To be fair, playing air guitar well, and getting good sound is really difficult. I'm not surprised they needed to use professional air guitar players.
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Agrees, it doesn't really matter how they did the stunts, the movie brought competitive air slinging to the masses. The sport was on top of the world after this movie released. It was Over The Top for air guitar.
Air Guitar World Championships are every August in Finland. Wyld Stallions walked so we could rock into space on an imaginary fire pegasus.
Do you have to bring your own air guitar or are loaners available? With airline baggage fees i won’t be able to bring mine along.
The last time I checked my air guitar it ended up as lost luggage.
That explains one of the ground crew outside the window jamming out on air guitar the last time I flew.
If you fly Hawaiian they'll check your air guitar for free.
I think you'll find they are in Oulu, Finland every year since 1996.
My fault entirely, Suomi friend! Skimmed Wikipedia and thought it said Oahu! Fixed the original.
Be excellent my dude
It's hard to find good tone-air
You guys joke, but here in the land of Metal (Finland), we actually hold annual Air Guitar World Championship
Edit idk if I'd trust that link if I was someone else so here's a screen from the website
Pretty sure Reeves played guitar.
That guitar is clearly solid
So is Reeves
As am I ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
That’s a bass guitar, so while technically true, not what he was riffing on in the movie.
What's that whammy-bar looking thing at bottom?
I didn't know basses had those, and it doesn't look like it's in the right place for that, anyway.
It’s where his amp cord is plugged in. You typically loop it inside your strap like that so if you accidentally step on the cord you don’t immediately pull it out.
It’s a classic Fender Precision Bass, better known as the P-bass. I have the same model.
There are four thick strings, it is definitely a bass.
Yes, that was completely obvious. I was wondering about the extra bit.
It is a whammy bar, some basses have them. Whammy bars are near the end of the strings. The strings on the base are closer to the back edge of the body which is why the bar is so far back.
No, it’s his amp cord plugged in. See my comment above for more details.
Interesting.
I used to play my share of standup electric before my knuckles fell apart. At the time I wasn't in a band, but did jam with some buddies at times, cords all the hell over the place. Anyway, this seems like a cool idea.
One thing I did with my Danelectro is to replace the strap studs with some ends that could still function that way as needed, but also let you bolt-in the ends of your straps. It made the guitar less prone to accidentally falling off, and easier to get set up. Keanu kinda looks like he might have those installed here (they jut out a lot), but I'm not sure.
Chippin' in!
Air guitars don't look like air guitars on film. You have to use air ukuleles. Which has led to the myth that they aren't really playing air instruments at all.
NO WAY!?
Yes way.
Excellent!
By Steve Vai specifically if I'm not mistaken.
He also played the awesome solo in the ending song
Most triumphant post. Station!
How dare you ruin my childhood.
Hollywood is all fake