The Black Keys / Guitar Shopping with Dan

[smOfficialMusic]

I have respect for this man because he doesn't just walk in to some guitar center and pickup the first $3,000 Gibson Les Paul. He tries the weird looking guitars in the weird looking shops. The genuine shit right here.

[kokeBrazil]

Went in all those stores and i got to say, the first shop sucks. Done here.

[MrCrizEliaz]

i have a '86 squier strat, maple/rosewood that really kicks any fender strat that i have played.

it just depends on the body and neck, if have good quality, the pickups heights and bridge calibration makes the whole difference and for that u just need to know a good luthier to tune up your baby. i also recommend Ernie Ball's super slinky 9! trust me.

[philipp242]

How many times do you recon he buys "a pedal [or guitar for that matter] nobody has ever looked at" then by the end of the month someones sees him with one and everyone wants one!

[eddgiles]

Does anybody know the name of the song he's playing on the acoustic guitar???

[BWHAAFlixYT]

Looks like a younger Vigo Mortenson

[chapsofsatan]

@BWHAAFlixYT just though that

[sml200867]

Coolest motherfucker on the planet, fact.

[SpaceBarbarian]

i think the song he is playing on the acoustic is a kenny brown song

[CaseyJohanna]

so hot

[AdamMcCarter92]

ive been there

[PrayManFish]

This is Denmark Street!

[somethingmusical]

i wonder what pedal that he was gonna buy was lol

[TheSletoe]

Denmark street?

[swanski100]

what song is playing?

[GEOpz838]

'Just Got To Be" by The Black Keys

[7th75thCallaghan]

That guy is a bitch to haggle down, believe me i've tried.

[jimihendrixtribute]

ahh.. dan just walking through the drum department like he knows what to do.. lol

[blueshoes]

WHERE DO I MEET A MAN LIKE THIS? IF I CAN'T HAVE DAN I WILL SETTLE FOR SOMEONE EVEN 25% OF THE MAN HE IS...

[MrCrizEliaz]

@blueshoes i am improving myself and reaching like 75%... :D

[13Musicmachine]

1:25 CROSSROADS :D

[WeAreOffHanded]

SG(L)

[EvanRossTV]

@PeteAndJakee Don't waste your cash on a Squier Strat. Save up longer and get the real thing. Trust me.

[jmatotek216]

@EvanRossTV squier really upped their game...i would have no problem buying any of the high end models...if you wanna call them high end...but the 50's vibe models play like MIM fenders to me...but the affinty series is garbage lol

[EvanRossTV]

@PeteAndJakee Don't waste your cash on a Squier Strat. Save up longer and get the real thing. Trust me.

[peacelovewolf]

2:00 .. wonderful :) love this kid.

[wallawalla3427]

anyone know what he's playing at 1:47?

[wallawalla3427]

@wallawalla3427 no one knows?

[Theshamham]

@wallawalla3427 just fingerpicking a twelve bar blues in G i think.. im too lazy to see if its really in the key of G but his hand seems to be making a G chord on the first chord.

[ritonlerisk]

@Theshamham in the key of F# i think

[TheLoveRub]

@ritonlerisk Kinda looks like a C7 to meeezz

[awesomeo79]

at about 1:20 does anyone hear crossroads- eric claptons version

[TheSwollenPickle]

does anyone know the name of that pedal he was looking at?

[ajarroyave]

@TheSwollenPickle yeah

[PeteAndJakee]

strats are a FTW guitar. im getting a squier strat for my birthday and im 12 going on 13 next month

[fede018]

he's in one of the most popular american rock band at the momento and he still ask for a descount? What a cheap SOB

[guyinfuckinghat]

@fede018 well they werent at the time this video was made

[themanchild27]

guitar shopping with dan would be like THE GREATEST THING EVER like holy shit i cant comprehend the awesomeness of that experience im going to nashville that summer just to have the chance of it happening

[paulaiwenhannam]

Lol I bought My Small Clone off that guy in Denmark Street! He's well easy to haggle prices down!!

[mozartfx1]

He looks better without that birdsnest on his chin.

[RubenMadeThis]

What pedal is that which the man says 125 ?

[RubenMadeThis]

what song at 0:19 ?

[jeter693]

@RubenMadeThis it is Just Got To Be from the album Magic Potion

[fede018]

what a cheap motherfucker!

[naranjabro]

5 Denmark Street, Charing Cross, London United Kingdom

bought a vox amp with UK plug just because :) lol

[theburningfield]

System of a Down @ 2:31 

[lovemusicmzipse]

i cant beleove nobody recognizes him!!! id freak



[flammingcarrot]

@lovemusicmzipse That was back in 06 ... so they were still underground-ish

[naranjabro]

WTF iv been inside those guitar shops and didnt even kno dan was in there D:

[jonoferguson22]

@naranjabro where are they?

[bhbkeys88]

unique playing style... i like

[bhbkeys88]

i love u guys music... that shat goes too hard

[Tscolaro1]

Akron OH ftw!!!

[DeSmurfen125]

He's soo cute! *_*

[NiHanSir]

I'm guessin that haggling prices will be tougher for a grammy award winning artist. You guys are top notch. Congrats.

[timmay270]

1:50 break it down

[teb666]

Denmark street..can't get a more expensive guitar anywhere in the world..me thinks!

[indieaner52]

like a lil boy in a candy store! GREAT!

[hutchinz69]

the store is in london.. not sure if it;s regent st.?

[HippieWithClass96]

Whats the name of the song in the beginning?

[hockeynut002700]

@HippieWithClass96 I Got Mine, from attack and release

[MiRee446]

@hockeynut002700 Its not I got mine its Just got to be from Magic potion.

[j0ejack]

@HippieWithClass96 It's "just got to be" from their "magic potion" album.

[11reeses]

system of a down in the background @ 2:33 haha

[uduman1]

@mooocie15 Well, it's tuned to the same tuning as a guitar, since he's playing a blues progression in G (G, C, D, etc). So it might just be an oddly shaped guitar...

[popomczowzow]

anyone know where this is?

[giseba7]

@popomczowzow London England -2006 (look at the end)

[mooocie15]

What is the name of the instrument at 1:47?

[cockardo]

@mooocie15

I think it's a lute, I could be wrong...

[apopbym]

@mooocie15 I think it's an octave mandolin. it's basically like a big, deeper voiced mandolin.

[popomczowzow]

@apopbym isn't a mandolin a small, high voiced guitar?

[howlinlevi2]

Now I know why he grows a beard! haha

[woostergino]

Been in my top 5 bands since 2007...i'm lucky enough to live 30 miles from Akron, where they're from. They named their album Rubber Factory bc in Akron there's Goodyear, Firestone and every other tire manufacturer- just fyi! lol

[sedrwzl]

can you go any lower for a pedal noones ever looked at?

[seicheberlin]

@sedrwzl great line!

[Hansoloburger]

they really need to change the word "phonographic" to something else. at a quick glance one can misread that. get your head in the gutter for a sec and you'll get it.

[TaylorRbob]

...where's his beard?

[enthnd03]

always looks tired

[cowmanman]

whats the song? sexy riff

[ChickenFriedHamMan]

@cowmanman Just Got to Be

[TaylorRbob]

@ChickenFriedHamMan I love your username!

[zapproowsdower]

it's no wonder why Thom Yorke is a huge fan of the Black Keys

[ByronWebb1]

I totally bought my tiny terror from that shop XD

[WINFIELD32750]

@ByronWebb1 whats a tiny terror?

[TheWells119]

@WINFIELD32750  an amp

[WINFIELD32750]

@TheWells119 correct

[sinodira2]

@ByronWebb1 Tiny Terrors win.

[brokenAstring]

1:14 Crossroads? Haha. Niice.

[11181001]

Love the sounds, I can listen to this stuff all the time.Watch out for new artist BRANDON JAROD. This guy is the next superstar! Release OCT. 2010

[harrymosesgk]

i went to denmark street the other week. i went into a shop called vintage and rare guitars, the had saw dan and pretty much said he was a tight arse haha

[gwilym94]

he should have gone to wunjo. much better value. next door to the antique guitar place too.

[riemoj]

GIVE THE MAN THE PEDAL!!!

[Trondheim18]

Whats the song he's playing at 2:18 ?

[Stinkerstien]

Black keys are it. Amazing.

[rioolput123]

What's the song or genre that he's playing at 1:48 ? I like it !!

[Fififlan]

@rioolput123 You see me laughin'

[rioolput123]

@Fififlan Thanks! And who's the artist ? Dan himself, black keys, ... ?

[Fififlan]

@rioolput123 Its more of a traditional song, but it sounds a lot like the Kenny Brown version, a friend of R.L burnside, hope it helps

[rioolput123]

@Fififlan Great ! Thanks mate !

[crackface5]

O shit its Uriah Faber

[90sRockWhore]

Man guitar stores are like candyland for right handed people.

If youre a lefty its like fuck you. all you can get is a les paul or strat, or tele. pretty much the lamest guitars.

thank god for eastwood guitars.

By the way, is Dan on like really heavy drugs or something?

He always looks like he woke up out of a 20 year coma.

Oh well he's awesome anyways.

[ooberpwnage]

@90sRockWhore Hey you could always be like Hendrix and turn right handed guitars upside down. Looks pretty badass too. Just flip the nut

[90sRockWhore]

@ooberpwnage sorry buddy but theres nothing badass about rolling your tone and volume knobs off while youre playing.

And think about what you said, why should a paying customer have to change the nut, and restring thier instrument, right handed people dont.

it sucks, and to me, it dont look cool either.

but one exception, i DO have an eastwood gemini that is right handed and it looks WAY better playing it lefty. but like i said one exception.

[ColtyRamone]

@90sRockWhore just play an sg or a flying v and nobody notices

[90sRockWhore]

@ColtyRamone i dislike both of those guitars.

really gibsons in general, to me they make the most boring, featureless guitars ever.

i love the LP though, i guess you can tell im a fender man.

[ColtyRamone]

@90sRockWhore well another you might be interested in is the Dean SplitTail.i know you just said you dont like Vs or SGs but you might like it when theyre combined.or you can Danelectro 59' reissue or a Mosrite Ventures. but it would suck to be left handed though.

[90sRockWhore]

@ColtyRamone funny you said that, im getting a 59' next week.

its not SO bad as a lefty, but usually I have to pay a LOT more and search real damn hard to find something I want, because i only go for wierd guitars.

but some of the most wacked and unique guitars come in lefty, like the Dipinto Galaxie 4.

usually i always have to buy lame colors though, like white, or sunburst

but. the guitars i do have are so heavily modded that theyre one of a kind.

i always find a way..

[troykeenanguitar]

@90sRockWhore I agree completely. As I lefty, it is a pain in the arse to try out guitars. I just modify the hell out of them to make them my own though. Don't be limited by your perceived limitations.

[90sRockWhore]

@troykeenanguitar we're exactly the same on that man, two of my guitars are so completely modded that they are nothing close to what they were, ive got four, but my two most modded ones are my 3/4 scale SX strat copy that i had modded like a Jaguar, an SX SJM 62 that i put a short scale on and its also wired with jag switching Switching options make sense

Then ive got an Eastwood Airline 3P with Magnatron pups, and a righty Eastwood Gemini that i had rewired for a lefty.

how bout you?

[norhamdan1985]

@90sRockWhore

Teles, Strats and Les Pauls the lamest guitars? I can't see your face so I don't know if you are serious or not. I hope you are kidding.

[90sRockWhore]

well yeah they're the lamest when thats all they have in EVERY FUCKING STORE YOU GO TO. i dont know maybe you like routine and the same exact thing over and over, or maybe you just cant see where im coming from.

[hplax20]

@90sRockWhore i can see what your saying, but your just kind of being a contrarian by saying theyre lame because theyre everywhere. i can understand if u like the sound of other guitars, but it seems that ur just saying theyre bad because theyre common. some of the best guitar players use these guitars i.e. hendrix, page, vaughan, clapton, etc. not saying you are wrong, just my thoughts. but if u are willing to spend some cash, idk if uve ever heard of collings guitars. nice shit.

[90sRockWhore]

@hplax20 ok lets use the phrase "played out" for lack of a better term.

[TerryCraig23]

@norhamdan1985 (I didn't read the original comment, but) Teles, Strats & Les Pauls are without a doubt some of the best guitars on the market because of their ability to play any style you want really, and that's why everybody always buys one of those guitars. But that, I think, makes them also kind of boring to look at, you know, because there are a hundred other guitars that are also awesome. F.ex. Danelectro makes some of the coolest and greatest sounding guitars for their price range.

[ice50cal]

@norhamdan1985 dude i have a strat and a les paul and out of all of my other ones they are my favorites they are so awesome

[burtonbro417]

@norhamdan1985 honestly it comes down to what you prefer and what you think feels and sounds right. ive got a seagull maritime sws semi gloss and a seagull s6 entourage and honestly im as happy as i ever can be.

[norhamdan1985]

@burtonbro417 obviously..im just saying... those are the most highly touted, most professionally played, best selling guitars on the market..

[burtonbro417]

@norhamdan1985 theyre not the best selling guitars. yeah they get a lot of sales but there is plenty of other guitar companies that compete. imo they are way to poppy. martin's have a thick sound to them which i don't like and by that i mean only some im not sure about all of them but ive played a handful and you can get the same sound from any other guitar, you just have to look around.

[jimihendrixtribute]

@norhamdan1985 if that guy seriously believes that, then he probably plays music that sounds like one of my shits on a b.c. rich guitar :P

[MTBLlama]

@norhamdan1985 Just a troll man, relax lol

[teddy15picker]

where is this store?

[BobbyPelkey]

He looks better with his beard !

[Fififlan]

That song is called "laugh to keep from crying" sounds a lot like the Kenny Brown version...awsome

[carsnwomen91]

sick blues solo on a classical lute !

[turner33s]

at 2:35 it sound like "the breaks" is playing in the store

[jaybals]

Are these all in denmark street?

i recognised it straight away!

[TheBenchMonkey]

does anyone know what song he's playing at 2:22 ?

[rohw0016]

@TheBenchMonkey its the blues son! 12 bars three chords.. learn

[ImtheDesertFox]

Like the templar shield flags in the store lol

[indierickenbacker]

oh man, denmark street, my hangout, i spend my life in this place, GUITAR HEAVEN.

[Apopholis]

@indierickenbacker

I thought it was too expensive?

[fatsachs]

Truly a legend past his time, it's an utter shame the Keys don't get the recognition they deserve. People just don't know what music is anymore, they've been dumbed out for too long on mainstream garbage.

[kevman5]

@fatsachs Dont be so sure. Their new album was #3 on the us charts the week it came out.

[fatsachs]

@kevman5 Wow! I didn't know that yet, that's fantastic news. Maybe there is hope after all! Don't lose your good taste my man!

[tylersmmith07]

@0:29 Blacked out Telecaster Deluxe '72 reissue=my dream guitar.

[Omie789]

I bet when that guitar shop worker got out of bed that day he nver expected to have to do deal with confrontation from Dan

[jjbeene]

which guitar shop is this filmed in?

[nickwellings]

@jjbeene Looks all like it's in England's Denmark Street.

[sx6424]

@jjbeene first shop is vintage and rare guitars on denmark

[UTpacman]

2:34 SOAD

[Tecumseh1812]

dan the man

[tiddlywinks98712]

DENMARK STREET LONDON BABY!!!!!!!!

[frogstomp91]

what kind of instrument is he playin at 1:49??

[fattirevsbud]

it's a king of a luth mixed with a big mandoline but it seems to have an acoustic guitar neck

[ColonelKickass57]

It's a guitar. Just funny lookin.

[ImtheDesertFox]

@frogstomp91 A mandolin of some sort.

[grubber1985]

first shop is vintage and rare (also on denmark street)

[fattirevsbud]

which city?

[heyAdroid]

If you idiots have never haggled at guitar center you're missing out, i've gotten great deals.

[dlmason93]

dan "the haggler" auerbach

[nivek0270]

that should be his wrestling name

[popomczowzow]

@dlmason93

Dan "I'm rich but I'll be damned if I don't pay as little for this instrument as possible" Auerbach

[saberous33]

@dlmason93

bloody brilliant!

[Fififlan]

Hah! "can you go any lower for a pedal no one's ever looked at?"

[isaacmakesvideos]

Haha the song that was playing when dan said "let's get out of here!" was "X" by System of a Down.

[isaacmakesvideos]

Haha the song that was playing when he said "let's get out of here!" was X by system of a Down

[Jimbeaux17]

Fairly certain this is at Pekar's.

[benglee14]

Regent sound studio is now a music shop on Denmark street in London which is the first store they were at I dont know about the second one

[Gonzokupa]

the second one is just across the street:) i know, cause i've visited both and in the second shop there was a dick in leather pants trying to sell me crap!

[ShawnyMartin]

you should have bought his leather pants

[mastergiovanni321]

what store

[zyinder]

where's the badass bitchin beard?

[ExperienceTheLeary]

the guy behind the counter looks like that irish guy from star trek

[p13beian]

Scotty... as in Scottish. lol

[RegalTipDrummer]

that little tune he plays in the shop.....beautiful

[reykjavikc]

what are these standard chords on 1:47 ?

[sciencekiller7689]

Looks like G, C, and D. Just playing a robert johnson style blues.

[thekillers1293]

Oh really!!!

Robert Johnson is one of my favorite underrated blues guitarists of all time!

I play those 3 chords all the time in unison!

[Th3UnionFor3v3r]

What the hell do you mean underrated? He was was really good, but he is the most known Blues guy, hence, not underrated. Son House is underrated even though he is also somewhat famous.

[jeffdonegan]

Id say mississippi fred mcdowell is way underrated

[thekillers1293]

Yeah! He's very underrated for a blues guitarist!