John SiracusaOK, guitarists: can Craig play?
Yes, Craig can play guitar!
No, he was just faking it.
No, it was VFX.
Anyone Can Play Guitar (1993)
Poll ended at .
The verdict: Craig can play guitar!
Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 🏳️@siracusa Goodness, he's genuinely good!
Caleb@siracusa Is this streaming anywhere?
Kathryn Elrod
Sean Harding@siracusa I used to think I just wasn't good looking enough to be an Apple executive, but now I know I'm not cool enough or talented enough either. Sweet.
Aaron M@siracusa lol thanks John
Michael Gemar@siracusa That’s terrific, but where’s the three-necked guitar?
(I’m really curious if they made it just for that gag, or at least purchased one and had it custom-painted.)
Watson@siracusa yep. I was one of those who voted for "can play guitar". Felt very vindicated when he played at the show!
DΛNIEL TʘMΛN@siracusa I knew it! Talk Show Live posts Friday
@siracusa ps called it https://postchat.io/@daniel/110498789223258687
Daniel Toman (@[email protected])
the Metal t-shirt, the W-W-D-C rings, every time I re-watch this there’s a new gem. as a (much worse) guitar player, I can tell you he’s really actually playing that. Craig shreds! 🤘🏽
Nathan Snelgrove@siracusa knew it! So nice to have confirmation though. Also, dig his PRS.
Patryk Chojecki@siracusa This is absolutely incredible. Craig is my favorite Apple person of all time!
Robert Watkins@siracusa yes, but can he play that three-arm beast?
Dean Matsueda@siracusa I betcha he’s playing a Private Stock PRS.
Damon Stephenson@dkm he is playing a Whale Blue CE here. Quite the opposite.
Clearly a humble guy!
A PRS isn’t unexpected though, eh? 😅
Clearly a humble guy!
A PRS isn’t unexpected though, eh? 😅
Geekpulp 
@siracusa how are these people so accomplished?
António@siracusa anyone who has seen this photo knew he could play! 😂
In this video he tells when he bought his first electric guitar (and other cool stories)! https://youtu.be/43sjym5ZS68?t=565
View from the Top: Craig Federighi
hgill@siracusa HairForceOne really shreds!
Rosyna Keller@siracusa Craig is the 12th Doctor confirmed? https://youtu.be/TY_rKLq-irA
Doctor Who - Twelfth Doctor playing Amazing Grace on the guitar
Torstein@siracusa he's such a cool guy ❤️
Mike Taffet@siracusa Shrederighi!
Jeff Rames@siracusa HairForceOne doing all he can to ensure no one comes near his Worlds Coolest Nerd title.
dxzdb@siracusa and that 3 necked guitar was real?
Michael Bester
Ivan Pavlov@siracusa I have enjoyed his ironic comment about multiple timers being available in iOS 17 (something like “we truly live in the world of advancements”).
I remember he said something similar when presenting expanding cursor (when you move it rapidly from side to side) in El Capitan ages ago.
Chuck O'Rourke:verified:@siracusa …at least Paranoid.
Andrew Laurence@siracusa In his Berkeley talk a few years back, he discussed his guitar/ski years in some detail.
Dan Hall
Grant McConnaughey@siracusa I don’t know how to select all 4 options.
Internet Hedgehog@siracusa The guitar required all of the M2 Ultra cores to render
Eshu Marneedi@siracusa I say, no.
Patrick (he/him) 🥑
@siracusa As someone who plays a dulcimer and hurdy gurdy fairly poorly: I don't think you have to be "good" to be considered an <instrument> player XD
@gurupanguji@siracusa He could at least play the riff to paranoid decently well.
darkejon@siracusa what can’t Craig do?
Lyons
Dr. Fyzziks
Elías Chao@siracusa I believe it’s a bit of 1 and 3. The hands matched the sound, but not *quiet* perfectly.
Drew Pickard@siracusa
I don't think it was a live performance per se, but it looked like he was playing the right notes??
(I barely play guitar)
I don't think it was a live performance per se, but it looked like he was playing the right notes??
(I barely play guitar)
ryanmongold@siracusa What? No option for "Maybe, but that wasn't him."?
Oli@siracusa epic reference 😘
23photos@siracusa all the above.
Joey Cortez@siracusa His hand motions and guitar technique was solid… But I’m still in disbelief that he was actually playing… I was confused why the wireless receiver was on top of the amps. He didn’t need to be really playing guitar… unless… he WAS?!?!
FreediverX
DJ KHALED plays 'Playing God'
Rhett Rogers@siracusa seeing everything else he has done, he would also have to be able to play a three neck electric guitar
Brian King@siracusa Craig can shred.
Jonathan Joelson@siracusa I’m going to have review the video a hundred times like the Zapruder film to give a final answer
@siracusa he knows his way around the axe, but that sure wasn’t live.
Take It EV Podcast 🎙️@siracusa the riff they played , that’s a guitar 101
Niek van de Pas@siracusa it was definitely close enough to be plausible, but I don’t think the audio was actually live.
charlesesmith@siracusa probably not, but he was well coached to make it look like it.
lakhesis@siracusa It looked like he was playing some of it - the tapping he did at the start looked spot on. More difficult to tell when they did the close up on “his” hands, though.
But I also have a hard time walking past a Radiohead reference, so I voted ACPG.
Justin@siracusa Machine, learning.
Nick Kummert@siracusa the audio was definitely fake but the tapping and whammy bar dive techniques were spot on. He either shreds in real life or had a great coach for the video.
janprzy@siracusa He probably can, but that doesn't mean he actually did it here
Eoin Kelly@siracusa Fingers looked right, definitely not live but the “gimme a sec to find my place on the fingerboard" face also looked legit 😀. Can't be sure but the upper and lower guitars might have been added digitally later - the necks look to be a slightly different angle to the neck he actually played. Also two control knobs (even if they are push-pull) seems low for that many neck and pickup choices 🤷
Gregnee@siracusa
Looked real to this guitarist. Incidentalally, Nick Mohammed looked like a real violinist in a recent Ted lasso episode, to this violinist.
Looked real to this guitarist. Incidentalally, Nick Mohammed looked like a real violinist in a recent Ted lasso episode, to this violinist.
Ali Bros@siracusa he might be able to play that riff but this specific “performance” was clearly not his.