OK. April fools day. But One of my friends did find a whole 70's Pearl drum kit in a skip bin outside the local music shop. I detailed it & had it in my studio for years. My friend used to come over on weekends and play it. He asked for it back to donate to a kid he knew with cancer. That kid is now a young adult and still playing the kit in a band. He beat the cancer. Very lucky.
I picked this date for my Military retirement. Believe it or not, nobody above mid-level enlisted got the joke. 20 years ago today. I am blessed to still be breathing and watching Max take the dive, lol.
Congrats on a hell of a career brother. Was a medic in the Air Force for 3 years before medical retirement. I’d still have 14 years to go if I stayed in. Thank you for your service.
Man - you got me! All the while I was thinking that's trespassing - you're gonna get yourself arrested and/or banned from the premises when someone shows this video to management! And then that Centaur "home made pedal"! Happy April Fools Day!
As someone who grew up in the 70's and 80's, dumpster diving was where if was at! Why I remember one time we were diving this bank.... We scored a whole bag of money they threw out because it was wrinkled! I mean I know it ain't worth anything, but it was still a cool find. 20 years later I papered my kid's room with it. Some folks think it looks stupid, but I think it looks like a million bucks!
That's why you get a bolt cutter. But for real, given the kind of garbage I've seen Guitar Center trying to sell there's no way they're throwing away anything of value.
Didn't you realize that when you saw the RICK JAMES record album that this was a joke? I figured it out as soon as I saw it. I said out loud "this has to be a joke!" and I was right. Well played.
It's April 3rd now and I didn't notice when this was uploaded lol, but I thought he was being serious about saying it looked drawn on with a Sharpie and just thought maybe they're damn good at drawing and that it wasn't a real Klon which would explain throwing it, but it did seem strange he wouldn't be curious about it at least and no way he wouldn't know what one is. I thought the shell looked a bit off too but maybe that is right. As for leaving the guitars, I figured taking those might not be worth the risk as he has a lot of nice guitars anyway. Also I know how bad GC can be this way so throwing an Ibanez and Gibson for such dumb reasons wasn't much of a stretch(I've seen them legit throw them before), honestly the biggest red flag that this was a joke was the fact that they didn't take a hammer to them to make them actually borderline worthless unless fixable. The fact that they throw things out for reasons this dumb but then break a perfectly fine guitar is even worse TBH.
@@brians1793 Lol, I'm watching on the 7th and didn't catch the upload date either. I was like why tf is he leaving the Custom behind and taking a crappy Danelectro pedal instead?!
I know it was fake, but this kinda thing happens. My friend worked as a day labourer at a record company, this was in the early 90ies. And it was located inside a industrial area, witch has fences around it and big gates, the gates are open in the daytime. He said he had been trowing out boxes after boxes filled with albums, tapes and CD's all day into a dumpster outside the company. So when he told me I asked him where it was and he agreed to show me, we had about 2 hours until the gates closed. He didn't have a car, neither did I but we hailed a taxi and we drove in. When we got there sure enough the dumpster was filled with goodies. We filled up the taxi and even the taxi driver grabbed a bunch for himself. We made a killing that day, we sold off lots of it and only kept what we liked. It was crazy.
I was working as a landscaper about ten years ago and we were working in a rich neighborhood right after Christmas time, one of the workers found a perfectly good N64 with cables n controllers, a couple games, some 35mm cameras, a bunch of new disposable cameras and some other stuff I can't remember
A good video. Its amazing to me what people throw away. You never know what treasures are to be found by dumpster diving sometimes. The les Paul could have been easily fixed with proper tuners.
Mate, in my eyes 👀 you are a true legend. To all the dumpster divers out there who are genuinely recycling ♻️ usable goods, two 👍 up 👍.Happy April fools day 😅
Dude that was great. I was like damn those must have been some knock offs they legally had to throw out. Then I was like oh yeah I’m dumb. I figured it was a vid from a couple days ago too lol. Got me!
Alright...so, I know this was an April Fool's joke...but...I actually worked at Guitar Center in Ops for a couple of years and can actually confirm that GC 100% throws away some of the wildest stuff. It's the reason I own an Arturia Keylab 25. One of the keyboard key anchors was broken on it, so it got counted out of the system as irreparable. Asked my manager if I could take it home and try to fix it instead of binning it, and that's exactly what I did. Works perfectly and I didn't have to pay a dime for it. I've gotten a couple of cheapo guitars, a couple of cheapo drum kits, a really nice cajon, a Par 38 LED light, DJ gear...all sorts of things simply for asking "Hey...can I take that home and try to fix it?" You might think the "Oh, it's missing a whammy bar...throw it away..." joke is a little crazy...but my favorite pickup story is my cajon. Quite literally was missing a single screw-in foot, and that's the reason it was counted out of the system and set aside to be thrown away. $150 cajon at that. Just ready to get chucked in the trash.
Wow, props on the execution of this Max! I imagine this took a bunch of coordination with Guitar Center management? It would be fun to watch a follow-up video on how you arranged it.
This is funny. Seeing as how in California, you could have walked into the store and stole anything you wanted, and here you are, worried about dumpster diving. Too funny.
I'm from CA. And I know for a fact you can't get away that easily. Why just a while back I was nearly arrested for hurting someones feelings after I was run off the road by the same person who called the police on me for yelling at him
Hahaha... happy 4/1 Max. On a more serious note, my cousins son would dumpster dive game stop stores and he would hock stuff on line. Old used (trade in stuff) games, consoles, accessories, and promotional swag that they couldn't sell. He made maybe 100 - $150 a month give or take.
Last year I walked into Guitar Center and asked them if they have any original shipping box for a PRS guitar by any chance? (I would like to ship a guitar to my friend and the original box would be super helpful, pretty sure they have tons of them) They said: Sir no disrespect, we just throw all the shipping boxes out, but feel free to dumpster dive if you want so just go for it! 😊 They had a dumpster for carboard only so it was pretty clean!
Finally!! A non-serious video from Max!😂😂 Good one!! I needed a good laugh. That was a China Chibson LP and that Jem was also fake along with everything else, but still..😂😂😂 but the dano pedal was real.
As a former GC Operations Manager, yes we threw away so much stuff. Most of it broken and “not worth” repairing. Like the cost to repair exceeded the cost to sell it. So there were a lot of products that we needed to destroy prior to throwing in ye ol dumpster.
That homemade foot peddle, the art work on it looks like a led zeppelin thing. I know a few people that would take all the different guitars out of there dumpster and fix them up and make them play well.
Actually as long as there's no No Trespassing signs or The Dumpster is locked. You can infact at your own risk enter said dumpster. As long as you don't make a mess. Technically you would be concerned GREEN.
I’m really glad he mentioned the Danzig shirt…because while he was saying “there’s one Guitar Center Guy like Standing Guard” I thought “and a guy in a Danzig shirt with long black hair wouldn’t in any way be what he’s there guarding against going through their trash or shipping boxes…super inconspicuous…
best April fools video in a while! It's been at least 3 or 4 years since I last fell for an April fools prank, and you got me, man... cool video, though! hehe
You know, MAX.... at first I honestly wanted to believe you. Friends in high places I see. 😂 ...you had me at Klon Centaur. Hahaha. All joking aside, I actually found a really great (slightly beat up) AVATAR bass rig in the GC dumpster at Wichita, Kansas!🌻 Thanks for another great video!
My niece and her bo stopped by on the way to the dump, and we were hanging around the bed of the truck talking, and beneath all this crap I saw a bass head with grover tuners on the bottom. It was a Phantom base ($600 new) that had been gifted to them years ago and was on the way to the dump. Happy April 1st you got me on that one.
I use to work at the guitar center store #2 when it was previously located further West on Ventura Blvd one the opposite side of Van Nuys Blvd, during 2024 earthquake. Just a few months after the quake they moved to that location. They lost a lot of higher priced guitars that they kept hanging on the third level top display. In an area that's been prone to some strong earthquakes during the past 30 years it wasn't a smart idea to hang so many of the their highest priced guitars where they would fall and be destroyed. I'm pretty sure a lot of premium PRS, Gibson, Fender and many others wound up in the dumpsters there.
Happy April 1. Don't discount dumpster diving though ... It's amazing some of the stuff Beautiful Wife comes home with from her night time "hunting forays"!
All of a sudden all the guitar centers have people digging through their dumpsters and they’re wondering why haha 😂
😂😂😂
The guitar center here in NYC is closing. It’s not unheard of for store to just throw things away like this.
It happens.
When I saw the Klon, I suddenly remembered we're the 1st of April! Well played, that was hilarious!
I’m 60 years old and I Fell for it😂Hook line and sinker
Damn😂 I fell😅
@@prs149 59 here, so did I
I figured it was an April fools joke, but that klon was a (surprisingly good) $30 knock-off.
Happy April Fools day
😅
The only smart one here. :)
Is it really?
@@jogmas12 Yes. Today is ALL FOOL'S DAY - so enjoy!
It true
Oh yeah. I went to the Chevy dealership and got a 2020 corvette Z06 out of their dumpster. Just missing a rim. Unbelievable!!
😂😂😂😅Early in the morning. I lmao at this comment.😂
Gross, 2020?
Missing a rim? Thats worthless
😂😂😂
This is true
Gigachad move. Threw away the Klon, Gibson and Suhr pedal but kept the danelectro. Happy April 1
"I got my Danzig shirt on" that line just made you a legend!
I suspect Danzig t-shirt prices will sky-rocket from here! Get them while they're still affordable, folks!
Would have been even more funny if he had to throw some old bricks out of the way.
Its crazy he's wearing his own merch
He found it in a dumpster.
@@tiki_trash He should put it back.
OK. April fools day. But One of my friends did find a whole 70's Pearl drum kit in a skip bin outside the local music shop. I detailed it & had it in my studio for years. My friend used to come over on weekends and play it. He asked for it back to donate to a kid he knew with cancer. That kid is now a young adult and still playing the kit in a band. He beat the cancer. Very lucky.
WOW! Two blessings in one. What a great score.
That sounds like another April fools to me
@@batautomat No it's not. That's why I posted it. You have a good day.
Also I'm Australian. April fools was yesterday for us. Cheers from Australia.
@@solarismoon3046 Hey Solaris. Thanx for the thumbs up. Also Solarismoon is a cool name.
I did this and found a real 1959 les paul but it was missing the pick guard which is where the tone comes from
I believed this for a few minutes, but when you found the Les Paul Custom that was the final giveaway.
Yeah I call BS on that 1 as well! LOL!
And plenty of LP Customs come with Grover tuners on them anyway!
Hahaha "The Danzig Dumpster Dive" lol. Looks like you scored good Max!!!
I picked this date for my Military retirement. Believe it or not, nobody above mid-level enlisted got the joke. 20 years ago today. I am blessed to still be breathing and watching Max take the dive, lol.
Nice. I ETS'd on April 1, 2007. It was supposed to be March 7, but I had to get some extra stuff done while clearing.
Congrats on a hell of a career brother. Was a medic in the Air Force for 3 years before medical retirement. I’d still have 14 years to go if I stayed in. Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service !
Man - you got me! All the while I was thinking that's trespassing - you're gonna get yourself arrested and/or banned from the premises when someone shows this video to management! And then that Centaur "home made pedal"! Happy April Fools Day!
That was fantastic. Kudos for thinking this up. By far one of your best videos ever.
That's my Guitar Center. I live a block away and never even thought of this. Shit, I park right next to the dumpsters.
As someone who grew up in the 70's and 80's, dumpster diving was where if was at!
Why I remember one time we were diving this bank.... We scored a whole bag of money they threw out because it was wrinkled!
I mean I know it ain't worth anything, but it was still a cool find.
20 years later I papered my kid's room with it.
Some folks think it looks stupid, but I think it looks like a million bucks!
Why would it not be worth anything? Do they decommission the serial numbers or something?
h4960 Because they were wrinkled, money can only be used if it's flat!
@@greyshadow9498 Haha, got it 😉
Dig the Danzig tshirt ...the man is a legend and haters can't deny it ......Misfits, Samhain and Danzig .....decades of good tunes.
Darn GC always tossing those Gibson Customs in the trash. 😉🤣🤣🤘🎸🤘
The "Custom" was a China guitar. I have an ES-355 with the same serial number and font.
Obviously a prank, ain't no unlocked dumpsters in the entire state of california.
Not after 1st season of better call saul😅
If there is, you can count on a squatter occupying it
That's why you get a bolt cutter. But for real, given the kind of garbage I've seen Guitar Center trying to sell there's no way they're throwing away anything of value.
If its unlocked its someones home,leave it alone
The Klon was icing on the cake 😂
Didn't you realize that when you saw the RICK JAMES record album that this was a joke? I figured it out as soon as I saw it. I said out loud "this has to be a joke!" and I was right. Well played.
@@solarismoon3046 oh I knew from the title even before I clicked 😂😂😂
It's April 3rd now and I didn't notice when this was uploaded lol, but I thought he was being serious about saying it looked drawn on with a Sharpie and just thought maybe they're damn good at drawing and that it wasn't a real Klon which would explain throwing it, but it did seem strange he wouldn't be curious about it at least and no way he wouldn't know what one is. I thought the shell looked a bit off too but maybe that is right. As for leaving the guitars, I figured taking those might not be worth the risk as he has a lot of nice guitars anyway.
Also I know how bad GC can be this way so throwing an Ibanez and Gibson for such dumb reasons wasn't much of a stretch(I've seen them legit throw them before), honestly the biggest red flag that this was a joke was the fact that they didn't take a hammer to them to make them actually borderline worthless unless fixable. The fact that they throw things out for reasons this dumb but then break a perfectly fine guitar is even worse TBH.
@@brians1793 Lol, I'm watching on the 7th and didn't catch the upload date either. I was like why tf is he leaving the Custom behind and taking a crappy Danelectro pedal instead?!
Not realizing what day it was, I had my suspicions about the outcome of a broad daylight dumpster dive. Well played.
It took over 6 minutes to realize that it’s April 1st. I was having a reaction to leaving the Les Paul behind .. and then it dawned on me. Good one.
Me too 😂
I was about to scream lol😅
Yeah! Grab a Danelectro compressor with a knob broken off and leave the Les Paul behind? 🫤 Nah. 😆
Checking CCTV later the security asks "Wait? Is Pete Steele still alive?"
I got a electric keyboard once and a electric guitar while dumpster diving. Not at a GC though.
I know it was fake, but this kinda thing happens. My friend worked as a day labourer at a record company, this was in the early 90ies. And it was located inside a industrial area, witch has fences around it and big gates, the gates are open in the daytime. He said he had been trowing out boxes after boxes filled with albums, tapes and CD's all day into a dumpster outside the company. So when he told me I asked him where it was and he agreed to show me, we had about 2 hours until the gates closed. He didn't have a car, neither did I but we hailed a taxi and we drove in. When we got there sure enough the dumpster was filled with goodies. We filled up the taxi and even the taxi driver grabbed a bunch for himself. We made a killing that day, we sold off lots of it and only kept what we liked. It was crazy.
That sounds like a good time.
@@solarismoon3046 It was.
Wish I was there then. I'm a sucker for cassettes.
I was working as a landscaper about ten years ago and we were working in a rich neighborhood right after Christmas time, one of the workers found a perfectly good N64 with cables n controllers, a couple games, some 35mm cameras, a bunch of new disposable cameras and some other stuff I can't remember
@@frankieg3409 But did you find it on APRIL FIRST?
"Some old Ibanez here" 😂
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!! 😂🤣😂
I love how you started off the video by saying, “I don’t condone this”!
Sir, Danzig is in the dumpster again.
Exactly! Who would ever do something that stupid.
I was dead duped and then saw: "APRIL FOOLS", and knew it was 4/1 anyway. Guitar Center and Max Did US 😱😂...
A good video. Its amazing to me what people throw away. You never know what treasures are to be found by dumpster diving sometimes. The les Paul could have been easily fixed with proper tuners.
HAH! Even the Danzig T-Shirt! Sooo good!
Love this my dear darling friend!!!!!! LOL 😆
Lol Thank you so much!!
Mate, in my eyes 👀 you are a true legend. To all the dumpster divers out there who are genuinely recycling ♻️ usable goods, two 👍 up 👍.Happy April fools day 😅
Dude that was great. I was like damn those must have been some knock offs they legally had to throw out. Then I was like oh yeah I’m dumb. I figured it was a vid from a couple days ago too lol. Got me!
🎶Dumpster diver
you been down to long in the trashday Sun, oh what’s becoming of me!🎵
Alright...so, I know this was an April Fool's joke...but...I actually worked at Guitar Center in Ops for a couple of years and can actually confirm that GC 100% throws away some of the wildest stuff. It's the reason I own an Arturia Keylab 25. One of the keyboard key anchors was broken on it, so it got counted out of the system as irreparable. Asked my manager if I could take it home and try to fix it instead of binning it, and that's exactly what I did. Works perfectly and I didn't have to pay a dime for it. I've gotten a couple of cheapo guitars, a couple of cheapo drum kits, a really nice cajon, a Par 38 LED light, DJ gear...all sorts of things simply for asking "Hey...can I take that home and try to fix it?"
You might think the "Oh, it's missing a whammy bar...throw it away..." joke is a little crazy...but my favorite pickup story is my cajon. Quite literally was missing a single screw-in foot, and that's the reason it was counted out of the system and set aside to be thrown away. $150 cajon at that. Just ready to get chucked in the trash.
That guitarologist guy is probably shitting himself rn
I'm seeing a doctor and he assures me that through proper medication and diet, I can stop shitting myself.
@@TheGuitologist bwahaha Brad you are clearly the inspiration here
I know…I’m like a walking Peter Cetera song!
One musician's trash is another musician's trashure. That Klon Centaur clone's pretty good, I've got one 😁
Rick James Throwin' Down is a find
This was freaking hilarious; do this more often! Happy April Fools everyone!
In America if you are walking anywhere you look sketchy lol
We checked out an outside GC dumpster, decades ago, tons of guitar mags is all that we spotted
Wow, props on the execution of this Max! I imagine this took a bunch of coordination with Guitar Center management? It would be fun to watch a follow-up video on how you arranged it.
Oh yes, lots of "coordination" for sure.
OK, this is my favorite video from you now.
Dumpster diving in SoCal is a dangerous sport. You may end-up checking into a homeless hotel.
Sounds like Texas.
Hmm,I wonder if Guitar center in Bellingham,Wa has this available 🤔
This is funny. Seeing as how in California, you could have walked into the store and stole anything you wanted, and here you are, worried about dumpster diving. Too funny.
I'm from CA. And I know for a fact you can't get away that easily. Why just a while back I was nearly arrested for hurting someones feelings after I was run off the road by the same person who called the police on me for yelling at him
Hahaha... happy 4/1 Max. On a more serious note, my cousins son would dumpster dive game stop stores and he would hock stuff on line. Old used (trade in stuff) games, consoles, accessories, and promotional swag that they couldn't sell. He made maybe 100 - $150 a month give or take.
Dude, dumpster diving without permission is so fucking metal.
dude that centaur is worth a lot!
its very rare and people will pay 1000's for it
Last year I walked into Guitar Center and asked them if they have any original shipping box for a PRS guitar by any chance? (I would like to ship a guitar to my friend and the original box would be super helpful, pretty sure they have tons of them)
They said: Sir no disrespect, we just throw all the shipping boxes out, but feel free to dumpster dive if you want so just go for it! 😊 They had a dumpster for carboard only so it was pretty clean!
Is there lead in the frets of that Gibson and the pickups of that Ibanez?
This was hilarious LOL you went all the way for this troll even with the Danzig shirt
A new classic is born!! Outstanding dedication Sir! Most impressive.
Thank you kindly!
Thats 7 minutes I cant get back...and you damaged nice guitars slamming them around in the dumpster. Good job.
Man, you got me. I was about to make a trip to my local GC and forage their dumpster but then came to the realization. Nice one, Max. Nice.
That was hilarious dude! Well done April fool's video. Wondering where you got the Chibson and the Klon counterfeit to throw in there
I remember dumpster diving, found a never sold 1988 red Ferrari Testarossa, had 4 miles on it, drove it home lol :)
Ha ha. That was brilliant! I love April Fools'.
#AWESOME...wonder how many peeps you got...? 👊
Guitar Max: Black Ops 😂
😂😂😂 Well played, Max! Thanks for the laugh!
Yeah, at first, I was freaking out leaving a Les Paul in the Ibanez behind. And then it’s April 1.
Finally!! A non-serious video from Max!😂😂 Good one!! I needed a good laugh. That was a China Chibson LP and that Jem was also fake along with everything else, but still..😂😂😂 but the dano pedal was real.
I realized that too. But the Rick James record was a dead give away. I said out loud "This has to be a joke!" and I was right.
WOW! Times must be tough on everyone if Guitar MAX has to dumpster dive at Guitar Center.
I used to frequent that exact GC all the time back in 2009-2016!
Man, you got me! I was heading to the airport for the first thing smokin' stateside lol
As a former GC Operations Manager, yes we threw away so much stuff. Most of it broken and “not worth” repairing. Like the cost to repair exceeded the cost to sell it. So there were a lot of products that we needed to destroy prior to throwing in ye ol dumpster.
HAHAHAHA! You almost had me digging through the GC Brea dumpster today. Happy April Fools!
That homemade foot peddle, the art work on it looks like a led zeppelin thing.
I know a few people that would take all the different guitars out of there dumpster and fix them up and make them play well.
I bought it and then laughed when I remembered that it's 4/1. Well played!
Ya really had me going for a minute there. Very creative way to get our attention and fun too.
Best April 1st post I saw all day!
I got 4:44 into it (right after the Les Paul) and it struck me... It's April 1st! 🤣🤣🤣 Good one Max, had me going for a bit!
what about a Tama art star maple shell drumsets with paiste cymbals , have you ever found those in the dumpster
No, not yet.
Love the Danzig shirt.
Actually as long as there's no No Trespassing signs or The Dumpster is locked. You can infact at your own risk enter said dumpster. As long as you don't make a mess. Technically you would be concerned GREEN.
That was a good one, thumbs up... I’m still gonna check that dumpster.
This is in the top 3 GMAX vids for me 🤘🏼
Clever editing. I never look at UA-cam videos dated April 1. But I figured yours would be entertaining.
I’m really glad he mentioned the Danzig shirt…because while he was saying “there’s one Guitar Center Guy like Standing Guard” I thought “and a guy in a Danzig shirt with long black hair wouldn’t in any way be what he’s there guarding against going through their trash or shipping boxes…super inconspicuous…
Happy Easter as well!
best April fools video in a while! It's been at least 3 or 4 years since I last fell for an April fools prank, and you got me, man... cool video, though! hehe
Absolutely love this and there was no way GMC was going to have 4-1-24 come and go without doing anything! 🤣🤣
You know, MAX.... at first I honestly wanted to believe you. Friends in high places I see. 😂 ...you had me at Klon Centaur. Hahaha. All joking aside, I actually found a really great (slightly beat up) AVATAR bass rig in the GC dumpster at Wichita, Kansas!🌻 Thanks for another great video!
My niece and her bo stopped by on the way to the dump, and we were hanging around the bed of the truck talking, and beneath all this crap I saw a bass head with grover tuners on the bottom. It was a Phantom base ($600 new) that had been gifted to them years ago and was on the way to the dump. Happy April 1st you got me on that one.
That was great !!
And the 'crappy' Centuar was brilliant !!
Omg I didn’t realize the joke at first and was panicking when you left behind the jem!
Hey Max I thought I was imagining hearing your voice !! Yah it's my favourite place too inspired me with few riffs and sometimes headaches 😂😂
Dude, Lol gonna have to check the dumpsters at Tesla next, see if you come up on one,..haha great vid man!
I use to work at the guitar center store #2 when it was previously located further West on Ventura Blvd one the opposite side of Van Nuys Blvd, during 2024 earthquake. Just a few months after the quake they moved to that location. They lost a lot of higher priced guitars that they kept hanging on the third level top display. In an area that's been prone to some strong earthquakes during the past 30 years it wasn't a smart idea to hang so many of the their highest priced guitars where they would fall and be destroyed. I'm pretty sure a lot of premium PRS, Gibson, Fender and many others wound up in the dumpsters there.
This is hilarious! Good job Max!
Man, I went and all I found was used coffee cups and a few half shredded picks. Looks like you got all the good stuff, hehe.
I’m rolling watching this
Happy April 1. Don't discount dumpster diving though ... It's amazing some of the stuff Beautiful Wife comes home with from her night time "hunting forays"!
Left the Les Paul Custom and the Ibanez Gem for a pedal?
Haha Max this is some great stuff in the vein of Spinal Tap… are you working with Rob Reiner?
A++ Had me for a few minutes until I realized what day it was!
That’s why you should have grabbed the guitar too. Hahaha. That was wild dude. See ya when you get home. 😂😂❤❤