“These go to 11!”: Nigel Tufnel’s old Spinal Tap amps are out – because Marshall has designed him an amp that goes to “infinity”
A teaser video for the sequel of Spinal Tap landed earlier this year, showing a Marshall amp that can be cranked right up to “infinity”. Now, the fictional band’s lead guitarist, Nigel Tufnel, has spoken about it for the first time.
The sequel, titled Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, lands on 12 September this year – that’s over 40 years since the original rock ‘n’ roll comedy mockumentary was released. As for the plot of the new film, director Rob Reiner says that the band’s manager has passed away, and that his widow has been left with a contract that states Spinal Tap owe them one more concert.
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Tufnel, played by Christopher Guest, recently did an in-character interview with Guitar World, in which he discussed his gear choices for the Spinal Tap reunion, and that mighty “infinity” master dial. After all, how can you possibly out-do an amp that goes to 11?
It seems this new custom-made head is the solution: “Marshall has made for me an amplifier, the head, and if you look at the dials, it now goes to Infinity. Just think about that for a moment. Think about infinity – oh, my God, that’s literally infinity,” Tufnel says.
Commenting further on his experiments with gear, he adds: “There are lots of pedals that people have done in the last years that are quite extraordinary. Companies that make these pedals, which I use, and I do a little work on them. I take them apart, and I do a little fooling around with wires and stuff like that to get the sound I’d like.
“Lots of times I break them because I don’t really know how to do that work. I haven’t been trained, but it’s interesting to open things up, see all the wires and move them about a bit.”
You can watch the official, full-length trailer for Spinal Tap II below:
To find out more about Spinal Tap II, head over to Sony Pictures.
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