I'll usually play Blues Deluxe by Bonamassa or Five Long Years by Buddy Guy and just run some blues scales from there...

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Blues with a feeling.

GUILD GUITARS: MADE TO BE PLAYED!

I play the intro to "Stairway to Heaven"...it makes everyone get away from me.....
No,really I just play blues licks.

I play whatever vibe I get from the guitar. It all depends on my mood I guess.

Tuesdays Gone - Lynyrd Skynrd.

You too? Me too.

You might be onto something here. So this is the plan, when trying a guitar play whatever, strum pick, finger pick, chickin pick and as soon as one of 'em pesky sales people approach, quickly switch to "Stairway to Heaven" but with a LOT OF DISTORTION.

Ha, where did those mom and pap shops disappear?

Stairway on the Water,seriously though Spanish Castle Magic,it's a song that really brings out the quack when trying a Strat and maybe throw in some Little Wing or Angel,I know how they should sound on a Strat so if I hear the tone I want I bring the guitar home. If I'm trying out a humbucker equipped guitar I'll try something like La Grange or Rebel Rebel.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

blues licks mostly, or some little wing or gimme 3 steps. depends on the guitar. acoustics i lean on the neil young stuff

When I`m trying out a Tele I usually play Sweet Dreams by Roy Buchanan.

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A song I wrote called "Let Me In"

It has a cool Texas blues-rock-Ventures surf opening lick, and it goes all up and down the fretboard, so it tells me if the guitar is intonated right.

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Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

Over the Hills and Far Away - Zeppelin

It encompasses different tones that I use alot or can start from..

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Either Blues Licks or Texas Flood - SRV.

Mostly scorpions and a bit of pink floyd.

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+1 I do the same thing - electric or acoustic, I love playing that song. If it feels good playing it, it's hard to put down the guitar.

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the wind cries mary ...or mama just wants to barrelhouse(all night long). for an acoustic usually a dead tune like ripple or friend of the devil ... then blues

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For electrics Laundromat-Rory Gallagher, or Oh Well-Fleetwood Mac.
Once, one of the sales people came up to me and commented that it was ridiculous that someone my age knew that one and one of the other sales people had never heard it.
For acoustics, Falling Slowly-Glen Hansard, or I'm Not Surprised-Rory Gallagher.
For Basses, Whole Child Ago-Biffy Clyro, or Fake Tales of San Francisco-Arctic Monkeys.

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