Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel on Steve Vai

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    As a Grammy award-winning guitar virtuoso with career sales of over 15 million records, Steve Vai's sheer breathtaking facility on the guitar is acclaimed in the rock world and beyond. While Vai clearly had what was needed to make indelible impressions during his stays with Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth, it's as a solo artist that he's made his most precious contributions. The Long Island, NY native has spent the last three decades writing, recording, scoring for films, orchestra, and performing the most exciting music ever created with a guitar. His virtuosity and custom six and seven string instruments continue to inspire young musicians who celebrate Vai as the "Alien Guitar Master." Although Vai is hailed as a musical alchemist of the highest order and tours regularly in over 50 countries, he is also highly sought after to lend his talents to commercial enterprises and has appeared on American Idol, The Tonight Show, games for Xbox. Playstation, and Guitar Hero. In addition to his recording career, Steve is involved with many worthwhile organizations. He is a former Trustee for the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences, is on the advisory board of Hollywood Arts, and works closely with his own Make a Noise Foundation, raising money for music education. Steve attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the college. In 2011 Berklee will launch an eponymous course devoted to the study of Vai's technique and style.

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  • @pabdiary
    @pabdiary 6 років тому +251

    Steve is great but we all know Nigel is way louder and I suspect that Steve has always resented Nigel for that.

    • @garycitro1674
      @garycitro1674 6 років тому +3

      I also haven't seen Steve Vai juggle with both hands while continuing a guitar solo with his foot. Nigel does this matter-of-factly. See Spinal Tap's return at Albert Hall.

    • @dvt1393
      @dvt1393 6 років тому +6

      That's because Nigel's amps go to 11, and Steve's only go to 10. :(

    • @holdencaustic
      @holdencaustic 6 років тому +1

      KO Bossy Steve also doesn’t have a guitar with the sustain of Nigel’s ‘59 LP- And as to volume, Nigel can only go 1 louder, but it’s enough to overpower Steve, who’s amp will blow 😂

    • @dougie2150
      @dougie2150 2 роки тому +1

      Nigel is always 'one' louder. That's make him unique ;)

  • @tyrssen1
    @tyrssen1 9 років тому +97

    Good ol' Nigel ... obviously the greatest guitarist, from the greatest band in the world. Right?

    • @bumpfugget
      @bumpfugget 6 років тому +4

      hell yeah The Thamesmen 4 life

    • @MrJoeythebabykangaro
      @MrJoeythebabykangaro 6 років тому

      The Hottest Band In The World! lol

    • @jarryjayo
      @jarryjayo 6 років тому

      Nigel should be doing the guitar lesson show I’d pay money to see that.

    • @ekdaman13
      @ekdaman13 3 роки тому

      Well definitely the loudest guitarist in the loudest band

  • @pallhe
    @pallhe 4 роки тому +40

    Nigel Tufnel is very much underrated as a musician. I would rate Steve Vai at 9.9 out of ten because music is obviously like an Olympic sport, but Nigel I would rate at 11 on the Richter scale. In all seriousness, Spinal Tap and the Folksmen deserve some credit for their musicianship.

  • @johnroberts5285
    @johnroberts5285 4 роки тому +54

    No one will ever be as loud as Nigel Tufnel! It's all about volume, not technique!

    • @99muddy99
      @99muddy99 Рік тому +2

      Volume is technique. Obviously someone has to think: “I want it louder.” That’s the cerebral dimension. However, it takes technique to turn a volume knob all the way until it can go no further. It would be very easy to stop short of all the way, but does anyone really listen to jazz any more? As William Blake wrote: “If you want tolex-melting sustain, you won’t find it at a jazz club!”

  • @PrimoSchnevi
    @PrimoSchnevi 13 років тому +7

    Like how this guy talks. could listen all day.

  • @alzahir
    @alzahir 13 років тому +131

    Know what, unlike Vai, Nigel Tufnel was never beaten in a guitar duel by Ralph Macchio, so there you go!

    • @jazzx251
      @jazzx251 4 роки тому +9

      Tufnel is undefeated - the best guitarist in the history of stringed instruments
      When you take Steve Vai's best work - on "Surfing With the Alien" - and compare it to Tufnel's mandolin solo on "Stonehenge" (which still reduces me to tears every time I see it) - there's no contest to be had.
      More notes doesn't make more quality!

    • @ahcubac
      @ahcubac 4 роки тому +4

      @@jazzx251 You're thinking of Joe Satriani not Steve Vai in regards to Surfing with the Alien. But anything compared to the mandolin solo in Stonehenge pales in comparison! Agreed!

    • @davidjorgensen877
      @davidjorgensen877 4 роки тому +8

      @@ahcubac This was actually SUPPOSED to be a Joe Satriani guitar lesson, but they couldn't get Satriani, they couldn't get Tufnel, they couldn't even get Macchio, so they settled for Vai. Forget it, not worth the ticket price.

    • @patrickoconnor7890
      @patrickoconnor7890 3 роки тому

      According to who?

    • @liontone
      @liontone Рік тому

      The GOAT talking about Steve Vai. Classic!

  • @ikkenhisatsu7170
    @ikkenhisatsu7170 3 роки тому +8

    Spinal Tap should do a reunion tour like all the old bands. Their new life on the road could be hysterical.

  • @machtanger
    @machtanger 13 років тому +92

    lick my love pump ......a musical trilogy in D minor........ which is the saddest of all keys.

  • @Carryon392
    @Carryon392 11 років тому +12

    Tufnel. Now there's a legend.

  • @kassemir
    @kassemir 12 років тому +18

    "I can't personally do it, caue I don't have a computer"
    Made me laugh so hard. I love Spinal Tap!!

  • @devolve42
    @devolve42 9 років тому +21

    I think I would learn more from a lesson by Nigel.

    • @justsumguy2u
      @justsumguy2u 8 років тому

      +devolve42 I don't know if I'd learn more, but I'd sure as hell laugh alot more...

    • @namebrandmason
      @namebrandmason 4 роки тому +3

      Nobody plays like him, nobody even tries.

  • @studiomonster2012
    @studiomonster2012 5 років тому +16

    I wonder if Vai will do a variation of the Spinal classic “ lick my love pump”? If so I hope it’s in the original key of d minor. The saddest of all keys. 🥺👍🏼

  • @santanaincubus
    @santanaincubus 13 років тому +32

    Vai should promote Nigel instead. No offense to Steve Vai but I wanna learn from Nigel.

  • @martingerup
    @martingerup 11 років тому +5

    Ohh, Nigel. You're bright. Steve Vai comparison to Johann Sebastian Bach is amazing. The shoulder tapping thing. I learned something about jazz "what are they so afraid of?" and now I learned something about Steve Vai. My great idol.

  • @Kissfan96dr
    @Kissfan96dr 8 років тому +71

    he can play anything. you go "la de da..." he plays "la de da"he can even do it backwards, "da de la"LMAO

  • @defnist47
    @defnist47 13 років тому +3

    Nigel is hilarious, they should make this online guitar lesson when I'm not in school..

  • @colderthandiablo676
    @colderthandiablo676 9 років тому +11

    You are the best Nigel!!!

    • @StamfordBridge
      @StamfordBridge 5 років тому +1

      Colder Than Diablo At the very least in the top ten Nigels.

  • @SwayisGod
    @SwayisGod 7 років тому +10

    For an American, Christopher Guest's accent is outstanding! I wouldn't be able to tell, and I'm British. Not to mention how hilarious he is.

    • @paulmattingley2140
      @paulmattingley2140 6 років тому +5

      He is actually a dual British /American citizen and up until 1999 held a seat in the house of Lords as an hereditary peer inherited from his father.

    • @rockymountainrocker5630
      @rockymountainrocker5630 6 років тому +3

      He's one of the funniest ever.

  • @danielfisch389
    @danielfisch389 3 роки тому +2

    „Many great guitarists have technique and style. I got volume!“ (N. Tufnel)

  • @chococoplex
    @chococoplex 13 років тому +5

    Weird how he accurately described how perfect Steve plays.

  • @cfredrics
    @cfredrics 13 років тому +5

    Now the lesson will go to 11!

  • @TheKRU251
    @TheKRU251 12 років тому +10

    It's a Mach piece (from the Lick My Love Pump section)!

  • @tweevers2
    @tweevers2 11 років тому +17

    We all shall gain inspiration once we stand in Johann Sebastian Bach's Kitchen

  • @tangogrrl
    @tangogrrl 7 років тому +4

  • @SeanTheReptileGuru
    @SeanTheReptileGuru 13 років тому +3

    COOL! i'll definitely try to attend the lesson.
    And Nigel is so funny.

  • @frankholstein4499
    @frankholstein4499 6 років тому +3

    Artie Shaw said if you don't make a mistake, you're not extending yourself. You're not pushing the envelope. Shaw said that about Glenn Miller. He was great but always played it safe.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 5 років тому

      oh, great, I f**k up royally all the time.
      I must be ahead of the game, then...lol
      I just learned from.a guy who's really good at winging it because he hates learning specific drum parts. So I learned how to drum myself out of corners watching him. He's so good, I'd be the only one to hear the mistake. :)

  • @mattsides734
    @mattsides734 13 років тому +5

    Man they need to make another spinal tap following up on them in the modern day, it would be epic.

    • @moonbeamskies3346
      @moonbeamskies3346 4 роки тому +1

      Usually it is best to leave things be. It wouldn't be as funny as you might hope.

    • @marthaworc7873
      @marthaworc7873 2 роки тому

      THey are working on a sequel to the movie. Spinal Tap II may be out in 2024. . There is a treasure of trove of changes in the music industry to draw from. Tap into tomorrow!!!!!

    • @melomaniakjm
      @melomaniakjm Рік тому +1

      Yeah best leave it, unsolved really!

  • @kimholland9316
    @kimholland9316 Рік тому +1

    He speaks, we listen

  • @CaliUndergroundSound
    @CaliUndergroundSound 11 років тому +17

    "Learn something for once in your lives." Lol

  • @DJVMFVME
    @DJVMFVME 3 роки тому +2

    “He knows too much.”🤣🤣🤣

  • @samanosukkia
    @samanosukkia 13 років тому +11

    Berklee, Tufnel and Vai, three of the greatest legends ever.
    What else do you need?

  • @srogers500
    @srogers500 10 років тому +2

    Love it.

  • @KeshikS2C
    @KeshikS2C 13 років тому +1

    Awesome!

  • @47Str8
    @47Str8 3 роки тому +2

    Nigel may make mistakes, but they're the best sounding mistakes ever!

  • @forexfreak77
    @forexfreak77 13 років тому +6

    "I don't have a computer. I have a phone."

  • @ghostmachine241
    @ghostmachine241 10 років тому +1

    LA 610. Dope. Wish I could afford one of those.

  • @Trashfished
    @Trashfished 11 років тому +14

    Dont even look at that guitar!

  • @joesatriani1200rulez
    @joesatriani1200rulez 13 років тому +1

    ahhhh it creases me every time i watch nigel advertising something or talking about someone hahaha

  • @mikemoyes2
    @mikemoyes2 13 років тому +3

    NIGEL!!!

  • @bassman5123
    @bassman5123 4 роки тому

    It's hard to believe that this is the same man who played the Marine base doctor in
    "A Few Good Men" and Patrolman Reilly in the original Death Wish. But it is! Plus, he's even married to Jamie Lee Curtis. What a stud!

  • @roadamerica2011
    @roadamerica2011 12 років тому +15

    Big bottom, big bottom
    Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
    Big bottom drive me out of my mind
    How could I leave this behind?

  • @bingefeller
    @bingefeller 13 років тому +1

    I lol'd at the amp capo in the background.

  • @porterhouse_
    @porterhouse_ Рік тому

    Nigel is Squatney's most gifted musician... he's a treasure he is

  • @LiterallyJesusChrist
    @LiterallyJesusChrist 13 років тому +1

    AMG I LOVE IT!

  • @johnemorrison-kj3ox
    @johnemorrison-kj3ox Рік тому

    Effing BRILLIANT ! ! 🧐😃

  • @1970borntorun
    @1970borntorun 10 років тому +7

    LOL! You can hear the sustain !! LMAO ♫

  • @detonationcruster
    @detonationcruster Рік тому +1

    I saw Steve Vai on a Passion And Warfare tour a few years ago. He totally hit a sharp note in one of the melody of For The Love Of God.... it kinda blew my mind that it happened. I think it had to be some sort of cosmic oddity or something...

  • @paulgtarist
    @paulgtarist 12 років тому +2

    @djchristian82 No he isn't British. Nigel Tufnel is a character played by American actor Christopher Guest.

  • @minkorrh
    @minkorrh Рік тому

    "learn something for once in your life"
    .....Nigel Tufnel

  • @imthunderstruck
    @imthunderstruck 13 років тому +1

    im gonna be at school... i hope someone records it

  • @highcurrent1125
    @highcurrent1125 Рік тому

    Damn! I don't even play guitar but I'm totally tuning into to that!

  • @dougnulton
    @dougnulton 3 роки тому +1

    2:12 wait…we’re finally allowed to look at it?!

  • @clifftotten7609
    @clifftotten7609 6 років тому

    LOVE this to 11!!

  • @djschmolli
    @djschmolli 13 років тому

    legend!

  • @marks.3303
    @marks.3303 Рік тому +1

    Can Steve Vai play a second guitar with his foot while bowing a guitar with a violin? I didn't think so.

  • @scott7521
    @scott7521 Рік тому

    Christopher Guest = genius

  • @MrROTD
    @MrROTD 13 років тому +2

    No-one beats Nigel not even Vai

  • @fgray78
    @fgray78 13 років тому +1

    I never ended signing up for it, I regret it

  • @gimmetheremote16
    @gimmetheremote16 13 років тому +1

    Is it possible to watch the Steve Vai lesson if you missed it?

  • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
    @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 5 років тому +1

    why is this coming into my feed from 7 years ago?? lol

  • @hafstrat
    @hafstrat 13 років тому

    Awesome!!!!!

  • @johnathanmclaren4116
    @johnathanmclaren4116 4 роки тому

    I like how there's a computer in frame the whole time

  • @marthaworc7873
    @marthaworc7873 2 роки тому

    It would be nice if Stevi Vai played with Nigel. Nigel really is a good mandolin player. :)

  • @jasonfifi
    @jasonfifi 3 роки тому +1

    "he had these very chubby fingers" little nod to segovia there.

    • @pneumatic00
      @pneumatic00 3 роки тому +1

      Which, itself, is a nod to C. Guest being asked to play the Segovia scales = 3 octave scales when he was first trying out for the couple of music schools he applied to.

  • @MrSuede79
    @MrSuede79 3 роки тому

    -"Hey, Johan!"
    - "Hey, what?"

  • @tommyt1971
    @tommyt1971 13 років тому +2

    I think even being INSULTED by Tuf would be an honor!

  • @laplut
    @laplut 13 років тому +1

    Will the puppet show be scheduled before the online lesson?

  • @therenewedpoet4292
    @therenewedpoet4292 3 роки тому +1

    "Can you play da-na-na? Ya, he can play it. He'll play it backwards na-na-da" lol

  • @Hemulen40
    @Hemulen40 13 років тому +1

    Steve turned da amp up to 13 !

  • @johnwatts8346
    @johnwatts8346 Рік тому

    yes of course hes a gat legend- but does steve's amp go up to infinity?

  • @indy500tabasco8
    @indy500tabasco8 Рік тому +1

    Spinal Tap the best.

  • @jonsingle1614
    @jonsingle1614 11 місяців тому +1

    Steve has never gone to 11.....mic drop

  • @nodrush80
    @nodrush80 13 років тому +6

    Nigel is way better than vai.

  • @tempo1889
    @tempo1889 10 років тому +4

    Nigel must be older than dirt if he knew Bach personally.

    • @tangogrrl
      @tangogrrl 7 років тому +1

      He is, he uses Oil of Delay (as my GF's daughter calls it)

  • @Rechbert
    @Rechbert 13 років тому +2

    I will send my old computer (3 ghz P4) to Nigel for free:)

  • @elmud
    @elmud 4 роки тому

    18 people played at the Enormodome

  • @mebeasensei
    @mebeasensei Рік тому

    Does Stevie Vai use an amp capo?

  • @mlnem2k
    @mlnem2k 13 років тому +1

    Nigle, shops at IKEA. (standup armoire) upper left corner

  • @pippipster6767
    @pippipster6767 7 років тому +4

    ALL I want to hear is 'it goes to 11'
    🙃

  • @2patero
    @2patero 12 років тому +10

    Yeah Steve knows way too much! Lolz

  • @christopherhuff3123
    @christopherhuff3123 3 роки тому

    He's right

  • @Lalaldd
    @Lalaldd 13 років тому

    pause video at 0:44 0:45

  • @erniegibbs4002
    @erniegibbs4002 Рік тому

    Yeah,but his invention of the amp capo,the amp volume ceiling of 11,radiates the Tufnel genius.What his he coming up eith now,and will we be able to handle it?

  • @JENDALL714
    @JENDALL714 4 роки тому +1

    I doubt Steve Vai has ever toured the World and Else Where!

  • @darioinfini
    @darioinfini 3 роки тому

    Get together with Derek Smalls. Tap Reunion WOOOOO!!!! Surely you've written Saucy Jack by now!

  • @johnbowkett5920
    @johnbowkett5920 3 роки тому

    Yeah ... but does his amp go up to 11 ????

  • @pat6146
    @pat6146 13 років тому +1

    LOL Hey, Johann!

  • @tgsiii2179
    @tgsiii2179 2 роки тому

    Sept. 18, 2021......guess I missed the lesson, huh?

  • @pinkcat8855
    @pinkcat8855 2 роки тому

    That guy is comical. 😄

  • @tomitstube
    @tomitstube 4 роки тому

    you know what they say about people who know too much...

  • @soyounoat2814
    @soyounoat2814 11 місяців тому

    Can Steve Vai play it in reggae?

  • @TheEleatic
    @TheEleatic 3 роки тому

    Was Nigel Freddy Mercury's back door man?

  • @fatthor2476
    @fatthor2476 3 роки тому

    still funny in 2021

  • @m1j3
    @m1j3 13 років тому

    Haha I love this

  • @bmphil3400
    @bmphil3400 4 роки тому

    Will steve play a flying V with a violin though?

  • @Crunkboy415
    @Crunkboy415 4 роки тому +1

    Steve Vai's knobs only go up to 10.5!🤣

  • @vladchetvertak3394
    @vladchetvertak3394 6 років тому +2

    The loudest guitar player ever! Nigel, certainly)

  • @nycshelbygt500
    @nycshelbygt500 Рік тому

    #SteveVai Yeah, Yeah But then what? EXACTLY!!!

  • @user-go6cj3zw9m
    @user-go6cj3zw9m 2 роки тому +1

    Nigel is not far behind Steve, maybe only 1000's of an inch.

  • @r.d.stevens9482
    @r.d.stevens9482 Рік тому

    Goes to 11....