The great thing about this scene is the fact that the instrument at 1:00 to 1:17 is actually a 6-string Fender Bass VI. Only about 300 were made of this type, and the one in this scene is one of just two ever made in that color. That really is a rare instrument.
That's my favorite part, even over "these go to 11". I say it all the time to people too, but it's such a basic set of words that no one ever knows and I think even I don't realize what I'm saying half the time.
When I saw this in the theater, Nigel discusses his shirt with Rob at the end. He explains that it is an exact replica of his skeleton if you could use x-ray vision to see through his skin. Rob says, "Well, it wouldn't be green." Nigel looked puzzled.
He sure has the Beck haircut. Funny you mention him. I just walked in the door from Avenue Guitars and they have one of his old Black Les Paul's there. Man. 21 grand. It's signed with a number. They told me to take her for a rip but I said no. Just like this I almost felt guilty looking at it.
" (Long pause)... These go to eleven". Priceless! After all these years, it's still hilarious to me. My other fave is when he plays his guitar with the violin. I still laugh out loud. Long live Spiral Tap!
@@user-oy3xl7zb7f Yeah, it's freakin hilarious. Btw, he actually tunes the violin. Which is even funnier cause the violin isn't amplified so it wouldn't change the sound at all. Cheers my friend 🍻
i love it at 1:33 when nigel has that smile on his face as if he's really proud he's thought of this idea, then at 1:37 after the interviewer asks him if its louder, his expression changes as if to say "how can you not understand?!"
His timing is just flawless. It's like in his head he's wanting to respond with, "You dumbass!" but pauses and cleans up his language just to be polite.
the genius of this is how Nigel keeps cutting him off because the guitars are so important to him he's not listening, he's explaining, a great piece of acting.
What might be a fun fact about the scene with Nigel and the guitars, for those who are a fan of the movie. The guitars in the scene were loaned by Norm's Rare Guitars for the movie. In actual fact the flying V which you can see in the background is Norm's own Amos Arthur Flying V - an extremely precious piece which he sold not long ago to Joe Bonamassa after owning it for 40 years. Its got a strong heritage and a lot of photographic history. Just linking some cool info I've picked up from other videos I've watched related to this.
The way he says "mucky muck" cracks me up every time. And the pause before "These go to 11" is just perfect. 30 years on and this is still the funniest movie of all time.
The “mucky muck” perfectly sums up the tangled mess of cables that often accompanies electric guitars, and Guest’s delivery throughout this scene is on point and so funny!
I’m an assistant principal in a middle school and during loud times of the day I have to wear a clunky head set on my walkie talkie to even hear anything. It involves cables and clips and I refer to it all as “mucky muck” in an English accent. Nobody gets the reference but someday somebody will
This is exactly how guitar geeks talk about gear and I am guilty of being one of those guitar geeks . This is exactly word for word how every guitar player describes the 1959 gibson les paul.
This movie is a masterpiece but can we stop for a moment to really appreciate how gorgeous these guitars really are? Satire aside, Nigel has reason to be proud!
Reiner as straight man in this bit is sooooooo good. Hilarious scene. I was at work last year and Reiner came in the place and I nearly fanboyed him - tell him how much I appreciated him as a filmmaker, but he had family with him so I left him alone.
It's not the phrase 'these go to 11' that's funny (although it is!), it's the pause just before where you can clearly see Nigel's brain trying to process that question. Christopher Guest nailed the vacuous rock star tropes so well that i notice new subtleties every time I watch the film!
I loved the girl with the angel wings in the drummer audition saying it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, but if they did it again next year, it would be a twice in a lifetime opportunity! 😂
Nigel pausing, obviously confused, after being asked "Why don't you just make ten louder"... brilliant acting, makes the scene what it is. All this is improv! Amazing
@@fallingdownalot I wonder what the estimated value was back then. Also, I wonder who ended up buying these things. I have 16, mostly decent USA made stuff, but nothing like this.
@@JPM-NM he was in town a few years ago and bought a Fender tweed at my favorite music store. The guys who work there said he was fantastic to deal with.
I actually saw a subwoofer a number of years ago and the volume know went to 11! Whoever was responsible had to be a Spinal Tap fan. Seriously this movie was brilliant! I first saw it in the mid 80s as a teenager and I still love it!
"These go to eleven" is a useful English idiom for many occasions. Try it the next time your boss suggests something idiotic. Use it to disarm your spouse and end another of those nasty arguments about household chores or toilet seats.
That collection is sick! Black Beauty, '59 Paul, Bass VI, L5, 50's Flying V, the white EDS-1275, all the other Pauls, Teles and Strats, not to mention the Marshall...I hope when I die, I can end up in a room like this.
"i wasn't going to touch it, i was just pointing at it." "well don't point even." "can i look at it?" "no." haaa!!! i know everybody loves the "these go to 11" bit but that's my favorite part of the whole exchange!
The Heavy Metal groups hated ST at first because they took it seriously , later on most realized it was all in good fun. The Horsepower Guitar from Peavey is one of a kind also. Only 25 were made
That is so true,especially hard or heavy metal guitarists. I know guys who dont know the difference between major and minor chords ,but , they have a dozen guitars!
Every guitarist can relate to having a collection like that of any type, some think 5 is too many hahahaha one of the many things they got right, that's what makes this dumb humor so golden
Yep, and it was posted in 2009, 2+9=11 and on June 20, which happens to be the 171st day, 171, starting and ending with 1 and being 11 days before the first half of the year
I got several of my guitars brand new in the 90s, when I first started playing - now they're older than these "old" guitars were when this was filmed! ...I feel ANCIENT
It kills me everytime, this movie's the best! Oh btw the untouchable guitar really do exists, it's an old Tom Anderson, no doubt it would have sounded amazingle...well if played :D
It's been five years since this was uploaded, and I can still hear that sustain.
...it's been 8 years since you've made this comment, do you now have any hearing at all? lol
You must have tinitus then.
Hello from 2021, the sustain is still here. And it won't leave.
Possible you had the volume turned up to 11 and have tinitus
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"Listen to it!"
"I'm not hearing anything"
"But you would, though, if it were playing"
*AaAAAAaaAaaaaAAAa*
"They called Einstein crazy."
"Nobody called Einstein crazy."
"Well, they would have if he carried on like this!"
You could go an have a bite an you'd still be hearing this one
The timing and pause before droping the line "this goes to eleven" is just fucking perfect...
Since they were mostly adlibbed, I think he was actually stumped for a second.
for real
When he was so shocked at the suggestion and stopped chewing his gum for a second, I died.
The whole scene is brilliant. Cracks me up every time I’ve watched it.
It’s on a level with Monty Python in a way.
@@j40bob1 Not really.
The point when Nigel was queried why 10 wasn’t the top and announced “These go to 11” was the moment the world changed.
It's why BBC online audio goes to 11.
The amps I build go to 12, with one more control knob that I label "13" 😅 True story
"Can I look at it?"
"NO..."
"you ve seen enough of that one" :D
Goreface69 no ones allowed to look at it. IM not even allowed to look at it
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Right
"don't touch it, don't touch it"
"well uh, I wasn't going to touch it"
"no one , no, dont touch it"
"i was just pointing at it"
"well don't point"
The great thing about this scene is the fact that the instrument at 1:00 to 1:17 is actually a 6-string Fender Bass VI.
Only about 300 were made of this type, and the one in this scene is one of just two ever made in that color.
That really is a rare instrument.
And it can't be played ever.
Well he can play it.
Can we point at it?
NO! Don't point at it.
You guys have seen enough of that one!
the best thing is I've heard people legitimately describe their guitars that same way over the years.
Hahaha yeah. Showing them off like a kid showing off their new toy they got for Christmas
Sometimes, it's not even on purpose!
My friend Jake lmao
Guitar bros are the worst lmao
" I cherish them"
"you've seen enough of that one" just kills me every time
Can I look at it?
That's my favorite part, even over "these go to 11". I say it all the time to people too, but it's such a basic set of words that no one ever knows and I think even I don't realize what I'm saying half the time.
I think guitar collectors appreciate that line the most. That room is actually loaded with some true collector pieces on loan for the shoot.
# Me Too
To this day when I see anything with a price tag I always say "still got the ole tagger on it." LMAO!
Don't touch it!
@@roddy2body Can I point at it?
@@xXAscendingPhoenixXx Don't point even.
Can I look at it?
@@MrParkerman6 No! No. You've seen enough of that one.
Don't touch it!
I'm just pointing...
Don't point!!!
Kills me everytime!
THE best quote in all of Rock "These go to Eleven!".
Possibly the greatest quote of all time. 🤘
Exactly!! 11 is the way to Rock!! \m/
It’s one louder
I really like this guy, he gets it!
it's one louder, isn't it?
No joke, I had an amp with a scale 0-20. Would've blown Nigel's mind.
Targun Yssboern but you could just make 10 the top number and just make that a little louder…
Targun Yssboern we all know that a formidable amp must go over 9000. that would make 9001 for us peasants. and 9002 for nigel.
P Hampton j80
The dirty channel on Marshall’s JCM 900 went to 20 and Nigel did the press for it.
Some fender amps were already going to 12. Stock.
When I saw this in the theater, Nigel discusses his shirt with Rob at the end. He explains that it is an exact replica of his skeleton if you could use x-ray vision to see through his skin. Rob says, "Well, it wouldn't be green." Nigel looked puzzled.
It is green
'Would you be happy doing that?.............I dunno, what are the hours?'
@@christschinwon You see how your blood looks blue?
"I can't even point at it?"
"No. Don't even look at it."
Dont even think about it!!
"If we need that extra push, over the cliff." Brilliant.
SPINAL TAP never gets old. It's so spot on. I can't even count how many times I've seen it, but it is more than 11.
Why didn't you whatch it ten times and then made the tenth time more special?
just listen to it...
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I can still hear it
The sustayyyn.
Supposedly this was based on something Les Paul said
You can go and have a bite and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... You can still hear it
+Max Frye I fucking lost it XD
Max Frye I need that as a ring tone 😂
4 years after this comment was made: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
My favourite part
Simply one of the greatest movie scenes ever.
Jeff Beck stated he loved the movie. But Nigel reminded him so much of himself it was kind of eerie. Guest did his homework. lol
I always thought Nigel was supposed to be somewhat of a representation of Jeff Beck.
You thought right.
I think Derrick Smalls is supposed to look like Lemmy from Motorhead.
He sure has the Beck haircut. Funny you mention him. I just walked in the door from Avenue Guitars and they have one of his old Black Les Paul's there. Man. 21 grand. It's signed with a number. They told me to take her for a rip but I said no. Just like this I almost felt guilty looking at it.
+dean mccaskill Even though you didn't play it, I bet you could still hear the sustain?
"...this goes to eleven..." *video ends
+Cupcake The Fnaf Furry your name makes me want to kill myself
+Yaoitastic
LOL
+sam pope In a Tesla S you can also go to 11 with the volume. Well it's one louder innit?
That's weird! When I was watching it kept going after that part.
+RatSausages haha your comment is only funny cos of ur dp lol
“You actually play all these?”
“I play them and I cherish them.”
" (Long pause)...
These go to eleven". Priceless! After all these years, it's still hilarious to me. My other fave is when he plays his guitar with the violin. I still laugh out loud. Long live Spiral Tap!
Tarrell Freeze Yeah, that’s a shot at Page...😂
OMG yes. Then he reaches up and tunes the guitar ever so slightly as if saying "Now it's in tune".
@@user-oy3xl7zb7f Yeah, it's freakin hilarious. Btw, he actually tunes the violin. Which is even funnier cause the violin isn't amplified so it wouldn't change the sound at all. Cheers my friend 🍻
@@user-oy3xl7zb7f LOL! I was about to post the exact same thing!
i love it at 1:33 when nigel has that smile on his face as if he's really proud he's thought of this idea, then at 1:37 after the interviewer asks him if its louder, his expression changes as if to say "how can you not understand?!"
His timing is just flawless. It's like in his head he's wanting to respond with, "You dumbass!" but pauses and cleans up his language just to be polite.
“If we need that push off the cliff” is the most underrated line in this scene
"can I look at it"
"no, no, you've seen enough of that one"
the genius of this is how Nigel keeps cutting him off because the guitars are so important to him he's not listening, he's explaining, a great piece of acting.
"Listen... Just listen for a minute." "Im not hearing anything." pure gold
The timing of the questions, answers, interruptions, pauses, and reactions during this dialogue is brilliant. Nearly perfect.
The last part makes me laugh everytime
Me too! ;-)
Me three! XD
Dalmatian me four!😂
the 'sustain' gag fucking kills me lol
Me eleven
What might be a fun fact about the scene with Nigel and the guitars, for those who are a fan of the movie. The guitars in the scene were loaned by Norm's Rare Guitars for the movie. In actual fact the flying V which you can see in the background is Norm's own Amos Arthur Flying V - an extremely precious piece which he sold not long ago to Joe Bonamassa after owning it for 40 years. Its got a strong heritage and a lot of photographic history. Just linking some cool info I've picked up from other videos I've watched related to this.
ChrisWhite85.
Cool isn't it. In another scene (cafe), Nigel is wearing a Normans rare guitars t-shirt.
The thing is, possibly every guitar you see in there or you have ever seen or might even think you owned is probably actually owned by Joe Bonamassa
Good info Chris. Never knew that about the movie and Iv'e seen it dozens of times.
Give it time and Joe will own every guitar in this scene
"can i look at it?"
"no!"
my god this film is genius..every single scene is a work of art!!!
The way he says "mucky muck" cracks me up every time. And the pause before "These go to 11" is just perfect. 30 years on and this is still the funniest movie of all time.
The “mucky muck” perfectly sums up the tangled mess of cables that often accompanies electric guitars, and Guest’s delivery throughout this scene is on point and so funny!
39 years
I’m an assistant principal in a middle school and during loud times of the day I have to wear a clunky head set on my walkie talkie to even hear anything. It involves cables and clips and I refer to it all as “mucky muck” in an English accent. Nobody gets the reference but someday somebody will
"it's just... It's quite unbelievable"
LOOOOOOOOL
I could watch Nigel and Marty talk about anything ...............Great chemistry.............
This is exactly how guitar geeks talk about gear and I am guilty of being one of those guitar geeks . This is exactly word for word how every guitar player describes the 1959 gibson les paul.
Guilty as charged!
The sustain!
This movie is a masterpiece but can we stop for a moment to really appreciate how gorgeous these guitars really are?
Satire aside, Nigel has reason to be proud!
Still got the old tagger on it.
Greg Lamb don't touch it it can't be played EVER
@@rydergrimes6696 I wasn't touching it, I was just pointing to it. 👈
2 minutes and 10 seconds of absolutely flawless comedy
The whole movie was bloody hilarious, but this has got to be my favourite scene!! Nigel Tufnel rocks!
I swear, there's no one like these guys. The power. The emotion. The punctuality.
The smells
Possibly history's loudest band
Why are we playing an Airforce base?!
I wish could hear Nigel's sustain in Dubly.
Too much fucking perspective!
Reiner as straight man in this bit is sooooooo good. Hilarious scene. I was at work last year and Reiner came in the place and I nearly fanboyed him - tell him how much I appreciated him as a filmmaker, but he had family with him so I left him alone.
It's not the phrase 'these go to 11' that's funny (although it is!), it's the pause just before where you can clearly see Nigel's brain trying to process that question.
Christopher Guest nailed the vacuous rock star tropes so well that i notice new subtleties every time I watch the film!
Thanks for your pompous overanalysis & condescension - I was wondering why I found it funny!
The acting was excellent.
Paolo, what the heck is wrong with you?
@@Pwwh0711 Who hurt you? Thinking deeply isn't a bad thing, he wasn't being condescending at all, just offering his perspective lol
Your a pretty sad sack of shit Paolo
One of the best movies ever! Spot on in the portrayals of old rockers. I know so many people that are really like these guys!
I loved the girl with the angel wings in the drummer audition saying it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, but if they did it again next year, it would be a twice in a lifetime opportunity! 😂
Nigel's right! Even if you made 10 a little louder, 11 would still be even louder.
I love how Nigel is always trying to do something while holding a cigarette.
I like how he handed Marty the cigarette and made him hold it.
The pride on Nigel’s face at the limit of his amp is something I will always cherish
"Push over the cliff" is so clever.
I love how the few seconds of the ‘radio’ sets up so much of the rest of the movie. Excellent anticipation
Nigel pausing, obviously confused, after being asked "Why don't you just make ten louder"... brilliant acting, makes the scene what it is. All this is improv! Amazing
"Ahhhhhhh! You can go and have a bite - ahhhhhh - and you'll still be hearin' that one!" 😂😂😂😂
Best bit
Who on earth could ever thumbs down this video? 33 people? This is some brilliant inimitable comedy.
Nigel's real name (or rather the actor who played him) is of course Christopher, 5th Baron of Haden-Guest married to Jamie Lee Curtis.
Possibly the greatest 2:10 in cinematic history! Pure genius!
"Hello Cleveland!! HELLO CLEVELAND!!!"
I honestly couldn’t stop laughing at the whole “sustain” part
Go out and get a bite..
"Well, it's one louder, isn't it?" is just the stupidest , funniest joke, it will never not make me laugh no matter how many times I see this.
There's a million dollars worth of guitars in that room. Just to see that now would be a thrill.
I would say way more! There's two korina flying v's and two bursts for starters. Insane collection.
Norm of Norms rare guitars hired them for the movie.
@@fallingdownalot I wonder what the estimated value was back then. Also, I wonder who ended up buying these things. I have 16, mostly decent USA made stuff, but nothing like this.
@@thinghammer Joe Bonamassa has one of the korina V’s, and I think he owns the “don’t look at it!!” guitar too
@@JPM-NM he was in town a few years ago and bought a Fender tweed at my favorite music store. The guys who work there said he was fantastic to deal with.
One of my favorite movies ever. Rock on Spinal Tap!🎸
"no, you seen enough of that one.." classic nigel.
If I told them once I told them a million times: Spinal Tap THEN Puppet Show.
Incredible sustain. About twenty years and still going. Christopher Guest- Magic!
My favorite scene from the movie. “Don’t touch it…..don’t point even……it can’t be played.”
I started enjoying this on a whole new level once I understood that Nigel Tufnel is a parody of Jeff Beck
"These go to eleven."
The old Fender tweeds went up to TWELVE Nigel!!!!
On a serious note, that is one awesome guitar collection!
This guitar collection came from Norman’s Rare guitars.
@Luke Anderson
Yeah? But your thumbup ratio only goes to 11.
Thanks to normans
every line spoken in this scene is classic
This film made me bankrupt. I've got 35 guitars I can't even look at!
I've been around guitarists enough to enjoy this. So accurate
Nigel looks exactly like Jeff Beck!
probably intentional
Is intentional. Guest confirmed it.
Reminds me a bit of thom yorke
Pedor Thom Yorke was a wee little lad when this was made.
I actually saw a subwoofer a number of years ago and the volume know went to 11! Whoever was responsible had to be a Spinal Tap fan. Seriously this movie was brilliant! I first saw it in the mid 80s as a teenager and I still love it!
"I can play without all the mucky muck."
I was always with Nigel on this one "...well, it's one louder init". Makes sense to me.
"These go to eleven" is a useful English idiom for many occasions. Try it the next time your boss suggests something idiotic. Use it to disarm your spouse and end another of those nasty arguments about household chores or toilet seats.
You can also fart.
My toilet seat definitely only goes to 10
One of the greatest scenes in film history here.
Now I know what is my choice for the movie of tonight
There's a very important life lesson here... No matter what you do in life, always go one louder! Thanks, Nigel!
That collection is sick! Black Beauty, '59 Paul, Bass VI, L5, 50's Flying V, the white EDS-1275, all the other Pauls, Teles and Strats, not to mention the Marshall...I hope when I die, I can end up in a room like this.
Kevin Anderson the guitar that can’t be played must be a fender bass vi six string.
Norms
I need time machine and go the 58 then 59 buy all les paul gold tops and V models.
@@charlierosillo1626 Very rare Sea Foam Green Fender Bass VI
Surely, one of the great moments in cinematic history - never fail to laugh
"i wasn't going to touch it, i was just pointing at it."
"well don't point even."
"can i look at it?"
"no."
haaa!!! i know everybody loves the "these go to 11" bit but that's my favorite part of the whole exchange!
The Heavy Metal groups hated ST at first because they took it seriously , later on most realized it was all in good fun. The Horsepower Guitar from Peavey is one of a kind also. Only 25 were made
It’s been 13 years since this was uploaded and I can still hear the sustain😆
“Then I can play without all the mucketty muck “
The "These go to eleven" joke is so good that even though Meathead completely messes up his line, it's still funny!
How does he mess up?...it's all improvised.
My favourite scene from the film , it’s genius and he embodies the typical guitarist.
That is so true,especially hard or heavy metal guitarists. I know guys who dont know the difference between major and minor chords ,but , they have a dozen guitars!
Best pregnant pause ever.
This never gets old
Every guitarist can relate to having a collection like that of any type, some think 5 is too many hahahaha one of the many things they got right, that's what makes this dumb humor so golden
After watching this movie i must say i'm a little obsessed with it. I love how the duration of the video is 2:09. 2+9= 11
Yep, and it was posted in 2009, 2+9=11 and on June 20, which happens to be the 171st day, 171, starting and ending with 1 and being 11 days before the first half of the year
This became my favorite comedy film ever!
its 2:10 now
Hah! u do have a point there.
Nerd alert!!
Love Rob Riener, his reaction which is barely nothing but highly noticeable sort of a quiet, stupid, funny but it works really really well!
The "11" scene is my favorite of all time! Just classic!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh - to this day, I'm STILL hearin' it! That's some great sustain!!
Norm's Rare Guitars. I stood in the Inner Sanctum back in the 80s.
Is that really norms ?
.....I went to bed 2 hours ago and that sustain is still keeping me up!!
I got several of my guitars brand new in the 90s, when I first started playing - now they're older than these "old" guitars were when this was filmed! ...I feel ANCIENT
It kills me everytime, this movie's the best!
Oh btw the untouchable guitar really do exists, it's an old Tom Anderson, no doubt it would have sounded amazingle...well if played :D
+Fabrizio Zado Donadelli Actually, it's not a Tom Anderson, it's a Fender Bass VI
Fabrizio Zado Donadelli don't look at it don't even point at it though
It's cool that all the gear is the real thing. Absolutely classic scene.