just hate everybody.” The truest comment to date ha.

When I owned a garden centre my favourite stupid question was a lady in 2018 that asked how we kept our toilets clean because the bottom of her toilet had been ‘spiky with limescale since 1978’.

These two work well together

"Do y'all have guitars?" I was at a shop down the road from my house to get guitar strings and a guy came in, went to the counter and asked the owner that question. To give the guy a little credit while they do have a few guitars hanging up in the front room of the shop most of the stuff in that room is stuff like strings, books, etc.... while most of the guitars are in the back room.

Great stuff , what's your most expensive saxophone please and man your looking buff whats your secret 🤔 bet it helps you shred

What, nobody asked if all those knobs on that fancy amp work? Good stuff guys, thanks.

I am so unbelievably obsessed with that Echopark Clarance Custom semi-hollow behind you on the wall.... its been in my cart for a month. I justy have to figure out how to grow 5K quick. Do you have any money tree seeds I could plant? 😂 I wish i was closer I would love to play that thing, it just checks all the boxes for me. Do me a favor and play it for me and let me know how it is lol.

PURE FUN!!

Every time I see the intro I always think I accidentally clicked on a Dance Gavin Dance video from their album Jackpot Juicer 🤣

“Some of us like to struggle. That’s why we got married.” lol

I have about 7k worth of gear. If I'm gonna suck, i'm gonna suck on good gear. Been "playing" for 20 years.

Jonathan looks really different without his beard.

I'm still looking for the right SG, is the one over Baxter's left shoulder on your web? Have pups, need body. Head break/crack OK. Prefer .85+ neck, hard to find non-CS. 70 y/o experienced player/repair guy. Thanks! --gary

The silliest question I ever heard as a staff member was "Do you sell guitar strings? I replied "No sir this is a fishmongers!"

Actually you CAN play an acoustic/electric guitar as “an electric” guitar. It has a pickup so if you plug it in to your pedal board/amp setup, you are going to get signal/sound come out like a typical electric.

One word for both of you “Comb” ✌🏻

As a Chef I always got a Chuckle when wearing a Chefs Coat standing in a kitchen I was asked, Do you Work Here? You Should Expand Inventory and add Kazoo's

My least favorite is the “what’s the difference between a $3,000 guitar and a $300 guitar?” But only when it’s asked in a way that’s less inquisitive and more like “why the heck is that so expensive what could POSSIBLY be the difference? They look exactly the same.” That’s usually when I go into nerdy guitar technical jargon, such as “nitrocellulose lacquer,” sometimes I use the car analogy, sometimes I genuinely explain it. I LOVE it when someone asks this with genuine intention to learn the difference though. My next least favorite is the acoustic/electric confusion. Some people even think a hollow-bodied electric guitar is an electric guitar that can sound like an acoustic. Next up, the “he/she’s just a beginner. Give me your literal cheapest guitar you can possibly think of, because, obviously, they’re just a beginner. $100? No that’s too much, he’s just a beginner.” At guitar center, the worst is hearing “I need an adapter...” “to go from uhhh... it’s uh.... here let me just show you what I got” *shows 30 year old speaker system* Then there’s people who don’t realize you need a speaker or amplification of some sort to use a microphone. Or think that “bluetooth” microphones exist, and that they exist for like $30. Also terrible is getting the long story over the phone. All I need to hear is “do you have this item in stock?” Not the entire reason of how you got into music or why you’re buying this item. Otherwise, I love working in a music store, especially around Christmas when there’s a lot of excitement around it.

IF I EVER GET OUT EAST!! ILL DEFF SAY HELLO!

Fuckin hilarious, I said Digeriedoo at the same exact time. 😂😂😂. My son asked for one for Xmas. I think I AM the guy!🤣🤣☠️

does the hairdon´t on the left force the hairdon´t on the right to have a hairdon´t ?? is it mandatory at that guitarshop ??

Sometimes there is no gap and its just brand name that increases the price lol

Being Scottish only one question, how much are you taking off of that one. 😂😂😂👍👍👍🥃Respect to you fellas.

"Is that the door to the restroom?" "Oh..."

i like your channel.

"How much did your store make last quarter?"= Undercover IRS agent.

You fellas are Awesome🙂, very funny... especially, # 10, I believe I would have demonstrated the shifty eyes thing, then leaned forward and whispered "You don't happen work for the CIA, FBI, or Homeland Security do you? " 😅 Oh hey I was wondering... Do you guys sell those "Esteban, Learn How to Play Guitar in 30 Minute Kits? "😗

So are the expensive guitars the ones that come with talent? (700 subscribers to go then it's a talented guitar for one lucky individual, and an arm wrestling match for Baxter and Jonathan.)

I also cant help but notice we are finally getting close to 50k subs. Are you still hanging on to my PRS ss?

I want your most expensive drum set! Can you change the strings on my guitar and tune it so I can play it when I get home.

Where do you keep the records? The sign says music store.

I'm left handed so guitar stores are always disappointing, us lefties are just an after thought at best.

My most expensive guitar is my first cheap electric Squire. I sold it, and 15 years later I wanted it back... Nostalgia comes at a price.. It was hurt and heartbroken, so now it's getting a rebuild but with way too expensive parts. But I guess those Fat 50s and roller nut etc will pay me back one day!... Nope, it won't. 🙄

This wasn't really question- but while in high school I played for this kid once and he couldn't believe you had to fret notes with your left hand. He thought the guitar was played like a harp- you just pluck the strings. We were in 9th grade, so I guess he was 15 or so. I couldn't believe he didn't realize how it was played. I just figured anyone who had watched Friday Night Videos- google it kids- knew what the deal was. Or seen anyone play air guitar- didn't he wonder what they were doing with that left hand? Idk- but yeah, he was shocked by my ability to play parts of Poison and Bon Jovi songs- convinced he had met a super star in the making. I couldn't even play a whole song- just the catchy parts that I picked up at the local shop when I bugged the older guys to show me stuff. Yep- I was that kid. The poor kid that hangs out at the shop every day and refuses to go away- will do any work you have just to get hands on a guitar for a few minutes- that was me. And I did end up working there- took years, but it happened finally. Bought my first guitar there to- with money I made working there. Unfortunately, many years later, the guy who owned the shop, who was also a local youth pasture who ran a church- had a motorcycle wreck and died. Shop closed- reopened but by then I was married and had a real job. And Josh Smith- from JHS managed the place for a short while- isnt his last name Smith? Pretty sure it is- yeah, he grew up right down the road from me and managed this same shop at one point. I'm much older than Josh and worked there before him but I remember him managing it a few years after I had left.