My God, that opening jam is the definition of TASTY🤤
@NoBSMusicReviews
6 ай бұрын
You should hear the version he did of it on an earlier episode on a 335 - incredible!
@galicjusz8188
6 ай бұрын
@@NoBSMusicReviews I definitely will, thanks! Haven't watched guitar related content in a while now😅
@williamadamsmusic3025
6 ай бұрын
I'm drooling, as usual with Chris! Perfect melodic genius!
@andrenascimento5851
6 ай бұрын
I couldn't agree more! Killer playing 🤘🏻⚡️🎸
@JohnThomas-yy8sx
6 ай бұрын
That opening jam ripped my soul apart in the best way possible...
@NoBSMusicReviews
6 ай бұрын
He played (I think) an even better version of it on this episode: The End of Gibson's 'Golden Era'?
@picksalot1
6 ай бұрын
I agree with you 100%. I started with a Strat with 3 single coil pickups. Over time, I modded in many different ways. It now has one Humbucker in the Bridge location, and that has been liberating. I ride both the Volume and Tone Pots. 😎 The Bridge is the most harmonically rich location for a Pickup, as far as overtones go, and that provides with the widest options in tone/timbre. Some Pickup Switches can bleed the sound of one Pickup into another, causing some degree of "Phasing" between the Pickups. This can be easily tested by setting the Pickup Selector to one Pickup, and tapping on the pole pieces of the other Pickup with a metal paperclip. If you hear the tapping from the pickup, it's bleeding sound. Another thing to consider is if you use a Modeler, having multiple Pickups can be detrimental because you typically dial in the perfect Preset on a particular Pickup, and switching to a different can compromise that tone.
@popsanddais
Ай бұрын
man that opening jam sounds like a killer version of you know youre right
@marleenvos4126
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for another great episode, your playing is so inspiring. But what I also love is the backing tracks: I wouldn't mind an episode where you explain how you create those, as they are epic in their own right...
@chrisorrell3066
5 ай бұрын
You really love using a lot of triads in your phrasing and lead work huh?! That awesome.
@GraemeCampbellMusic
6 ай бұрын
I've got a Gibson DC Tribute Les Paul Junior and its the best sounding guitar I own. Makes you just play. It has a few flaws but its an absolute beast
@ToddRobinson-zr2ei
5 ай бұрын
what delay were you using with the esquire ? beautiful playing, beautiful sound.
@greendragon4571
6 ай бұрын
Next week, Chris discusses Alistair Campbell and Bagpipes on the album…
@joelpoitras6226
6 ай бұрын
Same goes for a plain traditonal solid state or tube amp. There are many digital amp modelers with tons of good effects nowadays. But i always find myself tweaking with them and not really getting any playing done. Through the years i find that the more gears i have , the less creative i become. Too much options leaves you thinking and trying to get the optimal tone that will never satisfy you. Simplicity has its advantage.
@Veagle-vz4tg
6 ай бұрын
Oh yes...been there also, but with one of those All-In-One multi effects pedals. Spend most of my time just endlessly "experimenting' but really not getting anything useful done...it just had to go. Straight into a decent valve amp sounds so much more vibrant - but acknowledging that we need a little help here and there, I went for individual pedals (analoguewhere possible). However, I found myself gradually drifting back into the badlands of over-complexity, so I recently stripped my pedal board right back to the basic necessities - now I am back to playing and really exploring what my guitars and amp can really do. It's fun.
@glennmartin4232
6 ай бұрын
How true..,.
@beatsinabar1017
6 ай бұрын
The thing about a modelling amp… what does it sound like itself, when it's not pretending to be something else?!
@poisoneddog2967
6 ай бұрын
ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING PLAYERS IVE EVER SEEN ABSOLUTE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@nuthinbutlove
6 ай бұрын
I'm sitting here listening and watching your numbers rapidly rise. I can't imagine any guitar not sounding great in your hands. You are the beast!
@thornil2231
6 ай бұрын
That's the problem it doesn't tell much about the guitar.
@jonathanlunneberg1722
6 ай бұрын
That jam on the Melody Maker was killer.
@wtpfeffer
6 ай бұрын
I bought a LP/SG Junior in 1967 - it was brilliant, and made me into a musician. Still am, 58 or so years later.
@ericgiova1663
6 ай бұрын
I've been speaking Spanish daily for 30 years now, since I moved to Mexico. I still have an accent. It's not a question of pronunciation or articulation, it's more a question of rhythm. I still use the same rhythm in my sentences as in French, my native language. You can change instruments, but your hands still "pronounce" the phrases in the same way. I think what's important here is how you feel. Does it feel good ? Oh yeah ! Grab it, period.
@sobrevida157
6 ай бұрын
this is a wonderful illustration. . . thanks!
@pieteytrenton2747
6 ай бұрын
Perfect. You it's Chris playing straight away by "accent"... Like all great player's Couldn't be better explained.
@hkguitar1984
6 ай бұрын
What a fantastic analogy, thank you
@MultiSpeedr
6 ай бұрын
You playing that 50's junior definitely proves that versatility is there for real...
@mortenjensen2682
6 ай бұрын
I've been speaking English since I was a kid and I still have an accent
@rafalskydog8028
6 ай бұрын
What a great sound! Just ask Charlie Starr of BlackBerry Smoke, he'll confirm….
@stevenhazlewood398
6 ай бұрын
Bring that single pickup Revstar with you when you come to Nashville!!! I want to hear that thing live!😊
@alexandermcphie6349
6 ай бұрын
could listen to chris speak and play all day
@TwangThang57
6 ай бұрын
Recently converted my Tele to an Esquire. Couldn’t be more pleased with the result. So refreshing to have just one pickup to deal with.
@majwilsonlion
6 ай бұрын
Could you not have just positioned the switch to operate only one pickup?
@TwangThang57
6 ай бұрын
@@majwilsonlion Not the same, much cleaner without the signal going through the switch, extra wiring,…….not to mention the extra magnetic pull on the strings from the second pickup. I also use a no load tone pot. Very pure signal compared to a traditional tele setup.
@danmejia4361
6 ай бұрын
Chris how can I learn to play the guitar like you? You are such a good player.
@chokkan7
6 ай бұрын
Damn, Chris; that opening salvo would have done Mick Ronson proud...very impressive.
@freespeech-advocate
6 ай бұрын
that intro was feckn great bro🤟😎🎸
@kenarts11
6 ай бұрын
Chris is the most melodic guitarist out here
@NicoBellisarioMusic
6 ай бұрын
I have a Gibson Joan Jett melody maker. Changed my life.
@JimmieBratcher
6 ай бұрын
Great opening Jam. I have a ‘64 SG Jr that I’ve had since ‘66. I went looking for an affordable single pickup guitar and bought an Eastman SB55DC with a Lollar pickup. I’m impressed, it was well worth the investment.
@brianeckert774
6 ай бұрын
one of my favorite LP Jr. tones were on the recordings of Jethro Tull, Martin Barr used LP Jr almost exclusively in the early albums, Aqualung the solo was such great tone, along with Locomotive breath, Teacher etc.
@alexandermclaughlin3978
6 ай бұрын
Oh man, i never knew that 😮Makes so much sense though, with that insane touch sensitivity and the tone is to die for. Thanks for the knowledge man 😀
@danswansonguitar
6 ай бұрын
Add Leslie West on those classic Mountain albums.
@KKMcK1
6 ай бұрын
Exquisite player!!!! I heard touches and tastes of Jimi's Hey Joe in that opening jam.
@jimmyjimmy951
6 ай бұрын
And smashes the ball out the park with the Revstar in the closing jam. 👍🇦🇺
@crystaloffrost
5 ай бұрын
Do you have lessons, books or something how to solo :)? Such soulful playing. So not fast picking and staccato playing. So organic.
@egg43002
6 ай бұрын
Mate you can make anything sound amazing
@TheSuperspyk
6 ай бұрын
I very much look up to you as a guitarist and hope that with enough practice one day that my best day of playing will be on a level with your worst However, following your fingers during the second solo, with the speed AND clarity of the speedy runs - I have come to conclusion that you are not a skilled guitarist. The only conclusion I can come to is that you must simply mash your hand against the fretboard and that it is divine intervention alone that it comes out so brilliantly. Very much that one monkey able to produce an entire work of shapespear on a typewriter. I hope I get the funds together and get a ticket in time to see cardinal black this October when you’re touring the UK You are and will 100% go down as one of the greats of our age.
@nisiunavoce1264
6 ай бұрын
Another great video. Thanks. I've put many hours and years on my '57 Gibson es 225. Single p90, plain and simple. Like many have said, it's not the guitar but the hands and fingers making it sing. Your fingers make mine sound like fingernails on the chalkboard.
@AN-zl9rq
5 ай бұрын
You are great even at volume "0". I simply love watching your hands playing
@tunnel7
6 ай бұрын
WOW that was just amazing playing yet again Chris
@navaho5430
6 ай бұрын
You never fail to entertain. Cheers from OZ.
@GuitarIv69
5 ай бұрын
I said it once I'll say it again: your playing is not on another level, it's from another planet! You can make anything sound good!
@JW-og4bj
6 ай бұрын
Haven't tuned in for a while, your playing has really reached an impressive level man.
@TheFlutecart
6 ай бұрын
A Tele with only the bridge pup is quite a tone machine when you trick out the wiring. I've seen them with 1meg ohm pots for Volume, no-load pots on the Tone and Varitone cap switch on the three way. It's amazing what you can squeeze out of that thing into a tube amp but I really had to ride the tone and volume controls. Wanted one every since I played that guitar.
@sneifert1968
6 ай бұрын
I didn’t know Revstars came in a single pickup version.🔥
@Nutmegger7
5 ай бұрын
While the opening jam was fantastic, the jam with the '60 Melody Maker was phenomenal! Your touch is amazing and I couldn't get over the sustain. So happy to hear you've opened up to single pick-up guitars.
@larselofsson2297
6 ай бұрын
Yaaas. Been playing LP juniors exclusively for the last 4 years, and I view it almost like an acoustic guitar. It is what it is, and it is exactly what you make of it. Love it 💛
@frankzappa951
6 ай бұрын
Fek me Chris!!!
@blakelycreative3171
6 ай бұрын
I love the gut wrenching simplicity of a single pick up guitar. Stripped down, no BS, the perfect weapon for raw power.
@kevinmurtagh4996
6 ай бұрын
I didn’t know simplicity could be “gut-wrenching”. 😉 All jokes aside, I agree with you 100%!
The master of epic solos of epic solos of epic solos of epic sol..... (sorry, forgot to turn off my delay pedal).
@Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed
6 ай бұрын
Could the boys and gals at Yamaha cook you up a Revstar Jr?
@Evy-1988
6 ай бұрын
it's funny to me how every 'debate' about jr's revolves around versatility. What I know is that since I bought my Gibson Jr, I haven't played anything else since. The whole point is to just play more, speak through your guitar, don't worry so much :)
@Evy-1988
6 ай бұрын
I would go as far as to say I don't quite understand what the point is of having several pickups in a guitar
@dylanadams1455
6 ай бұрын
do you find that rather than switching to another pickup, you adjust your technique to obtain different sounds?
@Evy-1988
6 ай бұрын
good question. I don't really know, and I've been giving it some thought because I find it an interesting question. I think maybe... that happens automatically because as a guitarist, you're always trying to get the best, dynamic, most meaningful sound out of your instrument that sits in the mix and suits the song right?
@robmcd
6 ай бұрын
The guitar tech at my local guitar shop says people bring in these crazy 10 or 12 way switches to get the most sounds from their guitars… and they end up with maybe three settings that sound good.
@paulhunter3247
6 ай бұрын
What can you say about the playing that hasn’t already been said!? I’ve been waiting months for Gibson to announce a 70th anniversary Les Paul Junior but so far I’m still waiting… in hope!
@Lord_Stinkfoot
6 ай бұрын
Do everyone a favor and make a solo album. Scorch the earth.
@Baci302
6 ай бұрын
Amazing plying, Chris.
@thornil2231
6 ай бұрын
An anecdote I found on the net regarding the meaning of TV yellow. Not the meaning that we all know, but actually that it was to be a response to Fender Telecaster. That being said there is (for me) something similar between a tele and a Les Paul Junior or Special. They are basic electric guitars as opposed to Strats or 335 or Les Paul Standards. That being said I do enjoy your videos. Beside being an incredible player, you show some passion and know what you are talking about.
@raulromo7930
6 ай бұрын
@chris buck definitely one of your best jams and tones ever this les paul totally suits you
@mk8530
6 ай бұрын
He makes a conversation with his playing. I am not worthy
@TexasJackdaw
6 ай бұрын
Wonderful Friday Fretworks, as expected (as always). You’re not only such a gifted and dynamic player - you are exceptional with your spoken content. Always on point and beautifully lit and filmed/edited. So glad I discovered your channel a few years ago and am excited to see your channel blow up, as it certainly deserves to. Thank you, Chris, for your excellent content. Cheers from Texas, US 🙏
@dwaynemcallister7231
6 ай бұрын
I am sure I'm one of many who really like the sounds you are making when your fingers touch the strings! I don't have a valuable vintage guitar but I love my 1979 Yamaha SL500! As for single pick up guitars you proved they can sound awesome!
@efx245precor3
6 ай бұрын
Chris’ outstanding playing makes these videos a treat
@NoBSMusicReviews
6 ай бұрын
Of course, some of us just tend to like neck pickups better. Has ANYONE ever made a neck-pickup-only solid body electric? Never seen one. I used to be a Strat guy, and thought Teles to be too limiting. My main guitar is now a very Tele-Thinline-esque St. Blues 61 South, a criminally underrated guitar, one with the greatest sounding P-90s (in the neck position) that I've ever heard. I learned that 2 is better than 3 for my main go-to axe, but without a single-neck-pup guitar, I doubt my main squeeze will change to a single pup axe. Of course, it'd be lovely to have an LP Jr. in my stable...
@maxonmendel5757
6 ай бұрын
I just thought the same thing. I have p90 that I need to build a guitar out of. single bridge is p standard but wouldn't single neck be more balanced and flexible? two things. weren't the first jazz archtops neck only? and whats the effective difference between neck vs bridge with tone rolled off? is it midrange? just food for thought
@MrVinB
6 ай бұрын
Look for the Gibson Les Paul Junior Rhythm, there are some vids on KZitem about is. It has the p90 in the neck.
@TheSoundCoop
6 ай бұрын
The playing on this vid was just killer!! And yup. Spent 20 years overlooking the Junior / 1 Pickup thing. Figured it was a novelty. But always wanted one in my collection for Nostalgia. Got an amazing Murphy Lab '58 Junior late last year. Holy smokes! The tones are great. Chords just bloom. But its also inspiring in a really different way. Can't really explain it. It's almost like the guitar is filled with undiscovered riffs. It makes my brain wanna do that thing. Regardless, thanks for always kicking out sick videos 🙌🏻
@mauti8550
6 ай бұрын
Cool playing
@Ghoster311
6 ай бұрын
Lots of people praising the into I’ll praise the outro. This episode was bookended in 🔥
@stewarthouse9921
6 ай бұрын
Chris apart from the education you give with your Friday fretworks the main thing you give is the urge to play my guitar, your style , your sound your passion makes me me want to play and do nothing else you are an inspiration and a down to earth guy that makes me love playing more and more , Thank you Buddy
@wmot206
6 ай бұрын
Oh, my! The Esquire solo around 10:00!
@marcofioravanti4176
6 ай бұрын
Kudos from me for that Black Revstar and the savage playing, of course!
@Savvathan
6 ай бұрын
Hi Chris! Thanks for another great video! Which fuzz pedal are you using for the outro jam?
@frankenstein4106
6 ай бұрын
I love single pickup guitars! I've had several variations in the past, and currently own an Eastman SB55DC/v and a Gibson Les Paul Junior. Having a good intonated bridge really adds to the guitars sound and playability. I like the Faber bridge on the Eastman, and added a Music City Bridge to the Junior.
@TheWelhaven
6 ай бұрын
I sold my Eastman last week. It was a great guitar, but I found a Collings 290 with wraparound bridge and parallellogram inlays, and I’ve been wanting one since I was stupid and sold the one I owned in 2017. I’m happy that Eastman gets more and more recognitions out there.
@Stirling62
6 ай бұрын
Super melodic playing on the Esquire! Seriously impressed!
@alexandermclaughlin3978
6 ай бұрын
Jesus Chris, that intro was the best tone I've ever heard from you 😮 I'm definitely in the category of people who "just didn't get it", in regards to the single-pickup guitars. That was until I found a Japanese Tokai DC Jr. in TV Yellow, for an awfully good price used. It's scary how good that guitar is, especially with the electrics swapped for better stuff, a Faber bridge and a Lollar Dogear. All in all, i have under 750£ in that guitar 😍
@wirehairs
6 ай бұрын
Chris, check out the Hamer Special from the 80's or 90's. They are choice guitars!
@thezootsuits8151
6 ай бұрын
Wish I could find one at a reasonable price.
@riffcodgerpetermcaleer8638
6 ай бұрын
Oh dear Buckmaster. I too have been looking for a junior. I fear that following your erudite video I will require substantially more funding.
@Mikey__R
6 ай бұрын
The Buck Effect!
@grahamnunn8998
6 ай бұрын
I put together a Steampunk themed Cabronita style 1 pick-up guitar as an experiment. It is great fun on stage but I love teaching wirh it and showing students how the tone control and hand position can make dramatic changes.
@pieteytrenton2747
6 ай бұрын
I have a request mr buck, i dont expect to even see this msg .. But id love to hear you on a Gretsch semi hollow g2622t .... Think itll suit your style
@VeniceKing1
6 ай бұрын
He did do a video on Gretschs generally. He seems to sound amazing on all guitar types!
@pieteytrenton2747
6 ай бұрын
@@VeniceKing1 thanks mate just finished watching it... He does sound amazing on all breeds, truth.
@djb3545
6 ай бұрын
That opening jam was absolutely amazing!
@Incountry
6 ай бұрын
Billy Gibbons…. His Gold/Green LP Standard removed neck pup now a signature guitar.. Want something really good, then find yourself a 1992-1993 Hammer Special USA in TV Yellow made of real South American mahogany wood and not Indian rosewood fret board (they did a cherry mahogany also) this is the nearest thing to a custom shop off the shelf made guitar.
@uniqdzign2
6 ай бұрын
I'm here for this, the Friday video! Chris, without a doubt, you are the finest soulful expression of what playing guitar is all about! Your choice of notes is off the charts, and when you 'dig in' the whole thing lights up! Thank you for Fridays, Chris!
@erikadegroot1774
6 ай бұрын
That intro, all I can say is allemachtig! (It's a Dutch word we use for a myriad of reasons. Just like "Fuhgeddaboudit" from the film "Donnie Brasco"). We recently went to a vintage guitar expo and I think I saw some of the guitars you featured. I also saw a guitar with a label "Chris Buck pickup". That was cool to see 😁
@thornil2231
6 ай бұрын
I would be interested in your view on Les Paul Junior vs Les Paul Special. I just got an Epiphone Les Paul Special. I debated for a while, I think they were about the same price. Is there really a difference? I have other nicer guitars, I basically bought that one to play Midnight Rambler.
@alanwatson3367
6 ай бұрын
This guy just smokes my brain
@arottie4097
6 ай бұрын
W0W!
@paredair
6 ай бұрын
Could you do a tutorial video one day on how you record your jams? ❤
@bundgensfrank1776
6 ай бұрын
what a freakin good sound holy smoke!!!! is this the helix?
@iburley_
29 күн бұрын
The biggest thing that playing a single pickup guitar for a while taught me was that guitars with multiple of the same style of pickup is more for speed and convenience than actually getting more sounds. You can make the bridge pickup sound like the neck pickup by rolling back volume and tone, but it's quicker to just slap the switch. That made me prioritize a humbucker/P90 guitar over two humbuckers or two P90s.
@therealdavegrohl1098
6 ай бұрын
Thoroughly enjoy FFWs; looking forward to you Andertons vid
@liamfellows3905
6 ай бұрын
What amp you using here ??
@christoffertornquist3373
3 ай бұрын
yeah.... you just start a random friday fretworks video and you are hit with a nuke intro face melter jaw dropping performance. GAWD DAMN!!!
@kiddcomet3563
6 ай бұрын
Super awesome playing, mad skills
@NoBSMusicReviews
6 ай бұрын
Amazing: you have now recorded at least three versions of one of my favorite guitar solos of all time by anybody. Thank you.
@sgt.grinch3299
6 ай бұрын
Gibson has made neck only melody makers & jrs.
@TheWelhaven
6 ай бұрын
I don’t need much versatility 😂 I’ve a Maybach Albatroz 65 (aka Gibson SG Junior) and a Collings 290 (aka Gibson LP Special). That’s rock’n roll enough for me!
@billkeaveney1526
6 ай бұрын
Single Pickup is ideal for a rhythm guitarist
@paulillingworth90
6 ай бұрын
Have Cardinal Black tour the East Coast of the U.S. New Jersey preferably. I’d def go to New York or Pennsylvania as well.
@coffeekhan
5 ай бұрын
Stopped the video after the opening solo to say, LIBERATING! Ok, on to the rest of the video . . .
@cellmate6
6 ай бұрын
First time I saw, heard a ( I think double cut) LP junior live was the guitarist of Johnny Kidd and the Pirates probably around 62-63- incredible tone - like on “Shakin all over”. I thought ‘what is that great guitar’, had never seen one before that , Plenty since!
@dylanadams1455
6 ай бұрын
Lots of love for the intro solo here, and rightfully so, but that heavy riff on the outro just got me.
@aschneider70
6 ай бұрын
You are the BEST 🙌
@pkflash2004
6 ай бұрын
Love my Gibson LP jr DC with single Dog Ear P90. There's something about the way it has clarity with the volume rolled back a touch but then becomes a Monster when you hit 10! I could easily live with it being just 'the one' guitar but every now and then I want the twang of a Tele middle or Hendrixy neck of a Strat, and no matter how you experiment with volume and tone of a P90, you're not going to get those sounds.
@flotenn3351
6 ай бұрын
I do own a epiphone 57 RI which is my recommandation for buying a Junior on a budget. I also have an Esquire and only using the bridge humbucker of my strat. The tone and Volume Controls offer so much possibilities.
@madbrowndog4887
6 ай бұрын
Early in the video, I'm thinking, if you can't find a LPJr, why not just mod one of your Revstars? Come to the Outro Jam - oh, that's just the ticket!
@raymondsiewert2720
6 ай бұрын
Les Paul juniors, and even specials have risen in price to levels never expected by the market they occupied. Forget about vintage 50's-60's models, they are out of most people's price range .😮
@mikeaustin4138
6 ай бұрын
OMG, stop with the "string pull" nonsense. The physics simply doesn't support it. The magnets are not nearly strong enough to exert a pull on the miniscule mass of the string. Also, don't believe the BS coming from guitar builder reps: they're always trying to sell you something.
@nathanbottrell2529
6 ай бұрын
Check out the Eastman SB55/V Chris, you might be pleasantly surprised, and not just at the price point!
@beatsinabar1017
6 ай бұрын
I'll have to get my Samick Linda (single pup, sort of inspired by the LPJ) off the wall afer hearing this. Thing is, it has no tone control, so to avoid spoiling its minimalist aesthetic, I've put one on the access plate at the back. Maybe I'll have to rethink this… great video as always, an essential friday night visit!
@richardryan8462
6 ай бұрын
First off, gorgeous playing as usual, and just a great sounding guitar. T'be honest, to me the best sounding rock and blues guitars I've heard by far have been the Les Paul Juniors and the early Fender Esquires with the Broadcaster bridge pickups. However, it does seem to me that people are hesitant to approach the problem of making these guitars something that can be tuned. It would be interesting to see you do a video on an Esquire with a traditional bridge versus having it with a Mastery bridge which allows you to keep it in tune with modern round wound strings (unwound G, of course). And then it might even be even _more_ interesting to see you do a demonstration of a Les Paul Junior with a traditional bridge versus having it with a Hipshot BabyGrand bridge which should keep it in tune no matter what strings you use. Maybe these bridges don't sound as good. Maybe that's why they're not used as much as I would think they'd be. Who knows? If people heard these things next to each other then they could make up their minds for themselves.
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