Machine Gun Kelly hits back at TikToker who said he doesn’t play his guitar live

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Machine Gun Kelly has hit back at a TikTok user who suggested that he doesn’t play guitar live at his concertsAs E! News reports, a TikToker called Gunnar DüGrey – who claimed that he works at a Guitar Center shop – uploaded a post titled “Machine Gun Kelly EXPOSED” to the video platform last week.In it, DüGrey shows the viewer the “kill switch” feature on MGK’s signature pink Schecter guitar.“Flip this in the down position,” he demonstrated in his video, claiming that the function “cuts out all the volume and the music is completely silent”.

DüGrey then displayed an image of Kelly performing live onstage with the guitar model in question.“Exhibit B – he’s definitely playing here.

Let’s zoom in,” he told viewers, before showing that the switch is “definitely still in the down position”.“Surely there’s some out there where it’s not like that, right?” DüGrey asked before pulling up another gig shot. “Dude…,” he added after letting out a sigh of disappointment.“I’m not making any definitive claims here, but it certainly seems like [Kelly] doesn’t use [the switch] for much other than muting his guitar while he plays.” You can watch the video below.Machine Gun Kelly EXPOSED JK ProbablyJustACoincidence FYP MachineGunKelly MGK Guitar GuitarDrama Exposed MGKExposed ♬ original sound – Gunnar DüGrey Taking to his own TikTok profile on Wednesday (March 9), MGK shared a one-minute clip of himself watching DüGrey’s analysis.“Hold on, one second,” Kelly said, adding that the user had “reversed engineered [the switch] to look like that”.

He went on to demonstrate how the instrument is in fact active when the toggle is in a down position.“I only play my guitar live,” MGK said later. “You should go watch the performance – you can clearly.