Was just thinking the same! The original series theme quite different to Chris version, although there was a Mel Gibson movie remake so maybe thats where it pays its dues?
This guy is so interesting to watch. I look in awe of how good this young man is already. His phrasing is elegant, yet powerful. He has such fluidity in his playing. Its a beautiful thing to watch. He makes it look like something we all could play, but can't. I'm hooked.
His muting is just as impressive. He had the Hendrix thumb going on for the low strings, but look how much he uses his picking fingers and flesh to mute non played notes. Amazing.
Having owned my fair share of Strats, including the production Clapton model, and custom shop models I'm looking forward to sitting down with a glass of bourbon tonight after work to hear your take. I found them very versatile.
Damn, this guy has seemingly endless musical ideas and melodies in his playing and pulls it off with so much style. Just a delight. I'd LOVE to hear a full album of instrumental jams. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
My first guitar was a Martin Stinger Strat. Black body with a white pick guard and maple neck/fretboard. The headstock looked like it belonged on a Jackson, but to my eleven year old eyes it looked exactly like Clapton’s Blackie. And that’s all that mattered to me.
I really enjoy these series of videos and its always a great opener to the weekend, you are a very gifted player Chris will defintley be hitting one of your shows if I find you playing in London, that Strat brings out a different element in your playing
Came for the intro and outro ...which I always do ...stayed for the whole show ..which I also always do....you have very well informed and interesting discussions ....and your playing ain’t too shabby either 😄. Keep on keeping on young man 👍😎🎸
I just bought one two weeks ago....yes it is worth the hype. Not your typical strat by any means. And that is why I love it. Great video Chris. I just uploaded a shootout between this and 4 other black s types. Everytime I listen back to it I can't believe how much more output the Eric Clapton Strat has even with the mid boost completely off. And you hit the nail on the head with the comment about being able to get his tone with just the guitar. It really does. Cheers Chris, keep the great content coming!
Essentially the boost circuit is on all the time. Take the battery out and the guitar is silent. Leave the jack in and the battery will pretty drain quickly. I have an Ibanez SA I rewired with LSs and TXB - the same circuit minus the mid boost - and the Clapton is way louder into an amp. Up to the level of a modern high output humbucker.
Brill vid man. I've a 1991 bone stock Pewter and it's becoming my #1. Your vid has inspired me to go plug 'er in! This is the best review I've seen on this axe.
Eric Clapton Stratocaster? In the intro I saw a some dude killing it on a Chris Buck Stratocaster... that guitar never sounded so good.. thank you so much for this.
Wow, those tones sound amazing. Brought me back to my youth when my mom played Clapton on Sunday mornings, when my dad was training for the marathons. I hear you can now buy this circuit, wiring harnass seperately. So you can mod your own strat to fit this. I had no idea you had route out a part for the circuit board as well though. Something to keep in mind for a future build.
Chris, I like your playing, and I think your videos are remarkable. This one was beyond great. I’m an EC fan and disciple, and have been thinking of getting an older Lace-equipped Strat. This may have done it for me. Well done.
This is interesting to me. In the early-mid nineties, Fender was making some revisions to the Clapton signature series and Blackie was at Fender HQ in Scottsdale for measurements and analysis. At the time, my dad was a division head at Fender, and he sometimes took me to work with him. So, uh... I got to play Blackie when I was 12, and this model is partly why.
Sweet, What else can you say .. Beautiful work my friend & your licks are solid gold, makes me want to sit & play all day until I float away in that perfect grove... Thank You for your hard work...!
Clapton is my number 1. With that said, I bought the custom shop strat years ago and personally it did not jive with me. It was a great guitar sound and quality wise. It just turned out I’m not much of a strat guy. Kind of an strange “don’t meet your hero” situation. Awesome work as always Chris!
I ordered one in 1988 and got an early 1989. It is my favorite guitar out of the 40 or so I’ve owned. It is incredibly versatile and does everything well.
Great Video! I actually own a 2007 Clapton Signature Strat (just the regular production version, not the high end $4k custom shop version), I bought it used years ago because Clapton's music is the reason I wanted to learn to play in the first place. I like the guitar, and watching an advanced player like you be able to get the most out of the electronics, I think it does live up to the hype. However, I also have a 2000's Mexican strat (my first guitar) and I have to say in terms of playability I like it better because it uses jumbo frets. The Clapton Strat uses small vintage frets, and while they have advantages, I feel like you have to fight the guitar to really bend the strings (especially if you want to add vibrato to the top of a string bend like Clapton does sometimes). Playing the Clapton Strat gives me a newfound respect for Clapton's ability to do what he does on stage, and for me it was already pretty high. Some of his 80's live shows using Lace Sensors (Live at Montreux '85 or '86) are mind-melting in terms of his ability or tone.
I’ve never been this early! I can’t stress enough how good at soloing you are! You are one of the best guitar players ever! That is a *very* nice guitar! 🎸🤘
Chris, this is unrealistic, I bet you’d make a stick with a coper cable even sound fantastic! Great playing once again and awesome review! Thank you for what you’re doing! Cheers!
Beautifully played Chris. I recognised that tune straight away. I've got it on vinyl. If anything, I find your version superior. Bravo my good fellow. That's a nice guitar to.
My first electric guitar was a Fender Strat Plus from ca 89/90, a guitar very much inspired by Claptons signature. It has the Wilkinson hardware system, the Gold Lace Sensor pickup and even the mid-boost in the circuit. I still have it, and it has served me well for over 30 years. I never got really to grips with the neck, but it sounds good and has been a solid investment. Oh, and the color is absolutely lovely. "Midnight Wine".
I brought the EC strat in pewter in ‘88 when working in a guitar shop. I still have it, will never sell it. You playing is as always so amazing. The guitar does indeed nail the Journeyman and 24 Nights sound as you say. Please release an album of your Friday Fretworks jams, it’ll make many people very happy.
Thanks Chris as usual I enjoyed your playing and presentation of this really unique Fender signature guitar. Because of the onboard electronics the Clapton Strat doesn't exactly sound like a Strat. IMHO it really takes a lot of playing to get your head around what it's capable of.
I love v shaped necks because they fit the human hand almost perfectly and a soft ‘v’ is really comfortable to me. I have a 57’ reissue Strat with a maple neck & ‘board one piece with a soft v shaped neck. It hasn’t got the Clapton active boost but I have this via my boss katana amp anyway.
I'm still Waiting on my Chris Buck Signature Fender Stratocaster!!? Ha! I say Ha. However, I don't think it Farfetched that one day Mr Buck could have a Signature Strat of his own!!
I'm a big fan of the Lace pickups. I have a set on a 40th Anniversary Strat which also has a built-in Roland. The Laces have a unique sound that is still very Strat-like but with a character of their own that is very pleasant as you so beautifully demonstrated. Worth the hype- I think so. My brother has an original EC Strat and it sounds and playes beautifully.
My 2001 was super versatile! The battery was never a problem. Lasted ridiculously ling time. The clean tones were also great. With mid boost down it great tones for R&B and funk. Hope you enjoy your rejuvenated EC!
I bought a used '91 in green back in 1995. I've played hundreds of shows with it. It's beat. Paint has bubbled and chipped off in places. It's been refretted. I've swapped pickups and am in the process of putting the original lace sensors back in it. It's still my favourite electric guitar in the world. I saw him play the green one on tv (David Sanborn's Night Music tv show), dreamed of the green and one day a dude walked into the music store I worked at to trade it in. I'm very lucky to own it. Clapton has never been an influence on me at all. I just loved the colour. The guitar turned out to be a treasure to me.
I have an 89 pewter clapton that I've owned for nearly 20 years. Best neck I've ever played. It's heavy as a log but sounds incredible. I've owned newer clapton strats over the years and the necks have absolutely changed multiple times as his own preferences have changed. The newer carton strats have a much thinner neck profile than the early ones.
Great video Chris, really interesting. A few years ago I made two partscasters, they both got fitted with a TBX control and the mid boost circuit. A friend who was a retired electronics engineer built the Clapton midboost circuits from a schematic we found online. Sadly I had to sell both of these to raise cash for various reasons. All I can say is, a Clapton spec's strat could possible be the best function/covers band guitar ever?. The boost was just epic. now that I think about it, why did I not keep one lol. Keep up the great youtube stuff All the best Tom
Great video as always but this one is of special interest for me because I own a grey Clapton signature strat with Lace Sensor pickups which I love. To hear of the small series of a rosewood version made it even more interesting because I always thought that this would be nice, So I took a body of an old ESP strat I had and got myself built a rosewood version of the clapton strat based on it with vintage noiseless pickups and to this day this one is my favourite guitar.
I own three Clapton Models. Two older ones with the Lace Sensor pickups and one newer one in Mercedes Blue with Noiseless Pickups with a Flame Maple neck.
What a cool video about an even cooler guitar. I just learned something, so thanks Chris. Great work man and ofcourse your playing style is sick as f. I wanna come to Great Britain and jam with you dude. That would be so awesome.
Man, this world, shadowed by fear, uncertainties, and negativities, becomes a brighter place when I listen to your jams.
Edge of darkness should become a James Bond theme, it has that vibe.
I second that!
Was just thinking the same! The original series theme quite different to Chris version, although there was a Mel Gibson movie remake so maybe thats where it pays its dues?
The original theme was used in a BBC drama series of the same name.
@@adrianhjordan1981 Yup, thats the one. Anguish on a strat
just watch lethal weapon original movies :D
If Eric is watching he is probably crying at that killer intro.
100%.
Super on point
Chris too
Really well done Chris. I enjoyed that.
That's what she said? 🤷🏻♂️
Hey Keith! Please help connect Chris with Rick. Would love to hear them talk music and gear. Stay awesome!
Seriously Keith! Where is this kid!? Why isn’t he killin it over here? I’m not talking about COVID-19.... where has he been!?
@@TheOdieD3 In Wales UK
This guy is so interesting to watch. I look in awe of how good this young man is already. His phrasing is elegant, yet powerful. He has such fluidity in his playing. Its a beautiful thing to watch. He makes it look like something we all could play, but can't. I'm hooked.
you can't compare a RUclips to Giants
Chris is as good as any giant with better finger tone
@@Stelly669 Bahahahahahaha....
His muting is just as impressive. He had the Hendrix thumb going on for the low strings, but look how much he uses his picking fingers and flesh to mute non played notes. Amazing.
Very nice! Loved this video my guy😁
I just found your channel, and damn, some of the most inspiring playing I’ve heard in ages!
Having owned my fair share of Strats, including the production Clapton model, and custom shop models I'm looking forward to sitting down with a glass of bourbon tonight after work to hear your take. I found them very versatile.
Damn, this guy has seemingly endless musical ideas and melodies in his playing and pulls it off with so much style. Just a delight. I'd LOVE to hear a full album of instrumental jams. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
You have really great tone and feel. Loved it. 🤘
Wow man !! What a intro solo 👌sounds great
they are my favourite guitars. enjoyed your music Chris
Awesome Strat ,great playing on this ,Cheers!
My first guitar was a Martin Stinger Strat. Black body with a white pick guard and maple neck/fretboard. The headstock looked like it belonged on a Jackson, but to my eleven year old eyes it looked exactly like Clapton’s Blackie. And that’s all that mattered to me.
My first electric too. Still have it.
Sounds lovely mate.
Fine guitar playing, Chris Buck. I enjoy your playing.
Beautiful Strat; I like how the lace sensor pickups look; they have a stand out vibe to them, very Rad! Love your playing as well
I really enjoy these series of videos and its always a great opener to the weekend, you are a very gifted player Chris will defintley be hitting one of your shows if I find you playing in London, that Strat brings out a different element in your playing
EoD is Clapton's best work IMO. The tone and playing on that EP is epic. Well captured Chris, on that intro.
Holy smokin tone and playing madness here! Man!!!
Great vid!!!! Love the info and the playing!!!!
You can hear the Clapton strat in all it’s glory when Eric played at Ronnie Scott’s with Buddy Guy
I became obsessed "Worried Life Blues" from that performance!
Amen
Love your guitar playing Chris
THAT intro! 🤘💚
Very nice playing!
Wow.superb tone my friend.great playing .
Wow, Chris, I really enjoy your playing!
Cheers from NY Chris! I recently subscribed to your channel and just want to say
I really enjoy your channel. Thanks man! :-)
Damn you're still underrated as hell. Your tone and phrasing may be my favorite right now.
Came for the intro and outro ...which I always do ...stayed for the whole show ..which I also always do....you have very well informed and interesting discussions ....and your playing ain’t too shabby either 😄. Keep on keeping on young man 👍😎🎸
What an intro!👌
I just bought one two weeks ago....yes it is worth the hype. Not your typical strat by any means. And that is why I love it. Great video Chris. I just uploaded a shootout between this and 4 other black s types. Everytime I listen back to it I can't believe how much more output the Eric Clapton Strat has even with the mid boost completely off. And you hit the nail on the head with the comment about being able to get his tone with just the guitar. It really does. Cheers Chris, keep the great content coming!
Essentially the boost circuit is on all the time. Take the battery out and the guitar is silent. Leave the jack in and the battery will pretty drain quickly. I have an Ibanez SA I rewired with LSs and TXB - the same circuit minus the mid boost - and the Clapton is way louder into an amp. Up to the level of a modern high output humbucker.
Brill vid man. I've a 1991 bone stock Pewter and it's becoming my #1. Your vid has inspired me to go plug 'er in! This is the best review I've seen on this axe.
Amazing guy. His playing awfully beautiful. And what a lot of things he knows about. I am filed with interesting facts every time I listen.
Nicely Done my Friend.
What an awesome guitar. It sounds just like Chris Buck!
Great playing an demo Chris! I love my EC strat its one guitar that can cover every base
Fuck yeah ! Epic intro dude .. you just put me in a good mood. Malmsteen Strat review next ?
Ya know, it'd be pretty wild to see what Chris does with a scalloped neck...I second this request!
Eric Clapton Stratocaster? In the intro I saw a some dude killing it on a Chris Buck Stratocaster... that guitar never sounded so good.. thank you so much for this.
Excellent video and superb playing Chris.I.M.H.O. Hyde Park 1996 ''Old Love'' really shows how good this Strat is,along with a great player of course!
NICE GUITAR AND VERY NICE PLAYING CHRIS..
Journeyman and 24 Nights, great! Now I see what makes his tone unique. Great video Chris, as always.
Great tune and sustain Chris!!!
Wow, those tones sound amazing. Brought me back to my youth when my mom played Clapton on Sunday mornings, when my dad was training for the marathons.
I hear you can now buy this circuit, wiring harnass seperately. So you can mod your own strat to fit this. I had no idea you had route out a part for the circuit board as well though. Something to keep in mind for a future build.
The intensity in that intro was...well, intense!
Love to have one. Have to save up. Sounds great. Been playing 60 yrs. Love the demo. Great playing.
Killer Opening Jam 🔥🔥🔥.. Fantastic playing Chris 🙂✌️
Chris, I like your playing, and I think your videos are remarkable. This one was beyond great. I’m an EC fan and disciple, and have been thinking of getting an older Lace-equipped Strat. This may have done it for me. Well done.
Nice !! Love the playing sessions where you go after the tonal differences. Obviously that guitar inspires stuff, so yeah, it's worth it :-)
Great playing!
Tasty riffage as always, Chris. You're a legend.
That intro had my jaw on the floor. Maybe life's not that bad after all. Thank you.
Amazing sound!
This is interesting to me. In the early-mid nineties, Fender was making some revisions to the Clapton signature series and Blackie was at Fender HQ in Scottsdale for measurements and analysis.
At the time, my dad was a division head at Fender, and he sometimes took me to work with him.
So, uh... I got to play Blackie when I was 12, and this model is partly why.
👏
An excellent memory sharing with your dad.
👍
😳 That is WICKED cool Sir!!
Wow. My man
Didn't you by any chance leave a comment at Tyler's video about Clapton's guitar with the same story? I remember seeing almost identical comment.
Solid intro.. 🔥
Very Sweet opening Jamming it!
Wow... I did not know about this guitar... That mid boost is pure awesomeness!!
Sweet, What else can you say .. Beautiful work my friend & your licks are solid gold, makes me want to sit & play all day until I float away in that perfect grove... Thank You for your hard work...!
Clapton is my number 1. With that said, I bought the custom shop strat years ago and personally it did not jive with me. It was a great guitar sound and quality wise. It just turned out I’m not much of a strat guy. Kind of an strange “don’t meet your hero” situation. Awesome work as always Chris!
Love this guy man !
I ordered one in 1988 and got an early 1989. It is my favorite guitar out of the 40 or so I’ve owned. It is incredibly versatile and does everything well.
Inspiring guitar playing with your seemingly unique stylisation ... 👍
What a warmth machine. Just hearing it make ya feel good.
If I could play it like that, it'd be worth the hype.
Great Video! I actually own a 2007 Clapton Signature Strat (just the regular production version, not the high end $4k custom shop version), I bought it used years ago because Clapton's music is the reason I wanted to learn to play in the first place. I like the guitar, and watching an advanced player like you be able to get the most out of the electronics, I think it does live up to the hype. However, I also have a 2000's Mexican strat (my first guitar) and I have to say in terms of playability I like it better because it uses jumbo frets. The Clapton Strat uses small vintage frets, and while they have advantages, I feel like you have to fight the guitar to really bend the strings (especially if you want to add vibrato to the top of a string bend like Clapton does sometimes). Playing the Clapton Strat gives me a newfound respect for Clapton's ability to do what he does on stage, and for me it was already pretty high. Some of his 80's live shows using Lace Sensors (Live at Montreux '85 or '86) are mind-melting in terms of his ability or tone.
Thanks Chris... ⚓️
So cool man👍
Your playing is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice playing, man!
Sounding great man. I’d play one !
Can't tell you how much I love that you did Edge of Darkness as the lead-in...well done!!!
I’ve never been this early! I can’t stress enough how good at soloing you are! You are one of the best guitar players ever! That is a *very* nice guitar! 🎸🤘
Me neither, this is the earliest for me as well.
Chris, this is unrealistic, I bet you’d make a stick with a coper cable even sound fantastic! Great playing once again and awesome review! Thank you for what you’re doing! Cheers!
Beautifully played Chris. I recognised that tune straight away. I've got it on vinyl.
If anything, I find your version superior. Bravo my good fellow.
That's a nice guitar to.
My first electric guitar was a Fender Strat Plus from ca 89/90, a guitar very much inspired by Claptons signature. It has the Wilkinson hardware system, the Gold Lace Sensor pickup and even the mid-boost in the circuit. I still have it, and it has served me well for over 30 years. I never got really to grips with the neck, but it sounds good and has been a solid investment.
Oh, and the color is absolutely lovely. "Midnight Wine".
I love every Friday fretworks episode :)
Wow that first jam reminds me of Nick Johnston, a monster strat player. Ace as always.
Love that Edge of Darkness intro👌
It has a nice grind and grit to it that you don't hear on many other Srrats. Really nice.
You are a f**cking master, kid!
I brought the EC strat in pewter in ‘88 when working in a guitar shop. I still have it, will never sell it. You playing is as always so amazing. The guitar does indeed nail the Journeyman and 24 Nights sound as you say. Please release an album of your Friday Fretworks jams, it’ll make many people very happy.
I have always love the sound and feel of the Clapton strats... even sanding my necks to more closely approximate the V shaped neck.
Thanks Chris as usual I enjoyed your playing and presentation of this really unique Fender signature guitar. Because of the onboard electronics the Clapton Strat doesn't exactly sound like a Strat. IMHO it really takes a lot of playing to get your head around what it's capable of.
I love v shaped necks because they fit the human hand almost perfectly and a soft ‘v’ is really comfortable to me. I have a 57’ reissue Strat with a maple neck & ‘board one piece with a soft v shaped neck. It hasn’t got the Clapton active boost but I have this via my boss katana amp anyway.
I'm still Waiting on my Chris Buck Signature Fender Stratocaster!!? Ha! I say Ha. However, I don't think it Farfetched that one day Mr Buck could have a Signature Strat of his own!!
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I'm a big fan of the Lace pickups. I have a set on a 40th Anniversary Strat which also has a built-in Roland.
The Laces have a unique sound that is still very Strat-like but with a character of their own that is very pleasant as you so beautifully demonstrated.
Worth the hype- I think so. My brother has an original EC Strat and it sounds and playes beautifully.
My 2001 was super versatile! The battery was never a problem. Lasted ridiculously ling time. The clean tones were also great. With mid boost down it great tones for R&B and funk.
Hope you enjoy your rejuvenated EC!
This video is awesome. It’s funny that you mentioned the Lincoln Brewster strat I just picked one up today! Lol
I bought a used '91 in green back in 1995. I've played hundreds of shows with it. It's beat. Paint has bubbled and chipped off in places. It's been refretted. I've swapped pickups and am in the process of putting the original lace sensors back in it. It's still my favourite electric guitar in the world. I saw him play the green one on tv (David Sanborn's Night Music tv show), dreamed of the green and one day a dude walked into the music store I worked at to trade it in. I'm very lucky to own it. Clapton has never been an influence on me at all. I just loved the colour. The guitar turned out to be a treasure to me.
I have an 89 pewter clapton that I've owned for nearly 20 years. Best neck I've ever played. It's heavy as a log but sounds incredible. I've owned newer clapton strats over the years and the necks have absolutely changed multiple times as his own preferences have changed. The newer carton strats have a much thinner neck profile than the early ones.
Same here re. the pewter strat. Still my favourite guitar.
Great video Chris, really interesting. A few years ago I made two partscasters, they both got fitted with a TBX control and the mid boost circuit. A friend who was a retired electronics engineer built the Clapton midboost circuits from a schematic we found online. Sadly I had to sell both of these to raise cash for various reasons. All I can say is, a Clapton spec's strat could possible be the best function/covers band guitar ever?. The boost was just epic. now that I think about it, why did I not keep one lol. Keep up the great youtube stuff All the best Tom
History lesson and some damn nice playing......great work
You can play man! That outro, so claptonesque on steroids. I am amazed every week. Do one on Duane Allman
I played an Eric Johnson strat with a soft-V neck years ago... I still dream of that guitar neck...best feeling neck ever!!!!!
Great video as always but this one is of special interest for me because I own a grey Clapton signature strat with Lace Sensor pickups which I love.
To hear of the small series of a rosewood version made it even more interesting because I always thought that this would be nice, So I took a body of an old ESP strat I had and got myself built a rosewood version of the clapton strat based on it with vintage noiseless pickups and to this day this one is my favourite guitar.
That's awesome! I might get a green ec strat
Smokin man!
totally worth it. especially the early version
I own three Clapton Models. Two older ones with the Lace Sensor pickups and one newer one in Mercedes Blue with Noiseless Pickups with a Flame Maple neck.
What a cool video about an even cooler guitar. I just learned something, so thanks Chris. Great work man and ofcourse your playing style is sick as f. I wanna come to Great Britain and jam with you dude. That would be so awesome.
Brilliant love it very nice tone and ofcause playing.. 👍👏👏👏