Keef's FORGOTTEN SECRET WEAPON! | Friday Fretworks

[@VeniceKing1]

Friday Fretworks is the best start to the weekend!

[@bitume1616]

Man! This version of Badge solo at the end is awesome. Killer version; in fact, probably the best I have ever heard

[@slimturnpike]

Agreed

[@Malama_Ki]

Props!🙌🏼

[@SeekerGoOn2013]

Fuck yeah

[@joehanbury1135]

Thank you for mentioning Danny Gatton, Chris. He grew around the corner from me in Oxon Hill, Maryland. He is truly missed and one of the most under-rated guitarists of all time. Cheers

[@martydibergi5228]

Spoke with Danny many times from Toronto Before he passed he told me he had 100’s of hours of him and Lenny Breau that he recorded. Danny and i talked about Lenny and his genius. I saw Lenny many many times at George’s spaghetti house and on Yorkville back in the day at the Riverboat Where are these tapes ??? Help please. These tape’s would be treasures. Jerry Donahue is a friend and he Loved Lenny too.

[@youropionmattersnot]

Guy was a beast.

[@j.t.2722]

Wow I lived in Oxen Hill in the mid fifties. Didn’t know he was from there. I lived on Murray Hill Drive. He was definitely a great player.

[@joehanbury1135]

Friends that lived in my neighborhood were Danny's cousins. The Gattons lived off of Allentown Rd, maybe Veltri or Lumar drive@@j.t.2722

[@MrInfinite43]

He and Roy are maybe the most underrated........

[@cognoscenticycles4351]

There's magic in many of Leos tweed creations. I remember the first time I plugged into a Fender Harvard and I was gobsmacked at how good that little half pint sounded. I later found out that this was the amp that Steve Cropper used on Green Onions. The old Tweeds are indeed hard to beat! Thank you Leo! Loved that solo over Badge. Play on brother, and thanks for Friday Fretworks.

[@akrambakerBerlin]

Chris, that was one of the most tasteful and great sounding solos (on the outro) that I have ever heard, Really beautiful.

[@davidvandegaer750]

That outro on the Marshall was very enjoyable. Thanks as always.

[@firebald2915]

Has Fender thought about a reissue of the TweedTwin ? Yet ? At an affordable market price ? But you cannot clone fingers, such as Chris Buck's fingers and playing style. Oops... I forget, - Marketing Chris, you inspire me to become a better player but only for my own benefit. No large crowd is ever gonna hear me play. Just to learn to express my own voice thru a guitar is the most freeing experience aside for my Gift to paint portraits and landscapes for others has done for me. Sound as color... that transformation has only just started to connect, simply because of how you show me how it's done. From the heart. With incredible amounts of dedication and devotion. Passion will produce the fruit of more inspiration. Thank you.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

No matter what guitar or amp you play, I know it’s you Chris. Your phrasing and technique is unique.

[@jakubpodesva9802]

Exactly man, exactly.

[@revelry1969]

I played one once with a 60 burst. It was a religious experience. I saw the light. Been chasing that ever since

[@normanhenderson9290]

Thank you Chris, great video. I built one last year from the original schematics.. did only 1 mod, split the bias adjustment for each pair of 5881's. Yep, it is a beast!!!

[@jcoulter43]

2 of my favorite guitarists, on the same stage at the same time. That is very cool that you got to play thru Joe's rig. Would love to see you guys tour together and come to the States. God bless and rock on 👍🎸😎

[@587583922]

Possibly 3. Josh Smith walked by during the first clip.

[@Glensully]

would love to see Joe and Chris shred together - that would be historical :)

[@justinguitarcia]

Years ago I had Victoria (boutique amp company in the states) build me a hybrid of their 45410 (59 tweed bassman) and tweed twin with spring reverb. The result is, imo, the best rock n roll blues amp, so much fun to play through

[@keylearning5746]

Dude, you seem to get even better and better every time I hear you.

[@TK-fk4po]

Holy crap that badge-esque outro

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Soundcheck sounded so good even Super Mario came to check you out at 0:49!

[@ToddTheJoker]

I always learn a ton watching your channel Chris! Thank you

[@gcvrsa]

The only reason why the 5F8A Twin-Amp is "forgotten" is because it's too bloody loud, or at least, it was considered so in its time. The 5F8A is the more or less the same amp as its more famous sibling, the 5F6A Bassman, but with double the rectifier tubes and double the power tubes, and a 2x12 format instead of a 4x10, and the requisite power supply and output transformer. What is commonly known as the "low power Twin", the 5E8, is not the same amp, at all, being a generation earlier in Fender's circuit design.

[@dufushead]

First time I've tuned in and I'm well impressed. Love your chops Chris.

[@brianruyack7632]

Such an eloquent history lesson! Thanks for the playing samples to lock in what you're discussing.

[@TruthSurge]

Nice playing at the end! That Marshall sounded sweet just semi-distorted. Les Paul into Marshall. Sweet ride.

[@fernandonichols7168]

Man that outro, tasty as. Chris, you’re one of the future greats man. You’re one of todays greats in my book 🤘

[@587583922]

Totally agree. I've only heard JB's in person (at a show, not like we're freinds), but the Fractal model of Keith Urban's '59 is my favorite thing to play through.

[@timjx3675]

Man you gotta love Friday Fretworks 🎸⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@anmolatwal]

So the humble brag was you played throught Joe Bonnamasa's rig....show us more of that night please!!!

[@cristianlaskoski1058]

I have a hardwired clone of a 59 high powered twin built by Carl's custom amps and it truly is the perfect amp. I almost couldn't believe it at first but it just truly is perfect. You have to play one, or at least something close to one, to believe it. It's just the most versatile amp in my honest opinion

[@SimonGaiser]

That is a secret weapon! A Glorious sound!

[@travisgotch161]

I have a bitzer fender tweed. The chassis, a genuine tweed Bassman, which according to the serial number was made in early 1960. It has been put into a good quality repro twin cab with two vintage Jensen 12” speakers. It is loud, it has the most incredible tone. It wasn’t cheap but it also wasn’t insanely priced but I still initially walked away from it. I had driven over 100km before realising I would never see anything like that again before turning around to get it. Never regretted it

[@dennyclosser8456]

Thanks Chris as always, brilliant! Now I’m wanting to start traveling the country, hitting barns and estate sales, looking for the holy Grail

[@coopscovers5119]

Keith will always be my favorite. I got a chance to play a real 58 high powered tweed twin and a JB signature tweed twin. Both the best amps I have ever played. Also got to play a Black Flag Plexi that day.

[@portsideguitar1981]

Awesome and in depth look at this Chris. Nicely done!

[@rickya3877]

Glad you didn't say 3x10 Bandmaster because I was stupid enough to sell mine back in the 90's!

[@babagadoush1]

Nice one

[@linheitzig9227]

Excellent video, thanks for your time & effort Chris.

[@jumpskirt]

Fantastic video! I love all the research and info. LOVE those Fender amps. Keep up the great work, Chris! :)

[@zzakk999]

great video and tasty playing at the end. bravo

[@johnw5734]

I have to agree with the other comments made, that ending solo had the tone and choice of notes that pulled me from across the room.

[@Novotny72]

I've spent a good 40 minutes trying to write a comment that isn't appalling - be it language, jealousy, or some combination thereof. So I'll try once more - Chris Buck is the best guitarist I've ever heard. Or probably will ever hear.

[@aaronp6426]

Wow. You smoked Badge on that JTM.

[@Shiny-Beast]

bad ass outro on that 45

[@jimsalman7257]

With it's single 5AR4/GZ34 rectifier tube, I have to wonder if the HP tweed twin could really deliver 80 watts before clipping, despite its 4 5881 output tubes. 60+ clean watts seems more likely.

[@judih.8754]

Great presentation Chris! Awesome playing!

[@dubshockmedia1110]

Looks like a lot of fun! ❤

[@mkds7756]

Definitely not forgotten, just over priced for the regular consumer. I’ve wanted one for years, even the reissue is so highly priced I can’t afford it.

[@garycrouse1918]

The best guitarist on the planet imho TY FFW

[@DavidMiller-xw7jc]

Chris, I’m really enjoying you videos that I only discovered recently. Subjects are really interesting, great reviews, info is good, playing is awesome, and as a nerdy research scientist, I particularly appreciated the depth of technical and historical info that I’ve not found in other reviews. Liked, subscribed. I have Kemper, Yamaha THR10 and recently a little Positive Grid modelling amp for my suitcase (which is surprisingly good), but for the last two years I’ve been thinking about a tube amp, considering every single Two Rock in existence, Suhr PT-15, Bartell amps and a Mesa Boogie Filmore (if I could find one) and Mark v:25 (in two years second hand ones seem to have doubled in price, elk!) But maybe I should really consider a Fender. Sorry if I missed it but how high powered is this model?

[@pierreg1340]

Hi Chris, very interesting presentation. Your playing is Super inspiring. The sounds you get out of your instruments are absolutely amazing. Had we been neighbors, you could come to my house and make my 59 Fender HPTT-JB edition roar. Unfortunately, we live 3000 miles apart, across the Atlantic.

[@CIRCLEOFTONE]

Amazing playing and overtones.

[@philipmassaro6611]

Ive got a Pure Sixty-Four Low Power Tweed Twin clone, all hand-wired and it is the best amp ive ever owned. Breathy, dynamic, singing, and all i could ask for.

[@chrisg5271]

Out standing Friday thank you

[@billkeaveney1526]

God bless Leo

[@thesjkexperience]

I have one as a head w/ London Power Scaling, so it goes down to 1 Watt or something. The Cab is the size of the combo and I have cream back M celestions in it.

[@Tripple-L432]

I remember going to see Ted Nugent in the late 70s and he would have a wall of twins with the Birdland Hollow body Gibson,Pushing those things to the mas while wielding the feedback as part of the sound,It was just fabulous in it`s own way while everyone else had Marshall stacks. Truly a great amp for many genres,Hearing chris buck play through one is priceless.Well Done Chris.

[@andrewmidthune4340]

That scumbag was using silverface Twins. Completely different than a HP tweed twin. It does have two speakers, though...

[@Tripple-L432]

Ted used them all, From the 60s on,He also used Orange

[@notomatoesbbq]

I don't think any guitar player has forgotten the tweed twin, the problem is there is hardly anywhere to play them these days, much less at volume.

[@CristiNeagu]

It's still not quite as bad as a Hiwatt DR103...

[@privateer0561]

Very tasty and flavorful playing!

[@outtahear]

Keith's main hp twin, was actually built in an lp twin chassis. Celestions (Vintage 30s, I recall) instead of the stock Jensen P-12-Ns. Boxed them up personally, while Cesar Diaz finished the amp.

[@Riverdeepnwide]

What an ending! ❤

[@cgavin1]

Its good to see you are back to huge floppy watch and denim jacket dude. I feel less of a disturbance in the force now..

[@thanosvovouras9225]

Chris have you tried the Lovepedal Les Lius??? It's pretty much that sound in a pedal (my opinion). Is your Small amp speaker pedal doing "that sound"?

[@BobSperber]

Great noodles! Makes for some great amp demo fodder. Thanks! I just got and fixed up a late twin 135 watts and heavy as a damn car hehe

[@stratjed]

That clip at 5:20. Yeah man. Awesome.

[@pierheadjump]

⚓️ Thanks Chris 🌈

[@Thirsty_Deer_Studio]

I love Keith and his Twins. In 89 the Stones were my first concert. Autographed pic of Keith hangs in my studio. I'd love to play a High Powered Twin. I have a 67 Drip Egde that's great, but I'm sure much different

[@morrisonreed1]

Nice outro

[@lenniguitar]

that outro solo was something else!

[@lowercase3635]

If you like forgotten fender amps, check out the Fender Recording Amp. It’s a Princeton with a rack attenuator built in the front. It sounds absolutely killer going straight into front of house.

[@johnmattei2799]

Good to see you chris. Great work as allways brother. John in new jersey.

[@riffcodger]

I'll get you one for Christmas Buckmaster.

[@tomastuharsky]

I enjoy your videos very much.

[@Stlie1]

My Tweed Deluxe has two speakers, what's the difference between that and a Twin? Anybody know?

[@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan]

Cool, im knot the only won who plays his $3k+ Gibsome 335 while wearing metal buttons just to prove my cool factor by relic king the previously pristine lacquer. Just mess'n round; love your hard work and peerless impact upon peeps like me✝️

[@matthewf1979]

If you’ve never had a chance to play a HPTT, seek one out. Even a good quality clone of the Bonamassa reissues are fantastic. They have nearly identical circuitry to the 58-60 Bassman, but sound very different. It’s not just the speaker configuration either. The power supply in the Twin is very taxed under high volume use. For some reason, Fender chose to use a single GZ34 and a power transformer that can barely keep up with the current demands of four 5881/6L6WGB’s. The results are fantastic though.

[@Glensully]

the last jam was beautiful. I got a Origin 50 which is somewhat circuit based on the JTM45. it has got a great sound. I also got a Boss Katana head which believe it or not is similar sound UNTIL you put pedals and especially a fuzz pedal into it - then it goes way off poo poo sounding. The fuzz just goes weird and stops doing it normal thing it should

[@mrfuzztone]

A lot of the circuitry appears to be about the same as the tweed Bandmaster 5E7.Apparently Pete Townshend and Joe Walsh have made good use of that amp style. Interesting that I have read that Keith Richards has recorded with very small Fender tweed amps. I have found the sound of low watt Swart and Tungsten amps to be very good. A cranked 5 watt with delay and fuzz can sound great. Besides the amps you also need to own a mansion where you can play them. Are you happy with the Ox Box sounds. Seems good to me. I have one.

[@joegriffithsmusic]

Gartone amps are amazing! I have a bluesmaster 80 watt tweed amp for the last 8 or 9 years and love it. Martin makes awesome amps and should really be charging much more for them imo. How are you finding yours, Chris?

[@tratko3150]

Is this the soundcheck for Joe's show tomorrow night (November 11) at the Fabulous Fox Theater in St. Louis? I'm going to it!

[@richardelson3261]

Mistitled. Forgotten? No. Great vid as usual.

[@11calman]

Nice sound

[@NJSonye]

I grew up around all kinds of Fender country players. I did see some steel players with them. Tom Brumley, Buck Owens pedal steel player, used ‘59 Bassman but and tremoved the 4X10s for one 15” JBL. In my area Marshals were rare until the early 1969s. Twins and Supers were pretty prevalent. As soon players found out the “Thomas Organ” Vox solid state amp were not the ones used by the Beatles they quickly fell out of favor.

[@jasondorsey7110]

Thomas Organ really pulled a bait-and-switch changing over to solid state after only about a year, JMI should have just used them for US distribution and kept their tube amps sought-after to justify their high prices...but greed.

[@KOACAINE]

I am lucky to own a 1954 wide panel Twin. It is insane sounding. I would not trade it for anything, I think it has as much if not more tone than the narrow panel Twin😱

[@annunacky4463]

My buddy had one. After years of trying to tame it, he released it into the wild.

[@markwybierala4936]

The problem is that you hurt people when you play them loud at any normal sized venue. I built four of them from scratch in custom hardwood cabinets (ash, mahogany, and maple) and using Celstion Vintage 30 speakers. Its takes a bit of money to acquire all of the components but its not a terrible expense when you consider what you end up with. I’ll say that it’s totally possible to build one of these using only the information provided in The Fender Fieldguide and Pittman’s book. With minimal switches and controls, you control the grunt and beautiful distortion with the volume controls on the guitar. The amp is bulletproof if you use slightly overrated components. But, you only get the magic if you play loud unless you use pedals.

[@princetonaudio]

Nice!

[@michaelaiello9525]

So long as JB doesn’t run out!! Jeesh! He really ought to spare one for you! What are your top affordable/ accessible recommendations for the rest of us?

[@jeremyhickersonsalem]

Tom Bukovac has a guy that built him a single speaker (I believe) tweed for an extremely reasonable price -- and apparently this guy would take orders, if we were interested, Tom said. I imagine he could also build a twin -- I'm thinking it would capture the sound pretty well. Have you ever thought of something like this?

[@dirksenphoto]

Great nod to Clapton on that rendition of BADGE!

[@Glensully]

sound like a light fuzz on the last jam - but not too fuzzy - does anyone know what he used. I am sure it wasnt straight into the amp and the JTM45 its that broken up. correct me if i am wrong

[@frantisca]

That '60s red 335 sounds awesome ! Is it an original vintage, or a CS reissue ? Cheers Chris !

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

A friend's 1964. It's awesome!

[@frantisca]

@@ChrisBuckGuitarYou’ve got good friends 😉

[@디모니모]

Hello Chris, I have a question: In Korea, where I live, even if you have a good real amplifier, you cannot use it in the concert hall or practice space due to the large volume of the amplifier and various environmental restrictions. So I usually use digital programs to practice, so can I ask you for any recommended videos or advice on this? I have a Supro combo amplifier, but I can't use the amplifier because the practice space is small, so I think I'll sell the amplifier and buy the v4 duchess from Victory soon. If you read this article, it doesn't matter if it's short, so please give me some advice.

[@svbarr]

Low power ones don't suck.....but yeah the air they move is visceral...

[@daviddalziel884]

What about Super Twin amps ? I played one with a Firebird and it was biblical . It was sitting propped up in a flight case because it’s so heavy it would just be laid down after a gig . It was the weight that put me off as my gear was mostly up in my loft . I’m sure JB has used them at some point , not that I’m a fan but he seems to have an extraordinary amount of vintage gear .

[@chrisquinn9104]

Totally different amp. The black one with lots of knobs, right? Ted Nugent endorsed those. I think the selling point was that he sounded like World War III. Ted’s not one for subtlety, but if you’re looking to Wang Dang….!

[@daviddalziel884]

@@chrisquinn9104 I realise it’s a different amp but I’m sure Bonamassa played one but like a vintage car they break down a lot .

[@sfedroid]

Super Twins... I played in a band with a mate who had one with JBLs. I could barely lift the damn thing on loadouts. When he let rip with a solo it took your head off. Fearsomely loud amp but not the greatest tone ever

[@daviddalziel884]

@@sfedroidGreat story , there’s was one on Reverb that had been used for a keyboard !!!

[@hippiekarl7]

To tell the truth, my mid-70s SF Twin (85w, useless p/p 'overdrive' maeter vol. pot), which was the ~least~ Desireable of them all at the time, has grown to be my best all-around amp eventually. In the 90s I used a 45w Super Reverb as a 4x10" cab, with a MusicMan "65 Reverb" ( aka Leo's MM 'Dual Showman'), since the Super only had 1 volume, and by the time it would start to ~sing~, the neighbors were calling the cops.... My SF Twin has a tube removed (V2 or V3, I think), and an AX7 swapped to an AT7 (I forget which one; this is a mod I did from the Tele forum); the no-reverb channel is Off, and there's less headroom (so it clips more like a Deluxe Reverb, at a giggable volume). I, of course, hardly ever take it out, though, as it's like moving furniture to a gig and back.

[@SeekerGoOn2013]

It’s more the player than the amp, as the greats always have a signature sound no matter what they play through.

[@drayve8590]

Why did the thumbnail change from yesterday’s upload?!?!

[@renescherer631]

The outro solo sounds familiar but I can't figure out from where I know it. Any ideas? It sounds absolutelly great!

[@youropionmattersnot]

Cream. Let it rain

[@rafalk0]

Cream - Badge

[@renescherer631]

That's it, thanks!@@rafalk0

[@marquisdecarabas1312]

I think it would be way too loud for my apartment, right? 🤣

[@normanmcneal3605]

Can anyone remember when Peavey was whipping every competitors hind end? My studio pro Peavey is quite an amp. Not to denigrate all the ( now) holy grail amps. I’ll send you mine to compare, if you wish

[@marions.120]

Hate seeing that Les Paul leaning on the desk at 5:20!

[@mikeb5372]

It's kind of a head scratcher observing musicians and the gear thing these days. I'm somewhat an old geezer and so coming across the coveted vintage stuff 35 plus years ago wasn't uncommon. The people that had that stuff seemed more to envy the gear i was using instead and i did not envy their original twin reverbs or 60s & 70s fender guitars. We would often swap to see how we liked each others stuff. They always seemed to struggle with getting their sound from their old gear and their equipment didn't work well. There was only one old guitar that i really liked, a 60s Les Paul which at that time was cream colored. My amp was a Marshall JCM 900 from either the first year or second year, dual master lead w/no reverb. My guitar was a Vantage Avenger i bought for $100. Thats all i had until i got an Art SGX effects processor a couple years later. I guess my view on gear is skewed because i could never get comfortable with those old black and silverface Fenders nor old beat-up guitars and neither could the musicians i played with. I guess I'm just not good enough for em.

[@darwinsaye]

Your experience would be equivalent to how a younger person today, immersed in the world Kempers and modellers and full amp-less setups that can just plug straight into both a PA onstage or a computer at home, would view your JCM 900 and rig. To them, your rig is just a bunch of big, heavy, unreliable, archaic gear, much like how the 60s and 70s amps and guitars and seemed to you. I’m probably close to your age; started playing in the late 70s/early 80s right before the era of high gain amps, high output pickups, and digital rack effects really took over. At first I viewed the new, reliable, tight, modern tech eagerly as well, but by the early 90s, after a decade of overly-processed, slick, “too perfect” sound in music, I was already starting to look back and appreciate pre-80s gear more, with it’s more raw, less “pre-packaged” nature.

[@mikeb5372]

@@darwinsaye It's good to read your take on the subject. You described well the mentality of all us guitarists when it comes to gear. As to date my favorite amps span from the 60s to the 2000s. Fender's 64 bandmaster, my early JCM 900 and my TSL 100 for it's clean channel. But there are so many amps I haven't played so I don't even know. I'm kind of a gear slut as long as the stuff functions well.

[@t-bone3657]

The Fender Deluxe 1x12 is sufficient for most settings unless you’re a rock star 🎉

[@dnews9519]

Seems like I read once that Keith owns the first four ever built.

[@darrellminx5459]

I think you are correct