Dept. of Guitar Geekery

Here’s the widely linked video of an employee of the Chicago Music Exchange playing 100 rock riffs chronologically in one take, which is entertaining in its own right, but real music nerds will notice that the truly impressive bit is that he retunes on the fly a couple times.

Anyway, enjoy.

One thought on “Dept. of Guitar Geekery

  1. Wait a damn minute. Since when was Pictures of Matchstick Men by Camper Van Beethoven?

    I don’t know that I’ve even seen anybody successfully drop their low E string to D strictly by muscle memory- with no time to test it by ear, and clearly in this case, not using one of those D-Tuna gadgets. This guy has done his time in the woodshed.

    Not to mention that he then BRINGS IT BACK UP TO E PERFECTLY.