i am convinced that you are the guitar god of the 21st century.
@TheLovewhite
3 жыл бұрын
have you heard tim henson?
@johnnolcox8768
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheLovewhite good ol Timi Hendrix
@breadzeppelin2705
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheLovewhite Tim Henson plays amazingly well, but Chris Bucks playing hits you right in the feels, it's like a soul singer but on guitar.
@ggh_-ts6pn
3 жыл бұрын
have you heard of Julian Lage?
@ggh_-ts6pn
3 жыл бұрын
@@evanwilliams8908 imo for blues style Josh Smith is still better than Chris
@dannytribble1186
3 жыл бұрын
I'm 64 and have listened to bands all over the world and Chris is in the top 5 I've heard. Maby the best definitely plays with the most feeling. Some would say that he is soul moving.
@pennywise4843
3 жыл бұрын
Never thought I’d hear Chris talk about Buckethead. What a crossover. Buckethead is an absolute monster. Easily one of the greatest to ever walk the Earth.
@alexcrouse
3 жыл бұрын
And then Chris played his solo, but better. But yea, absolute legend.
@simonriley7750
3 жыл бұрын
Chris BUCK... BUCKethead... coincidence?
@slimturnpike
3 жыл бұрын
Along with another GNR alumni, Bumblefoot.
@blackstormer95
2 жыл бұрын
@@simonriley7750 ohh so thats why he had a bucket in his head all the time, so that we didn't know its Chris!
@Acekorv
3 жыл бұрын
”-Told about when I was younger” Dude like an infant? You are still so young but play like a exceptional guitar guy in his late 40s thats been playing since their teens. Intonation, feel, musicality and personality. You got it man.
@momogris6159
3 ай бұрын
The way you play the solo at the beginning is just perfect. goosebumps!!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@mattvanity284
3 ай бұрын
Chris, your talent is just unmatched 🤯
@ulfcarlstrom6684
3 жыл бұрын
That was the most musical way I ever heard anybody play the C major scale.
@wilkowilkins363
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the guitar is signing joyfully to itself... incredible
@noahtenshen
3 жыл бұрын
I've noticed a smoothness and vocal quality in my playing since I started doing this--and I started after hearing /watching you play some time ago. If ones playing is an evolution, I just started to walk on land and I see you running and even flying. Your playing is magical. Stay Well Groovy One.
@rustymacneil3227
3 жыл бұрын
Opening was absolutely heaven!!!
@aaronstone2206
3 жыл бұрын
This is Gold
@ROKZLEON
3 жыл бұрын
The beauty of learning things by ear is that sometimes you have happy accidents!!!
@birdbathbash
3 жыл бұрын
Always amazingly tasteful.
@mattbridges8908
Жыл бұрын
For anyone who is super serious about guitar, There's a book by Mick Goodrick called The Advancing Guitarist. One of the first chapters is called "The Unitar" in other words, learning to apply musical and theoretical ideas on a single string. This is a really useful skill for a number of reasons. It helped me to see intervals, scales, and melodies more clearly, and it also helped me learn to glide up and down the neck without planting my left hand too firmly in any one position. It's also a great way to see the overlapping patterns in a particular key from string to string. You can see where one idea can continue up or down a single string or when it overlaps with the neighbouring strings. This has helped me become familiar with the fret board in a big way. Still learning from that book. Highly recommend you check it out if you haven't already.
@phillseagram
2 жыл бұрын
I could listen to that intro jam ALL DAMN DAY! so good
@tunnel7
Жыл бұрын
Your soloing just sounds AMAZING Chris
@davejones4093
2 жыл бұрын
I probably understand about 9 of these words, but I appreciate every single one.
@Dadaadad268
2 жыл бұрын
Defo hearing Derek Trucks in your playing. Which is a good thing!
@willluchford8154
2 жыл бұрын
Your videos are incredible - your playing, knowledge, guidance and willingness to pass on your skills to fellow guitarists. All presented with humility and passion for the craft. Thank you Chris!
@neuchigen
2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I've only been watching you on the Facebooks! I didn't realize there was so much more to your videos! Gonna have to spend some time here now! My wife, kids and school can wait...
@VeniceKing1
10 ай бұрын
This is the best take-away from trying to play slide for years. Slide is still so hard but my soloing generally has improved.
@neilgoldberg2132
Жыл бұрын
Just insanely emotional and guttural, so damn amazing Chris!
@DesertScorpionKSA
3 жыл бұрын
I saw Santana in concert back in 1973 and he did a lot of soloing on one string.
@natenobrakes6292
3 жыл бұрын
The thing I most appreciate, apart of course from how you make the guitar sing, is how you explain what you do. It really gets me thinking about my own playing and how I can improve.
@xxnonstopdancingxx
3 жыл бұрын
I think the ear/brain expect smaller intervals rather than big jumps between notes. The interval relationship is the flavour but the general context of the interval is all about the note you last played or the note you are playing next. I find that it takes more discipline to play in a box and not end up playing a load of notes that no one needs to hear. This is a brilliant video. Real penny drop moment for me.
@danielburke9881
2 жыл бұрын
I've watched this 25 times. Great tone on the gnr track. Great vid. Cheers man Lovely closing solo✌
@yinoveryang4246
3 жыл бұрын
There's one thing Chris doesn't dwell on, he shows it at 7:50; dynamics (meaning loud and soft) and feeling. It's actually something that's precious and very rare. Due to the 80's inspired speed-freaks, who seem to have identified the ingredient they could never learn, and compensated for this with notes-per-second. If there's one lesson that I pray young folks get from Chris's videos, and genuinely beautiful playing, it's this.
@fingerstyle_basel
3 жыл бұрын
Even the one string "exercise" sounds like an anthem. holy shit.
@mattcartwright8272
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you reference Derek Trucks playing Midnight in Haarlem. Such an awesome and emotional solo that builds beautifully. It's right up there with the best of all time IMHO.
@thenoobassassin
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best examples of this I can think of is Jimi Hendrix’s solo on May this be Love. All the b string. Quite excellent.
@pierheadjump
3 жыл бұрын
⚓️ Thanks Chris 😎
@louisesonnedyreborg1487
3 жыл бұрын
Chineese Democracy is a totally underappriciated album. The solos are out of this world. Those guys know their s… The solo in This I Love is another Buckethead feat of genious
@Just_Some_Dude
2 жыл бұрын
Amen brother! There was a time.
@cesco4606
Жыл бұрын
This i love solo was writted by robin finck!
@wizaxed
3 жыл бұрын
Every solo you play is so emotive!! You are an incredible player and your musicality is crazy good. Thanks for sharing with us, Chris!!
@charlbouwer6058
3 жыл бұрын
More and more.... i find elements of your playing so unique and powerful, what a beautiful solo,
@celticfury7328
3 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more with the one string run thing, Chris. Been doing it for years, and love the results... but I didn't start because I was conscious of the breathy, vocal quality it imparted. As a kid whose left hand technique was more vice grip than finesse, I used to break a LOT of high E strings but didn't want to screw up the flow of a jam by stopping to restring. So, during the heat of battle as it were, I'd just fish around on the B string up and down the neck to do what I thought sounded okay...after a while, this became an instinctual part of my approach toward crafting lead runs, even with all the strings in place!
@meriam4109
3 жыл бұрын
It just came to me, you should do an album with Tom Bukovac, that would be the ultimate. Two of the most incredible guitar players off today in a collaboration.
@vattuvarg
3 жыл бұрын
I suggested a long youtube jam session with Chris and Lari Basilio for roughly the same reason. It would be fantastic to see the creative process in action. It would also be interesting to hear the thoughts about the playing from both guitarists separately. I hope she has a good time recording her album right now. ...my dream might happen after that. I can wait. :)
@limpindug
3 жыл бұрын
Am no convinced a thing with uncle Larry is a way to go. But what do I know 😳. Respect and stay healthy all.
@chriskowalczyk3793
3 жыл бұрын
Sick guitar in the opening
@BitsOfEternity
2 жыл бұрын
Your solo reminded me of Derek Trucks sound/playing, and as soon as you mentioned him, right after playing his clip, I had to stop to type this - had I not known it was you playing, I might have thought it was him. Your playing, sir, is Brilliant!
@ericbaird1359
3 жыл бұрын
Love your playing! Amazing tone! Great video! Segovia was a believer in playing on one string for as long as possible to maintain tone and let each string speak for itself. You should check out his old scale forms. When I was learning classical as a kid I always ran from that concept and preferred the easy across the neck forms. Now I gravitate the other way and even more so since getting into your playing. Guess the old master knew what he was talking about, and the new master of the electric definitely does.
@mr.fisher3973
3 жыл бұрын
The opening solo was sick - just amazing!!!!
@picksalot1
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you. 👍 I wanted my solo playing to sound more like a singer. One day, it dawned on me that playing on just one or two strings is very close to how singing actually works. It makes using various legato techniques, like slides, bends, changing notes on one "breath," etc. all come naturally. Another thing I do is to try and limit my fretting hand to use only one of two fingers - I prefer index and middle. It's weird, but by doing that, I feel like I "hear" better. Thanks for sharing your insights and talent. 😎
@markdavis1602
3 жыл бұрын
Ok, just not fair. MAGIC !!! Love your chops. Very tasteful. You leave me shaking my head but that's just because I'm jealous. Keep up the great videos
@richj4305
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful playing as always!! Derek Trucks also does a ton of single string runs at times and it has a great feel.
@sirlost94
3 жыл бұрын
Friday fret works: the one video I look forward to all week long
@_evolj
3 жыл бұрын
Combined with your immaculate bending technique and it’s a match made in heaven mate.
@kjones5085
3 жыл бұрын
That clip of you playing at the Castle is just 🤘🏼
@alerossi7993
3 жыл бұрын
Chris I absolutely need an album from you. Your intros and jams are stunning
@enchantederic3792
3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly why I say its much easier with a keyboard as your first instrument. Being brief on comments tonight, it's late ... Chris Buck, you ARE the Rock-God of the 21st Century. You have got to get into a better band man. Something like radiohead/with roots, inserting your guitar singing nectar into our world. Your intro solo in this vid just wails. Wish you knew me ... ;-)
@MarttiSuomivuori
2 жыл бұрын
Your playing is beautiful.
@hiimawasteoftime8678
2 жыл бұрын
I loved the journey you took me on in the first solo
@rekkaenteria614
3 жыл бұрын
That intro is one of the best solos I heard. Literally.
@myrddintheblue
2 жыл бұрын
When I first started playing guitar, I did a lot of playing on one string up and down the guitar, and after I started formalizing my learning, I quickly discarded that, as I (foolishly) believed it was amateurish to not play box scales "like the pros". I wish I'd had a voice of reason like you around to encourage me. Thanks for all of your informational content. This has quickly become my favorite youtube channel.
@fuzzyguitar54
3 жыл бұрын
Good tip. It’s actually the same technique I used on my submission for the “Tell Me How It Feels” solo competition.
@Neelfy01
2 жыл бұрын
I was always slightly embarrassed playing this way as I always kind of felt it people would think it was incorrect (of course it isn't, its music nothing is really incorrect) but it felt right and to me it sounds better/more natural. What you said about a vocalist makes a whole lot of sense. Thanks for sharing. Now a sub. \m/ :-D
@ratwynd
3 жыл бұрын
I started doing a lot of sliding between notes as I was learning to play some lead and really liked the mix of playing in both axis. Initially because I didn't know scale tonal intervals very well and I could slide onto the target note (still not expert/instant) and when mixed with a bit of bends or trem., slides with single note runs really opens up the sound and makes things more fluid sounding. This works in tandem with your video on call/response playing very well. I learned a lot from both. The one note slide bits make the sound more 'vocal' in flavor. Always enjoy Friday Fretworks.
@jeffmckinnon5842
2 жыл бұрын
That trem bar really does save the day when we screw up as well!
@erickmo1188
3 жыл бұрын
You’ve rocketed into a ridiculously mature musician. Your use of space, timing and phrasing is unbelievable. Prob the most inspiring guitar player out there right now.
@ronrumsey3205
3 жыл бұрын
Chris, you nailed it! Single string leads yield a much more natural, vocal sounding result. Rock on, dude!
@glarrymoreme
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers Chris, it's a really refreshing way to look at guitar playing. Sometimes there is so much pressure for guitar players to sweep up and down scale shapes. But using one string and sliding is a great unique sound and something I am going to try
@aymenbenhamida950
11 ай бұрын
This guy unlocked in me a deeper new connection with rock blues that I could never imagine.
@ozannidayi
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting...something novice guitarists do to get started in soloing....but i have found myself enjoying one string soloing very much recently...then i stumbled on this video! Thanks very much!!
@adde65
2 жыл бұрын
Great lesson for any string player!
@moustachio334
2 жыл бұрын
I started soling on one string (kinda) when I began ear training to songs that didn’t have guitar solos and filling in certain parts with lead guitar. I found it’s the easiest way to memorize a key and once I know the scale on one string, obviously it’s easy to figure out what boxes to use on higher strings. Sounds more vocal-like if you use one string.
@daviddevoti3526
2 жыл бұрын
My mind is completely blown. My playing will be changed forever. Thank you for this beautiful information. I love the way you attack the strings. Cheers
@SomeKindOfMadman
3 жыл бұрын
Chris Buck, such an insightful vid, thank you kindly for it
@urcurlydawg932
3 жыл бұрын
You're amazing. Will definitely keep that in mind
@davidvandegaer750
3 жыл бұрын
That is such a great sound. It’s powerful and direct... I love those semitone bends that are repeated a fret apart, up and down, to give a howling voice to the run. Superb!
@mr.economie1827
3 жыл бұрын
One of my fav guitar player, Mr. Andy Timmons, also a master at this style of playing... Thank you for your version of it
@TheOddPlatypus
2 жыл бұрын
Opening new paths of expression with the instrument. Glorious sounds!
@Mr_Bio_Hazard
2 жыл бұрын
Bloody good guitar there matey. Keep it up.
@eamonmcdermott4032
3 жыл бұрын
You sir, are positively merciless with your guitars! I think it's bloody fantastic! Thanks mucker.
@jeremybnz
3 жыл бұрын
OMG THAT INTRO JAM!!!
@captain4420
3 жыл бұрын
Said it before and will say it again I love all your content but this is your best material. Honestly I think you may make the best guitar material on KZitem. In my opinion. Even my non guitarist friends know I watch Friday fretwork, Thank you for such awesome content.
@knockknock3686
2 жыл бұрын
Awsome opening solo Chris.. made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up ….
@stickman55100
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant as always!!!
@samueljames580
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve loved this solo for years and to hear someone else say it’s one of the best of all time (or at least got some of the best licks in it) is so sick to hear, always felt I was alone in loving this song and this album. Chinese Democracy isn’t a GnR record, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an incredible one. The emotion on some of those tracks is unreal! Thanks for this Chris. Stellar as always lad
@casey9020
Жыл бұрын
Andy Timmons does a lot of single string phrasing as well. It's very smooth and fluid when done well
@davibelo
3 жыл бұрын
the video I was waiting for.. I was admire this style of yours! thanks for reminder us to exercise this!
@johnc.mitchelljr.2716
3 жыл бұрын
thanks for the pointer ! it works !
@cyrildia
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip, but whatever you might be talking about, I never can take my eyes off your right hand. Incredible! So creative! Have you ever done a video about your picking techniques?
@toastfacegrilla3321
3 жыл бұрын
It is interesting listening to your dynamics when playing like this. That vocal quality definitely comes through with use of the slide, but also in how you often allow the notes to natural ring out (decrease in volume) and when you pluck the string again to focus on matching the dynamic of the previous note. This also shows in how you use hybrid picking to control the tone of the plucked noted. The dynamic matches a vocalist who would be at the end of breath when singing longer lines, who would use chest or falsetto voice and how a vocalist would project their voice and even break up/ distort the voice giving that more aggressive tone. These are some of the reasons i've been so attracted to your style of playing, as its something i've always worked on but never mastered.
@tonyaguirre8316
3 жыл бұрын
Another great vid Chris!
@NeilNTR
3 жыл бұрын
Beginner just picked up the guitar during quarantine last year. I've been doing this 1-2 string playing because I was just used to thinking notes in length due to the keyboards/piano being my first instrument. I see a row of piano keys when I look at a single string. That said I really need to practice using all the strings because I will never progress.
@stevengaryballmoonbugmusic5455
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris, interesting and entertaining as usual. You know many of us when were starting out on guitar, we focused on one string except for chords of course. I'm totally self taught and learned fretboard knowledge on my own but I also played trumpet first. For shits and giggles I worked up the solo for Gravity by John Mayer. I don't know how he actually played it but it worked best for me on the first string E. It's in the Key of Gmajor. I don't have my guitar handy but I recall playing A on the fifth fret hammering to B sliding up to C pulling B to A. Repeating the hammering of A to B but this time sliding to D. The rest of the solo required two or more strings primarily 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Point is, the timbre is more uniform on one string and the hammers and pulloffs and slides complete the effect. Sometimes you want to stick too one or two strings to keep the tone and string balance even. Thanks again.
@davidkodym6029
2 жыл бұрын
Aha! that is the way to use the tone knob. It adds so much to the tension.
@AlanMcKennaVideos
3 жыл бұрын
It’s the bits in between the notes that makes the music sound real ;) It’s particularly refreshing to hear it in this digital age of music making
@tr3f
Жыл бұрын
that 1st jam, wow!
@abfranklin8492
3 жыл бұрын
Remarkable similarity to Derek Trucks. Phrasing, tone, emotion - great stuff.
@vivien1252
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. awesome, just like every week.
@ashamael
3 жыл бұрын
Your horizontal approach lends itself to all kinds of great legato which really stands out in your playing, man. Adds all kinds of touch, feel, and all of the other buzz words we love to throw out there.
@antoniofirmaio2541
3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha watched this and picked up my guitar and instantly noticed the difference! Thanks Chris!!!!
@dh9228
3 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Great to hear there was a time, I’ve always loved that solo🤘🏻
@BrianOboylemusic
3 жыл бұрын
Dude I love your work, huge fan so thank you! It’s amazing I’m 45 , playing my whole life, pretty average but I definitely thought of solos in terms of scales, this concept you introduced is really a game changer, thanks again. Keep going man every Friday I get to escape the problems of everyday life And enjoy a Friday fretworks
@KelticKabukiGirl
2 жыл бұрын
I never learned scales or anything starting in 89 kinda poor and not in an area where I could take lessons from a Metalhead. I always ran up and down the strings instead of across the fretboard. I felt like I wasn't as good as other musicians cus I wasn't a sweep picking clone, but I definitely developed my own "Unorthodox" style. Not only was I able to sing Iron Maiden and Judas Priest vocal lines (6 octave Dramatic Tenor Operatic Metal Singer as well) but I would play the vocal lines on guitar and ripped over the the riffs. Then I got into Jazz and, still, as today, musically illiterate and I learned how to improv solos and gave me the key to the door of the wall. It would help me develope a very stand out style and helped me develop a hell of a legato and can play a 10 minute solo with just my left hand. That is fun to a new crowd! It's nice to know I just learned how to play the hard way😅
@jozsefizsak
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and enjoyable. Even though I don't play the instrument, learning more about it is tremendously satisfying and adds to the experience of listening to the music.
@gearViewmirror
3 жыл бұрын
You should try playing! It's freedom, man!🤘🎸🤘
@jozsefizsak
3 жыл бұрын
@@gearViewmirror I'm kinda getting up there but you never know!
@shivasirons8971
3 жыл бұрын
FYI - when I was watching the clip of your solo with Cardinal Black, I noticed a section that was very much like something I'd hear in a Derek Trucks solo. In fact, I actually stated as much out loud to nobody in particular, as I was alone (unless Marley counts - but he's a cat). And I agree 1000% with your comment on the Midnight in Harlem video - it's one of the most beautiful and moving solos I've ever heard
@pyfoxx
2 жыл бұрын
Love this. When I was about 13 myself and a few of my friends were all learning guitar and I developed a 'bad habbit' of just doing solos of one string. I always saw it as something I shouldn't do, now having learned more across the fretboard and seeing this it's nice to know how useful of a tool it turned out to be!
@martinj8936
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome.. as always.. amazing feel but just making guitar informative... and more.. those solos... I'd pay to see you in concert every day of the week
@straight8ight
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris, you're one of the more informative inspiring greats on the web.
@AndyMangele
Жыл бұрын
I often play solos on just one string, for example when I'm using the e-bow or when I want to add a sitar-like drone.
@peterhwilliams
3 жыл бұрын
That gave me chills.
@pauleddy5146
3 жыл бұрын
It also has a different timbre on the lighter string vs the heavier lower strings in the vertical box.
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