5 AMAZING Riffs From The Ultimate Sin Album

[@jay-shredds]

I think Jake E Lee was an under rated guitarist. Same with Vivian Campbell. You played these beautifully and with a nice vibrato! I always believed your tone comes from your fingertips, even more so than the actual make up of the guitar. Proof? Joe Satriani sounds like Joe Satriani on a 100 dollar wal mart guitar or his js series ibanez. Excellent video. I subbed and smashed the like button. Im looking forward to watching more. You are fun to listen to!! Cheers brother!

[@CameronCooper]

Thanks so much Jason! Really appreciate it! I've done the Bark At The Moon album and currently working on the Dairy Of A Madman album :)

[@jay-shredds]

@@CameronCooper awesome. Im gonna check out bark at the moon since i know a few of those tunes myself..really enjoyed your technique and tone. Great job and thanks for the reply! Looking forward to watching more vids so keep em coming!

[@ryanholt9884]

Funny you mentioned Jake E Lee and Viv Campbell. Not sure if you know but after Jake E Lee wrote all the rhythms for the Dio Holy Diver album he the got the call from Ozzy to join his band. Viv played all the solos on Holy Diver, which were incredible, so really you got the best of both guitarist on Holy Diver. One of the greatest metal albums out there.

[@jay-shredds]

@@ryanholt9884 no shit? That is quite unreal! So its not a coincidence that i think these two guys are incredibly under rated. As a player I love the challenge of trying their music. As a fan I just love their music. It's win win . Thanks for that cool bit of info!

[@coolbreeze6287]

Uh how the he'll can you not play lightning strikes??? Wtf dude

[@johnnymoraes23]

Jake E. Lee's guitar work on Ultimate Sin and Bark at the Moon is sooo underrated. I mean, just look at that chord work and guitar arrengement on these songs, the guy was already a very advanced guitar player at that time; beautiful and exotic chords and inversions, great taste for guitar tones and killer vibrato and note choice. He's on the same league of Warren de Martini and George Lynch; southern California guitar players, post-Van Halen guys that were very influenced by them, but took the whole game a few steps further, in therms of creating richer and more beautiful guitar parts. Jake E. Lee; a very inspired player and influential player, and definitly, my favourite Ozzy guitar player of all

[@quinetastic]

Excellent comments!

[@michaeldean7220]

Agree with every word of that. Excellent judicious use of natural and pinched harmonics unlike Zak! Also loved his use of flanger pedal.

[@josephkunath4173]

I saw him w Dragon Cartel. It was def fantastic.

[@marrvynswillames4975]

0:31 Never 1:29 Shot in the Dark 3:04 Killer of Giants 5:29 Never Know Why 6:36 The Ultimate Sin

[@khaosrin9200]

Thank God for the bomb?

[@brianjohnson2905]

I have always believed Jake was a wildly creative super Rock God. I am 52yrs. Nearly 40yrs if Rock guitar .... I play and practice. His level for that time extends in to these days . Such good music.... ahhh nostalgia. Good vid.

[@diegovillamil7442]

In my opinion, Jake was the best guitarist in Ozzy’s band. His riffs are mind blowing and the solos are brilliant, very underrated player.

[@ligamentpull1]

Absolutely agree, Jake was the most original, explosive, and by far had the best stage presence!

[@JDgenX77]

Randy was amazing and randy could have turned out even more amazing than he was with the classical stuff too. But Jake's guitar is by far my favorite.

[@Roberto-ld7sg]

Agree! My Favourite and my two favourite Ozzy records

[@The-zl8en]

I kinda grew up with Randy Rhodes and after what happened to him wouldn’t give anyone else a second chance.

[@jimjablowme8707]

Jake was the best it wasn't even close

[@ryant3600]

a lot of people talk smack about this album but Jakes parts on it were phenomenal. Some of his best out of the box thinking, phrasing and playing of his career.

[@tima6549]

The Ultimate Sin is my all time favorite Ozzy album, if not one of my all time favorite albums ever. I still listen to it on a regular basis. So much excellent guitar work on this album. One of the reasons, Jake is my favorite guitarist! Just listen to all those little fills, and unique rhythms!

[@DAPLANExDAPLANE]

I'm with you Tim. Ultimate Sin is on my constant replay list. Just like you I love listening the guitar parts over everything else. It's what pulls me to the album.

[@box1u]

that "killer of giants" is a tricky song to master for sure. Excellent job on that, as well as the others 🎸

[@jasoncherry4221]

Fantastic playing ..jake in my opinion is one of the hardest to copy and you obviously nailed it

[@thomasmcdonald3196]

The more I listen to Jakes Ozzy riffs, the more I'm convinced he's probably the best out of all of them... Amazing style and technique... 👍

[@gholmes429]

All these years later and Killer of Giants still sounds awesome. I can't believe someone gave this a thumbs down. Fantastic playing Cam.

[@CameronCooper]

Probably Sharon ;) Tongue in cheek aha

[@karlhiggins743]

shot in the dark is such an awesome riff. you nailed it

[@patriciosilvarobalino9832]

Fantastic, excellent work, man!!!! Keep on rocking!!!!

[@placidodonatello4366]

Jake was crazy food and soooo under appreciated by everyone..including me. I knew he was great but I didn’t realize HOW great until I started watching these type of videos. Dude was nuts both rhythm and lead

[@loosabway3400]

Love the clarity and note separation you get with such high gain - certainly have your rig sorted.

[@deansband8392]

Man you are nailing it! Killer of Giants solo, wow ! I haven't seen anybody truly transcribing Jake like this, plus nailing the vibe and tones...please do more !

[@downboys]

Hands down, far and away, THE most brilliant Ozzy record. Great job.

[@jay-shredds]

I think no more tears is the best personally but ultimate sin and bark are easily 2 and 3. That's just me .

[@Mad_Axe_Man125]

Dont know about all that. Id say Bark at the moon is better

[@gonedeep43]

The album Ozzy had little input on. He was hammered from Drugs and Alcohol during this time. Jake did most of the work. Sharon did Jake wrong. She's a horrible person.

[@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss]

downboys not even the best Jake record

[@brandondickie3456]

@@jay-shredds NMT kinda has a good bit of filler imo. At that point I think Ozzy was just genre hopping to find something that he could work with. Because…grunge fucked everything up. Metal (even hair metal) was the superior genre, at least talent wise, but more of the teens were drawn to grunge/alternative. One of the big reasons as to why I think the 1990s is a lot more uncanny than the 80s.

[@bmw0390]

Soooo sick. Nice work on these riffs. This is my all time favorite album \m/

[@McFly007ish]

4 years late to the party. That was a real trip down memory lane. Beautifully played.

[@6thmichcav262]

Spent the last week re-learning these riffs... it would have taken me a week to learn the first ten seconds you played!

[@yonikup2865]

Jake E Lee's playing is just brilliant...

[@justinrobbins7026]

Unbelievable! Jake was way ahead of his time

[@CameronCooper]

Absolutely, I LOVE his playing :)

[@MaTtRoSiTy]

He sure was! Very underrated player

[@duaneraymond4252]

He still is...

[@minigmac1]

Superb and moving. Jake would be proud and impressed!

[@MetalHeart8787]

The Ultimate sin is also my favorite. Man back in 1986 I was mowing lawns for old people to earn money to but this on Tape, Yes tape cassette.its awesome & great that you know & like this stuff Camron! Keep Rocking!

[@julianschulz1620]

Those Jake chords are so rich, with all the cool overtones. And the outro solo to "Never know why," will always be my fave (also the main one in Lightning Strikes.)

[@johnlawless5036]

Killer Of Giants is one of the coolest riffs ever. Great job playing it.

[@joshuablair252]

You are honestly my favorite inspiration on youtube. I grew up playing and perfecting 80s guitar, in the 2010s just like you. I'm 25. Literally everyone I show guitar like this to drops their jaw. I just relearned a bunch of Jake E lee ozzy because of you bro. Never stop uploading. I can tell by your talent your favorite thing to do is shut the world out and play your ass off. God bless you bro. I'd like to see you get in a band if you're not already in one

[@daviddiangellidaviddiangel1304]

You nailed it! Congrats! Fantastic and Soulful rendition!

[@kospandx]

So nice to see the Ultimate Sin getting some love. It is definitely the forgotten gem in the Ozzy catalogue.

[@arrosconpollo1]

Excellent job! Jake has such a unique approach to his playing. It’s bullshit how the Ozzy camp treats Jake E Lee like crap. Everyone knows who wrote those songs. Totally immoral.

[@rideintothesun1]

Dude, you are just killing it here. Learned a few of these myself and they weren’t easy. Long live Ozzy & Jake!

[@panzerlieb]

I usually don’t give likes or dislikes to any videos but in this case, WOW, Just simply WOW. It reminds me of when this music was great and why it was great. Thank you so much.

[@CameronCooper]

Really appreciate thanks so much! :)

[@DBSG1976]

Fellow San Dimas fan! I only have a Specific Ocean San Dimas, but I'm impressed with your collection and playing. Definitely subscribed!

[@LegionDe75]

Was thrilled you played the Shot in the Dark solo.....fell out of the chair when left out the Ultimate Sin solo. Love these videos, thanks Cameron.

[@brianjohnson2905]

Eeerrttttt! Why is it all crazy hard to play. I'm an old player...lol... bought BATM cassette...played on my walkman.. Sony. Every moment I could spare. I was 13 1983. Still love it.

[@lanceross3633]

Great wide vibrato on the Shot in the Dark solo section, and love Killer of Giants. Great technique Cameron.

[@CameronCooper]

Thank so much Lance! :)

[@diazokc]

Love this!!! Thanks for sharing

[@dreamweaver8869]

Dude! That Shot in the dark solo was spot on! Badass! Very nice ,indeed, Sir!

[@silamanagic]

Ultimate Sin was my first album and watching this vid totally reminded me of why I loved it so much!

[@brianwatson8391]

Cameron is a bad dude!! Most guitarist my self included don't get this good in a lifetime!

[@KD-nb3mp]

Awesome! Jakes guitar work is always so melodic and full of unique styles. Just amazing!

[@warborn_inc.]

Great job. Jake is the reason I started playing and the Ultimate Sin album is a ridiculously overlooked masterpiece in my opinion. Jake's playing is brilliant from top to bottom.

[@drewbayless9069]

Shot in the dark is just so badass

[@topfloorstudio2684]

Right at 1:00 I had to stop & comment! Holy hell look at that silver sparkle Charvel and Holy Hell that *NEVER* riff is BANGIN'!!!

[@Brockstar5150]

Awesome as ever, Ultimate Sin is one of my favourite albums of all time.

[@MagyHimself]

Your delay simulation for Never Know Why deserves the like, let alone all the video. That was pure genius, wasnt exepecting that trick at all =))

[@deansband8392]

nah man that's the way Jake played it, the two hand chord slides, not a simulation! Check out "The Ultimate Ozzy" video from 87 to see Jake playing a lot of the record.

[@heshamahmed1820]

Adding to all the comments on the guitar work, I have to say that Jake crafted those guitar parts in PERFECt synergy with the bass section, they really fit so well that while they sound amazing isolated, they are 100 times better when mixed in the song, it shows he was a great musician and not just a guitar player. Damn eargasm

[@jonathanbreland8260]

Hats off to you brother. Incredible lesson.

[@jasemccormick3288]

Cool mate-nicely done! Especially the Shot in the Dark solo!

[@dennistuinei7150]

Wow! Thank you Bruv ! So well done and I’m a huge Jake fan, I super mega appreciate your time and effort and great playing!

[@robertmonzi9904]

Its almost like seeing Jake play live, speaking of which I actually did see Jake play live a couple of days ago in Pittsburgh Pa. The band, Red Dragon Cartel and they blew the roof off the place, easily the best concert i have ever seen. The band was amazing and Jake was other worldly. Your playing brings out all the subtleties that i see in Jake's playing. I have seen a ton of other rock guitarists but Jake is clearly in a class by himself. Love your videos.

[@CameronCooper]

I'm so flattered thanks so much! I was actually told by a friend i Detroit that Jake has watched my videos! Could not believe it! Jake is my favourite Ozzy guitarist! :)

[@robertmonzi9904]

Cameron, one other thing, i actually attended the meet and greet in Pittsburgh and if you have never met Jake in person i would strongly recommend it. Jake is one first class individual, down to earth and will answer any questions, the entire band was the same way. One thing i noticed about Jake is that he seems to always have a grin on his face, he's enjoying himself and he conveys that to the public. I really enjoy your videos and love that you help to bring Jake to the forefront. Thanks again and love watching you play.

[@gsp-greenstripepilot9508]

Killer of giants was excellent. Well done

[@vinylisbetter5950]

Dude, you are a freaking BEAST! Really digging the favorite album riffs vids. Great tone awesome guitars and such talent. Thanks for sharing.

[@joshuadan1980]

Hellyeah dig the tone. Nice to see some love for Killer of Giants. Very underrated song

[@Mark-um5hc]

Man, you gotta keep this going. You were amazing. Good job ! I love metal, and I'd like to watch more. Appreciate you sharing this. Keep on rockn !

[@teenixon]

Wow, the diary licks really take me back to the mid 80s when I dissected that whole album, learned a lot from Mr. Rhoads !!!! Nice job btw

[@malditos561]

Good job. Not rushed and smooth playing. Tone sounds great too!

[@robn.7426]

Fantastic guitar work on that album, it's one of my favorites for sure. Thanks for putting this up Cameron, great playing. My favorite off that album, even though the riff is not difficult, is Fool Like You. I just love the melody of the harmonics behind those power chords in the opening.

[@robn.7426]

Also, I've never tried to play Never Know Why. That little alternating left hand, right hand sliding down D is pretty slick. It comes across like a delay, but what you did makes more sense. I found a video of Jake playing it and sure enough that's what he did.

[@genemalburg785]

Hello Cam sir, That was absolutely incredible as usual! Loved killer of giants. Please do no rest for the wicked and No More Tears albums! I agree totally with one of the other posts, your sound through the thr blows away the album. Just incredible!

[@YouAintChris]

Wow there’s some beautiful musical instruments in this video. Absolutely stunning. The musician playing is not too shabby as well.

[@atletadez]

Cam E. Lee. Just phenomenal, as usual. :)

[@CameronCooper]

Cheers Marvin! Thanks so much! :)

[@MrMatthiasSchneider]

Great job! My favorite Ozzy album.

[@shanetobias2566]

I love his tone! So unique,raw and very powerful!!🤠

[@tonymarks8077]

Forget about negative.........I had the ultimate sin album on and on and on for over 7 months and hand on heart that it’s magical to listen too well done 100% wow wow wow

[@ernstbindewald639]

" Never" is a cool lick, and very Jake like, perfekt....

[@starreyes111]

These series are brilliant, thank you so much! I love the spotlight on Jake E Lee, such a creative genius. Now, if only I had the time to learn this stuff ...

[@leehyson9831]

Fabulous riffs and solos buddy. It's great that you played without a backing track so we could totally hear the pure guitar.

[@CameronCooper]

Cheers Lee! Glad you recognised that I chose to not play to a backing track. If I was the viewer that's what I'd want ;)

[@leehyson9831]

@@CameronCooper i agree buddy. I think a backing track is fine if someone is just randomly jamming but for such iconic real songs i much prefer just the pure guitar. Keep up the good work Cameron. Your Instagram page and KZbin channel are epic.

[@358Yamahayz]

Damn!! Cameron!! This is incredible!! The killer of giants versus is absolutely amazing , your finger picking while picking is well bad ass. Eric Johnson skill there.. Your videos are wicked spot on!!! Your Definitely an inspiration cam!! your awesome positive attitude, confidence and amazing playing. Thank you for your videos. At 20 years plus playing I hope to be at your level some day.

[@brettshawver2983]

Jake is one of my all time favorite guitarists. I bought Bark at the Moon as soon as it was released & Jake's playing blew me away! I was lucky enough to see both Bark at the Moon & The Ultimate Sin tours. Watching him play those humongous finger stretching licks was insane! Ozzy has a talent for picking the best! I think Brad Gillis KILLED it with Ozzy!! Speak of the Devil is one of my favorite albums & Ozzy has said he wasn't really happy with it. It's hard to find & a lot of people have never heard it before. Brad Gillis' playing on Fairies Wear Boots is just incredible! He has got to be one of the most under rated guitarists out there & it's a shame because he is amazing! Night Ranger has some great songs but his playing on those old Sabbath tunes is KILLER!! Loved the video dude! Watching you play these Ozzy tunes has made me drag out Bark & Sin albums & play along with them. Haven't done that in a long time man! Thanks for the inspiration! Keep doing the good stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤘😁🤘

[@josearalat]

You can do a whole music theory class just with those chord progressions. Jake was the man!!!!

[@cheesewesil18]

Great album little underrated in my opinion. My favorite of Jakes writing. Love the riff to lighting strikes

[@robaxl3088]

That was not only music to my ears it was also beautiful, smooth and mesmerizing..Awesome guitar skills bro.

[@rudyv5046]

On top of being a phenomenal lead player I love his chord vocabulary!!! Very unique, full resounding chords that just kick ass. Great job as always Coop!🤘🏻😎✌🏼️

[@IcarusSuite]

Always impressed by your playing.

[@georgialynch7766]

Not usually my kinda music, but you're changing my mind slowly! Sounds amazing 👌 x

[@drockny]

Great playing Cam. The intro to Killer of Giants is one of the best of all time. Jake had such a knack for playing unorthodox chords and composing these brilliant riffs that was so original.

[@richardschmitt5650]

Amazing work on these tunes! Nice job!

[@craigjohnson2774]

Props to your Pops. I’m going to rant here a bit. I’ve been following you a bit and I hope you know just how much of what you are able to do stems from your dad, who I think is a very intuitive guy. First off, I’m old as hell and still play, but not as clean as you anymore by far. My hands are crapping out. When I was a kid in the 60’s, my dad gave me his old POS Silvertone acoustic. I’m right handed. It made zero sense to me why my left hand was supposed to do all the heavy lifting. Your dad, I’ll bet, questioned the same thing. You’re a lefty playing a righty! Aren’t you!? Brilliant! As it should be! And tone. He turned you on to tone and the gear that makes the best tone possible. That’s a major leg up my friend. Without that support, old school knowledge and early connection, which are all important things if you’re going to breed shredders, I doubt seriously you would be the great player we all know you to be. So go thank the old man, take him out for a steak or detail his car and remember where you are was built on where he was. BTW, it would be cool if you both recorded a jam session........just saying.

[@MegaSavatage]

Great work ,man...Ultimate is my favorite Ozzy album. No idea why it gets a bad rap from some.. Jake is just an incredible talent. Fantastic job you did there Cam.

[@brandondickie3456]

3 years late, but I’ve read that it’s mostly because of the production. Both Ozzy and Jake had issues with the producer, Ron Nevison. Ozzy says all the songs sound the same, Jake with Bob Daisley wrote practically all songs except ‘shot in the dark’. however, Jake said that working with Ron Nevison was a pain, he said “when I walked into the studio, it was a question of ‘what will we argue about today?’”. Said that Ron would hear songs a certain way, and so the songs had to be wrote ‘his way’ (Ron’s way). Jake’s full creative freedom wasn’t actually on full display on the ultimate sin album I guess.

[@Mcezz606]

1:02 to 1:16 love how melodic that part is 😍

[@buddywilliams5650]

What are the chord's? E,e,F?

[@jerrywilliamson7537]

You are fantastic...I've played 40 years and still can't catch you!

[@TheBoondoggler]

Fantastic job! Love Jake on this album!

[@stephenwinchester6668]

That Killer of Giants solo is unreal! I can’t think of an Ozzy song solo that tops that.

[@eladreltuc]

Awesome playing! Shot in the dark is my favourite jam from Ozzy!

[@brpadington]

Classic album. So many tasty riffs to choose from. I don't think I could make a list without every riff being on it.

[@Studio_Earth]

Big thumbs up for Killer of giants. great song and great playing.

[@rogerphilabaum4563]

Awesome Cam! Damn I love that blue guitar!

[@davemcafeeguitar]

Nice job man, especially on “Never” 👌

[@dirkweidmann1926]

Very very great Job, Cameron!

[@diegoruorui3960]

Jake is my favourite Ozzy guitar player hands down!!! Your playing was awesoma Cam!!

[@johnalex3023]

Another amazing video. I wish you could show your signal chains, and even amp settings for these. Your playing, your sound, and tone are all spot on. Nice work

[@CameronCooper]

My signal chain is a Yamaha THR10X and that's it. :)

[@MercutioUK2006]

Top notch and an instant sub. Extremely well done.

[@patzguitarz]

That Never Know Why riff is so awesome.

[@docka757]

Stunning playing mate, ya really nailed jake's unique & very underrated talent 👍

[@jkslayer13]

Wow I have never seen anybody cover jake stuff as perfect 👌 as you did amazing very inspiring

[@chrisharrisseacaptainchris]

Man those arrangements that Jake put together ,are just mad! Especially the killer of Giants ,I was playing that completely wrong .Spending the next hour straightening it out.Man thanks for the lesson.

[@jethrotull896]

I listened to this album endlessly when grunge was popular. I already liked some Ozzy and discovered this from my friend's older brother (stole his cassette) because it had come out several years earlier obviously. I was mesmerised by the guitar playing and dark feel of this album. Felt like true evil metal but with all these beautiful guitar melodies and licks as well. Unreal still!

[@lastrolo1517]

Great playing! We so need a remix of this album to bring out the slightly buried guitar genius in the final mix!

[@SeveredLegs]

That last guitar is a rock machine. Duncan pickups are the best kept pseudo-secret in rock.

[@wilbertcook5076]

Great lesson Cam you gave me something to work on this weekend. Your playing is awesome on these riffs keep rocking 🤘🏻✌🏻

[@CameronCooper]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate it :)