Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The final collection of the late Gary Moore's equipment will be sold at auction by Bonhams on the 20th Nov 2025. Before the auction, Bonhams offered Guitarist magazine the opportunity to pay homage to this legendary instrument at Fender's London HQ. We enlisted the help of Cardinal Black's guitar ace Chris Buck to put Gary's Strat through its paces - the results speak for themselves!
00:00 intro
00:35 guitar chat
04:30 pickup sounds
07:09 vintage guitars chat
08:46 Chris's impression of Gary's Strat
09:13 balancing hum buckers and single coils
10:21 a delicate Strat?
13.27: favourite sound?
14.44 outro