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Watch Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” From Inside an Acoustic Guitar

Yes, you read that right: you can watch Metallica’s Black Album ballad “Nothing Else Matters” from inside the guitar and it’s insane. Usually, dropping your iPhone into the soundhole of…

REMAGEN, GERMANY – DECEMBER 11: Master guitar craftsman Tobias Ahlke plays the first tones of an acoustic guitar body at his workshop on December 11, 2019 in Remagen, Germany. Ahlke produces acoustic and electric guitars from carefully selected types of wood and needs about 100 working hours to produce a single acoustic guitar. His clients wait up to a year for his Essence brand of custom-made guitars. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Yes, you read that right: you can watch Metallica's Black Album ballad "Nothing Else Matters" from inside the guitar and it's insane.

Usually, dropping your iPhone into the soundhole of your acoustic guitar wouldn't be considered a smooth move. But in this case, it's the right move. Our YouTube guitarist does just that, fiddles around a bit, then starts playing the opening notes of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters. That's when your high school physics class (that you probably skipped) kicks in.

You can see the vibrations of the guitar strings! Those vibrations are called standing waves, and they looks cool as hell with the backdrop of blue sky dotted with little fluffy clouds. Take a look below, and don't say I never taught you anything.

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