Jeff Garlin shows off a guitar he insists was manufactured by unicorns

Chicago Music Exchange, located at 3316 N. Lincoln Ave. next to Rexx Rug and across from CiCi Nails, has a formidable selection of new and vintage guitars and other gear. So formidable, in fact, that the North Side business even occasionally attracts celebrities, who come in to ogle the merchandise and maybe make a few purchases along the way. One such notable is raspy-voiced, Chicago-born comedian, actor, and director Jeff Garlin (and co-star and executive producer of the just-revived Curb Your Enthusiasm). He recently dropped by the Exchange and agreed to appear in one of the store’s artfully shot YouTube videos, even though he’s not really known for his guitar prowess. He sits atop a stool with a sea-foam green Fender balanced on his knee, but he doesn’t play a solitary note of music for four minutes. “Generally, when you see a Chicago Music Exchange video, the beginning of it is one of these schmucks that are in the room sitting and playing the guitar,” he explains. He then qualifies this potentially insulting remark: “In my world, ‘schmuck’ means guys who plays guitar really good.” Okay, then.