Did Babyface just fake play the guitar on the Super Bowl?

[MikeVB]

Did Babyface just fake play the guitar on the Super Bowl?

And I don't mean sync fake it.

New sh*t has come to light, man: Guys on Reddit saying BF learned to play a right hand guitar upside down and backwards ala Elizabeth Cotten.

 

[A-Bone]

What makes you think he was faking it?

 

[swampstomper]

What makes you think he was faking it?

It looked fake to me. He was using the same “chord shape” seemingly at random up and down the neck. At first I thought maybe it was an open tuning but after a bit I was thinking fake for sure.

 

[Stitch]

I came here just to see if someone posted about this

 

[CoastalRyan]

I came here specifically thinking this would be discussed.

It looked highly suspect.

My first impression is that he wasn’t playing anything.

 

[guitarz1972]

Looks like he might’ve just been loud enough to play chords into his mix.

 

[rollyfoster]

What makes you think he was faking it?

Well for one thing he’s a fake baby

 

[datowser]

Yes

 

[Racehorse]

Definitely still babyface-ish for 64 years old.

 

[BONGKARMA]

 

[saleake]

I thought it was fake.

 

[profro]

Fake

 

[Dickie Fredericks]

I can't believe there is even a question.

 

[SinglecutGuy]

He was not playing. Well, he was playing, but he wasn’t playing.

 

[ggwwbb]

Who's Babyface?

 

[mazdaguy]

Who's Babyface?

 

[Bill Dennis]

Completely fake... halftime was not any better

 

[iSeamas]

All the music is pre-recoded before the show at superbowls and have been for decades.

 

[Nebakanezer]

He plays with the low E on the bottom like Dick Dale, Eric Gales, Doyle and Albert King and can play the guitar really well! Was it piped in like instruments are known to be during the superbowl? Idk, but he is an all around talented guy!

 

[GT100]

All the music is pre-recoded before the show at superbowls and have been for decades.

And they use auto tune for the vocal (recording).