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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- In 1983, Fender released the Master Series comprising of the Flame, Esprit and D'Aquisto. This takes a closer look at the Flame - Fender's answer to the Gibson Les Paul?
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I forgot to say; the 'price' of borrowing this guitar for a few days from a friend was to mention that the bottom pickup ring is missing! If anyone knows how to source one (with re-mortgaging...), let me know :)
Maybe one of your followers could 3D print a ring ? (folks are at home, bored)
If it’s the same size as the neck one, maybe it’s possible to copy that ? Good luck to him. Sweet playing. AS EVER. 🖖🏼
Cheers Mark! Funnily enough, I think the owner actually went down that route a little while ago but to no avail. Definitely worth another look though 🙂
Buck And Evans Judging by some of the gifted and imaginative people that I’ve seen on RUclips, it’s just a matter of the right person seeing this. Once again good luck to him.
Korean Squier Esprits can be found for < $500 USD, those parts *might be swappable. I only say might because I own and love an Esprit that I got on Reverb for $350. If the parts are indeed swappable, you'd have a backup guitar for when you play out with the Flame. Good luck!!
I have old Esprit and I had it fitted w/Duncans 15 years ago or so by luthier. I remember he said the pickup rings were clued to body and they had to be broken during removal. Fast forward to couple of yrars ago, tried to source them and contacted someone at Schaller (iirc) who made the pickups but unfortunately they did not have any spares left.
I absolutely love the way you play man, haven’t heard many with as much detail and definition in their playing as you do. Keep it up man, love what you’re doing.
Thank you so much; that's very kind of you :)
This was Robben Fords main guitar for years... designed by John Curruthers and The late Dan Smith...the green burst prototype sat in Curruthers guitar shop in Venice Ca for years.....together they also designed the Yamaha SBG and SA guitars in the late 70s
And one of his best sounding guitars as well!
The yamaha SA guitars are great guitars
Those Yamaha ones you're talkin about?... For the past month-and-a-half I've been prowling the web quietly waiting for one to pop-up. It has the pros that a Les Paul has but doesn't have the cons(certain guitar players have playing Quirks,and they can't play certain guitars).I have problems playing a Les Paul neck because the scale is too short & the fretboard is not wide enough. But what do I know they're going to burn everything down.
Everything Music And Guitar Shenanigans Find a Paul with a broken headstock and saw the neck off and have someone make a neck to your liking.
I had Curruthers do electronic work and a setup on my guitar 15 years ago. I wish I had paid more attention to his guitars when I was there. Wonder if the greenburst was there then.
I've seen maybe three or four of your videos so far, and each time I am blown away by your phrasing. You have, easily, the most impressive phrasing skills I've ever heard.
What the world needs right now is...more Chris Buck.
I'm totally a heavy blues rock guitar player but your opening piece is sooo awesome. Wish I had the skill to play so emotively in this genre. You deserve to be very proud, Brother.
I have one, bought it in 1984, it's beautiful.
It's not just the playing . It's the soul and underlying melodic nature of the playing. I just love listening to you play.
Why I never heard of this? Best 'demo' playing on RUclips.
Amazing playing. Your tone and dynamics are inspiring.
Beautiful guitar and exquisite playing!
I bought a Flame Elite in '85 in Candy Green Burst, still have it. The reason they don't come up very often is simply that they are that good.
Agreed. I stumbled into one when I was young. Thank you Charlie my guitar teacher. I would never part with mine
That is a beautiful sounding guitar. Your playing Chris is always fabulous. Thanks
spectacular playing Chris
All guitars sound fantastic in your hands. Brilliant! Love Fender! Love Gibson too. I have both.
I think it’s entirely fair to call you the greatest guitarist to emerge since 2000. Absolutely floored every time I hear you play
Beautiful man. Just sublime. Your playing consistently knocks my breath out. Wow.
I was totally unaware of this model. Thanks.
I like your playing/tones.
2 things... I hadn’t realised until now that you have such a recognisable camera angle! Seemingly missed by everyone else but such a great position you so often film from. And the more youtube guitar videos I watch the more I start to think, I’m not sure if I really want to get ‘good’ as everyone just seems to play the same thing, same licks and solos and noodles, but you (and Phil x) are the exception it seems with a an endless repertoire of fitting music and tunes to play for each instrument and video I watch. You’re properly talented and entertaining my man.
I remember all these guitar series. Fender Katana. That was a beautiful guitar. Always loved the HM strat
I've got one of these from back in the day and think your PRS-eque comment is spot on.
Used to play in a band with a guy that has one of these. Sounded absolutely fantastic!
Thanks for this video and the history on the Flame. I’ve played a black Flame Elite since 1986, and I’ve never needed or seriously wanted a different guitar. Love it. Cheers.
I bought a fender mij robben ford model 3 years ago. Same colour as the flame you`ve got there. It has a spruce top and alder body with internal tone chambers and ebony fret-board. It has paf style pickups ( as per the original R.Ford model ) and the pickups are split-able via a toggle switch allowing series or parallel humbucking modes. Very good quality and top notch tone and last but not least VERY versatile. Great video and playing as usual.. thanks..!
great playing!
Those pickups are beautiful! You play with great feel
Superlative playing as usual, nice.
You're a great guitar player, its good to see someone play with feeling and not how many notes per second at extreme distortion you can hit. Jim
I have one of these Chris 😊👍🏻. Thanks for reviewing it
Amazing playing!! Mind blown.
Great playing as always!
Thank you 🙂
I have one of these Fender Flames. It's a Sunburst top made in 1984. I have had it for over 30 years and my favorite guitar that I've ever owned. In my opinion, this design landing in the middle of a Les Paul and a Fender is just absolutely perfect. Whenever I've brought it out to a gig, everyone asks what it is, as those who see it loves it. It's very unique and rarely seen out in the wild. Thanks for the video!
I like it a lot, wish they'd make it again.
I have a '57 RI strat from that era and that factory! Easily my favourite guitar! Amazing build quality! Great video :)
Well thanks for getting me interested in a guitar that's probably impossible to find and/or out of my price range. You're such a tease!!
Good overview Chris, thanks I have a flame and an Esprit (Robben Ford fan) great guitars!!
You were born to play that thing. Wow!
Had an 87 Esprit. Currently have a 93 Robben Ford. Bought it new.
Fantastic presentation. It was nice to hear a quote from Dan Smith and see a picture. It’s very mysterious to me. I have a Dan Smith Strat second guitar I ever bought. Second hand when I moved to Austin in 88. Two knob plug in the front without the usual fender jack Sunburst maple fingerboard. Apparently people made fun of them but mine sounds fantastic beautiful pick ups plays like butter no noise in the pick ups whatsoever. would never sell it.
Sounds smooth and sweet
Lovely bit of playing Chris, as always. I have several Robben Ford CDs on which he plays his.
great info, and great playing!
Nice playing. Nice tune at the start.
Robben Fords guitar when I discovered him. He was always on the lookout for a guitar that "cuts". His did anyway. Great builds. Best Regards and Best Wishes!
Just wow!
I just found this channel a little while ago but it's really cool I like it
Thanks Jeffrey!
Very nice control, very nice vibrato and bending control. Sounds great.
Wow! This Flame sounds absolutely fantastic in your hands. I wish Fender could make a limited release anytime soon
6:00 - 8:00 - love your way of playing, great expressive tone, thanks! 😊
What a cracking looking and sounding instrument. I agree that it looks and sounds more like a PRS, than a Gibson. But it does have some lovely tones from those humbucking pickups. Thanks for bringing another classic guitar to the fore. There must be more of them out there. Keep safe. Stay healthy Chris. Best wishes, Dave W
Omigod what a gorgeous tone and resonance thanks to Chris's playing. When Chris hits that high note at 0:14 he elicits a feeling from that single note that reminds of what Stevie Ray Vaughn could express so well with just a single note. Delicious bends and slides at the end, I think this might be my favorite Chris Buck guitar track. Plus a backing track from Danish Pete, two supremely tasteful guitarists on a single track!
My favorite Gibson has always been the 335 because of its long history, versatility and gorgeous symmetrical body shape. To see this shape in a Fender without the trademark headstock is simply amazing. Will Fender make a reissue thanks to Chris's playing and video? If so Chris should be in their ads for a reissue. Think we need to tweet this video to Fender!!!
Haha! Not that I’m aware of 😆 This video has nothing to do with my work with Fender. I just thought it was a cool little curio from years gone by. But yeah, they’re amazing sounding guitars! And thank you, by the way ☺️
My Fender Japan Strat is from 1985. Still playing it after 25+ years. Was a good year for Japanese built guitars.
A big thanks for this episode Chris! I always wanted a Robben Ford Model, but it was way out of my $$$ range. Schaller, who makes some of the best guitar hardware itw, made some excellent pickups in the 80s and 90s. A pity they stopped making them! And as always: I enjoy your playing VERY much, you are the paragon of classy guitar! 👏
Beautiful guitar, beautiful sound, beautifully played - any chance they'd bring them back?
As a Fender fanboy, I'm surprised I haven't heard of this before. But man, that is some smooth tone
I have a 1987 Fender MIJ strat with those electronics. Fantastic pickups.
Every guitar manufacturer should pay you just to play their guitars. Not to critique them. Just play them. There's not a one that doesn't sound fantastic when you play it. You're insanely talented.
I have one of the early 2000's Squier Esprit re-issues, Duncan Designed pickups, mahogany body and neck through body with rosewood board. I bought mine secondhand for 550NZD and I don't think I'll ever sell it, it plays so smoothly, is lighter than an LP and sounds like a dream!
Great review about when a Fender's not really a Fender. Your playing and finger picking technique on this video reminds me a lot of the Derek Trucks style.
Most accurate demo ever.
In my '84 Autumn Burst Esprit Standard I've changed the pu-s to TV Jones Classics and the pots to 500k, keeping the original Schallers and 1M pots, so it can be restored to original configuration any time. Great guitar.
Came here for the story on the guitar, but I might have to stay a little longer and see If I can steal some licks. Great tones man!
Lovely intro!
Damn, i would buy that for sure.
Damn fine playing Chris , damn fine
I have owned a Japanese made Fender Robben Ford Esprit. Beautiful guitar!
I used to own one of these. First off it can’t do Les Paul Classic Rock or Hi Gain tones. The body is alder & chambered. But they have a lovely jangly clean tone. Almost Rickenbacker-esque. My brother had it first and the band he was in used to do a lot of REM tunes. It seems to like cleans and warm overdrive. He later sold it me and I sold it on. Then he missed it so bought another. They are still out there. It was very well made, a real high quality instrument.
I find your playing style so interesting.. all those small and quick bends, double stops that produce such tasty licks. For moments it reminds me some of the Matheus Asato playing style. Keep grooving :)
I had one of that....great guitar! Flame Elite 83
Tasty intro vibes!!
NICE Axe! I kinda remember these!
Never in doubt to click ‘like’ instantly.
I have one of the standards, got it as a gift back in 2016
First quick glance and I thought Revstar! It's a shame that geetar didn't get a chance. Sounds really good and quite nice looking as well. Thanks for the vid.
aww man I remember those when they were new,, damn coooooooool guitars !!
Where have they all gone? Well, I own two of them- a Standard and an Elite- and they are going nowhere except to my practice room! They have gotten a little pricey on the used market, but they are still a bargain if you find one in good shape. Loved the video! Thanks!
Great playing as always Chris! You have a unique touch and tone. I was wondering about the scale length and fretboard radius of the Flame? Thank you. Looking forward to next Friday’s post.
For those wanting a very similar (to the point I thought that was what this was initially) guitar that probably would only be a fraction of the cost is the vox hoc -77 guitars. Beautiful to play and sound great
I remember getting the brochure for this set back in '84 and thinking that the chambered bodies were a really good idea. However, it was out of my budget and I already had a '76 Les Paul Custom. Thanks for the history on this.
Very nice Fender Guitar
I was recommended the Squier Esprit by a guitarist friend in Australia. He was so impressed, he sold his 335. I subsequently found one for sale in the UK, supposedly ”shop-soiled” so heavily reduced. On closer inspection, not a mark on it and it plays beautifully. Unfortunately does not have the coil split on the Duncans, and I have thought of adding it, but I'm really happy with the tone and playability and it compliments my Strat ”other” guitar.
These are brilliant guitars. I own an elite, a robben Ford and an Aquisto.
Never owned guitars that play as easily.
The action can be very low if you like that.
The tone is good and they play very comfortably.
Really cool Chris. I remember trying one of the import versions of this guitar, and I loved it. I was too young and stupid though to know what a great guitar it was for the money. I also knew nothing about it’s pre- Robben history. Very interesting! Thanks as always for sharing.
No tremelo to bad i kbow a lot of peeps dont like them i think it adds a whole different way to play not diving per say but whatever to each.
Any one ever make a trip pick black beauty double cut lpcust. 3 picbugsby model ? Oh well ill have 2.
I'm probably not the only one but I always enjoy watching the pick to see it magically disappear and reappear.
@Tadz Yeah, Chris is so proficient it’s all just muscle memory now to move that pick around. I wonder how many picks he loses when he plays live. The pick practically has tiny feet propelling it around his fingers.
That magic trick always amazed me.
How do you do that? Sweet pick/finger switch.
Really reminds me of Setzer’s playing
No sir, you definitely are not the only one. I've played for 30 years and I've been paying attention to it as well. Coincidentally,I was talking about this very thing with someone last night.
I have a pearl white and gold Flame Ultra I bought brand new in 1985 after it sat on the shelf at a local music store for a year. I got a great deal on it becuse they wanted to get rid of it. It's a great guitar although the neck adjustment is a bit unstable and is very sensitive to changes in humidity and temperature. Easily remedied with a truss rod adjustment. Other than that it's an excellent instrument. Mine has the floating Schaller tailpiece and that took me awhile to get the hang of how to tune it and keep it in tune but it is possible. The tuning was and is very stable since I figured that out. I tend to use the pickups in their humbucking state most of the time mainly because I like humbuckers. In split coil mode the pickups are a lot more prone to extraneous hum than my Strat or Tele but is still quite usable.
Maybe the reason they are not seen very often is that the people who have them don't want to part with them. They really are very well built. Being primarily a Gibson-guy I really like the ebony fingerboard and neck profile. It's a heavy guitar weighing in at 9.4 pounds but Les Pauls were heavy back then as well. You just need a very wide strap to spread the load out. I used it as my main gigging guitar throughout the early 90's.
This guitar in 85’ was my first big guitar purchase when I was 16. I paid 550 for my Fender Flame standard with a Kahler Pro tremolo system. The history of the tremolo was that after production Fender decided to add the tremolo to some of them so a guitar with one is ultra rare of an ultra rare guitar. Love this guitar.
I always wondered what happened to the Robben Ford signature axe! Great vid amazing playing as always brutha! 😎🤟🏽
I had one of these, a Flame, bought 2nd hand in ‘89... beautiful guitar, I’d not been playing long and didn’t really know what I had... Sold it a few years later, the guy who bought it said he was a Robben Ford fan, I think I said, ‘who is that?!’, but to be fair, there was no internet or Spotify back then ;-/ TBH I don’t really regret selling it, I never got the vibe... and I guess that’s what it’s all about, finding and playing something that really connects with you. Went on to Strats, and then on to Telecasters, so I’ve never been a Gibson guy. Thanks for the memories Chris ;-))
As ever ... my disbelief at your abilities grows by the day Chris .. I think I’ve managed to watch almost all of your and the Bands videos... Your incredible touch on that guitar .. and Sally’s vocals have made me tell everyone I know to listen to you ... Anyway I love Fender .. and have a particular love of the Jazzmaster thanks to Mike Lemmo and I must admit I love the tone of the tele... fantastic and just what we need whilst we’re all cooped up!!!!
I still have ads and an interview with Robben Ford about this guitar. I remember him saying that he thought that Fender were saying one of it's selling points is that it could sound just like a Strat and that it doesn't. Interesting guitar.
I was going to buy one of the Robben Ford models in the '80's but they where $3500 , $4500 and $5600 Canadian if I remember
correctly . Wayyyyy out of my price range . In mid 2005-ish I bought one of the Korean ones ,I got a deal at $420 because
the store thought the neck wasn't right , couldn't get the strings low enough , it was regular $800 . It's a nice guitar and is chambered
above the bridge .
I remember playing these guitars when I was younger going in the music stores. I'm almost 50 years old. I almost bought one of these. I wanted a Les Paul that these were so much cheaper.when I finally did get a Les Paul I didn't like it and traded it away because the neck wasn't wide enough. I have big hands and it felt like I was playing a little baby guitar. I don't like the nut to saddle radius either..
Ooo looks nice
Ive got an Esprit that I modded by putting in the Robben Ford model pick-up Duncan’s JB and ‘57. Love it. Great underrated guitar. Still have the original Schaller Humbuckers in the case. I’ll hold in to them although a bit of routing was needed to fit the Duncans.
Managed to find a Squier Masterbuilt Esprit for a good price and it is a FANTASTIC guitar.
I love these guitars. And, although not quite in the same league, the squier esprit are also pretty good, but just as hard to find too...
I’d be intrigued to try one actually. As you said though, they seem to be pretty rare as well!
Lovely playing mate nice and smooth beautiful sound got a dvd with robbin ford using it good as gibson always good vids looks a bit like ibanez ar series 👍nice one
Chris i love listening to you play. if your interested i have one that belonged to my father. Excellent condition ,plays beautifully original pick with the number 60 on it with instructions on how to tune it.(it comes in a tube , open ended on both sides.) with strap that was never used.
I really thought it was a Ltd edition revstar! Oosh. As an aside, the tiny window when my dad bought his Japanese strat from Anderson’s in the mid 80’s, you couldn’t get a USA strat- cbs sold fender but not the USA factory so there was a period where they only had the Mexico and japan factories. This was a really weird time for fender guitars
Ah, no way. Yeah, from what I've read they went through a bit of a strange period, as nearly every company does at some point I guess. Fingers crossed that the fact they came out the other side so well gives hope to other (similar...) companies experiencing issues...!
Buck And Evans I’ve got to say though, that guitar sounds and looks like it plays really nicely; as does my dad’s candy apple strat
Dude , You're One HELL of Guitarist
Your Playing is Off The Hook 🎸🎸
I have a 91 62 RI strat and 92 Ibanez both made at Fuji Gen. The quality on both is crazy good. I bought the Ibanez new in 93 but just got the Strat last year. The strat is easily my favorite, best sounding, and most comfortable guitar. Didn’t even realize my Ibanez was built a year later in same factory until I got the strat. I keep saying my Ibanez but I gifted it to my 12 year old daughter last year❤️