Continuity mistake: At the Record Label party, where the band meets Bobbi Fleckman, Nigel is wearing a coat. In another shot where the band meets Sir Dennis Eaton Hogg at the same party Nigel has no coat and different shirt.
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Chazz Dominguez, Kimberly Stringer, Shari Hall
After a hilariously awkward Stonehenge performance, things take a turn for the worse. Ian Faith (Hendra) quits the band, leaving Jeanine (Chadwick) to manage the band, and David (McKean) becomes distracted and can't focus on his music playing. During a gig at an Air Force base, Nigel's (Guest) wireless receiver starts picking up radio messages and in anger, he slams his guitar on the ground and walks out on the band. The remaining members continue to perform but the audience becomes limited due to selective venues (The local zoo etc.)Nigel eventually comes back delivering a message from Ian that their song 'Sex Farm' reached 5 in Japan's music charts. They begin a tour in Japan and during 'Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You', David signals for Nigel to come on stage and play for them again. Also during the performance, we learn that Mick Shrimpton's (Parnell) *law of averages* is false, because he spontaneously combusts (explodes). He is replaced by Joe 'Mama' Besser. Ian Faith rejoins the band as manager.
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More mistakes in This is Spinal Tap
Nigel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Martin: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel: Exactly.
Martin: 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 blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Martin: 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?
Martin: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel: Elevn. Exactly. One louder.
Martin: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
[Pause.]
Nigel: These go to eleven.
Trivia: The band's name was originally going to be spelled "Spynal Tap," but it was changed because the band members wanted to fit in with the trend of misspelled band names. Harry Shearer later commented that "we later learned we spelled it right by mistake."
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Answer: A guitar has normally got 6 strings while a bass has got 4. Also the bass guitar got thicker strings to sound "deeper" hence the name bass.
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