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ive noticed guitar store employees tend to be wannabes. Not all im sure but most of the ones ive met seem to think working for a music store gives them some kind of credibility(? or something?).. you can feel the snobbery coming off some of these minimum wage folks. Not all of course id never stereotype an entire group. But im thinking theres a certain subset who go there for that very reason
Right. It’s NOT a contest, and there are no prizes for shrederrific flailing of the guitar. It’s not a concert, either. Most loud players only annoy others who are trying to make decisions. Honestly I usually only spend a few minutes to decide (assuming I can hear myself) then I take it home and if it really sucks return it within specified period, which takes all that pressure off you. Let’s face it, you’re “trying out” stuff, so you might not be comfortable with it yet or maybe ever... I have a 7 string that makes me feel like a noob because it’s very wide neck with fairly high action. I would hate to be judged by my ability on that particular guitar. I once flubbed a band tryout because my amp crapped out after the first song and I had to borrow an amp that I didn’t know how to dial in my tone on and I felt like it was fighting me. You shouldn’t be quick to judge because you don’t know if the persons having a bad day or they just suck! 😝
Well, I wouldn't go that far. I've been very irritated sometimes having to listen to people play in shops. I've walked out within 2 or 3 minutes because of it but it's just the nature of going to the shops
Don't scoff at the cliche music store experience, it may disappear one day. Then you would have to shop for gear online while youtubing people trying to play Stairway in a background tab.
@@Kchaann Guitar Center is not really "The music store experience". They are a bunch of corporate tools that make you feel like you are on an assembly line.
Robert Scott no one said it was “The music store experience” they said that it’s “the CLICHE music store experience” the over done and overly generic experience. Quit trying to start fights when you can’t even be bothered to read twice and type once.
hahaha... yeah i can tell you something about ONLNE guitar buys. Its a fuckin Mess...expecialy today where Quality and Guitars are two words that dont go together well. You CANT buy any Strat.. or Gibson, Jackson or anything else online. NOT if you dont live in the US. I dont know how it is over there but in Europe... all the big Labels seem to produce shit they sell online and if you want a working guitar you NEED to go to a store. After 5 resturns i gave up on online shopping.. totaly
@Thurman Merman many guitar centers don't allow it. In my city there are signs saying that if you wanna try an instrument, you musk ask employees. They sanitize it, give you alcohol and clean everything after you're done. It's not that simple as picking it up and playing
That was before the rich assholes of this world started the war on us all, not only in a few countries to loot them.. Just scare the shit out of the dumb masses, with a worldwide propaganda campaign, and cash in... The billionaires of this world raised their wealth in 2020 with 60%... ( Welt Magazin, Germany) in the process also killing functional health systems and each and every form of art.. Millions of artists are broke..
Caught Mary being mentioned as a mate of Rick Beato and now I am hooked. Oh my days, so refreshing and what a joy to be a music store where Mary is checking out guitars.
Owned a music store for nearly 20 years. I always appreciated it when women would come in to the shop. Having a daughter and two granddaughters it was a wonderful thing to see more and more women playing music. This may sound a bit chauvinist but particularly liked it when a women would come in pick a guitar, sit down, and just tear it up. Good on you Ms. Spender.
You’re a wonderful player. Very expressive and lyrical. If I worked in that store I’d be delighted you were playing those guitars instead of the typical lunkheads noodling.
Love how you were using your thumb to create the bass line while playing that melody at 7:49. Also love the little bass line and "thumb drum" sound at 8:45. Gonna go try that now. If I had been there, I would have had you teach me that rhythm riff at 3:20 so you could solo over it. Then we could trade off. You seem like a fun person.
@@mogdor "I am like the worse guitar player in the shop" . The object of the exercise here is for Mary to not be the worse player in the shop. My presence achieves that aim regardless of who else might also be there.
@@mogdor Yes, you are absolutely right, you are far too clever for me. I heard it as, 'I am like the worse guitar player in the shop' whereas what she actually said was, 'I am like the worse guitar player in the shop'. Somebody less switched on than you might actually see this as being exactly the same , clearly you are operating on a different level to the rest of us. You are far too good for me, I retire defeated.
@@youarenotaghost3702 The only place I hear him on the air is on Radio Caroline where they regularly feature him. Indeed there's a "Glory of Rory" slot where they play something different of his every week in the Suzy Wilde show.
Rory's my favorite of all time, he never got the recognition in the USA that he should have, I try not to fan boy on anything but I would love a Rory sig guitar also. I love Rory's spirit and his love of performing and sharing himself with others. He's a true road warrior. I heart musicians that carry their own gear.
Not enough talking about Rory in the comment section! Nothing will beat the look of his strat for me! He’s a wizard and a truly under appreciated musician and man. RIP
Awesome... if my son walked into a guitar shop, saw Mary Spender playing a guitar sitting by herself... he’d politely ask if he could jam with you? You are one of his favorites, he is an awesome guitarist also, knows a lot of your stuff...
I can not tell you how comforting and reassuring it is to see such an absurdly talented guitarist still get frustrated with their playing once in a while. Really makes all my little "ah" and "ugh" moments feel like they're gonna be worth it one day.
You my dear just resparked my love for guitar I’ve been depressed for a while now and i don’t know something about watching you feel the music connected with me, subscribed.
I know, this is an old video but it's my first time view. Your comments on the state of the guitars in the shop, yet you played it and made it sound like a master, bring to mind my photography teacher's saying. "It's not the camera, it's the photographer.". Love ya!
Back in the mid 60s I was the Small Faces roadie, when ever we were in London it was down to Sound City on Shaftsbury Ave. Would pick up strings pics etc. for weeks on the road. Drum City was a few doors away and I would clean them out of Ginger Baker drum sticks, once he walked in and asked for some, the assistant pointed at me and said he's just bought them all. I did give a pair back for Ginger and we went for a beer. Crazy days.
I'm 71 and still love being in a guitar store. I feel at home and never get over the feeling of excitement and childlike wonder. The aroma of wood and fresh paint pervades the air and I am 16 again for the time there. I have 8 electric and 2 acoustics and love them all. Without music, and for me rock and roll, I might as well not be alive.
Such a calming and articulate speaking voice. Pitch perfect on vocalizing those scale notes 👍 Danger Danger, you have the Guitar bug, see it want it 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸. Thanks for the walk about in New York City 🥳
The full story behind Rory's guitar is that it was stolen off him and at the time the story got onto a crimewatch tv show in Ireland. The guy who stole it was probably afraid that he'd be caught after that so he chucked it into a field and it was lying there for a few days/ got rained on etc. before it was found and a lot of the wear was a result of that. There's a video on his official UA-cam channel with his nephew telling the story.
Sis, I will fall into a beautiful sleep now that I have heard this majestic finger work. You are the grooviest Gtar player I have had the opportunity to watch. Thank you.
Mary I pretty much do what you do when in a guitar shop - pick one out and noodle up some Blues riffs. Gets me acquainted with the guitar. Love that Rory Sig Strat!
That Rory model is so authentic even the strings are relic’d! Btw Mary I think your playing has improved in the past few months. Don’t know what you’re doing but keep it up 👍
Thanks Mary. Took your advice and visited Rudy’s in Broom Street NYC all the way from Cardiff in Wales 👍 played a beautiful Telecaster. They were so lovely in there. Got the tee shirt too. Cool.
I love this shop, It is probably the most wheelchair friendly shop in New York, I bought a NOS telecaster from them last year and they treated me like royalty. I think they just like Brits!
I always see memes saying that their customer service is rubbish and when i visited a guitar center in Colorado the employees were really nice so your theory might be right
Yeah I agree I’ve had nothing but great friendly service from my Guitar Center here in Queens NY. I got my Gibson and Takamine guitars from them along with some equipment.
When I walk into guitar center there's always someone else playing counter to me so i have to give up . Yes , it would be nice to go into a booth or wear headphones .
Often when in a music store especially one like that one its like being a kid in a candy store. That Guitar Center is bigger and busier than the one near me where i live in Las Vegas Nevada. Every guitar in your hands no matter what it is - it sounds like gold. A friend of mine and his father used to own a music store guitar shop next to the kung fu studio i used to go to train at when i was younger. I would hang out there for hours.
The Guitar Center stores in the Los Angeles area, those I've visited in Hollywood, Sherman Oaks and Northridge, are almost always busy. So many musicians out here! I often bump into known players, too. Jam sessions break out at any time. Like, someone will be fooling around with a chord sequence and someone across the room starts soloing over it. Dudes checking out amps and pedals crank away...
They will be adding another hang tag on this: “The Mary Spender Tribute version of the Rory Gallagher model, played by Mary Spender on September 3, 2018, and featured in her Tuesday Talks September 4, 2018 episode. Mary, when you go to Rudy’s. You must absolutely ask to play the red Tal Farlow Gibson ES-140 3/4 size guitar. There was just an article in Sunday’s New York Times with a photo of Guy Pearce checking it out. It’s the coolest little guitar. Ah, piecing together the Vigier Mary Spender model. Sparkles? check, F-hole?check. Relic? Hmm... Do you know Rhett Shull? Cool guy. Friend of Rick Beato. He has an absolutely horrid looking relic sparkle Novo guitar. They’re super expensive, but he thinks they’re really great. Keep your eyes open for one you should come across the name.
Mary's so adorable. I saw Rory play in Detroit back in the 1970s, and he was then and always has been severely underappreciated around here. It's great to see that she's such a big fan. Go Mary!
Marlon Artsyrobo I think what Mary meant is that she was "the worst player at Guitar Center" because she plays slower pieces with talent and feeling, rather than jerking off at 300bpm and pretending to be some sort of Slash/Eddie Van Halen hybrid
Hey Mary! I’m rather playing rough metal style, but it’s been very pleasant sounding what you played right here, despite the bad strings. Nice tone in your fingers. Might be some of the nicest bars of guitar sound they’ve heard in this store in years!
Just discovered your channel Mary. Immediately subscribed. Love your enthusiasm and I share your appreciation for guitars of all types. Bought my first guitar at a guitar center in St. Louis. What I love about them (or at least the one I shopped most at) was I never once had someone try to sell me something more than they knew I needed. In fact they talked me into buying a used guitar and amp when I made my first purchase. I still have them. I now live in another city and shop at another Guitar Center and they too are always helpful and knowledgeable. Inventory always changes week to week. I've purchased some real steals. Great that you got to go to one in NY. Thank you for showing us around. They pretty much all have the same vibe but each one a but different. I cracked up at the typical songs you hear guitarists play. I always hear Stairway or Hendrix. what do you hear the most? Keep up the great work.
Rory’s guitar 🎸 initially got to be so worn when someone stole it after a gig after then, because it was national media news, left it somewhere out in the open - and it got well and truly rained on
I was in that GC a year ago before a gig, there was a gold sparkle over sunburst tele that’s still there apparently. Sort of sad, I hope that thing finds a home! Edit: yes, THATS the one! at 9:56
I think Rorys guitar was stolen at one point and was found in a snowy ditch and thats the big reason why it was so relict. Rorys strat was the first import one in Ireland I believe.
I always said if I won the Lottery, the first thing i'd buy is the Rory Gallagher Strat... Shadow Play FTW. Best looking guitar Fender ever produced!!!
At 9:45 you say it’s so bendy and play a note. That note is haunting me now. It reminds of a old surf song, I can’t remember it and it’s driving me crazy.
You are not the worst player in the guitar store you are very different and your music is fresh. Is it possible that she does not know how good she is or is she just that modest. I wish she would do a video on her techniques on how she plays he picking hand is just crazy hard. Well it is crazy hard for me I can keep up with her fretting hand but people that play in "finger technique " sound so good to my ear. This is just one more reason why guitars are my favorite instrument there are so many techniques, styles, and sounds. There is not another instrument like it in my book and don't listen to people that say the guitar is dead. They just like creating a fear the guitar will always be alive and change to keep up with new music
Just so you know Mary Guitar Center doesn't touch a guitar before they hang in on the wall. The strings usually are rusty and the set up is far from good. They aren't going to spend time and money if they don't have to. Not sure what they do In England. To answer your question of what happens is The staff are gathered in one spot hiding from customers or on their cell phones trying to act busy so they ignore you. I head off to the used section because thats where the really good guitars are.
Love the soft touch of your playing Mary, I'd like to walk into a guitar store and hear someone play soft groovy stuff like you do instead of the tapping/shredding madness! :D
Me when i go to a guitar shop- 1. Forget to play anything other than sunshine of your love and stairway. 2. Play sunshine of your love cos i know ppl don’t like stairway. 3. Leave
What a remarkable personality...Mary Spender...you have "natural cool" !! I love your "serious face" when you are in your professional artistic focus on the instrument you are playing. It was so enjoyable to just "hang" with you in New York (or where ever...I guess you brighten up ANY guitar shop!) Just an observation from an old guy with terminal curmudgeonitis (I'm turning into a grumpy old man)
The last time I walked into a guitar store in NYC.. it was Manny's Music in 1984. I went up to the third floor and camped out for 5 hours playing about 8 guitars and 5 amps... they were all loaners with some very accomplished musician names on the tags.
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WOW! Is that you singing and playing the soundtrack? You are very talented and awesome! I absolutely LOVE your voice and your style!
What am I supposed to assume happens when YOU walk into a guitar store?
You stay true to your last name? :D
You are very talented and have a nice playing style, do you play in Standard Tuning, I also play Guitar and play in Drop D and use 11 gauge strings
What happens when I walk into a guitar store:
Immediately forget how to play and say "just looking thanks"
Me too
ahahaha
Me too!
Oily ha same!
I usually play my fav song. E A D G B E
A accomplished guitar player will never judge someone who is starting out, we all have been there. Just keep the volume down and no one will care
ive noticed guitar store employees tend to be wannabes. Not all im sure but most of the ones ive met seem to think working for a music store gives them some kind of credibility(? or something?).. you can feel the snobbery coming off some of these minimum wage folks. Not all of course id never stereotype an entire group. But im thinking theres a certain subset who go there for that very reason
cdreid99999 I’ve worked at a guitar center briefly and you are spot on.
Lol. Nope, the guys who can’t play always crank the amp up.
Right. It’s NOT a contest, and there are no prizes for shrederrific flailing of the guitar. It’s not a concert, either. Most loud players only annoy others who are trying to make decisions. Honestly I usually only spend a few minutes to decide (assuming I can hear myself) then I take it home and if it really sucks return it within specified period, which takes all that pressure off you. Let’s face it, you’re “trying out” stuff, so you might not be comfortable with it yet or maybe ever... I have a 7 string that makes me feel like a noob because it’s very wide neck with fairly high action. I would hate to be judged by my ability on that particular guitar. I once flubbed a band tryout because my amp crapped out after the first song and I had to borrow an amp that I didn’t know how to dial in my tone on and I felt like it was fighting me. You shouldn’t be quick to judge because you don’t know if the persons having a bad day or they just suck! 😝
Well, I wouldn't go that far. I've been very irritated sometimes having to listen to people play in shops. I've walked out within 2 or 3 minutes because of it but it's just the nature of going to the shops
Don't scoff at the cliche music store experience, it may disappear one day. Then you would have to shop for gear online while youtubing people trying to play Stairway in a background tab.
Boy does this comment hit different today aha
@@Kchaann Guitar Center is not really "The music store experience". They are a bunch of corporate tools that make you feel like you are on an assembly line.
Robert Scott no one said it was “The music store experience” they said that it’s “the CLICHE music store experience” the over done and overly generic experience. Quit trying to start fights when you can’t even be bothered to read twice and type once.
hahaha... yeah i can tell you something about ONLNE guitar buys. Its a fuckin Mess...expecialy today where Quality and Guitars are two words that dont go together well. You CANT buy any Strat.. or Gibson, Jackson or anything else online. NOT if you dont live in the US. I dont know how it is over there but in Europe... all the big Labels seem to produce shit they sell online and if you want a working guitar you NEED to go to a store.
After 5 resturns i gave up on online shopping.. totaly
jheuflfl thegamer that’s true I learned stair way to heaven unwillingly just trying to find good guitars over the years 😏
Watching this in 2021 it's... weird and magical. No masks. Just picking a guitar up and playing. I miss that!!!!
First thing I thought when I see it too
@Thurman Merman many guitar centers don't allow it. In my city there are signs saying that if you wanna try an instrument, you musk ask employees. They sanitize it, give you alcohol and clean everything after you're done. It's not that simple as picking it up and playing
@Thurman Merman I live in Brazil. They still hold that policy in many places
Watching this in 2021. I'm sad this GC no longer exists.
That was before the rich assholes of this world started the war on us all, not only in a few countries to loot them.. Just scare the shit out of the dumb masses, with a worldwide propaganda campaign, and cash in... The billionaires of this world raised their wealth in 2020 with 60%... ( Welt Magazin, Germany) in the process also killing functional health systems and each and every form of art.. Millions of artists are broke..
Caught Mary being mentioned as a mate of Rick Beato and now I am hooked. Oh my days, so refreshing and what a joy to be a music store where Mary is checking out guitars.
11:02 Geez, the guy playing Sweet Child o Mine is playing with sooooo much feeling. ...not the right feeling but lots of it and that's what counts.
Aaahhaha bro so bad. So bad
That how I feel about a lot of emo music... I can tell you feel strongly about whatever it is you're doing, and I respect that.
littlegoobie dude that was fucking awful
Jack Rose maybe he’s just starting out don’t have to be a dickhead
@@canh1871 someone doesn't remember what feels like to be a beginner, oder?
Owned a music store for nearly 20 years. I always appreciated it when women would come in to the shop. Having a daughter and two granddaughters it was a wonderful thing to see more and more women playing music. This may sound a bit chauvinist but particularly liked it when a women would come in pick a guitar, sit down, and just tear it up. Good on you Ms. Spender.
You’re a wonderful player. Very expressive and lyrical. If I worked in that store I’d be delighted you were playing those guitars instead of the typical lunkheads noodling.
As a former drummer. Your style is awesome. At 7:51 you start playing what could end up as a awesome song. You rock. Great style keep it up
It, actually, did end up as a song! "Primrose" I love it!!
Love how you were using your thumb to create the bass line while playing that melody at 7:49. Also love the little bass line and "thumb drum" sound at 8:45. Gonna go try that now. If I had been there, I would have had you teach me that rhythm riff at 3:20 so you could solo over it. Then we could trade off. You seem like a fun person.
"I am like the worse guitar player in the shop" - That's easy to resolve, next time you go take me along with you.
If she's already worse than someone else, she'll still be worse than them even if you go and you're worse than her. Not resolved.
@@mogdor "I am like the worse guitar player in the shop" . The object of the exercise here is for Mary to not be the worse player in the shop. My presence achieves that aim regardless of who else might also be there.
@@andystokes8702 LOL flew right over your head dude. Hint: she didn't say "worse".
@@mogdor Yes, you are absolutely right, you are far too clever for me. I heard it as, 'I am like the worse guitar player in the shop' whereas what she actually said was, 'I am like the worse guitar player in the shop'. Somebody less switched on than you might actually see this as being exactly the same , clearly you are operating on a different level to the rest of us. You are far too good for me, I retire defeated.
@@andystokes8702 Worse. Worst. I'm trying to help you man lol.
Hi Mary, thanks for highlighting a guitar legend from my country. He deserves a so much more recognition than he gets.
Rory was so great. Indeed, criminally underrated.
@@youarenotaghost3702 The only place I hear him on the air is on Radio Caroline where they regularly feature him. Indeed there's a "Glory of Rory" slot where they play something different of his every week in the Suzy Wilde show.
I could listen to her play all day.
Thank you
you need to sleep also.
@@MarySpender great channel
Rory's my favorite of all time, he never got the recognition in the USA that he should have, I try not to fan boy on anything but I would love a Rory sig guitar also. I love Rory's spirit and his love of performing and sharing himself with others. He's a true road warrior. I heart musicians that carry their own gear.
Not enough talking about Rory in the comment section! Nothing will beat the look of his strat for me! He’s a wizard and a truly under appreciated musician and man. RIP
Rory’s da man !!! Love his 70s albums
Rory Gallagher. Legendary.
Just ask your guitar heros, they'll tell you
the reason I clicked on the video is because I thought I recognised the guitar!
@@Gaegplays same!
The warmth in the sound of that fender melts the heart. It's all in the finger picking. She's very good.
Enjoyed Mary's playing but really enjoyed listening to her speak, such such excellent diction and voice timbre.
Agreed. A very beautiful voice.
I love the part on 7:48 it's so fricking groovy, please, i need a full release
It has a full release, it’s called primrose. It’s an original by her
I love that the lady started tapping her feet to the rhythm 9:04
Man that melody at 7:49 I could listen to all day so contemplative. Nice work Mary, I keep coming back to these guitar shop videos 👌👌
Awesome... if my son walked into a guitar shop, saw Mary Spender playing a guitar sitting by herself... he’d politely ask if he could jam with you? You are one of his favorites, he is an awesome guitarist also, knows a lot of your stuff...
I can not tell you how comforting and reassuring it is to see such an absurdly talented guitarist still get frustrated with their playing once in a while. Really makes all my little "ah" and "ugh" moments feel like they're gonna be worth it one day.
I love your playing. It has so much soul and so much emotion and feeling. Can listen to it for hours and hours.
Love sparkly guitars too..... sparkle orange 👌
I have one on the way in translucent black 😍
Hi FilippaQ. How are you? Greetings from sunny and warm California.
my sisters got a epiphone limited edition (1997) pink sparkle les paul, so weird and cool
Whoa... I just watched your latest video on guitars for smaller children #spooky
I happen to LOVE your Strat!
I've got a Silver Sparkle Gretsch ProJet that looks gorgeous and plays and sounds like a dream. Here's to sparkly guitars! :)
You my dear just resparked my love for guitar I’ve been depressed for a while now and i don’t know something about watching you feel the music connected with me, subscribed.
I know, this is an old video but it's my first time view. Your comments on the state of the guitars in the shop, yet you played it and made it sound like a master, bring to mind my photography teacher's saying. "It's not the camera, it's the photographer.". Love ya!
Back in the mid 60s I was the Small Faces roadie, when ever we were in London it was down to Sound City on Shaftsbury Ave. Would pick up strings pics etc. for weeks on the road. Drum City was a few doors away and I would clean them out of Ginger Baker drum sticks, once he walked in and asked for some, the assistant pointed at me and said he's just bought them all. I did give a pair back for Ginger and we went for a beer. Crazy days.
I’ve been obsessed with sparkly guitars since I saw Eric Erlandson play a blue sparkle Eko on the Word in the early 90’s. Love me a bit of sparkle.
I always enjoy your playing style, and the videos are edited and put together well. Keep on, keeping on Mary.
I'm 71 and still love being in a guitar store. I feel at home and never get over the feeling of excitement and childlike wonder. The aroma of wood and fresh paint pervades the air and I am 16 again for the time there. I have 8 electric and 2 acoustics and love them all. Without music, and for me rock and roll, I might as well not be alive.
so articulate in speech, photogenic, and skillful in guitar playing!
Such a calming and articulate speaking voice. Pitch perfect on vocalizing those scale notes 👍 Danger Danger, you have the Guitar bug, see it want it 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸. Thanks for the walk about in New York City 🥳
6:22 Love this. Incredible talent.
7:21-8:30 is some of the most beautiful guitar playing I've ever heard.
What is that composition? Tell me please
What is that bit??
@@mytraveling5673 The second one is her own
bollocks. Have you heard guitar playing before?
Thought this was a joke at first ngl
I like what you were playing just before you started talking about making up the baseline.
I you walked into my buddies store he would drop to his knees in worship. He loves your playing.
The full story behind Rory's guitar is that it was stolen off him and at the time the story got onto a crimewatch tv show in Ireland. The guy who stole it was probably afraid that he'd be caught after that so he chucked it into a field and it was lying there for a few days/ got rained on etc. before it was found and a lot of the wear was a result of that. There's a video on his official UA-cam channel with his nephew telling the story.
You are definitely NOT the worst player in the guitar shop. In fact, I think you're probably the best, not to mention you have the voice of an angel.
Love that you went for the Rory Gallagher guitar. Not a lot of young people know how great he was.
Shame she didn't pronounce his surname correctly though. The second 'g' is silent. :(
Sis, I will fall into a beautiful sleep now that I have heard this majestic finger work. You are the grooviest Gtar player I have had the opportunity to watch. Thank you.
Mary I pretty much do what you do when in a guitar shop - pick one out and noodle up some Blues riffs. Gets me acquainted with the guitar. Love that Rory Sig Strat!
That Rory model is so authentic even the strings are relic’d! Btw Mary I think your playing has improved in the past few months. Don’t know what you’re doing but keep it up 👍
I hope my three daughters grow up to be as cool as you. Major talent.
OMG, that Sweet Child O' mine part was perfect. That was totally me when I was learning guitar.
Never clicked like on a video faster. Love Rory and his guitar. Great sound!
Thanks Mary. Took your advice and visited Rudy’s in Broom Street NYC all the way from Cardiff in Wales 👍 played a beautiful Telecaster. They were so lovely in there.
Got the tee shirt too. Cool.
I was literally checking the time waiting for choowsday tawks! Awesome as usual..
I usually have 3 or 4 pints before I go in and then rock out with out a care.
i probably would leave the shop with that Rory Custom Shop and with a big hole in my wallet!
3 or 4 pints and i'd buy something i didn't need or already had.!
Just found your channel., and as an aspiring female electric guitarist, I'm really digging your style, and can't wait to hear more :)
Sry, you are literally a breath of fresh air! Thank you for sharing your voice with everyone!
Love watching your videos! I find them very inspiring! Thanks!!
That groovy part at 8:40 was fireeeee
I love this shop, It is probably the most wheelchair friendly shop in New York, I bought a NOS telecaster from them last year and they treated me like royalty. I think they just like Brits!
I always see memes saying that their customer service is rubbish and when i visited a guitar center in Colorado the employees were really nice so your theory might be right
Yeah I agree I’ve had nothing but great friendly service from my Guitar Center here in Queens NY. I got my Gibson and Takamine guitars from them along with some equipment.
Wheelchair accessible and looked like she had to take a escalator down a whole story
When I walk into guitar center there's always someone else playing counter to me so i have to give up . Yes , it would be nice to go into a booth or wear headphones .
9:05 couldn't help but notice the lady behind you tapping her feet thinking "ooo this is groovy"
Often when in a music store especially one like that one its like being a kid in a candy store. That Guitar Center is bigger and busier than the one near me where i live in Las Vegas Nevada. Every guitar in your hands no matter what it is - it sounds like gold. A friend of mine and his father used to own a music store guitar shop next to the kung fu studio i used to go to train at when i was younger. I would hang out there for hours.
i like the way you were playing - more than than then the speed demons.
The Guitar Center stores in the Los Angeles area, those I've visited in Hollywood, Sherman Oaks and Northridge, are almost always busy. So many musicians out here! I often bump into known players, too. Jam sessions break out at any time. Like, someone will be fooling around with a chord sequence and someone across the room starts soloing over it. Dudes checking out amps and pedals crank away...
They will be adding another hang tag on this: “The Mary Spender Tribute version of the Rory Gallagher model, played by Mary Spender on September 3, 2018, and featured in her Tuesday Talks September 4, 2018 episode.
Mary, when you go to Rudy’s. You must absolutely ask to play the red Tal Farlow Gibson ES-140 3/4 size guitar. There was just an article in Sunday’s New York Times with a photo of Guy Pearce checking it out. It’s the coolest little guitar.
Ah, piecing together the Vigier Mary Spender model. Sparkles? check, F-hole?check. Relic? Hmm...
Do you know Rhett Shull? Cool guy. Friend of Rick Beato. He has an absolutely horrid looking relic sparkle Novo guitar. They’re super expensive, but he thinks they’re really great. Keep your eyes open for one you should come across the name.
Mary Spender You are GREAT in improvisation
I remember seeing Rory play the original at the Rainbow Music Hall in Denver around 1980. Crest of a Wave 🌊
you can only say "I love an F-hole" in a guitar shop.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ,,,,,,,,, COUGHCOUGH (and the way she said it)
Not completely true, as classical instruments often have them, but get your meaning ;)
uh NO_ one can also say
Show us your G string
Made me Giggle lol...
Lay down for a flat F while I pluck your G string and look for an A whole.
Hah hah, recognized you immediately for that 'Death Metal' version of Sultans of Swing!😁 Great video Mary, thanks!😍👍
What is that tune at 8:20 ? I realy like it..!
It's called "Primrose"
Just discovered you. Mary, you’re an original, a great performer, and a beautiful English rose. I predict you’ll go far.
Mary's so adorable. I saw Rory play in Detroit back in the 1970s, and he was then and always has been severely underappreciated around here. It's great to see that she's such a big fan. Go Mary!
"I'm the worst player at guitar center" *proceeds to play some cool stuff*
aah great video btw!
Marlon Artsyrobo I think what Mary meant is that she was "the worst player at Guitar Center" because she plays slower pieces with talent and feeling, rather than jerking off at 300bpm and pretending to be some sort of Slash/Eddie Van Halen hybrid
Aah true, I jus thought it sound funny haha
Yeah listening to shredding a lot in guitar stores gets annoying to me
More like the best player at most guitar shops, I’d say!
@Paul Bishop I do think she was joking about not succumbing to technical guitar wankery.
Your soul is on the tips of your fingers. Great sound.
OMG I fell in love with your voice
Hey Mary! I’m rather playing rough metal style, but it’s been very pleasant sounding what you played right here, despite the bad strings. Nice tone in your fingers. Might be some of the nicest bars of guitar sound they’ve heard in this store in years!
Just discovered your channel Mary. Immediately subscribed. Love your enthusiasm and I share your appreciation for guitars of all types. Bought my first guitar at a guitar center in St. Louis. What I love about them (or at least the one I shopped most at) was I never once had someone try to sell me something more than they knew I needed. In fact they talked me into buying a used guitar and amp when I made my first purchase. I still have them. I now live in another city and shop at another Guitar Center and they too are always helpful and knowledgeable. Inventory always changes week to week. I've purchased some real steals. Great that you got to go to one in NY. Thank you for showing us around. They pretty much all have the same vibe but each one a but different. I cracked up at the typical songs you hear guitarists play. I always hear Stairway or Hendrix. what do you hear the most? Keep up the great work.
I love you Mary. You are a glass of fresh water in the middle of the desert. Thanks for being there, God bless you.
Rory’s guitar 🎸 initially got to be so worn when someone stole it after a gig after then, because it was national media news, left it somewhere out in the open - and it got well and truly rained on
Go on Mary!....break into Bullfrog Blues or Messin' with the kid.....There's got to be an AC30 there somewhere!
Dude that walked in was thinking ‘ Holy shit this chick can play’ so he didn’t pick a guitar up
Great Video Mary
Supreme playing on an awesome guitar - Rory would have been pleased that you did the guitar that carries his name justice x
Fun to watch! Very seldom do I hear a someone play a classic guitar riff in a guitar store. Thank you for that!
Well, when I walk into a guitar store I get depressive because I cant even afford the cheap ones :P
I think that all your problems could be solved by just making more money
What Happens When I Walk Into A Guitar Center Store?
I spend a lot of time tuning guitars
You are a hero sir!
do you take a rag and purell to disinfect the strings?
What happens when I walk into a guitar store:
Every one starts tearing their tshirts and then proceed to scream my name in agony.
That Rory tribute guitar is awesome. I enjoy them so much that I bought two. Rock on Mary. Peace
Ha ha, that impression of the shredders is brilliant, especially the facial expression!
"I know I'll play the may I help you riff" lol
I was in that GC a year ago before a gig, there was a gold sparkle over sunburst tele that’s still there apparently. Sort of sad, I hope that thing finds a home!
Edit: yes, THATS the one! at 9:56
At $7000 it is going to be waiting quite a while for the perfect stockbroker or plastic surgeon to happen along and take it home.
Rhett Shull thats a pretty specific color combo and a pretty hefty price tag. Going to take a specific person to pull the trigger on it
Rhett, your love of sparkles is not shared by all. That being said, I’d have your pink novo over a gold sparkle tele. And it ain’t 7k
I do have a thing for sparkly guitars, its true.
Get the Novo lads to make you a signature model in lime green sparkle over gold or something. That'd be rad.
I think Rorys guitar was stolen at one point and was found in a snowy ditch and thats the big reason why it was so relict. Rorys strat was the first import one in Ireland I believe.
I happen to love your playing and your voice. Just lovely. Thank you.
I always said if I won the Lottery, the first thing i'd buy is the Rory Gallagher Strat... Shadow Play FTW. Best looking guitar Fender ever produced!!!
"micro crush" .. That's about right.
I haven't read all the comments here yet, but I could swear your voice is identical to that voice in the viral video "My Box in a Box".
Next time you’re in NYC, try Southside Guitars in Brooklyn. I got a 1964 Gibson es330 there. Very sweet
At 9:45 you say it’s so bendy and play a note. That note is haunting me now. It reminds of a old surf song, I can’t remember it and it’s driving me crazy.
When I walk into a guitar shop, they instantly rub their hands together and start flicking through holiday brochures!😆.
You are not the worst player in the guitar store you are very different and your music is fresh. Is it possible that she does not know how good she is or is she just that modest. I wish she would do a video on her techniques on how she plays he picking hand is just crazy hard. Well it is crazy hard for me I can keep up with her fretting hand but people that play in "finger technique " sound so good to my ear. This is just one more reason why guitars are my favorite instrument there are so many techniques, styles, and sounds. There is not another instrument like it in my book and don't listen to people that say the guitar is dead. They just like creating a fear the guitar will always be alive and change to keep up with new music
Just so you know Mary Guitar Center doesn't touch a guitar before they hang in on the wall.
The strings usually are rusty and the set up is far from good. They aren't going to spend time and money if they don't have to.
Not sure what they do In England.
To answer your question of what happens is The staff are gathered in one spot hiding from customers or on their cell phones trying to act busy so they ignore you.
I head off to the used section because thats where the really good guitars are.
I am so glad I found your you tube channel, I enjoy watching and learning from you
Love the soft touch of your playing Mary, I'd like to walk into a guitar store and hear someone play soft groovy stuff like you do instead of the tapping/shredding madness! :D
"the worse guitar player in the shop..." well, i could listen to your guitar play for the whole day - you've a wonderful touch
Me when i go to a guitar shop- 1. Forget to play anything other than sunshine of your love and stairway. 2. Play sunshine of your love cos i know ppl don’t like stairway. 3. Leave
So true
2 - very wise
What a remarkable personality...Mary Spender...you have "natural cool" !! I love your "serious face" when you are in your professional artistic focus on the instrument you are playing. It was so enjoyable to just "hang" with you in New York (or where ever...I guess you brighten up ANY guitar shop!) Just an observation from an old guy with terminal curmudgeonitis (I'm turning into a grumpy old man)
@9:30 you got that ladys feet tappin behind you hahah ayyyeee
The last time I walked into a guitar store in NYC.. it was Manny's Music in 1984. I went up to the third floor and camped out for 5 hours playing about 8 guitars and 5 amps... they were all loaners with some very accomplished musician names on the tags.