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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Jackson Maxwell

“‘Labor of love’ gets thrown around too often, but collaborating with Yamaha to recreate my guitar has been exactly that”: The Yamaha Revstar pulled Chris Buck away from Strat loyalty – and his new signature model boasts some tantalizing personal touches

Chris Buck, seated in a chair against a white background, holds his new Yamaha RS02CB signature guitar.

NAMM 2026: Last year, in a Guitar World interview on YouTube, Chris Buck explained why he'd become a Yamaha Revstar man, after a lifetime of Strat loyalty.

“I just loved the idea of the Revstar being a new guitar,” he explained. “It wasn't an S type, it wasn't a T type, it wasn't a Les Paul, it was its own thing, and just such a simple, ergonomically kind of attractive guitar.”

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