The cliché of aspiring purchasers wandering in to a guitar store and playing Stairway To Heaven was once so well-worn that it became a joke in the 1992 film Wayne’s World. But 34 years later, has the song remained the same? Not according to a new survey by Guitar Center.
The US-based firm has published a list of their most played riffs at their stores and the Zep classic is nowhere to be seen. Instead, Number One is Metallica’s Master Of Puppets, followed by Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns N’ Roses and the White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army.
