Emilio what a great comment man, you put words to our experience. 👍🏻

It's sounds soooo good because of the hands it's in. Chris is a giant

@@wilkowilkins363 yeah, that was part of my point. 👍🏽

As we say in Spain (it hasn't aged well, I know. But...). It's not the bow: it's the Indian.

I dunno, Chris is obviously a talented guy but ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ also sounded pretty good too…

Is there something he does to affect the way the string vibrates after it's plucked? Obviously not. The guitar sounds the way it sounds, and another guitar won't sound the same as this one just because the same player is using it. The way a string vibrates has to do with how it's plucked and the design of the thing plucking it. If he showed you how he plucks and you used the same pick, you could pluck a string just like him with a little practice. Honestly, guitar players make way too much of the "tone-is-in-the-fingers" thing. It's not magic. It's just the way he developed his style over the years. WHEN he plucks in whatever way is a different thing. That's dynamic phrasing. That can also be mimicked with practice, but why do that? I'm going to be a little critical of Chris. First, Chris is the most well-spoken guitarist I know of. The way he words sentences is indicative of a very good education. I enjoy his playing a lot, but some of the precious slides and melodies in the higher registers get a bit tiresome for me. Not that he should change anything about his playing or compositional style, but it's perhaps a bit sentimental for a Thelonious Monk/Scott Henderson fan. The tonal characteristics of this guitar come from how all the components combine to damp various freq's. The old wood and the worn off FB finish are part of that, as are the relatively week A2 or A3 pickup poles used back then. It definitely did not sound the same when it was born.

If you mean in a: “dammmnnnn, I wish I could play like THAT” devastating kind of way, than you are correct good sir.

Never give up.🙏

Lol, it’s in the hands and that’s just rosy retrospection. These guitars are great sounding but you can find guitars that play best.”, sound the same or better that aren’t 100000000000

Yamaha Revstar with P90s sounds pretty epic , not a Fender, not a Gibson… just another very good guitar.

PS saved the video just to rewatch that opening jam!😅

100%! Cannot imagine that someone played it better before, or after.

especially this one! absolutely incredible playing... Not sure if I am inspired or demotivated to learn guitar.

​@@angelilchev5352Most beautiful, expressive phrasing in the business!

I wondered about that too. However it's wired (probably modern 3 way as it was used by a pro(s) so successfully) those pickups and Chris sound bloody incredible!