This Is Spinal Tap - "Hello Cleveland"

Spinal Tap, the world's loudest band, set the rock world aflame when their comeback tour supporting their controversial 12' album, "Smell the Glove," was chronicled by rockumentary auteur Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner). In this scene, Marty talks backstage with Nigel about his guitar equipment.

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MARTY:
Do you play all...I mean do you actually play all these or...?

NIGEL:
Well, I play them and I cherish them.

MARTY:
Mmm-hmm....

NIGEL:
This is the top of the heap right here. There's no question about it. Look at the, look at the flame on that one....

MARTY:
Yes.

NIGEL:
I mean it's just...it's quite unbelievable. This o- this one is just ah...is perfect...1959...ah...you know, it just, you can uh...listen!

MARTY:
How much does this....

NIGEL:
Just listen for a minute....

MARTY:
I'm not....

NIGEL:
The sustain...listen to it...

MARTY:
I'm not hearing anything.

NIGEL:
You would, though, if it were playing, because it really... it's famous for its sustain...I mean, you could, just hold it....

MARTY:
Well I mean so you don't....

NIGEL:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... You could go and have a bite an'...aaaaaaaaa...you'd still be hearin' that one. Could you hold this a sec'?

MARTY:
Sure.

NIGEL:
This one...this 'course is a custom three-pickup-'Paul. This is my radio...unit....

MARTY:
Oh, I see....

NIGEL:
So I strap this...this piece on, you know, right down in here when I'm on stage and....

MARTY:
It's a wireless.

NIGEL:
Wireless, exactly. And...uh I can play without all the mucky-muck.

MARTY:
You can run anywhere on stage with that.

NIGEL:
Exactly. Now this is special, too, it's a...look...see...still got the uh...the ol' tagger on it...see...never even played it ...see...

MARTY:
You just bought it and....

NIGEL:
Don't touch it! Don't touch it! No one...no one...no! Don't touch it.

MARTY:
Well uh I wasn't...uh I wasn't gonna touch it...I was just pointing at it...I....

NIGEL:
Well don't point, even.

MARTY:
Don't even point?

NIGEL:
No. It can't be played...never...I mean I....

MARTY:
Can I look at it?

NIGEL:
No. No you've seen enough of that one.

MARTY:
Don't look at it.

NIGEL:
This is a top to a, you know, what we use on stage, but it's very...very special because if you can see...

MARTY:
Yeah...

NIGEL:
...the numbers all go to eleven. Look...right across the board.

MARTY:
Ahh...oh, I see....

NIGEL:
Eleven...eleven...eleven....

MARTY:
...and most of these amps go up to ten....

NIGEL:
Exactly.

MARTY:
Does that mean it's...louder? Is it any louder?

NIGEL:
Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most...most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here...all the way up...all the way up....

MARTY:
Yeah....

NIGEL:
...all the way up. You're on ten on your guitar...where can you go from there? Where?

MARTY:
I don't know....

NIGEL:
Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is if we need that extra...push over the cliff...you know what we do?

MARTY:
Put it up to eleven.

NIGEL:
Eleven. Exactly. One louder.

MARTY:
Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top... number...and make that a little louder?

NIGEL: ...these go to eleven.

MAIN CAST
Nigel Tufnel: CHRISTOPHER GUEST
David St. Hubbins: MICHAEL McKEAN
Derek Smalls: HARRY SHEARER
Marti DiBergi: ROB REINER

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