Guitarist Reacts to Famous Guitar Scenes from Movies
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Can't believe that there's no Back to the Future here. That's gotta be the most iconic guitar scene from a movie.
Came to say the exact same thing! Both the scene at the dance and when he plugs into the giant amp.
No
Kevin Baker is also a competent guitarist on the side
Yah the Johnny B Goode scene is one of the main things that made me want to play the guitar
@@hunterprice3320 I *think* Will.i.maybe could be referring to the scene where the gigantic speaker knocks Marty across the room.
How could you forget about Marty Mcfly turning on his big ass amp, and gets blown backwards as soon as he strums it! That's my Titanic moment. Then there's the scene where's he's filling in for the band at the dance. "I guess you guys are not ready for this yet, but your kids are gonna love it!" Maybe you should make this a series, and pick some more movies.
This is a blues in B flat. Watch me for the changes and try to keep up. 😁
@@JT96708 Yes, Indeed! This movie has so mamy quotable lines! A true classic! This is heavy!
Absolutely what I thought would be the scene he meant in the beginning haha.
Chuck chuck!! It’s your cousin Marvin berry you know that new sound you’ve been looking for? Well listen to THIS!! 😂😂 love that movie so much 🤘
Yeah. It’s the one scene that immediately came to mind.
My man said “Fountains of Youth” lol… RIP Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne! Great band and great songs. Thanks for the fun content Samurai 👍🏻
I was in a serious accident and was bleeding really heavily into my throat. When I was in the ER the doctor was trying to clear my airway and told the nurse that he wanted the suction turned to 11. The nurses didn’t get the joke so I pulled the oxygen mask off to tell him how much I appreciated his Spinal Tap reference. Later when I was going into surgery his was jamming out Big Balls by AC/DC and as I went under I was wondering if that was the last song I would ever hear.
That story is a wild ride. Thanks for sharing and glad you're ok
Dammm, what a song to go out to tho lmao
@@joeshlong9614 at least it wasn’t Highway To Hell.
@@nathanielgreer2764 🤣🤣🤣 good one. Glad everything worked out
Love this bro the things we love brings us together even in a bad situation
The actors in "That Thing You Do" actually learned how to play their instruments, and even played a handful gigs. As far as the guitar case goes, I once had an Ibanez Destroyer whose case was very much held together with bumper stickers and duct tape, and it had no handle - so I had to carry it like he did.
didn't the "school of rock" kids also learn their instruments; and one just recently died?
Also he has it upside down so he was just trying to GTFO
I used to carry an acoustic guitar to school the same way. Handle broke off the case one day and I was too broke to get it fixed
actually in a trogly video, he also mentioned he did it when he had a case with busted locks
Wow, you found a case for one?
guys, we all know that the greatest guitar scenes in movies is the ending to bill and ted's excellent adventure.
Great video!
I liked Bogus Journey even better. Primus, then Wyld Stallions making a great version of 'God Gave Rock and Roll to You'. That intro guitar line is stylin'.
@@jebfullinwider4379 -- and Bogus Journey ALSO featured Steve Vai's guitar playing. And I think the newest one featured Tosin Abasi!
@@KeithGroover Yes! I'm finally going to see Vai this coming spring, COVID permitting. Bogus Journey was absolutely phenomenal.
@@jebfullinwider4379 the greatest movie ending of all time
Steve Vai's intro to God Gave Rock and Roll To You at the end of Bogus Journey is amazing. I bought the soundtrack for it and it isn't on there 😢
I can't even imagine the horror one might experience when realizing you just destroyed a museum quality 1870s Martin. I think any 1870s Martin that still survives, regardless of condition would probably qualify as museum worthy!
Right up there with the immediate horror felt by Alec Baldwin! Not to compare a human life to a guitar, but in this case, both are unique, priceless and irreplaceable. :(
As soon as I saw that scene starting, I felt sick in my stomach. They single handedly ensured that no guitar company would ever loan out one of their "priceless" guitars again.
I always thought Tarantino was a dick, it’s pretty obvious he did it intentionally too.
@@jamesthomas3871 Yeah, not the same thing in the slightest.
@@BeersAndBeatsPDX you must not appreciate analogies. 😂
The Hateful Eight scene breaks my heart knowing that they literally destroyed a priceless guitar
@Patrick McKenna I think they stopped lending their items to movie productions because of this lol, understandable
it was an pre 1900's martin wich wasn't as valuable as the 'prime era' martins from between the 1920's and 1930's, the one in that scene is from like the between the 1870's and 1880's i think.
Not priceless. $40k.
@@rucksacks Being playable at 150 year old is PRICELESS it dont matter if you gave me 40k Its gonna be impossible to find another one
@@rucksacks that's not what priceless means
FYI in the theatrical release of Wayne's World they used the actual notes from the start of the song, but it was changed for the video release and TV showings to save $$
I did not know that!
That’s cool to know
Get right out of town!
that actually caused me to not recognize Stairway to Heaven for years because it sounds nothing like it
I always wondered why it isn’t the same
If I remember correctly, the Martin was worth significantly more than $40000. The 40k was what it was insured for as this was the purchase cost for the museum.
I can't believe it got smashed... 150 years of history gone.
My manager visited the Martin factory and brought this film up as a joke. They just stared at him blankly for a while and said "Yeah... We don't joke about that here". Apparently they no longer loan guitars out for movies because of this
According to Wiki, they reimbursed for the 1870 purchase price. What would that have been. $12?
@@artiehall7708 You got to be kidding.
@@artiehall7708 that’s gotta be fake or incorrect. Museums and collectors use stated-value insurance policies for invaluable, irreplaceable items.
I sometimes launch into 'Stairway to Heaven' when I'm in a guitar store to see the reaction. People usually spin around and have a good laugh, or quote 'Wayne's World.' It typically goes over the head of younger people who've never seen the movie.
I walked into a guitar shop once, and the guy behind the counter had just finished some repairs on an acoustic, and he started playing Stairway.
I love the fact that she names very normal things on a guitar like they’re super rare. Lots of guitars have 3 single coils🤣
You can't not include This Is Spinal Tap when talking about iconic guitar scenes, that one is definitely one of my all-time favourites but it does surprise me that some other scenes like Johnny B. Goode scene from Back to the Future, the concert at the end of School of Rock or any of the performance scenes from A Hard Day's Night film from The Beatles
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny.
Johnny B Goode and Back to The Future were on my list but it's the old copyright thing again with those, I didn't really feel up to recreating that much music and without playing the music in those scenes it's kind of lacking/
samuraiguitarist That makes sense, still a great video nonetheless. Wayne’s World and Spinal Tsp are definitely some of my personal favourites so I was happy to see them included
The Johnny B Good scene just shows that Marty wasn’t the only time traveler. Someone else went back in time to give Marvin Berry the ES335- which hadn’t yet been invented.
Now we’ll never know if you can play a solo by rubbing a violin over the strings. 😂
Fun fact about the Crossroads guitar duel: everyone knows that Steve Vai did his own parts, but not many people know that Ralph Macchio’s parts were actually recorded by Ry Cooder, a supremely underrated player
And the battle was performed by and against Steve Vai vs Steve Vai's left hand
Well, they know that if they had the soundtrack…
Him and like three others (Arlen Roth, Steve Vai, and Bill Kanengiser)
Hell yeah Ry Cooder, got to finally see him live a few years ago
Ry Cooder played all the slide blues parts - but the final Paganini caprice part on the Tele was played by Steve Vai.
Not enough people are saying this, so I've gotta say, everyone did a great job playing the music for this video! Jenny's got a great voice too, didn't know she was a singer :O
How could you not use any of tenacious d scenes at all. There so iconic
I never really knew if Tia Carrere was at all knowledgeable about guitars in real life, but I always kind of hoped not for her sake, so that she didn't feel too ridiculous saying the 'triple single-coil pickups and a whammy bar' line.
You wouldn't believe that people actually call them triple singles. I just read it somewhere this morning and had to read it 3 different times to be sure I read it right.
"It's a stock 1964 Strat, yay" probably wouldn't have gone over as well :)
@@Kylora2112 Yeah but if the writers actually did their research they could’ve thrown in some jargon about the neck shape or dot inlays or whatever it is that makes that year’s Strat different than every other Strat ever produced. It would’ve sounded the same to general audiences either way but the attention to detail would’ve stuck out to guitar nerds.
It's my belief that they just like the way she pronounces "whammy bar"
Or that filing down the nut would create less buzz, when in fact that would only make it buzz more.
That Waynes World guitar is actually a new Squier with a Fender headstock decal slapped on it… I think in Wayne’s World 2 they actually got a Fender, but it was still a new guitar, not an original ‘64.
Thanks to Tarantino, Martin will no longer lend any guitars to a film production.
All the guitars in the Spinal Tap scene all were rented out to the movie by Norman’s Rare Guitars, and he also rented two guitars to Back to the Future, the first one was actually period correct until some suit said, “Marty should play a red guitar… and the only red semi-hollow/hollow guitar from the 1950s in the store was a Gibson ES-335 which wasn’t made until 1957… TWO YEARS after 1955!
Some were from norm in spinal tap but when he shows his collection there from the dude from cheap trick.
Actually, “Excalibur” is a Fender MIJ 62 RI.
The Back to the Future guitar was not a 335. It was a 345. Also the Fender tweed amp he kicks over was a 59 model.
My uncle worked on all three BTTF movies. He loved working on them.
It is crazy that the money they spent renting the guitar. They could've just bought it. I heard it sold a while back for serious cash.
yeah, tarantino's kind of a lunatic.
Thanks for tapping into the guitar movies that I used to watch in my formative years. This was a great nostalgic watch.
If I may, I think the guitar case scene in "The Thing You Do" was done like that intentionally, to outline the awkwardness of the situation. I remember that it felt uneasy that he didn't stormed out but had to pack his guitar, and the uncomfortable handling of the guitar case and the door highlighted that.
Cassandra also says "triple single coil pickups" about the Strat. Were there any Strats from that era that didn't have that pickup configuration? Even now, that's the norm, so you wouldn't mention it like it was something special.
Unless someone routed some PAFs into it.
Some old telecasters got that treatment. Joe Bonamasa owns a few lol.
@rome8180
That Strat isn't from that Era, dumbass. It was a much older Strat, dumbass.
@@MrParkerman6 why are you so mad?? honestly hilarious
@@MrParkerman6 calm down.
@@MrParkerman6 Clearly the era the Strat is actually from is the one we're all talking about except you.
The Wayne's World scene always bugged me because he's not playing anything remotely resembling "Stairway to Heaven"
Apparently it was Stairway in the orginal theatrical run, but the studio didn't want to pay for royalties for the home & future releases.
@@WREDog We have a BINGO! I saw the movie in the theater, and it made more sense to have the ACTUAL Stairway playing. The replacement sound was a bag o' crap, and it murders the joke in its tracks.
@@WREDog Ah, now it makes sense. Maybe they should've struck a deal with the guys Led Zep stole it from? XD
@@WREDog
I’m going to sleep well tonight for the first time in 25 years. Thank you.
@@raoulbrandon4150 That would be the band Spirit...
the crossroads scene is so good
Britney is an underrated guitarist.
The Crossroads 'notes battle' is a play on the legend/myth that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in return for his guitar playing ability, except in this version, instead of dying, he is redeemed (by Ralph Macchio) in the guitar duel. Its a great play on early American folklore, and the story itself has played out through the ages in many variations. Niccoli Paganini and Tommy Johnson (a bluesman predecessor of Robert) had similar stories told about them, also.
Love this man!! You should start a wee series of this! Always fun to see yah chatting about music
I carry my guitar case underarm!
(only because a hinge is broken and I don't want to risk my baby falling out)
I’ve done it a few times, but I usually have two or three other items to carry.
I was just going to say, this is less psychotic and more of a trust issue. Concert band and orchestral musicians are usually taught fairly early not to trust the clasps on their instrument cases.
Fun Fact: Rick Parfitt from Status Quo (who some have suggested may have been part of the inspiration for Spinal Tap as their story does have a lot of parallels) did buy an amp that went up to 11 in the 70s purely because it went up to 11. I don't know if he ever actually used it as at the time they had a deal with Vox (and later with Marshall...although while they had the Marshalls on stage they still played through Vox AC30's hidden behind the stacks) but he did have an amp that went up to 11 prior to Spinal Tap.
Love the Quo! They were doing a vox marshall blend for the longest time. Rick parfitts tele is so iconic, so sad he passed.
The first time I ever saw Spinal Tap back in the late '80s I assumed that the David St Hubbins character was modelled after him, with Nigel Tufnel being a dopey Jeff Beck.
I got a tweed Champ clone that goes to 12. I've never seen a real 50's champ so I don't know if that's the same or not.
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I love these kinds of videos, hope you're able to do more
In that thing you do, he doesn’t latch the locks on his guitar case. Hence, why he walks out carrying his case the way he does.
nice catch.
Love that you included the "Don't touch it" scene from This is Spinal Tap. Such a great scene, great movie. This was a homerun vid bro!
I can't believe he cut before
Can I look at it?
NO...no, you've seen enough of this one .
Can not resist mentioning the solo Jamie Lee Curtis plays on a Music Man Luke in Freaky Friday.
And the way Lohan mimes it with those big long strums haha
Wow, yes. I just looked that up. Very very convincing!
Awesome job with this one! I was sad when the video ended. I NEED MORE! 🤟🤘
The guitar solo scene in THE CROW will always stick with me. Another scene that pushed me towards music though not a guitar scene, was in THE LOST BOYS when Tim Cappello is playing his sax at the outdoor concert. Not to mention G Mac doing Cry Little Sister! That move really pushed me towards music...
Yesssss
I’m pretty sure that was Sergio from Saturday Night Live in the Lost Boys?
Nifty fun fact. Arlen Roth was Karate Kid's guitar teacher for the movie Crossroads and he wrote a book about metal guitar explaining how he did it.
But, Ralph did not play his guitar parts, he ACTED like he was playing. Steve Vai and Ry Cooder actually performed his parts...
@@syndrome1965 but he still took lessons to at least look like he was playing.
@@syndrome1965 his miming was spot on
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Sammy G. , Man you've got to check out Crossroads. I want you to know that it really does take place in real life: cutting heads.
I went to a "Guitar Wars" when I was 17, I had maybe 2 yrs of acoustic/ 6 months electric under my belt but practiced constantly. I'd just learned "She Talks To Angelsx" by The Black Crows and was jamming a little minor pentatonic on my "Headway" guitar...Strat style that was ok considering I didn't know what I was looking for in a guitar. I knew nothing about guitars yet.
So my now estranged older brother won tickets from calling the local Rock station to something called "Guitar Wars" where they'd narrowed it down to 32 guitarists who'd take turns playing lead to farmiiar Rock songs. I remember ZZ Top La Grange, and something Van Halen. 32 became 16, which became 8 and so on until only 2 were left .
It was at the Sunrise (Florida) musical theater, a pretty large concert hall. The final 2 were a guy on a Les Paul and a Metal Head on something like a B.C. Rich that looked really Metal.
They were dueling back and forth until the Les Paul guy blew his high E. The Metal Head started shredding above the 20th fret and the Les Paul guy couldn't hit the notes and lost. Up until then he was holding his own so the crowd collectively sympathized and he was such a gracious loser, smiled like "Shit happens" and got a standing ovation.
It was all in good fun, just an excuse to throw a Rock and Roll party and let some local talent get some exposure.
They were selling merch in the halls , gear and guitars. I picked up a live electric and played the riff to Black Dog once and handed it back before I could make a mistake 😂
My brother, who never wanted me to learn (he played no lead, but his friends were really supportive) all of a sudden was my biggest fan. He's a sociopath and I think he just liked being from the same gene pool and how it reflected on him.
So that's my "cutting heads" experience in as much of a nutshell as I could put it in.
Now I'll finish the video, I'm digging it so far. I'm wondering if you're counting movies like The Wall or where you're headed with this.
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Such a great movie- and the story folklore element is based on 'fact' at least as much as it can be- musicians supposedly selling their souls. Niccoli Paganini, Robert Johnson, etc.
OMG the guitar case scene (and specifically you mocking it) had me laughing out loud!!! 😂
Mate I love this. Especially the reveal of the spinal tap moment being the one you were comparing to the Titanic. Genius. Love the guitar shop stories afterwards as well. Please do more!!! Also that T shirt is killer thank you for making it in black - I'm definitely picking one up!
7:30 Fountains of WAYNE*. Great video but seeing as their album Welcome Interstate Managers is one of my all time favorites, this moment hurt me more than that movie scene did.
Ya, that's a bungle
@@Pannemat Didn't that guy pass away from COVID in 2020? Damn you, 2020!!!!!!
@@Pannemat lolz
@@lessthanbug Yup :( RIP Adam Schlesinger. Total power pop genius
@@lessthanbug Yeah, sh*t is just messed up ...
Let's get a "tales from working at a music store" video. Always love to hear about weird things people have experienced at their work.
Props to Steve Vai's acting like he couldn't play that part eventhough he could
dude! I love this new set up! Looks really professional and awesome!
Ah yes I remember Paul trying so hard to nail that solo. Respect+++
Paul? What the hell? Did I miss something? Where's a Paul in this video trying to nail a solo? I only saw Steve Vai and the Karate kid trying to solo... Some dude carrying a guitar case wrong, Wayne playing stairway hilariously wrong, and a priceless guitar being smashed. This is gonna bug me! Whatchu talkin bout Willis!?
@@danielnelson4881 Paul Davids' channel
Aw, you cut out my favorite part of the sustain joke! "Well you would, if it were playing", don't know why it's so funny but gets me every time
I was fully expecting back to the future to be in this list. Great video! I seriously laughed out loud from my gut after it cut to you holding the guitar case under your arm 🤣
I just recently subbed to your channel so I'm watching your older videos. I just have to say that I love your videos. I'm 52 and never improved much after taking guitar lessons in my teens. I recently picked my old Taylor back up so I can play with my son. Keep those videos coming!
That old guitar that never gets played, in my collection, is actually one I do play from time to time -- but it's a 1994 Carvin DC200 I picked up for about 1/3rd its value at a guitar center, which I am only about 9 months older than. I was so jazzed at the thought of owning a guitar as old as I am, I bought it on the spot (The fact that it was an insane steal doesn't hurt, either). All original parts except for a new set of strap buttons, pearl white, Ebony board, and I know precisely nothing else about it.
But every time I pick it up, I feel a connection to the world that I don't really get to feel the rest of the time. I share a birth year with one of my guitars, and it is a very strangely grounding experience.
Mate I have a 1980 strat which is my birth year. It’s bizarre to play an instrument that has already had a lifetime of experience before it came into my hands
Filmmaker here; In the scene from 'that thing you do' I'm betting it was a choice of Tom Hanks for Jimmy to carry the guitar case that way. The way the action is framed in camera, if he was carrying the case by the handle the audience wouldn't see much of it. If you play the shot in your mind with him carrying it by the handle, it has much less visual impact. It changes Jimmy's posture and his physicality as he leaves. It even LOOKS awkward. The awkwardness of the action may be important to the actors motivations in the scene. Yeah, little things like that matter. Every scene can be its own story. I'll also bet this was 'take 6' or more after Hanks said "I like that one. Print that but let's do one more - I want to try something..." IMHO.
That's a great point and I agree. I think that it was by choice to do it that way. He is not in his element at all so the visual really does add to that
Just realized that the reason he carries the guitar case like that in “That Thing You Do” is because they wanted to make sure the case was in the frame when he walks out the door.
Can’t believe the film Six String Samurai isn’t mentioned here. Totally in the theme, a gem.
Are we just gonna ignore how there was a guy that not only licked a guitar at a shop but actively refused to stop
When SamuraiJenny's vocals started, I was shocked into realizing that I hadn't yet hit the thumbs-up yet. Thanks, SamuraiJenny!
We need more SamuraiJenny!
Love that you actually got the scene from Crossroad!!!
Best shirt you've done yet imo. Seriously choice design. Keep doin what you do my musical brethren!
Ah the good ol' guitar that never gets played. I'm fortunate enough to have 2 that immediately come to mind. My 1990 LP 1960s Classic signed by the man himself (retired it the day he died) and my Dean "cemetery gates" razorback i picked up used on dime day a handful of years ago because it just looks cool as hell and the price and timing just happened to be just right.
Great piece to have Les Paul sign. What color is it? Where did he sign? I know more about Les Paul through watching RUclips videos of him and Mary than I ever would have without the site. Everyone says he was a fantastic guy.
As for the "No Stairway" from Wayne's World, it had nothing to do with the quality, and or lack thereof, of people playing it in guitar stores. It's more a comment on how Led Zeppelin wouldn't allow anyone to use Stairway in films or TV else they'd get sued. For example, in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Damone tells Rattner to play Led Zeppelin 4 side 2 track 1 (Stairway) on his date. LZ wouldn't give it up, so they used Kashmir instead.
I hate that I am actually curious about this but how do you know this? I remember joking with my brother about how true that scene was because at the time, you couldn't walk into a music store without hearing someone try to play it and anyone who played guitar for at least 3 months and less than 12 would pretty much be guaranteed to bust out the opening notes (attempt at least) when they picked up a guitar at a party. So I always believed it was for that reason. I like how music stores still keep the sign up. At least in Memphis they do
I always thought his playing "Kashmir" was an inside joke for those who knew Zeppelin. As if he was playing the wrong song because he had no idea about Led Zeppelin.
The Zep or, more specifically, Jimmy Page is notoriously stingy with licensing. I admit that I didn't know that this was what the movie was referencing, but it makes total sense.
The story I always heard is that there was guitar store in england that was so sick of people trying to play stairway that actually had a sign saying no playing of stairway to heaven.
The irony of this is that Kashmir is by far the superior piece anyway. Any woman worth dating would know this and be even more impressed
That was great! Video number 2 please! I think you saved the back to the future video for part 2 which is fine by me! August rush would be another nice clip to do :)
I watch this video when I first dropped and I'm driving and something hit me. I really like the way he leaves with the guitar in that thing you do, the whole scene is just chaotic he's frazzled and he grabs the guitar like a total tool, he's so flustered he just wants to get the hell out of there.
You know, there really aren’t many guitar movie moments at all.
Sweet and Low Down with Sean Penn is good
Thanks, Michael
The distorted slide guitar scene from Black Snake Moan was pretty cool.
The guitar gun scene is Desperado is pure awesomeness.
Belushi smashing an acoustic in Animal House is comedic perfection.
Dueling banjos scene in Deliverance NEVER gets mentioned.
Richard Dreyfuss playing guitar drunk & nekkid in Goodbye Girl is still hilarious.
Had to rack my brain for those, and I can think of ten or twenty piano scenes easily.
Hollywood needs more guitars.
If I may say with the movie "That Thing You Do!" has an extended cut which has an additional 39 minutes of footage not featured on the theatrical cut. It improves a lot of the storylines that were orignally brief and also goes into more depth with the band as a whole.
IMOH the extended cut is a more rounded version with the extra 39 minutes.
This is the first time I've run across your videos. I really enjoyed that. Obviously you have put a few hours into playing guitar. But it's the way you spoke about music with a lot of knowledge and respect that will bring me back. That was definitely a funky guitar. When you brought up Casio I thought of keyboards. Well if you see this, thanks for working on these, if the rest are half as interesting I'm sure I'll enjoy them.
Bonus fact; the blond long haired sales person who stops Wayne from playing Stairway is Dana Strum who was in the Vinny Vincent Invasion and founding member of the late period hair pop/metal band Slaughter.
Fountains of wayne bro! Cmon, theyre a great band, i actually thought theyd be well up you alley 🤘
I have said for years that Ralph Macchio did an awesome job of miming this guitar duel with Steve Vai.
Steve Vai should have gotten an Oscar for faking that he could not play that Paganini piece.
I asked him about this once at a meet n greet. Apparently he was called back to do reshoots because he didn’t play it badly enough the first time
Best Clip on YT ever. Thank you
You nailed that Vai part! Very cool!
8:01 That Khaby Lame Impression tho...😂😂
I was hoping you'd note in Crossroads that Ralph magically changed from open tuning to standard.
That’s divine intervention right there
Great thumbnail! I honestly thought Insider or GQ had ask you to do an expert video and I was so happy for you
The first time I found this channel, not so very long ago (there are SO many!), the first thing I thought was "with a name like that, he had better be good", and you sir DESERVE to be called the "Samurai Guitarist" (I capitalized it, even if you don't)!
Would love to see your reaction to any of the battle scenes in Scott Pilgrim!
I believe Ralph Macchio’s hands closeups were actually Arlen Roth’s and Roth also trained Macchio to make him look credible as a player.
Man...That Thing You Do is one of my favourites but I NEVER noticed that before. I'll never be able to unsee it now...
the back to the future scene at the dance is so iconic
"fountains of youths stacys mom" classic old person
You mean too young, Fountains of Wayne was a bit before his time, Sink to the bottom with You was released in 1996, my old butt was already kicked out of college and in the marines
Once he said it, i wanted to see if anyone caught that lol
Oh jeez
@@XchuggsX I saw no one had, and jumped on the opportunity (I had to check to see if it was actually Fountains of Wayne instead of Fountains of Youth so I'm not much better)
You mentioned the only way Ralph Macchio could be finger picking the strings for that part in Crossroads would be if he were doing some classical finger style piece, but the character actually learned and played classical music on a nylon string acoustic in the beginning of the movie! Although his right hand form and nails weren't quite right as you described, it was an accurate detail for the character's playing experience in the movie
the problem is you can hear the pick sound, and in the shots he's playing he's using the tip of his fingers not his nails so that sound should be impossible
Crossroads was my jam. I still have my tape, and Eddie and the cruisers. Got me into playing when I was 8. Love the vid.
GQ’s loss. This is an awesome video.
Fun fact: I used to own a Squier Wayne's World Strat 😊
It wasn't special - it just looked like the one in the movie and it had the Wayne's World logo on the neck plate.
I sure wish I still had it tho!
Oh my god, I laughed my ass off when you mentioned that scene in That Thing You Do. My mom loved that movie, so she’d have it on all the time growing up. I noticed it when I was about thirteen and haven’t been able to unsee it since.
lol 8:09, also I like this new studio setup youve been using
Another great scene: Antonio Banderas giving a guitar lesson to a young musician in Desperado.
The coolest thing to me about the Spinal Tap scene is that a lot of the guitars there are the actual vintage models that were loaned from Norman's Rare Guitars.
On a side note, the late Leslie West of Mountain fame (they did “Mississippi Queen”, if you’re unfamiliar) had a signature model from Dean Guitars that actually did have a volume knob that went to 11!
You should do tv/streaming series too! There’s a few great scenes in Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad.
If I knew I was holding the real deal and not a prop I’m definitely not letting go of it when Kurt grabbed it. They can all get upset all they want for ruining the take-I’m still not letting go! 🤙🏻
Awesome!!! Wheres part 2?
Tbh your vids give me a new appreciation of guitars
To the dude who licked the guitar neck. Just cause it’s made of maple, don’t mean it tastes like maple 💁🏽♀️😂
6:28 I feel like there was a missed opportunity to point out how unrealistic it was for Steve Vai to mess up a shred lol
Also, I already knew the story behind the scene but at 9:23 when he said "it's value *was* around..." the tears still started welling up inside my soul 🥺
I recently got to see the spinal tap amp at the Marshalls exhibit in the Milton Keynes museum. Worth it!
Animal House also probably deserved to be on the list. The guitar smash is iconic and seriously who hasn't wanted to do that at some point in college.
Going to 11: There was an amp company (SunDown amps?) who decided to copyright dials going to 11, about 6 months before they went bust, hence why Marshalls go to 12. Jim Marshall wouldn't do anything if it didn't make money so there was no way he was going to buy the copyright.
Soldano SLO amps went to 11
Marshalls go to 10. Fenders (at least the old ones) go to 12.
I have a blues deluxe where the knobs literally go to 12
Same here. I think I've even seen tweeds from the 50s with knobs to 12 as well. I would kill for a mid-50s Bassman.
Had a guy at a guitar shop tell me that 10 is based on component design specifications and going above 10 is running the tubes and resistors out of spec. Can't say I'm ready to believe him.
@@ImnotgoingSideways yea i wouldn't believe him either. Pretty sure they are arbitrary numbers just used to dial in volume and tone
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Fender Tweeds from the 50s did go to 12, all of them from the Champ all the way up to the mighty Bassman and “high powered” Twin.
As far as the other part of your comment can neither confirm nor deny it. That is the first time I’ve heard suggested so I’m not so sure I believe it either.
Is is any louder?
12 is one louder than 11.
I'm pretty familiar with most acoustic guitar body shapes and their names, but there are a few that confuse me still. I'd love to see a video from you explaining all the acoustic bodies, and perhaps their differences in names and tone (if any)! Really been loving your videos lately by the way, great content.
Paul Davids has just such a video on his site. Very detailed and enlightening.
I love that I knew exactly what the problem was with "That Thing You Do" before he even needed to point it out.
13:30 I reckon that one note from a Metallica song was the intro to Orion. There is some debate if it was played on bass or synth on the studio recording.
Fountains of Wayne*
I laughed out loud when you pointed out the way the guitar was carried in That Thing You Do 😂
Love your channel.
Fountains of Wayne, not Fountains of Youth. He did a lot of other stuff, too. Adam Schlesinger. One of my two favorite pop songwriters of the modern era. Unfortunately, the goddamned pandemic took him.
Also props to Mike Viola, another total power pop genius, who co-produced the songs with Adam and sang lead vocals!
@@PedroPetracco Yes, thank you, I love Mike Viola.
Phew. Glad someone pointed this out.
I don't know why you had so many copyright issues, when literally all these clips are available in abundance on RUclips. This is a perfect example of how broken RUclips's System really is!