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What guitar does Chris Buck play?

Chris Buck uses a custom shop Yamaha Revstar goldtop, now his RS02CB signature model, and a modded vintage Fender Super Reverb. Before that he played Strats, including a 2004 Highway One. He has been seen using his ThorpyFX Electric Lightning drive, an Analog Man King of Tone, a Line 6 HX Stomp XL and a GigRig G3.

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What guitar does Chris Buck use?

His main guitar is a goldtop Yamaha Custom Shop Revstar with two P-90s, which Yamaha recreated as the RS02CB signature model in 2026. Before the Revstar he leaned on Strats: a 2004 Fender Highway One he called incredibly solid, a 1962 and a 1964 Stratocaster, and an Eric Clapton Strat.

What amp does Chris Buck use?

He uses a modded vintage brown panel Fender Super Reverb, shown in Guitarist's 2025 video. On a 2024 US run Premier Guitar also showed him with Victory V40 Deluxe combos.

What overdrive pedal does Chris Buck use?

His signature ThorpyFX Electric Lightning, plus an Analog Man King of Tone, a 29 Pedals EUNA and several Mythos drives, all seen on his 2024 Premier Guitar Rig Rundown board.

What strings does Chris Buck use?

Premier Guitar's 2024 Rig Rundown showed Ernie Ball Mega Slinky strings, .0105 to .048, and Dunlop Tortex 1.14mm plectrums.

What pickups does Chris Buck use?

His signature ID Chris Buck Stratocaster pickups are made by Radioshop Pickups in South Wales. He has said he still loves them eight years on.

What is on Chris Buck's pedalboard?

His 2024 Premier Guitar Rig Rundown showed two Schmidt Array boards run by a GigRig G3: a Cry Baby, his ThorpyFX Electric Lightning, a King of Tone, Mythos and 29 Pedals drives, a Cali76, a Keeley Katana, then an Echorec, HX Stomp XL, UA Starlight and Golden Reverberator and a BOSS RE-202.

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Chris Buck is a Welsh blues-rock guitarist, the lead guitarist of Cardinal Black and host of the Friday Fretworks YouTube series. This guide covers his guitars past and present, from the Stratocasters of his Buck & Evans years to his Yamaha Revstar and signature RS02CB, plus his pickups, amps and two-tier touring pedalboard.

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