The solo was simply out of this world. I will definitely come back to this video thousands of times.

Chris Buck - "at least, while sat down, the Flying V is a bit of a nightmare to play to say the least". Then, whilst seated, demonstrates that 'nightmares' can be sublime.

You really have the knack to play epic solos at the drop of a hat. I watch players on KZfaq daily but most of the time I just find myself saying "WTF" watching your videos.

It really doesn't matter what guitar Chris is playing, it always sounds fantastic.

I love how no matter what guitar you play, you always sound like you! Stellar playing as always

Fvck, man. A super ultra rare guitar and it's outshined by the playing. One of the most expressive guitar players around today. Keep up the good work, mate.

Chris never ceases to amaze. From creativity to flying fingers ( no pun intended ) on both hands, his style and mastery is sometimes mind boggling!

30 seconds in and that IS THE TONE. My lord that's a perfect sounding guitar

Awesome video Chris! A pleasure to have you over. 🙏

I just love the music in this video, which is my typical reaction when you play.

That may be the best tone I have heard you play with. That opening solo was incredible man!

I am a 1958 vintage man, 65 years and still playing guitar and loving music, perhaps they should issue all those born in '58 with a guitar made in that year! Nice one Chris, very interesting vlog mate., and great playing of course.

Chris Buck. The King of Dynamics. All hail the King.

Outstanding Performance Chris

It’s such a great surprise when you forget it’s Friday, and all of a sudden ya notice a new Chris Buck video! Good days, good days.

Dude your playing is unmatched. Those bends are mean!!

Saw this guy for the first time ever today and I'm learning every solo I've seen him play. Which is four so far. I love this stuff.

And again Chris, that opening solo was so out of this world. Mind-blowing.

FFS, Chris, that guitar is going to catch fire and you'll have to work a thousand shows to pay it off! Freakin' brilliant stuff, my man!

You could play a broomstick tied with string attached to a washtub and still be recognizable as the fabulous Chris Buck. Great fretwork!

You have got to be kidding me! That guitar is insane, but the notes were pure magic. Chris, you never fail to impress. Thank you for the fantastic music.

Gobsmakingly awesome opening!!!

I don't care about the guitars that much. I come here mostly to hear You play, Chris. Ear candy!

Holy smokes..

Such a musical tone

Hi Chris, I discovered you thanks to an Italian guitarist who talked about you on his channel. I love the way you play and I would love to see you play live, maybe in Italy! All the best Alex

Outstanding as always Mr B... I won't be bidding though 😁

Burning HOT Chris: WOW!

That Jam starting at 7:20! You were clearly inspired Chris. Cheers

YES kids that is what a "jam" is! wow! It is so cool and funny how both Gibson and Fender were keeping an eye on what the other guy was doing, for example, at one point Fender experimented with different woods on strats and one of those woods was Korina! They are rare but there are Korina strats out there. Thanks Chris! oh and great guitar eh?

Beautiful jams as usual!

My God Chris… What an emotional solo… Thanx for contents… but… F*ck! What a solo!

Chris, I’m not going to say that you need a V because you truly don’t, but that V definitely needs you. 🙏🏻🤘❤️‍🔥👌🏻

Awesome opening solo Chris! 🔥🔥🔥

Best sounding one you’ve had.

Just magical. Wow

Mate, you're incredible and my gawwddddd too good

Absolutely stunning. YOU, surely, are this guitar's rightful owner! You deserve it.

amazing JAM

Excellent playing as usual, Chris. That guitar sounds fantastic! I love the way the Flying Vs "chime" in ways the Les Pauls . . well . . don't chime. As a massive Wishbone Ash fan in general, and an Andy Powell fan in particular, it was great to hear this example also chime so musically. How and why anyone would intentionally sand a significant amount of wood off the back of the neck is just beyond me. I mean: If you don't like a guitar with a fat neck, then just buy another guitar that wasn't made by Gibson in 1958!! I am a huge Epiphone enthusiast, and I play and collect the Riviera and Sheraton models, among others. One that was particularly appealing to me was the surf green Riviera with the full-size humbuckers. I was being out-bid by those with the "Bid-napper" program every time one of these super rare coloured models came up for sale on Ebay, so I bit the bullet and paid for my own subscription to Bid-napper, but although it did enable me to buy a couple of white Sheratons, no surf green Rivieras came up for sale at all . . leaving me to think that they'd all been accounted for. By that I mean: It was 2016 by this time and the surf green models were all made in 1996-97. Guitars like this eventually find their way into the hands of people who truly appreciate them. Late in December 2016 a surf green Riviera appeared on Ebay. It was in mint condition . . apart from the scratch plate which had been modified by the owner to take a small master volume knob so that he could do volume swells!! In addition he'd chiselled away enough of the body timber to accommodate the pot. Thankfully none of the missing wood was visible with the scratchplate in place. Some people just don't deserve to have nice things!! If you're gonna do volume swells, then buy a bloody Strat! They even come in surf green, for God's sake!! So, a guitar that I normally would have had nothing to do with because of that issue became mine simply because it was so exceedingly rare. We re-wired it and replaced the white scratchplate with another that didn't have cancer. Mine was made in 1996. I eventually got another one from 1997, but its neck was too thin for me. So I sold it to a guy in Sydney. He dropped it on its head and damaged it in the process. The only other one I've seen in the seven years since I got my first one was only suitable for parts, the headstock having been completely broken off. So, all things considered, I did the right thing buying mine. It plays fantastic, and sounds fantastic too, something that the video here doesn't fully capture because of the amp not being right for it. The Marshall VS65R model amps are only really suitable for grunge. Here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNeTf5CIq92oYmQ.html

Once again Chris, you knock it out of the ballpark … and with one incredible guitar;-)

That must’ve been a surreal joy to play Chris. I hope they’ve given you a generous few quid for showcasing their guitar. You deserve it 🤘

Amazing playing on the outro! The low bends / vibrato were badass!

This guitar sounds crazy good! Top 5 on the channel for sure wow

Hi Chris not forgetting the master of the flying V and a guitarists guitarist , one Andy Powell of wishbone Ash...still touring today . Fabulous melodic player . Check out his solos on e.g. Sometime World or leaf and stream ....flying V magic

Two of my favorite Chris Buck solos bookending this video. Awesome

I owned this guitar from 1967 until 1988 and the auction site has my provenance statement. It is just amazing to see and hear this guitar again. I will be publishing my historical narrative of the "gap" at some point. AMAZING!!!

Wow - you have such a gift for playing. Thanks for sharing with us!

The Flying V has sound all of its own Chris, it’s still you, but seems to sing compared other guitars.

The best guitar channel on YT

Is your playing still getting better ffs! Brilliant Chris!

They don't come any better. Great playing Chris. Not afraid to milk that suker!👍

Why do those things sound so incredible? Chris brings the best out of it

nice intro just a joke but are you a rock star? your licks always make me feel good

awesome, chris! i mean: you, your playing.

Damn. That solo was absolutely blazing!!! So much fire in your playing!

Amazing outro!!!

Another sick Vid Chris, thanks🎸

Brilliant!! Very interesting info and 3 incredible jams!!

This plank of wood had to wait 65 years to get played in this incredible way.

0:55 right in the feels. Right in the damn teary-eyed feels.

W0W!

Buck this one played using fingers and pick makes you sound quirky, inspiring man. big hail from brazil.

That later demo on the bridge pickup sounded incredible. It's not a tone I would typically chase, super clean and dry(maybe a little reverb or room ambience). The notes were just so pristine, certainly not the kind of sound you can hide your mistakes behind. Idk, I always enjoy your playing immensely but that was something special.

Watching your pick deployment action.. I do exactly the same, except I use my middle finger.

My 83 with Shaw pick ups worx!

I saw the 1957 prototype V at Gruhn Guitars in the mid 90's. Back then it was $157,000.

3:06 OBJECTION! The Moderne is the best of the three. Especially with a Gumby headstock.

So back in the late 80s and early 90s I worked on the outskirts of London. I used a gym near where I worked and talking to the owner we discovered a shared love of guitars. He had some old ones that were the start of a collection and included a beautiful 1937 Gibson acoustic that he let me play. One guitar he mentioned but I never saw was a Flying V that he admitted cost him "a few thousand". The way he described its history it was one of the first shipped to the UK but I just read the auction derails which says the one in this video came here in 1990. But that was about the time that this guy bought his. And he told me that it was not the most expensive because it had been refinished having at some point in its life been painted green. And in the GH details there is mention of green paint residue. I wonder.....

The string through is so cool

Another great video Chris!!!! Fantastic guitar and outstanding playing. I hope to one day play a burst or V or Explorer just to see how they are and also just so I can say I played one lol!! Keep up the great work 🎸

Outro solo was pretty tasty too! 🔥🔥🔥

Wunderful tone!!!

I’ve got an Epiphone ‘58 Korina Vee made in the Czech Republic 2001 and bought new in Rome. Definitely fulfils all my Vee needs. It’s feels very light for so much wood so I’ve always assumed that’s why they used Korina.

That jam 7 minutes into the video stopped time for a moment...

Wow 👏

Ohhh! I wish I had some of that attack! I owned a V90 for 25 years and it had a little flip down leg rest. Maybe not very rock n roll but it made it surprisingly practical and well balanced.

Nicely done, I sold my Vee last year ! It’s not my sort of guitar ? Or is it maybe I was wrong, but seeing how Chris wrestles with it on his lap, of coarse that’s Vee thing ! I don’t know but this was inspiring to watch. I regret having to sell it anyway Of coarse we all knew Chris would play it like a dream regardless

It all comes down to who is paying attention and knows its for sale. Deep pockets where are you? Chris that was a very proper spanking you gave the V!

Playing the crap out of it like probably no one did when it was made!😅🤗

Wow!

Chris, you really enjoyed playing her didn't you?😊❤

I've always wondered what the Moderne [re]issues sound like. You'd be doing us a great service by demoing one, Chris!

The Moderne Looks fantastic. What about reissue of that model?

That ‘58 did something to you. It was fun to watch you play a little differently.

You have a do a Q&A video one day

That water bottle with the syringe could be filled with a micro polishing liquid compound that also works as an excellent lapping fluid… something like that would be extremely useful for both polishing the lacquer on the fretboard and as a top notch lapping fluid.

⚓️ Thanks Chris 🌈

Chris, that opening solo has had a few outings, where can we find the original. It is criminal if you haven't put this on tape with CB

I've seen only one of these beauties in my life. It was at a Guitar Show in Nashville. That was a long time ago. 👍

im normally not a corksniffer but that v just sounds better than most guitars and it didn't hurt the way you played that first solo. this one ill studdy a bit before i try it.

I wonder if it will go to a player or a collector? Nice intro, Mate.

That neck pickup!

oh yeah! worra sound!luv it.cheers

U earned it enjoy it like a cigar. Smell that bad boy lol congratulations man

Wow! 👍🙂

Great video and great playing. I will say though, it says a lot about a company if people really think their best year was well over half a century ago....

1:21 was half expecting him to segue into rock bottom.

I’m not surprised that the neck was sanded down. The original carve was probably like a fuckin Louisville slugger.

Holy fuck you are a good guitar player....I watch your videos more for that than the content